Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)

Friday July 21, 2000

WMUB Forum: the role of the father
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; Readers' Review: "The Perfect Storm"
Fresh Air: growing up Jewish in Egypt
Public Interest: organized labor and the election
Talk of the Nation: using bacteria to kill viruses; Scopes trial 75th
anniversary
All Things Considered: the voice of "Harry Potter" on audio books

Monday on Interconnect: the power of our words

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     WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Fridays

News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).

Friday, July 21, 2000:  The Role of the Father


     The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)

***Diane will be out until July 31.  Guest host Susan Page of USA Today

10-11 News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the latest news
stories from around the country and around the world.  They'll talks
about the Camp David Summit, the G-8 Meetings in Japan, and more.
         Guests: Charles Lane, the Washington Post; Alan Murray, Wall
Street Journal; Daniel Schorr, NPR

11-12: Readers' Review: "The Perfect Storm": In 1991, one of the most
powerful storms in recorded history hit North America.  "The Perfect
Storm," Sebastian Junger's account of a fishing boat caught in the
tempest, was a best-seller and has now been made into a Hollywood
movie. The July Readers' Review panel discusses this tense and true
story.
         Guests: Patricia Griffith, novelist, playwright, and
associate professor of English at George Washington University;
Valerie Babb, professor of English at Georgetown University; Kermit
Moyer, professor of literature at American University; Bob Ryan,
chief meteorologist at NBC Channel 4 (Wash. DC)



     Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.

Growing up Jewish in Egypt. An interview with ANDRE ACIMAN <AHS A
MAHN> about his memoir "Out of Egypt." In the 60s his family fled the
anti-semitism and anti-western feelings that were rising in Egypt. He
has a new book of essays called "False Papers: Essays on Exile and
Memory."


     Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

ONCE QUITE POWERFUL, ORGANIZED LABOR HAD LOST MUCH OF ITS CLOUT OVER
THE PAST FEW DECADES.  BUT MANY ARGUE THE TIDE IS SHIFTING, AND LABOR
UNIONS ARE AGAIN ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF POLITICIANS AROUND THE
NATION. JOIN KOJO AND GUESTS FOR A LOOK AT THE RECENT HISTORY OF
UNIONS, AND HOW LABOR ISSUES WILL INFLUENCE THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS.
         Guests: 1. Frank Swoboda, Reporter, Washington Post; 2.
Richard Hurd, Labor Professor at Cornell University; 3. Karen
Nussbaum, Director of Working Women's Dept., AFL-CIO



     Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.

Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: PHAGE THERAPY FOR BACTERIAL INFECTIONS: the use of
bacteria-killing viruses to treat tough bacterial infections.

HOUR TWO: SCOPES TRIAL ANNIVERSARY: the Scopes "monkey" trial on the
75th anniversary of the verdict



     All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The voice of Harry Potter. Jim Dale performs Potter's part along with
the other 124 characters in the new J.K. Rowling (ROH-ling) book.



     Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays

John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).

Monday, July 24:  The Power of Our Words
         Guest: Diane Lobes, Ph.D., psychologist and teacher of
"Conscious Language"


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