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

Monday, August 23, 1999

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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).

Diane Rehm: disappearance of world languages; a memoir of Nazi Resistance
in Poland
Fresh Air: cars of the future
Public Interest: society's conception of the "ideal" female look
Talk of the Nation: the Federal Reserve; evaluating past drug use and politics
All Things Considered: the fall TV season: unloveable characters and
scatalogical humor


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

Diane is taking some time off after a voice treatment and then some
vacation time.  She'll return to the air Monday, August 30. Guest host
Steve Roberts

10-11: World Languages: The number of languages spoken across the globe is
falling rapidly.  While some linguists say we should do everything possible
to preserve disappearing languages and cultures, others say there's nothing
wrong with the growing dominance of English. A panel talks about the cycles
that mark language usage and what is being done to preserve endangered
languages.
        Guests: Anne Soukhanov, U.S. general editor, Encarta World English
Dictionary; Peter Ladefoged, professor emeritus of linguistics, UCLA; Ives
Goddard, National Museum of Natural History; Barbara Grimes, editor,
"Ethnologue"

11-12: Irene Gut Opdyke: As a young woman in Poland during World War Two,
Irene Gut Opdyke ("GOOT" like "foot," "OPP-dike") helped protect Jews from
the Nazis. Although she risked great danger to herself, as the war
progressed, she became bolder and bolder in her acts of resistance. Her
memoir, "In My Hands" (Knopf) is addressed to today's youth.



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

Cars of the future. . .we talk with the curator of the "Different Roads"
exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and with one of the car's
designers.

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


   Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

WITH THE PERVADING IMAGE OF THE YOUNG, PRETTY, AND THIN WOMAN, TELEVISION,
MAGAZINE ADS, AND MOVIES CONSISTENTLY REMIND US OF THE "IDEAL" FEMALE LOOK.
KOJO SPEAKS WITH THE AUTHOR OF A NEW BOOK WHICH SEEKS TO OFFER THOUGHTFUL
SOLUTIONS TO THE APPEARANCE ANXIETY FELT BY MANY WOMEN.

Guest: (from Anchorage, AK) Linda McBryde, M.D., author, "Mass Market Woman


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

Host: Ray Suarez

HOUR ONE:  THE FED: how the Federal Reserve works, its influence on the
economy and how it affects your money

HOUR TWO:  POLITICS OF PAST DRUG USE: the relevance of past drug use in
evaluating presidential contenders



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

A conversation about the Fall TV season...including a new show -- called
Action -- featuring unloveable characters ... and scatalogical humour.
Maybe it'll get old fast...or maybe it's the future of TV.



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

Marianne Russ 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)

Friday, August 27: TBA

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