Patt Morrison Thurs, 3/19

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Thursday, March 19, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

KPCC PLEDGE DRIVE

 

1:08 – 1:18

NOT CONFIRMED:

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

 

 

 

 

1:25 - 1:53

Ken Burns on “America's Best Idea”

From the telephone to the Internet, America has had some great ideas, but Ken Burns thinks our best was preserving our national parks for everyone to enjoy. His new PBS documentary explores this "American" concept of protecting our greatest natural treasures, and follows scientists, soldiers, artists, entrepreneurs, and the average Joe through some of the country's most beautiful landscapes.

 

Guests:

Ken Burns, Director and producer of documentary films. His latest documentary for PBS is called, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”

IN STUDIO

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

2:08 – 2:18

OPEN

 

 

 

2:25 – 2:53

Either You’re In, Or You’re In the Way

When their homeless, alcoholic father died alone in a jail cell, twin brothers Logan and Noah Miller vowed to make their dream film as a dedication to him. Problem was, they had no experience, not a dime to their names, or a single contact in Hollywood. But with generous amounts of luck and moxie, the twins became short-lived professional baseball players, then bingo callers, and were finally plucked from obscurity by a modeling scout - all before writing, producing, acting in and directing their film "Touching Home," starring Ed Harris as their dad. We hear the story from the two young men who made it happen.

 

Guests:

Logan and Noah Miller, authors of Either You’re In or You’re In the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, on One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keep a Promise to Their Father

IN STUDIO