Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Friday, November 12, 1999
WMUB'S fall "Mount Pledgemore" fund-raising campaign ended Wednesday
with a new WMUB record total of pledges: $48,620. This amount is 54%
higher than our campaign one year ago. Our sincere thanks go to
everyone who participated.
Even if you couldn't participate, you can still make a pledge at
http://www.wmub.org/pledge2.html.
WMUB Forum: Beyond Survival: a former POW speaks out
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; a new biography of Galileo
Fresh Air: TBA
Public Interest: finding the body of lost explorer George Mallory on
Mt. Everest
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: Lake Michigan; dinosaur news;
Leonid meteor shower; ants at work
All Things Considered: classroom films of the 50s and 60s
Thursday on The Sound of Faith: African-American Gospel (7:35 am and 4:50 pm)
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).
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).
Friday, November 12: Beyond Survival
Former prisoner of war Gerald Coffee (USN-Ret.) Captain Coffee spent
seven years in a POW camp in North Vietnam. He will be speaking at
100 Laws hall on Miami University's Oxford campus Friday at 5 p.m.
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)
10-11 News Roundup: A panel of journalists joins Diane for a review
of the week's top national and international headlines, including the
latest on the budget negotiations, and the commemoration of the tenth
anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Guests: David Brooks, The Weekly Standard; Susan Page, USA
Today; Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio
11-12 Dava Sobel: Dava Sobel's ("DAY-va so-BELL") new biography of
Galileo reveals little-known aspects of his history, including his
relationship with his three illegitimate children. "Galileo's
Daughter" (Walker Books) draws on the letters exchanged between the
Renaissance astronomer and his oldest daughter, who lived in a
convent under the name Sister Maria Celeste.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
TBA
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AFTER GEORGE MALLORY AND HIS PARTNER VANISHED
DURING THEIR CLIMB TO MOUNT EVEREST'S SUMMIT, MOUNTAINEER CONRAD
ANKER DISCOVERED MALLORY'S BODY AND SPARKED AN INTERNATIONAL
CONTROVERSY OVER THE IDENTITY OF THE FIRST PERSON TO REACH EVEREST'S
PEAK. ANKER JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS HIS CAREER, HIS HISTORIC
DISCOVERY, AND THE LEGACY IT HAS SPAWNED.
Guest: Conrad Anker, co-author w/ David Roberts, "The Lost Explorer:
Finding Mallory on Mount Everest" (Pub: Simon & Schuster)
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)
Host: Ira Flatow
HOUR ONE: DINOSAUR NEWS/LAKE MICHIGAN: the state of Lake Michigan,
one of the world's largest freshwater lakes ...plus, the latest
dinosaur news
HOUR TWO: LEONIDS/ ANTS AT WORK: the upcoming Leonid meteor shower.
Plus, a conversation with biologist Deborah Gordon about her new
book, "Ants at Work."
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
A look back at social guidance and mental hygiene films: we'll hear
about classroom films from the 50s and 60s. They took on topics like
dating, fitting in, and good manners.
Cleve Callison <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
Williams Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
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