Today's talk
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Monday, April 12, 1999
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Today's talk shows:
NOTE: Any of today's show may be pre-empted to
cover the ongoing NATO strikes in Kosovo and
Serbia
Diane Rehm: Balkan Diplomats; Retired kindergarten
teacher Vivian Paley discusses her new book Fresh
Air: Lyricist DOROTHY FIELDS Public Interest:
Robert Kunzig, author, "The Restless Sea:
Exploring the World Beneath the Waves," European
editor of Discover magazine Talk of the Nation:
War Powers; Supreme Court/Car Searches All Things
Considered: A look at the Taliban's influence.
Friday on WMUB Forum: TBA
The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)
Guest host Susan Page of USA Today
10-11: Balkan Diplomats: As NATO continues
airstrikes on Belgrade, and thousands of refugees
leave Kosovo, diplomats from Serbia, Albania,
Macedonia and Montenegro discuss how the ongoing
conflict in Yugoslavia is affecting the entire
Balkan region.
Guests: Vladislav Jovanovic,
Serbian ambassador to United
Nations Petrit Bushati, Albanian
Ambassador Zorica Maric, advisor
to president of Montenegro Ljubica
Acevska, Macedonian Ambassador
11-12: Vivian Paley: Retired kindergarten teacher
Vivian Paley reflects on the lessons her students
taught her about the nature of kindness. Her book
is called "The Kindness of Children" (Harvard).
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.
We remember the late lyricist DOROTHY FIELDS. She
is considered to be the only woman in the pre-rock
era to sustain major critical acclaim as a
songwriter. Dave Frishberg and Rebecca Kilgore
will perform some of Fields songs, we'll talk
about her life with her biographer Debroah Grace
Winer, and we'll discuss Fields lyrics with Philip
Furia, the author of the Poets of Tin pan alley.
and Cy Coleman talks about working with Fields on
the Broadway show "Sweet Charity."
Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
ACCORDING TO AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE WRITER ROBERT
KUNZIG (KOON-ZIG), OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE OCEAN HAS
GROWN DRAMATICALLY IN THE PAST FEW DECADES,
REVEALING A MUCH MORE INTERESTING AND ACCESSIBLE
PLACE THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED AT
MID-CENTURY. KOJO SPEAKS WITH KUNZIG ABOUT WHAT WE
KNOW AND WHAT WE STILL HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT OCEANS.
Guest:
Robert Kunzig, author, "The Restless Sea:
Exploring the World Beneath the Waves," European
editor of Discover magazine
Talk of
the Nation
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)
Join Ray Suarez and guests for a look at the
tension between the White House and Congress ...
over who has the authority to order the use of
military force ... And in the second hour ... A
look at the recent Supreme Court decision to
expand the authority of police to search
passengers' belongings in cars driven by suspects
...
HOUR 1: War Powers
HOUR 2: Supreme Court/Car Searches
on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.
When the Taliban took control of Afganistan three
years ago, it sparked fears a radical brand of
Islam could spread to neighboring countries. We
begin a series on the spread of fundamentalist
Islam ...later on N-P-R's All Things Considered.
WMUB Forum,
9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.
News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail
comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)
Friday, April 16: TBA
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