Bob Johnson interviews...

10:00 a.m. Philosophy professor and author Daniel C. Dennett will discuss his book Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. He is the co-director for the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University and his books include Brainstorm, Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea. In Breaking the Spell, Dannette explores how the widespread acceptance of the scientific study of religion could help diffuse sectarian conflict around the world. 11:00 a.m. Start the weeding season with William Alexander as he explores the wonderful world of gardening. His book is called The $64.00 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune and Endured an Existential Crisis In the Quest for the Perfect Garden. From the book cover: "The cost of growing one tomato: $64. The joy of finding a gardener more obsessed than you are: Priceless." 11:30 a.m. Stephen Kinzer discusses his book Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq. Kinzer is the former award-winning foreign correspondent for the The New York Times. He has served as the papers bureau chief in Turkey, Germany, and Nicaragua. His previous books include All the Shahs Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds, and Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua. 12:00 noon Mary Pipher discusses her new book Writing to Change the World. Pipher combines her skills as a psychotherapist and a social-change author to inspire folks who care about the future of democracy to forcibly write. Pipher has written seven books, three were New York Times best sellers; Reviving Ophelia was on the list for 154 weeks. Dr. Pipher is a Clinical Psychologist and visiting professor in both the English and Psychology Departments at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She has been a Rockefeller Scholar at Bellagio and has twice received the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association. 1:00 p.m. Kip Fulbeck talks about his new book Part Asian: 100% Hapa. Fulbeck is Associate Professor of Art Studio and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a performance artist, film-maker, photographer, and writer. Fulbeck's videos have aired on PBS and earned several awards, including Best Narrative Short (1995 Los Angeles Asian Pacific American Film Festival). Fulbeck also conducts youth outreach programs and performance workshops. 1:30 p.m. Folksinger Bev Grant will talk about her music. We invite you to Bev's live performance on WPKN's Live From...Where? on Wednesday, May 17th. She says "I write songs as a way to explore our connections with each other and the world we live in. In the words of Eduardo Galeano, I write...'out of a need to communicate and to commune with others, to denounce that which gives pain and to share that which gives happiness.'" Technorati tags: WPKN, Daniel C. Dennett, Kip Fulbeck, Mary Pipher, Stephen Kinzer, William Alexander, overthrow, Bev Grant