TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

Sunday      22 Aug 2010       

PROMO        "Losing Religion"
*When it comes to religious practice, we don't always end up where we
started.  For some people, the journey away from their childhood
religion is filled with serious, personal strife.  For others, spiritual
loss can be less dramatic or even   dramatically funny.  In this hour of
To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll talk with best-selling author Rhoda
Janzen about growing up Mennonite; and Philip Pullman on being an
atheist   and religious   all at the same time.



PROGRAM RUNDOWN: HOUR 2:   "Losing Religion"


0:00 - 13:46        SEGMENT 1: (13:46)
            Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born woman who later settled
            in the Netherlands and was elected to the Dutch
            Parliament.  Her latest book is "Nomad: From Islam to
            America, A Personal Journey through the Clash of
            Civilizations" and argues that fundamentalist Islam poses
            a serious threat to the West.  Hirsi Ali tells Anne
            Strainchamps that her fierce criticism of religion grows
            out of her own shattering personal experience.
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

13:47 - 14:16  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

14:17 - 34:44       SEGMENT 2: (20:27)
            Philip Pullman is one of England's most famous atheists. 
            Author of the best-selling fantasy novels "The Amber
            Spyglass" and "The Golden Compass," Pullman's latest
            novel tackles the story of Jesus.  Pullman talks with
            Steve Paulson about "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel
            Christ" and the role supernatural miracles play in his
            life.   Also, sociologist Phil Zuckerman talks with Jim
            Fleming about his book "Society Without God: What the
            Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment." 
            Zuckerman spent a year in Scandinavia and found that most
            Danes and Swedes he spoke with are happy to get along
            without religion.
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

34:45 - 35:14       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

35:15 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (17:45)
            Rhoda Janzen talks with Anne Strainchamps about the life
            experiences behind her successful book "Mennonite in a
            Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home." Also, Tony
            Dushane talks with Steve Paulson about his novel based on
            his childhood as a Jehovah's Witness.  The book is called
            "Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk."
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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