Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Thursday, April 23, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
     Guest host Steve Roberts
 
     10-11: Drunk Driving: Congress is considering legislation that
     would set a national drunken driving standard that is stricter
     than the laws currently on the books in many states.  States who
     do not comply with the new standards would lose federal highway
     funds.  A similar proposal was recently defeated in the state of
     Maryland.  Our panel will discuss the merits of the proposal on
     both the federal and state levels.
 
          Guests: Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
               Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen
               Dana Lee Dembrow, Maryland House of Delegates
               Nick Manis, Maryland Beer Wholesalers Assn.
 
     11-12: Viagra: Viagra, a new drug that treats male impotence, has
     just hit pharmacies, and it is already one of the most
     talked-about prescription drugs on the market.  Our panel will
     discuss how this medication could change the treatment of
     impotence, and what benefits it may have for women as well as
     men.
 
          Guests: Dr. James Regan, urologist, Georgetown University
               Dr. Marian E. Dunn, Center for Human Sexuality, State
                    University of New York, Brooklyn
               Dr. Jennifer Berman, urologist, University of Maryland
                    Baltimore Campus
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
     Documenting Cambodia's genocide. From 1975-79 Pol Pot's Khmer
     Rouge killed more than a million and a half people. BEN KIERNAN
     heads the "Cambodian Genocide Project" at Yale which is
     documenting the mass killings. KIERNAN wants those responsible to
     face a war crimes tribunal. We'll hear from KIERNAN about how the
     death of Pol Pot last week will affect his project. That and more
     coming up on the next Fresh Air.
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
     ROCK CRITICS FROM MTV, "SPIN" MAGAZINE AND THE BALTIMORE SUN TALK
     ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF ROCK AND ROLL -- WHERE IT CAME FROM
     AND WHERE IT'S HEADED.  THEY'LL DEBATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
     INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND DISCUSS HOW TODAY'S POPULAR BANDS REFLECT
     LARGER TRENDS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. Guests: 1.(via studio in
     NYC) Craig Marks, Executive Editor, "Spin" magazine 2.(via studio
     in NYC) Mark Kemp, vice president of music and editorial at MTV
     (former editor at "Rolling Stone" magazine) 3. TBA
 
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
 
     Join Ray Suarez for the April meeting of Talk of the Nation's
     Book Club of the Air...Ray and guests invite you to call in to
     discuss "Ariel," Sylvia Plath's collection of poems...And in the
     second hour...A look at the history and legacy of the
     Spanish-American War, fought 100 years ago....
 
     HOUR 1:  Book Club of the Air/"Ariel"
     HOUR 2:  Spanish-American War
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
      N-P-R's Cheryl Devall reports on the opening of Walt Disney
      World's
     Animal Kingdom.  The 800-million dollar park has been the focus
     of controversy following the deaths of a dozen animals and birds
     preceding its opening yesterday.  Thirty-three thousand visitors
     entered the new attraction within the first ninety minutes.