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

Tuesday, May 30, 2000

Diane Rehm: open phones; "Big Stone Gap," a novel about a small Virginia town
Fresh Air: tba
Public Interest: tba
Talk of the Nation: Pat Buchanan; the Vikings
All Things Considered: a story of homelessness, mental illness, and alcohol

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

10-11:  Open Phones: Diane opens the phones for an hour of calls,
comments, feedback and questions.  Listeners from across the country
are invited to join the national conversation.

11-12: Adriana Trigiani: Television producer Adriana Trigiani ("ay
dree AH na tridgee AH nee") discusses her first novel, "Big Stone
Gap" (Random House). It's set in her own Virginia home town, which is
best known to the outside world as the place where Elizabeth Taylor
almost choked while campaigning for then-husband Senator John Warner.
She'll talk about the colorful characters in her book, and how close
the fictional Big Stone Gap is to the real town.



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

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1-800-777-TEXT or 1-800-777-839 (NEW numbers).


     Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

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     Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.

Host: Juan Williams

HOUR 1: PAT BUCHANAN: a conversation with the Reform Party
presidential candidate

HOUR 2: VIKINGS: new discoveries about the explorers and invaders of
Europe, Asia and North America



     All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Colbert's story - a cycle of homelessness, mental illness, and
alcohol: He's been going through this for over twenty years. And it's
become a way of life for him. When he's on the streets, he's off his
meds and he starts drinking again, the police will pick him up and
they will put him in an institution because that's what's happened
for the last twenty five years of his life.



     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, June 2: tba

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