Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Wednesday, May 3, 2000
WMUB Forum: Civility
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; crime novelist P.D. James' new memoir
Fresh Air: singer Dawn Upshaw -- from opera to show tunes and Broadway
Public Interest: impact of the guitar on American music and culture
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: cosmology update; developing new medicines
All Things Considered: why the 'gender gap' in this year's election
may not benefit Democrats
For questions about Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, or All
Things Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232.
For tapes and transcripts call toll-free 1-877-NPR-TEXT
(1-877-677-8398).
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)
Diane is away today for a station visit. She will return on Monday.
Guest host Susan Page of USA Today
10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
national and international news stories, from the protests at a Navy
base in Puerto Rico, to the latest on what the presidential
candidates are talking about.
Guests: David Corn, The Nation; Bill Kristol, Weekly
Standard; Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine
11-12: P.D. James: When she turned seventy-seven, mystery novelist
P.D. James recalled Dr. Johnson's advice that the age of
seventy-seven is "time to be in earnest." She took the advice and
spent some time reflecting on her life so far. "Time to Be in
Earnest" is the title of her new memoir. (The book is published by
Knopf)
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
Singer DAWN UPSHAW. . . the opera soprano who is also known for her
renditions of standards and show tunes. This month she performs a
selection of Broadway tunes at New York's Lincoln Center.
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
IN A REMARKABLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE ELECTRIC GUITAR WENT FROM
AN EXPERIMENTAL INSTRUMENT TO THE CENTERPIECE OF AMERICAN POPULAR
MUSIC. EXPERTS INCLUDING RENOWNED GUITAR MAKER PAUL REED SMITH JOIN
KOJO TO DISCUSS THE INSTRUMENT'S HISTORY AND IMPACT ON AMERICAN MUSIC
AND CULTURE.
Guest: 1. Paul Reed Smith, founder, Paul Reid Smith Guitars
2. Walter Carter, author and former historian at Gibson Guitar
Corporation; 3. Tom Wheeler, former Editor in Chief of Guitar Player
Magazine, author of numerous guitar books, and currently Associate
Professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.
Host: Ira Flatow
HOUR ONE: COSMOLOGY UPDATE: cosmologists got a look last week at
pictures of the universe back before there were galaxies or even
stars. Those images may provide key information about fundamental
questions of the universe.
HOUR TWO: DEVELOPING NEW MEDICINES: how new medicines are discovered,
developed, and tested to make sure they're safe and effective. Plus,
whether herbal remedies are required to go through a similar testing
process.
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
For the past few elections, the 'gender gap' has tended to benefit
the Democrats -- this year, things are changing.
WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m.
An hour of conversations with guests, and listener e-mail comments
and questions (http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).
Friday, May 5: Civility
Many commentators have argued that there has been a perceptible
and unfortunate decline in Americans's sense of civility and respect
for others. Is it just a matter of rudeness and potty jokes in South
Park, or is there a deeper connection to violence and alienation? Are
we becoming a less civil society? Is that always bad? How might such
a decline, if it exists, be dealt with?
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General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
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