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Wednesday, March 29, 2000

Diane Rehm: preventing child abuse; journalist David Broder
Fresh Air: religion scholar and former nun Karen Armstrong discusses
her new book "The Battle for God"
Public Interest: Surgeon General David Satcher on smoking
Talk of the Nation: the British Isles; Nazi Germany's development of
an atomic bomb
All Things Considered: Austin, Texas lures Asian immigrants with high-tech jobs

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 on WMUB)

10-11: Preventing Child Abuse: Next month is Child Abuse Prevention
Month, and despite significant advances in awareness of the issue,
children are still being victimized.  Diane and her guests will talk
about the ongoing campaign to educate the public about child abuse
and neglect, and about developments within the legal system's effort
to protect children.
         Guests: Iris Beckwith, Childhelp USA; Howard Davidson,
American Bar Assn. Ctr. on Children and the Law; Elizabeth
Iddings, supervisor of child protective services for Fairfax County, Virginia.

11-12: David Broder: Longtime journalist David Broder discusses the
skyrocketing number of initiatives appearing on ballots around the
country. In his new book "Democracy Derailed" (Harcourt) he warns
that the ballot initiative process has grown from a populist election
reform measure into a movement that threatens to change our system of
government in profound ways.



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

Religion scholar and former nun KAREN ARMSTRONG discusses her new
book "The Battle for God," about the history of fundamentalism in
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.

       For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.


    Public Interest

Host: Korva Coleman

TOBACCO USE, TEEN PREGNANCY, AND COLON CANCER ARE JUST THREE OF THE
CHALLENGING HEALTH CARE ISSUES ON SURGEON GENERAL DAVID SATCHER'S
PLATE. DOCTOR SATCHER JOINS GUEST HOST KORVA COLEMAN TO DISCUSS THE
HEALTH OF OUR NATION.
         Guest: Guest: David Satcher, MD, PhD., Surgeon General for
the US Department of Health and Human Services


    Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)

Host: Neal Conan

HOUR ONE: THE BRITISH ISLES: historian Norman Davies offers a new
look at the history of the British Isles

HOUR TWO:  HEISENBERG, NAZI GERMANY, AND THE A-BOMB: the continuing
controversy surrounding Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg and his
role in developing the German atomic bomb program



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Hi-tech communities around the country are luring people from
South-Asia -- one place they're finding a home is Austin, Texas.



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

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

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