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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writing Democracy

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-11

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In this hour, Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the godfathers of Latin American fiction. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010. He also once ran for president of his native country, Peru. Politics and literature are the driving forces in his life. And, they often come together. For instance, one of his most recent novels is The Feast of the Goat - the story of Rafael Trujillo, the infamous dictator of the Dominican Republic. Vargas Llosa tells Steve Paulson why he found the subject so compelling and what became of his own political ambitions.

Then, the politician and the playwright Vaclav Havel was known first as the romantic poet in blue jeans, the dissident Czech playwright who was thrown in jail for his anti-communist plays, and who emerged to inspire the so-called Velvet Revolution that overthrew the Soviet Union. Havel was elected President of the Czech Republic and served from 1993 to 2003. Near the end of his time in office, Steve Paulson spoke with him about the role of writers and artists in a democracy.

Next, some of the largest demonstrations in American history took place just a few blocks from our studios, in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker had proposed cutting pensions and benefits for thousands of public employees. For days, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors occupied the State Capitol. They ate there. The slept there. And they wrote there. Among them was sleep-in activist and blogger, Christie Taylor.

After that, V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. A Trinidadian-British citizen, hes known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empires colonialism. Among them, the modern classic called A Bend in the River. Steve Paulson talks with him.

Following that, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book Half of a Yellow Sun is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra. She tells Jim Fleming that only now are Nigerians willing to face up to their recent history.

And finally, whos the best model of the politically engaged writer? Journalist Christopher Hitchens nominates George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and 1984. In his book Why Orwell Matters. Hitchens says that Orwell got it right about imperialism, fascism and communism. Hitchens tells Steve Paulson that Orwell opposed all of them at a time when most intellectuals ignored the contradictions of the Left. [Broadcast Date: November 16, 2011]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Waiting for the Apocalypse

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-11

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In this hour, renowned religious historian Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most controversial book and she explains its enduring appeal.

Next, feeling hopeless? How about cake recipes for the Apocalypse? Shannon O'Malley offers a few of her favorite recipes.

Then, Some people believe there's a Mayan prophecy that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. What does the Mayan calendar really say? Mayanist David Stuart uncovers the real story.

After that, do physicists think about End Times? Noted string theorist Brian Greene does. He looks into the far future - billions of years from now - and sees a very dark universe.

Following that, ever since the Cold War ended, we've largely forgotten about the threat of nuclear war. Ron Rosenbaum says that's a huge mistake. In fact, the threat is very real in today's world.

Finally, Slavoj Zizek is the "world's hippest philosopher," says the Telegraph. Zizek talks about the hidden atheism of Christianity, the danger of poets in power, and the limits of capitalism. [Broadcast Date: August 10, 2011]

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Title: Charlie Rose: George Will, August 9, 2011

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-09-11

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A conversation with newspaper columnist, journalist, and author George Will. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winner best known for his conservative commentary on politics. [Broadcast Date: August 9, 2011]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: Writers on Writing 2

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-15-11

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

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In this hour, Joan Wylie Hall, author of Shirley Jackson: A Study of the Short Fiction, talks with Steve Paulson about the Library of Americas new volume of Jackson material and Newsweek critic Malcolm Jones negative reaction to it.

Next, Blake Bailey is the author of A Tragic Honesty: The Life and Work of Richard Yates. Yates debut novel was Revolutionary Road, which Kurt Vonnegut hailed as The Great Gatsby of its time. Bailey discusses Yates and his work with Steve Paulson.

Then, Chris Bachelder, a frequent contributor to McSweeneys Quarterly Concern and The Believer, talks with Anne Strainchamps about his novel U.S.! The novel usess its central character early 20th century novelist Upton Sinclair.

Finally, Jonathan Lethem is the author of several novels and was editor of the Library of Americas 3-volume boxed set The Philip K. Dick Collection. Jim Fleming talks with Lethem about Dick whom Lethem calls science fictions Lenny Bruce. [Broadcast Date: July 15, 2011]

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by Richard Yates.

