Today's talk
shows on
WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Tuesday, April 27, 1999
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).
Diane Rehm: discovery of a new solar system; author Tracy Kidder ("Home Town")
Fresh Air: writer Michael Ondaatje ("The English Patient"); Duke Ellington,
part 2
Public Interest: students and the First Amendment
Talk of the Nation: parental responsibility for children's actions;
individualism and American identity
All Things Considered: Y2K problems facing hospitals
Friday on WMUB Forum: the war over Kosovo
The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)
10-11: New Solar System: Earlier this month,
astronomers announced they'd identified a solar system forty-four light
years away. This raised hopes that the discovery of life on another planet
may not be far off. A panel of scientists joins Diane to discuss how the
new information adds to our knowledge about the universe, and to talk
about the ongoing search for extra-terrestrial life.
Guests: Debra Fischer, San Francisco State
University Planet Search Project; Robert Noyes, Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics; Michael Meyers, Astrobiologist at NASA
11-12: Tracy Kidder: Acclaimed author Tracy Kidder
explores small-town living through the lives of several residents of
Northampton, Massachusetts. He reveals the complexity behind the
picture-postcard surface of this New England college town. His new book is
called "Home Town" (Random House).
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.
Guest host: Ken Tucker
Writer MICHAEL ONDAATJE (on-DAH-chay), the author of
"The English Patient" discusses his newcollection of poems. . . and part
two of our look at Duke Ellington with jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD.
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call
Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.
Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
STUDENTS EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS,
INCLUDING SCHOOL NEWSPAPERS, THE UNDERGROUND PRESS, WEBPAGES, AND
CHATROOMS. A PANEL OF EXPERTS JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS THE FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND THE NATURE OF CENSORSHIP IN THE NEW INFORMATION AGE .
Guests: 1. Mark Goodwin, Student Press Law
Center 2. Ann Beeson 3. Crystal Roberts, Legal Policy Analysist, Family
Research Council
Talk of
the Nation
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)
Host: Ray Suarez
HOUR ONE: PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: how parents are
held accountable for the actions of their children
HOUR TWO: INDIVIDUALISM: individualism and the
American identity
Call Talk of the Nation at 1-800-989-TALK to
join in the conversation.
on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.
Y2K and your hospital. In spite of efforts to fix
everything from IV pumps to drug dispensers, there are still problems. And
some hospitals are even still getting NEW equipment that is STILL date
sensitive.
WMUB Forum,
9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.
Guest host Cleve Callison with an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)
Friday, April 30: the war over Kosovo
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