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Patt Morrison for Friday, November 28
Grab some Thanksgiving leftovers and a spot on the couch next to grandma – it’s officially StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening! StoryCorps founder David Isay joins Patt to talk about his oral history project, which helps everyday people document their lives and those of their loved ones by asking the questions that matter.
And our veteran comedian Wayne Federman is here to talk about his “Very Federman Christmas 3: The Annual Comedy-Music Holiday Show,” (read: a cage fight between Christmas and Hanukah). Patt Morrison’s very own Comedy Congress has finally launched one of its own into stardom! Speaking of all things Jewish, Josh Kun brings us a history of Jews in America, as told by some choice vinyl LPs – everything from Lena Horne singing in Yiddish to Chubby Checker’s re-recording of the Twist to the tune of Hava Nagilah. You gotta hear it to believe it.
Of course, we couldn’t let a Thanksgiving holiday go by without some mention of Abraham Lincoln. Civil War historian James McPherson is here with the latest book on Lincoln’s legacy, “Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.”
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- November 27, 2008 3:23 PM by Mike Roe
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Patt Morrison for Thursday, November 27
Black Friday: What’s in Store? The day after Thanksgiving is typically a bright spot in the retail calendar, kicking off the holiday shopping season. But this year, when consumer spending reached record lows, Black Friday may turn bleak. Retailers do have a few rays of hope in pent-up demand and lower gasoline prices. Martha Olney, adjunct professor of economics at U.C. Berkeley, joins Patt to talk about the history of Black Friday and see if sales will meet the low expectations this season.
Jetpack Dreams Journalist Mac Montandon was once certain that by the year 2000, humans would have traded in cars for shiny metal backpacks welded to jet engines. Since 2000 came and went without jetpacks, Montandon went on a quest to track the jetpack from the first mention of the jetpack in a 1928 science fiction story to the true story behind a bizarre mid-1990s case of kidnapping, imprisonment and murder. Montandon joins Patt to speak about his journey writing “Jetpack Dreams: One Man’s Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was.”
Ronald Reagan: From Leading Man to World Leader In his new book, “Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years,” author Marc Eliot sheds light on Ronald Reagan as president…of the Screen Actors Guild. Eliot documents a period of Reagan’s life that has been left largely unexamined by biographers, and in doing so, lends new insight into the qualities that made Reagan one of America’s most popular presidents. Patt and Eliot cover Reagan’s days as a Hollywood bachelor, his place in the “Irish Mafia,” and how Hollywood shaped a future president of the United States.
A Splendid Table Celebration Lynne Rosetto Kasper has been sharing cooking tips on public radio for more than a decade. Her recentbook, “How to Eat Supper,” is a meditation on how to bridge supper traditions of yore with today’s busy schedules—creating a meal from one dish, a piece of bread, or those cans that have been sitting in your cabinet for over a year. Named one of the 12 best cooking teachers in America by the James Beard Foundation, Lynne brings her talent to life hosting American Public Media’s “The Splendid Table.” She’s here to talk about “How to Eat Supper,” and to impart some of her wisdom to those cooks still in the kitchen.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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- November 27, 2008 11:02 AM by Aimee Machado
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- Tags: Black friday, How to eat supper, jetpacks, Lynne Rosetto Kasper, ronald reagan
