Week of April 21, 2002

Week of April 21, 2002

Brother Astronomer

The Scientific Model

04.21.2002

The hurricane is coming.  Nothing you can do about it.  But wait!  Scientists from Dyn-o-Storm fly into the hurricane.  They release a chemical that stops the hurricane dead in its tracks.  Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge, should we?  Just because we can?

  1. Christine Maggiore on HIV and AIDS

    Christine Maggiore is HIV positive.  She denies that HIV causes AIDS and says science is abandoning its own model of proving a theory.

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  2. Tim Samuelson on the Chicago River

    Chicago historian Tim Samuelson tells Jim Fleming about the time the City of Chicago decided to reverse the flow of the Chicago river and send its waste south along the Mississippi.

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  3. Brother Guy Consolmagno on Religion and Science

    Brother Guy Consolmagno, author of “Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist,” talks wit Jim Fleming about the historic rift between science and religion.

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  4. Peter Cordani on Dyn-O-Storm

    Peter Cordani is CEO of Dyn-O-Mat. He invents things.  Like Dyn-O-Storm - a polymer gel that can be sprayed on clouds to make them go away.

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  5. Donald Kraybill on Amish Culture

    Donald Kraybill tells Steve Paulson that Amish attitudes towards technology are nuanced and complex.  He says they prefer to think through the implications of new technology before they adopt it.

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Auditioning: An Actor-Friendly Guide

The Making of Movies

04.21.2002

Most movie stars will do anything to stay in the limelight.  But Debra Winger didn’t care.  Six years ago, she walked out of Hollywood.  Next time on To the Best of Our Knowledge, Debra Winger talks about the frustrations of show business.

  1. Debra Winger and Arliss Howard on "Big Bad Love"

    Arliss Howard and his wife Debra Winger talk with Steve Paulson about Southern culture, the role of music in the film, and why Debra left Hollywood.

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  2. Peter Guber on Hollywood

    Peter Guber founded Mandalay Entertainment and Polygram Entertainment.  He tells Anne Strainchamps that most people try to pitch him a business deal, not a creative vision.

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  3. Joanna Merlin on Auditioning

    Former casting director Joanna Merlin talks with Jim Fleming about the auditioning process.  Her book is “Auditioning: An Actor-Friendly Guide.”

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  4. Les Blank on Documentaries

    Les Blank is a much admired documentary film-maker. His subjects have included Polka music, gap-toothed women, and bluesman Lightning Hopkins.

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