Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Wednesday, April 1, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
      (note: Diane Rehm is still recovering from a bout of laryngitis. At
this time we are not sure when she will return as host of the show)
 
      Guest host Susan Page of USA Today
 
      10-11 International Adoptions: A panel discussion on the growing
number of American parents who adopt foreign-born children. These families
must deal with many cultural and economic issues that are different from
those faced by families who adopt within  the United States. Guests:
Maureen Evans, Joint Council on International Children's Services; Dr. Dana
Johnson, International Adoption Clinic at the University of Minnesota;
David Juhren, Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoptions
 
      11-12 Wall Street Journal reporters Bob Davis and David Wessel will
talk about their new book "Prosperity" (Times Books). It's about  their
prediction that, thanks to technological advances, educational
opportunities, and increased trade, the next two decades will be
 
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
      Former U.S. Poet Laureate ROBERT HASS (pronounced like grass) talks
to Terry about some of his favorite recent poems by other  poets. He's
collected them in "Poet's Choice: Poems for Everyday Life."
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
      JIM CRACE (SOUNDS LIKE "GRACE") IS THE AUTHOR OF THE WHITBREAD NOVEL
OF THE YEAR, "QUARANTINE," A FICTIONAL  REWORKING OF CHRIST'S FORTY DAYS IN
THE DESERT. HE JOINS HOST FRANK STASIO TO DISCUSS THE MAGICAL NATURE OF
STORYTELLING AND THE CHALLENGE OF BEING AN ATHEIST WRITING A SPIRITUAL
NOVEL.
 
      Guest: Jim Crace, author
 
 
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
 
      Join Ray Suarez for a look at the ethical and legal challenges
presented when women sell eggs from their ovaries to infertile
couples...And in the second hour...The days when schoolchildren learned
exclusively by the textbook are over...Take a look at  whether the
classroom textbook is becoming obsolete and what's replacing it...
 
      HOUR 1: Who Owns the Egg? / Medical Ethics
 
      HOUR 2: What Happened to the Textbook?
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
      TBA
 
 
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