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

Wednesday, November 17, 1999

WMUB'S fall "Mount Pledgemore" fund-raising campaign ended last
Wednesday with a new WMUB record total of pledges: $48,620. This
amount is 54% higher than our campaign one year ago. Our sincere
thanks go to everyone who participated.

Even if you couldn't participate, you can still make a pledge at
http://www.wmub.org/pledge2.html.

Diane Rehm: trade with China; the great flu epidemic of 1918
Fresh Air: Indian musician Ravi Shankar
Public Interest: municipal curfews on youth
Talk of the Nation: regional accents in the U.S.; kids and media
All Things Considered: marketing to children

tomorrow on The Sound of Faith: African-American Gospel (7:35 am and 4:50 pm)

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)

10-11 Trade with China: On Monday, the U.S. Trade Representative
finalized an agreement with China's minister of foreign trade that
could lead to China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Diane
and her guests talk about what's in the agreement and what it could
mean for the American economy.
         Guests: Winston Lord, former ambassador to China; Nicholas
Lardy, Brookings Institution; Robert Scott, Economic Policy Institute

11-12 Gina Kolata: Gina Kolata (coLAta) of the New York Times
discusses the influenza epidemic of 1918, which killed as many as 40
million people around the world.  Today, scientists are working with
long-preserved tissue samples of flu victims to try to learn what
made that strain of this common virus so very deadly.  Her new book
is called "Flu" (Farrar Straus & Giroux).



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

He brought Indian music to western cultures: RAVI SHANKAR.  At the
age of 79, he's written his autobiography and is performing on sitar
with his teenage daughter ANOUSHKA (Ah-NOOSH-ka).

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



Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE U-S HAS SEEN A BOLD RESURGENCE IN THE
POPULARITY OF MUNICIPAL YOUTH CURFEWS. JOIN KOJO FOR A DISCUSSION ON
THE GOALS OF CURFEWS, HOW WE MEASURE IF THEY ARE WORKING, AND WHAT
INFRINGEMENTS ON THE RIGHTS OF TEENAGERS MAY OR MAY NOT BE JUSTIFIED
IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.

Guests: 1. (by phone) Mike Males, author of "Framing Youth: Ten Myths
about the Next Generation"; 2. Liz Siegel, child advocate; 3.
(12:40-12:50 by phone) Galen Price, National Chairman of the
International Student Activism Alliance



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

Host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE:  REGIONAL ACCENTS IN THE U.S.: regional dialects and
accents in the U.S.

HOUR TWO:  KIDS AND MEDIA: how different kinds of media affect kids
and their development



All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Marketing to children.  Kids are an ever-moving target, weaned on
commercials, and saavy to yesterday's pitches. So Madison Avenue is
learning how to change its pitch to stay hip. How advertisers keep up
with big spenders too young to drive.



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

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

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