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

Wednesday, December 8, 1999

Diane Rehm: education and affirmative action; memoirs of journalist
Jack Germond
Fresh Air: the forbidden world of lesbian pulp fiction
Public Interest: author/anthropologist Wade Davis on endangered cultures
Talk of the Nation: genius and character; "grrl" culture
All Things Considered: the War Crimes and Genocide series continues
with a look at Rwanda

Thursday on The Sound of Faith: Buddhism

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

Diane will remain out after another treatment for her spasmodic
disphonia disorder. Guest host Jim Angle of FOX News

10-11: Education and Affirmative Action: Several states are either
trying out or considering a version of affirmative action in their
university systems that admits the top percentage of public high
school students statewide.  The new version is aimed at increasing
minority enrollment while getting away from traditional race-based
admissions policies.  We'll take a look at how this new form of
affirmative action works, and what kind of reaction it's getting from
politicians and educators around the country.
         Guests: Stuart Taylor, National Journal; Barbara Arnwine,
exec dir, Lawyers' Cmte for Civil Rights under Law

11-12: Jack Germond: Jack Germond (jurMOND)'s memoir "Fat Man in a
Middle Seat" (Random House) looks back on his forty-year career as a
political journalist. Currently a columnist for the Baltimore Sun,he
talks about the politicians he's covered, from the Kennedys and
Nixon, to Reagan and Clinton, and about how his profession has
changed over the years.



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

The forbidden world of lesbian pulp fiction. . . we talk with JAYE
ZIMET who has collected the book covers from lesbian pulp fiction in
the new book "Strange Sisters."  And we hear from two writers of the
genre who kept their identities secret.

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


    Public Interest

ANTHROPOLOGIST, BIOLOGIST, ETHNO-BOTANIST AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR WADE
DAVIS IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE RAPID DISAPPEARANCE
OF MANY OF THE WORLD'S MOST UNIQUE AND OBSCURE CULTURES.   HE JOINS
KOJO  FOR AN HOUR OF DISCUSSION AND ARM-CHAIR EXPLORATION.
         Guest: Wade Davis, anthropologist, ethno-botanist, and author
of many books including his most recent "Shadow in the Sun: Travels
to Landscapes of Spirit and Desire" (Pub: Broadway Books, NY)


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

Host: Brooke Gladstone

HOUR ONE:  GENIUS AND CHARACTER

HOUR TWO:  GRRL CULTURE:the increasingly complicated question of what
it means to be a girl



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

It has been five years since the killing stopped in Rwanda, but many
Tutsis are still fearful of their Hutu neighbors. NPR's  series on
Genocide and War Crimes continues with the aftermath of the genocide
in Rwanda.



    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).

Friday, December 10: TBA