CORRECTION: Today's Fresh Air was incorrectly listed with yesterday's topic.


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

Thursday, September 9, 1999

Join us for WMUB and Miami University's LIVE national broadcast of Public
Interest with Kojo Nnamdi tomorrow at 1 p.m. The Center for the Performing
Arts on the Miami campus is the site; admission is free, but be sure to
arrive by 12:45.

Diane Rehm will appear on the "Today Show" today.  She will also appear on
PBS's "To the Contrary" on Saturday September 11 or Sunday September 12

Diane Rehm: advancements in diabetes control; a new biography of Princesss
Diana
Fresh Air: [CORRECTION] Disney's planned community "Celebration"
Public Interest: charter schools
Talk of the Nation: the NPR-Kaiser Foundation poll on schools; East Timor
update
All Things Considered: financing long-term care for the elderly

Tomorrow on WMUB Forum: Reflecting on the Beat Generation

Tomorrow on Public Interest, live from Miami: Free Speech on Campus

For questions about Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, or All Things
Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232. For tapes and
transcripts call toll-free 1-877-NPR-TEXT (1-877-677-8398).


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

** DIANE's book tour starts this week. Her memoir, "Finding My Voice," is
in bookstores now.  Over the next several weeks, she'll be in and out.

10-11: Diabetes: A panel talks about the most promising advances in the
control and treatment of diabetes, and explores the ways in which the
disease still dominates thousands of Americans' lives.
                Guests:  Deb Butterfield, founder of the Insulin-Free World
Foundation and author of "Showdown with Diabetes" (Norton): Dr. David
Harlan, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK); Cmdr. Dr. Alan Kirk, transplant surgeon, NIDDK & US Navy

11-12: Sally Bedell Smith: Two years after Princess Diana's death in a car
accident, biographer Sally Bedell Smith presents her life story.  "Diana In
Search Of Herself" (Times Books) portrays a very attractive yet often
troubled woman.



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

[CORRECTION] The town that Disney built.  A talk with journalists Douglas
Frantz and Catherine Collins about the two years they spent living in
Celebration, a new town built by the Disney Corporation, just five minutes
from Disney World.  It's the subject of their new book.

      For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.


   Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Guest Host: Kathy Merritt

D.C. NOW HAS TWELVE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT OPERATE SOMEWHAT OUTSIDE OF THE
CONVENTIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.  GUEST HOST KATHY MERRITT SPEAKS WITH
NELSON SMITH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD,
ABOUT THE UNIQUE POSITION THESE SCHOOLS OCCUPY AND THE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY STANDARDS TO WHICH THEY ARE HELD.


   Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)

Host: Ray Suarez

HOUR ONE:  EDUCATION POLL: details of the new NPR-Kaiser-Kennedy School
Poll on education; share YOUR ideas on how to fix the biggest problems
facing our schools

HOUR TWO:  EAST TIMOR UPDATE



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

As the number of elderly Americans increases -- more and more families face
the question of how to pay for Long-Term Care. Living in a nursing home is
not inexpensive -- and few elderly Americans have insurance to cover the
cost. Some in Congress want to make Long Term Care tax-deductible -- but
would that help?



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

WMUB announcer Steve McFarland fills in for News Director Darrel Gray with
an hour of conversations with guests, and listener e-mail comments and
questions (http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html). This program will
feature a studio audience, with Public Interest host Kojo Nnamdi as a guest.

Friday, September 10: Reflecting on the Beat Generation

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Jack Kerouac, one of
the most influential and prominent leaders of the Beat Generation of the
1950s and 60s.  Along with Alan Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William
Burroughs, their literary circle forever changed America's literary,
religious, and artistic landscape.  They questioned authority, dabbled in
Eastern Religions, spawned musical greats like Bob Dylan, promoted drug
use, and introuduced new concepts in writing. Join guest host Steve
McFarland as he talks with experts from Miami University's Department of
Religion and Department of English about Kerouac and others, and how they
brought rebellion into the American mainstream.


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