Baby Boomers

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Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
(Tom Brokaw)

Boomer at Midlife
(Mark Cain)

Generation Ageless: How Baby Boomers Are Changing The Way We Live Today...And They're Just Getting Started
(J. Walker Smith, Ann Clurman)

Exit Ghost
(Philip Roth)

Incidental Music:

'2001: A Space Odyssey', Introduction from 'Also Sprach Zarathustra'
(The City of Prague Philharmonic/Nic Raine)
For What It's Worth
(Buffalo Springfield)
Bogalusa Boogie
(Clifton Chenier)
Sweet Home Alabama
(The Moog Cookbook)
Antonin Dvorak's'Slavonic Dance, Opus 46 Number 2'
(Itzhak Perlman, violin)
The Artifact & Living
(Michael Andrews)
Exit Ghost
12.30.2007

After 11 years of isolation in New England, Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York City. Now 71, Zuckerman discovers that a lot has changed. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll meet Nathan Zuckerman's creator, the renowned novelist, Philip Roth. And we'll find out how both Roth and his fictional alter ego, Zuckerman, are dealing with the ravages of aging. Also, how aging Baby Boomers will affect our future.

  1. Tom Brokaw on the 60s

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    Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor of NBC News, talks with Anne Strainchamps about the polarizing effects of the sixties.

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  2. Mark Cain on "Boomer at Midlife"

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    Mark Cain is the author of "Boomer at Midlife." He talks with Jim Fleming about being a boomer and the novel he wrote about it.

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  3. Walker Smith on the Six Flavors of Boomers

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    Walker Smith tells Steve Paulson about the six different flavors of baby boomers and why they'll have an impact into the future.

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  4. Catherine Boldt on The Gimpy Girls

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    Catherine Boldt is one of The Gimpy Girls.  Their mission is to make life easier, safer and more fun for gimpy people everywhere.

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  5. Philip Roth on "Exit Ghost"

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    Novelist Philip Roth talks with Steve Paulson about his work and says Nathan Zukerman had made his final appearance in Roth's new novel, "Exit Ghost."

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