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Title: Studio 360: The Book of Mormon & The Antlers

Author: Kurt Andersen

Narrator: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-11-11

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

The Tony Awards are this weekend, and the heaviest contender is the filthiest show on Broadway, The Book of Mormon. Robert Lopez, the composer and co-creator, sits down at the piano to show Kurt Andersen the recipe for his cocktail of sweet and snarky. We also go Off-Broadway to the most innovative, extraordinary show in New York, Sleep No More an installation performance piece that riffs on Macbeth. Plus The Antlers perform songs from their new album live in the studio. [Broadcast Date: June 11, 2011]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, David McCullough, Jim Lehrer, and Robert MacNeil, June 6, 2011

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-11

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Not all pioneers went west, writes historian David McCullough. For his newest book, this two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize focuses his attention on the Americans who headed across the Atlantic to Paris. McCullough tells the stories of the ambitious men and women who lived, studied and worked in Paris between 1830 and 1900 and had serious influence on American literature, medicine, art, architecture, and history. Some of the characters are well known James Fenimore Cooper, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Harriet Beecher Stowe. McCulloughs book is titled The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris.

Then, after 36 years, veteran newsman Jim Lehrer retired Friday as the anchor of PBS NewsHour. We bring back Bobs 2005 conversation with Lehrer and his former co-host Robert MacNeil. MacNeil began the nightly news report in 1975 with Lehrer as the Washington correspondent. It evolved into the NewsHour with both men hosting until MacNeil retired in 1995. [Broadcast Date: June 6, 2011]

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by David McCullough.

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Title: Charlie Rose: Henry Kissinger, May 30, 2011

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-30-11

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Henry Kissinger discusses his book On China. [Broadcast Date: May 30, 2011]

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Title: The Bob Edwards Show, Julie Andrews and Charlaine Harris, May 19, 2011

Author: Bob Edwards

Format: Original Recording

Length: 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-11

Publisher: XM Satellite Radio

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Film and stage legend Julie Andrews is one of the English-speaking worlds most beloved entertainers. First gaining critical and popular success as Eliza Doolittle in the 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady, Andrews went on to star in Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Victor Victoria and many others films and Broadway productions. In recent years, Andrews has become a prolific childrens book author, often partnering with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. Their most recent book is The Very Fairy Princess Takes the Stage.

Then, the hit HBO program True Blood was based on a wildly popular series of novels by author Charlaine Harris. She joins Bob to discuss the Southern Vampire Mysteries series, its devoted readers and her new book Dead Reckoning. [Broadcast Date: May 19, 2011]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge: How to Disappear

Author: Jim Fleming

Format: Original Recording

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-11

Publisher: Wisconsin Public Radio (To the Best of Our Knowledge)

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Have you ever thought about disappearing? We'll explore how people do it. We start with an expert: Frank Ahearn. His new book is How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave Fake Trails, and Vanish Without a Trace. He's a former skip tracer, and tells Steve Paulson how that works.

Next, if you really want to know how to disappear, you might want to talk to the U.S. Marshall Service, which runs the Federal Witness Protection Program. Gerald Shur has just written a book about its founding: WITSEC: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program. He tells Jim Fleming how he got it started. Keren David is a young adult author who has imagined just what that kind of life might mean. Her novel When I Was Joe chronicles the life of a 14-year-old boy who's living it. She tells Anne Strainchamps about it. And optical physicists at the Imperial College in London have created blueprints for the perfect hiding place. Paul Kinsler, one of the study's authors, explains to Steve Paulson how they carved a hole out of space-time.

Finally, David Bond got scared when he received a letter from the government saying they'd lost his newborn daughter's data. If they could lose that, he thought, what else might they lose? He decided to see if he could disappear himself, and put together a film called Erasing David. He tells Jim Fleming what happened. [Broadcast date: February 18, 2011]

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Title: Charlie Rose: Henry Kissinger, January 20, 2011

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-11

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

An hour with Henry Kissinger on Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States. [Broadcast Date: January 20, 2011]

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