Monday, July 17, 2006

To the Best of Our Knowledge: Constructing Narratives

To the Best of Our Knowledge

SEGMENT 1:

Tom Wolfe reads the opening to "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and explains why it's his favorite. Also, award-winning radio producer David Freudberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about what narratives mean to people and how to construct a narrative. And he plays samples from his work. David is Executive Producer at Human Media.

SEGMENT 2:

John Pollack is the author of "Cork Boat." He tells Jim Fleming how he collected well over a hundred thousand wine corks and used them to build a replica of a Viking ship which he then sailed in Portugal. Before his boating adventure, Pollack was a speech-writer for Bill Clinton. And, Amy Tan shares her love for Nabokov's "Lolita."

SEGMENT 3:

Vivek Maddala composes new scores for silent movies and is a judge for Turner Classic Movies annual Young Composer's Competition. He tells Steve Paulson how music can tell a story and plays excerpts from film scores he's written. And, novelist Jane Hamilton reads her favorite novel endings: Ray Bradbury's "Dandelion Wine" and Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men."

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