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                    Tuesday, April 13, 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:  Russia; Amity Shlaes
                    Fresh Air: The rise in popularity of Heroin in the
                    1990's Public Interest: Simplifying the process of
                    choosing a computer and computer software. Talk of
                    the Nation: Cardinal Roger Mahony; The KLA All
                    Things Considered: Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown's
                    100th day in office

                    Friday on WMUB Forum: TBA



The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)

                    *** Please note: Diane is out of town the first
                    two days of this week to receive 2 awards from the
                    Foundation of American Women in Radio &
                    Television.  She will return Wednesday. ***


                    Tuesday, April 13, 1999 Guest host Steve Roberts
                    =========================== 10-11: Russia: The
                    NATO airstrikes in Serbia have added new tensions
                    to the relationship between Russia and the U.S.  A
                    panel talks about U.S.-Russia relations and how
                    the conflict in Kosovo, economic troubles, and
                    other factors are affecting Russia's internal
                    stability and its global standing in the long
                    term.
                                    Guests: Angela Stent, Georgetown
                                    University and author of "Russia
                                    and Germany Reborn" (Princeton)
                                    Dimitri Simes, president of The
                                    Nixon Center and author of "After
                                    The Collapse: Russia Seeks Its
                                    Place as a Great Power" (Simon &
                                    Schuster) Peter Reddaway, George
                                    Washington University Ariel Cohen,
                                    Heritage Foundation

                    11-12: Amity Shlaes: In the height of tax season,
                    the Wall Street Journal's Amity Shlaes ("shlays"
                    -- rhymes with "blaze") casts a critical eye on
                    our current tax system. Her book is called "The
                    Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and
                    What to Do About It" (Random House).



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

                    The rise in popularity of Heroin in the 1990's.
                    We'll hear from filmmaker STEVEN OKAZAKI whose
                    film "Black Tar Heroin" shows on HBO tomorrow
                    night. Then we'll meet DR. DAVID SMITH of San
                    Francisco's Haight Ashbury Free Clinics about why
                    he thinks heroin is becoming the drug of choice.




Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                    Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                    WITH THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
                    CONSTANTLY ADVANCING, MANY CONSUMERS ARE UNCERTAIN
                    ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT SATISFYING THEIR HARDWARE
                    AND SOFTWARE NEEDS.  KOJO SPEAKS WITH LARRY MAGID
                    (MAG-id), AUTHOR OF "THE LITTLE PC BOOK," AND
                    ROBERT LAURISTON (LORE-is-tun), AUTHOR OF "THE PC
                    BIBLE" ABOUT SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING A
                    COMPUTER AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE.

                    Guests:
                    1.Larry Magid, author, "The Little PC Book"
                    2.Robert Lauriston, author, "The PC Bible"



Talk of
the Nation
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)

                    Join Ray Suarez for a conversation with Cardinal
                    Roger Mahony about the challenges of running the
                    country's largest Archdiocese ... And in the
                    second hour ... A look at the facts and rumors
                    surrounding the K-L-A ...

                    HOUR 1:   Cardinal Roger Mahony
                    HOUR 2:   The KLA



on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.

                    Today marks Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown's 100th day
                    in office. He promised voters he would shake
                    things up -- and he has. Some say his actions show
                    he's fearless. Others wonder if the act will wear
                    thin.

                    Also -- an analysis of the air war in Yugoslavia.
                    Not all the brass is pleased.




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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