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Friday, May 30, 2008

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  • A sailor aboard the USS Nimitz.Life inside a floating fortress
    An aircraft carrier is a world of its own and a microcosm, with people from many different backgrounds and opinions living and working together. A creator and a producer of PBS' CARRIER talk about the six months they spent filming officers and crew aboard the USS Nimitz.9:06 a.m.
    Guests
    Maro Chermayeff: Director, co-creator with Mitchell Block and one of the executive producers of the PBS documentary "CARRIER."
    Rick Dupre: Co-producer with Deborah Dickson of "CARRIER."
    Resources
    PBS: "CARRIER"
    About Maro Chermayeff
    About Jeff Dupre
  • Talking Volumes: A conversation with Michael Ondaatje
    Michael Ondaatje talks about his latest book, "Divisadero." It's a novel set in California of the 1970s, about a family torn by a violent act. The conversation with Kerri Miller was recorded at the Fitzgerald Theater on May 27.10:06 a.m.
    Resources
    Talking Volumes

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