Today's talk shows on WMUB

Friday, May 26, 2000

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Diane Rehm: News Roundup; James Bradley: One of the most
unforgettable images from World War Two is the photograph of six young
soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima.
Fresh Air: A sword-boat captain LINDA GREENLAW; JOHN
WOO...director of the new film Mission
Impossible 2.
Public Interest: AUTHOR AND ACTOR MICHAEL PALIN. FROM "MONTY
PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS"
AND "A FISH CALLED WANDA" TO TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD IN
EVERY IMAGINABLE DIRECTION.
Talk of the Nation Science Friday: HOUR ONE: MICROBIOLOGY
UPDATE; HOUR TWO: DINOSAURS
All Things Considered: A shortwave radio mystery.

Friday on WMUB Forum: teaching Latin in high schools

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

Guest host Susan Page of USA Today

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
national and international news
stories.  Guests: E.J. Dionne, Washington Post; David Brooks, The Weekly Standard; Karen Tumulty,
Time Magazine

11-12: James Bradley: One of the most unforgettable images from World War Two
is the photograph of six young soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima.
James Bradley is the son of one of the men in the photo.  He tells his father's
story and the stories of his fellow flag-raisers in "Flags of Our Fathers" (Bantam).




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

A sword-boat captain LINDA GREENLAW.  She survived "The Perfect Storm"...and has written her own
book "The Hungry Ocean."  Linda Greenlaw is a rarity...a female captain of a sword-fish boat.  She
talks about the challenges of commercial fishing...off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.

Also...JOHN WOO...director of the new film Mission Impossible 2.  Join us and Barbara Bogaev for
FRESH AIR...

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     numbers).


   Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

BRENOWNED AUTHOR AND ACTOR MICHAEL PALIN IS VERSATILE.  FROM "MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING
CIRCUS" AND "A FISH CALLED WANDA" TO TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD IN EVERY IMAGINABLE
DIRECTION.  IN THIS SPECIAL PRE-RECORDED SHOW, KOJO SPEAKS WITH PALIN ABOUT HIS NEWEST
ADVENTURE, FOLLOWING ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S TRAIL AROUND THE GLOBE .
Guest:  Michael Palin, actor and author of "Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure" (Pub: St. Martin's
Press, NY)



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


HOUR ONE: MICROBIOLOGY UPDATE

Join guest host David Baron on the next Science Friday as the talk turns to the never-ending war
between people and germs. We'll have a report from the battlefield.

HOUR TWO: DINOSAURS

Join guest host David Baron on Science Friday for a summer field guide to the dinosaurs--in museums
and on the big screen.



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

A shortwave radio mystery. On hundreds of frequencies, unidentified broadcasters deliver continuous
strings of numbers to unknown recipients. The messages are thought to be code intended for the ears
of spies around the world. That story -- along with the day's news -- later on NPR's All Things
Considered.



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

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

Friday, May 26: teaching Latin in high school

     Some high schools are dropping Latin as a foreign language option; in
others it flourishes.
     The prospects for the study of this classical language in high school.


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