Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)

Friday, August 4, 2000

Several programs this week will cover events at the Republican
National Convention.

WMUB Forum: fighting fat
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; coaching kids' sports
Fresh Air: remembering the New Yorker's William Maxwell; writer Alec Wilkinson
Public Interest: how foreign journalists cover the GOP convention
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: breast cancer update; the
psychology of winning
All Things Considered: the Queen Mother's 100th birthday; preparing
for Olympic beach volleyball -- in Siberia

Monday on Interconnect: home schooling

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

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, August 4, 2000:  Fighting Fat

        Americans always seem to want more when it comes to our food.
But what effect does this have on our health, and how can we slim
down without sacrificing our favorites?


     The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists joins Diane for the
Friday News Roundup, a review of the events of the Republican
Convention in Philadelphia as well as the rest of the week's national
and international news stories.
         Guests: David Brooks, The Weekly Standard; E.J. Dionne, The
Washington Post; Martha Raddatz, ABC News

11-12: On the Job: Coaching Kids' Sports: Coaches talk about juggling
kids, parents, and the special demands of training young people to
play team sports.
         Guests: Ron Tugwell, Carol Horton, Terry Changuris, all
coaches or former coaches in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Among them they have coached football, field hockey, baseball,
basketball, gymnastics, tennis, softball, and more



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

We remember writer William Maxwell, the former fiction editor of the
New Yorker. Terry Gross features an interview with him from the
archive and will speak with a writer he mentored, Alec Wilkinson.


     Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

NOT JUST AMERICANS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE G-O-P CONVENTION.
JOURNALISTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE JOIN KOJO TO DISCUSS HOW REPUBLICAN
ISSUES AND THE UPCOMING ELECTION ARE PLAYING IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.
         Guests: 1. Henry Champ, Canadian Broadcast Company; 2. Hisham
Melhem, Washington bureau chief for the Lebanese daily newspaper
As-safir



     Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.

Guest host: Joe Palca

HOUR ONE: BREAST CANCER UPDATE: the latest on breast cancer treatment
and prevention.

HOUR TWO: PSYCHOLOGY OF WINNING: are the brains of the best athletes
wired differently?



     All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The Queen Mother's 100th birthday!  She survived Hitler's bombing,
the fall of the British Empire and the tabloid press. And beach
volleyball in Russia; peparing for the summer Olympics near the
Siberian frostbelt.



     Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays

John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).

Monday, August 7, 2000:  Home Schooling

        Guests: Chris and Greg Webb,  parents and in-home teachers of two boys

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