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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Lust for Life Lists

Author: Jim Fleming

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-10

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, Jack Pendarvis reads from his essay "The Fifty Greatest Things That Just Popped Into My Head," published in The Believer magazine.

Next, music critic Tom Moon is the author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. Moon tells Steve Paulson why he chose what he chose and we hear some of his favorites.

Then, Jay Parini is a poet, novelist and teacher. He's also the author of Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America. He tells Jim Fleming that his is not a list of "great books" but rather books that significantly changed the literary climate of American culture.

After that, we hear more from Jack Pendarvis. And, David Thomson is a film critic. His new book is called Have You Seen...?: A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films. He tells Steve Paulson the book is not just a list of the thousand greatest films. And of course there are clips!

Following that, Olivia Gentile is the author of Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds. Gentile tells Anne Strainchamps that her book is a biography of Phoebe Snetsinger who saw some 8400 species of birds while fending off a cancer diagnosis.

And finally, we get the conclusion of the essay from The Believer by Jack Pendarvis. [Broadcast Date: February 5, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Classics

Author: Jim Fleming

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-03-10

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, Greil Marcus is the author of Mystery Train and Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, and he's one of America's most admired pop culture critics. Now he's taken on the entire American canon. With Harvard professor Werner Sollors, he's edited a compendium of essays called "A New Literary History o America." Marcus talks with Steve Paulson about what's in the book and why.

Next, in his book The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder, David Thomson makes the case that Psycho was a ground-breaking film that forever changed American cinema and America itself. Thomson talks with Anne Strainchamps and we hear clips from the film.

Then, back in 1973, country music legend Johnny Cash gave his daughter Roseanne a list of 100 songs he considered essential. Now, music critic Michael Streissguth takes us behind the scenes in his book Always Been There: Roseanne Cash, The List, and the Spirit of Southern Music. Streissguth shares his expertise with Steve Paulson and we hear lots of music.

And finally, biographer Joan Schenkar thinks Patricia Highsmith deserves to be recognized as the author of one of the great American novels. The Talented Mr. Ripley became a Hollywood hit. Schenkar tells Anne Strainchamps that Highsmith poured her disturbing impulses into taut, psychological thrillers. [Broadcast Date: February 3, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Teen Angst

Author: Jim Fleming

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-27-10

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

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In this hour, biologist and science writer David Bainbridge tells Steve Paulson that a prolonged adolescence is unique to humans and one of our greatest evolutionary advantages. Bainbridge's book is Teenagers: A Natural History.

Next, Frank Warren is the founder of the blog PostSecret and author of the companion books A Lifetime of Secrets and My Secret. He tells Anne Strainchamps how the blog works, and that he treasures the postcards he receives. We also hear a montage of sample postcards.

Then, Rebecca Walker is the daughter of celebrated novelist Alice Walker and a white Jewish father. Rebecca is the author of memoirs called Baby Love and Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of A Changing Self. She talks with Steve Paulson about her unconventional upbringing and how having a child of her own changed her feelings about it.

After that, Eugene Mirman is an indie comic and the author of an outlandish self-help send-up called The Will to Whatevs. He tells Jim Fleming that school was horrible for him and gave rise to his nerd humor.

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Good Hunting

Author: Jim Fleming

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-22-10

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, Don Waller teaches botany and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin, and he's the editor of a recent collection of essays called The Vanishing Preset: Wisconsin's Changing Lands, Waters and Wildlife. He's also a deer hunter. Waller tells Steve Paulson about the role hunting has played in the conservation movement.

Next, Kim Hiss tells Anne Strainchamps about her first hunt. Kim Hiss is an Associate Editor for Field and Stream Magazine and blogs as Huntress.

Then, bowhunter Bob Stout provides a brief commentary on being in the woods.

After that, Frank Boll, videographer for Wisconsin Public Television's Emmy Award winning series, "Wolves in Wisconsin," tells Jim Fleming why he's satisfied with only a few seconds of good wolf footage, and what it took to get that much.

Following that, Tina Bertoni provides a commentary on what it was like to hunt a bear.

And finally, Tim Gallagher is editor-in-chief of Living Bird Magazine and author of The Grail Bird and Falcon Fever. He tells Anne Strainchamps about his hunting companion, a falcon named MacDuff, and why he's fascinated by birds of prey. [Broadcast Date: January 23, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: Joe Klein, Adam Nagourney, Joe Scarborough, Nick Burns, January 22, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-22-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A discussion of the "Politics of America" after the first year of Barack Obama and the results in Massachusetts, with Joe Klein of Time magazine, Adam Nagourney of The New York Times, and Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe on MSNBC. Then, a discussion about Iran with Gary Sick of of Columbia University; Ehud Eiran of Harvard University; Graham Allison of Harvard University; and Nick Burns, former undersecretary of state in the Bush administration. [Broadcast Date: January 22, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: Mika Brzezinski and Gabourey Sidibe, January 21, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-21-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A conversation with Mika Brzezinski, Co-Host, Morning Joe and a conversation with actor Gabourey Sidibe for Precious. [Broadcast Date: January 20, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: Prince Alwaleed, January 20, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-20-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

A conversation with Prince Alwaleed, Chairman, Kingdom Holding Company. [Broadcast Date: January 20, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: Cornelia Bargmann, Gerald Fischbach, Giacomo Rizzolatti, and Eric Kandel, January 19, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-19-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

The fourth episode of Charlie Rose's Series on the Brain, with Cornelia Bargmann, Gerald Fischbach, Giacomo Rizzolatti, and Eric Kandel. [Broadcast Date: January 19, 2010]

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Title: Charlie Rose

Subtitle: Katie Couric, Matt Frei, and Jeff Zucker, January 18, 2010

Author: Charlie Rose

Narrator: Charlie Rose

Format: Original Recording

Length: 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-18-10

Publisher: Charlie Rose Show

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

First, a conversation with Katie Couric. Then, a conversation with Matt Frei, of BBC World. And finally, a conversation with Jeff Zucker. [Broadcast Date: January 18, 2010]

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Title: To the Best of Our Knowledge

Subtitle: Reality

Author: Jim Fleming

Length: 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-15-10

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

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

In this hour, Jonathan Lethem's new novel is Chronic City. The book has been described as a cross between the famous borough-centric New Yorker cartoon and the darkest episode of Seinfeld. Lethem reads a bit and talks aout the book with Jim Fleming.

Then, Chuck Klosterman is the author of several books focusing on pop culture. The latest is a collection of essays called Eating the Dinosaur. In the final essay, called "Fail," Klosterman examines the thinking behind the so-called "Unabomber Manifesto." He tells Steve Paulson that while he doesn't condone Ted Kaczynski's murders, he thinks there are some interesting ideas in his writing.

Next, V. Vale has published four books by J.G. Ballard through his independent publishing house, RE/Search Publications. Ballard is considered a science fiction writer, but described his fiction as "picturing the psychology of the future." Vale talks with Steve Paulson about the prophetic powers of J.G. Ballard. And we hear a bit from a CBC Radio dramatization of a Ballard short story from their "Vanishing Point" series.

Finally, Brent Silby teaches philosophy in Christchurch, New Zealand and is the author of an article in Philosophy Now magazine called "The Simulated Universe." He talks with Anne Strainchamps about the argument it makes. [Broadcast Date: January 15, 2010]

by Jonathan Lethem

by Chuck Klosterman

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