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

Wednesday, August 9, 2000

Diane Rehm: immigration as a campaign issue; a genealogy of the
history and identity of slaves
Fresh Air: film critic Roger Ebert interviews actor Willem Defoe
Public Interest: "volcano cowboys" -- scientists who study eruptions
Talk of the Nation: electricity shortages; middle-class debt
All Things Considered: where the Soviet Union's scientists are now

Friday on WMUB Forum: tba
Monday on Interconnect: coping with the loss of a child

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

Steve Roberts will fill in for Diane Thursday and Friday of this week.

10-11: Immigration as a Campaign Issue: America is a nation of
immigrants, but generations have debated who should be allowed to
cross the border and become citizens, and on what terms. A panel
talks about how both political parties are positioning themselves on
immigration issues in anticipation of the presidential election, and
explains the top immigration issues awaiting debate in Congress.
         Guests: Frank Sharry, National Immigration Forum; Mark
Krikorian, Center for Immigration Studies

11-12: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall: New Orleans native Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
describes the work she's done on the history and identity of slaves
in Louisiana. After 15 years of painstaking archival research, her
database of information on more than 100,000 slaves is now the
largest such individual collection ever assembled.  [The CD-ROM of
Hall's "Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and
Genealogy 1699-1860" is available from Louisiana State U. Press]



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

Film critic grills actor. Roger Ebert talks with Willem Dafoe, in a
special interview that took place at this year's Cannes Film
Festival. Join us and guest host Barbara Bogaev for FRESH AIR.


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

THE POWER OF A VOLCANIC BLAST CAN BE EQUALED ONLY BY AN ATOMIC
EXPLOSION, WHICH MAKES THE SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY IN THEIR CRATERS A
COURAGEOUS LOT. TIME MAGAZINE SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT DICK THOMPSON
TALKS WITH KOJO ABOUT THE LIVES OF THESE "VOLCANO COWBOYS," AND THEIR
RESEARCH ON VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
        Guest: 1. Dick Thompson, Time magazine science correspondent



    Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.

Guest host: Michael Krasny

HR 1: ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES: the causes of electricity shortages

HR 2: MIDDLE-CLASS DEBT: why so many middle-class Americans are deep in debt



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The story of Soviet scientists ... after the collapse of the Soviet
Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics produced some of the
world's finest physicists. But the fall of Communism allowed them to
find work elsewhere. Hear where they went.



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

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

Friday, August 11, 2000:  tba





    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, August 14, 2000:  Coping With the Loss of a Child

       Guests: Rosemary Smith, author of Children of the Dome

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