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

Friday, May 19, 2000

WMUB has won another award for our 1999 radio series, "The Sound of
Faith." Wednesday producer Steve McFarland was awarded an Honorable
Mention in the 2000 Ohio Educational Telecommunications awards
competition for radio. Congratulations, Steve!

WMUB Forum: Water Wars
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; the psychological and biological
roots of optimism
Fresh Air: Pete Townsend, co-founder of The Who
Public Interest: poet, professor and NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: cancer rates; prescribed burns;
20th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption
All Things Considered: suing the police for illegal strip searches

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

News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).

Friday, May 19: Water Wars

       Some predict that local, national and global politics of the
21st century will be defined by water -- who has it,  who doesn't,
and what the consequences are


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

Diane is on a station visit. Guest host: Jim Angle of FOX News.

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
news stories, from this week's interest rate hikes to the latest on
the New York Senate race.
         Guests: Jodie Allen, US News & World Report; Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune; Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal

11-12: Dr. Susan Vaughan: Some might divide the world into two camps:
pessimists, and optimists. Psychologist Susan Vaughan's new book
"Half Empty, Half Full" (Harcourt) is about the psychological and
biological roots of optimism.  She joins guest host Jim Angle to talk
about how to tell whether you're a pessimist or optimist, and more
importantly, what makes you that way.



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

Pete Townsend, co-founder of The Who. Townsend turns 55 today, just
in time for another Who tour this summer.

       For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free
1-800-777-TEXT or 1-800-777-839 (NEW numbers).


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

ESSAYIST ANDREI (AHN-dray) CODRESCU (coe-DRESS-koo) HAS BEEN
ENTERTAINING PUBLIC RADIO LISTENERS AND HIS READERS WITH SHREWD
SOCIAL COMMENTARY FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.  HE JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS
HIS LATEST BOOK, A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WHICH EXAMINES AMERICA'S
OBSESSION WITH "THE DEVIL".
         Guest: Andrei Codrescu, author, "The Devil Never Sleeps: and
Other Essays" (St. Martin's Press); professor of Literature at
Louisiana State University; NPR contributor


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

Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: CANCER RATES/ PRESCRIBED BURNS: As intentionally set fires
continue to burn out of control in New Mexico and at the Grand
Canyon, a look at the science of prescribed burns.

HOUR TWO: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOUNT ST. HELENS: the May 18th, 1980
eruption of Mount St. Helens, and how the area has recovered from the
largest volcanic eruption in the lower forty-eight states in the past
century.



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

In the past year, at least 20 people have sued New York City for
illegal strip searches. Police Commissioner Howard Safir (SAY-fer)
has said it is "not a major issue." The plaintiffs say it's a
violation of the 4th Ammendment of the Constitution.

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