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

Friday, March 17, 2000

Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; Readers' Review of "Charming Billy"
by Alice McDermott
Fresh Air: novelist Nick Hornby ("High Fidelity") legendary jazz
musician Ornette Coleman
Public Interest: affordable housing for middle- and lower-income families
Talk of the Nation: taxing the internet; the business of college sports
All Things Considered: for St. Patrick's Day, an Irish band with
African and Caribbean influences

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Things Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232.
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     The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists joins Diane for a
roundtable review of all the week's news headlines.  They'll discuss
everything from China-Taiwan relations to the latest from the
Presidential campaigns to the effects of the increase in gas prices.
         Guests: Tony Blankley, columnist; Daniel Schorr, National
Public Radio; Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine

11-12: Readers Review: The March Readers' Review panel discusses
"Charming Billy," Alice McDermott's National Book Award-winning
novel.  For St. Patrick's Day, Diane and her guests talk about this
Irish-American-themed story of a man whose life is changed by the
loss of the woman he loves, who returns to Ireland.
         Guests: Kate Lehrer, novelist; E. Ethelbert Miller, poet and
director of the African-American  Resource Center at Howard
University; Diane McKinney-Whetstone, novelist; Kermit Moyer,
professor of literature at American University



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

An interview with novelist NICK HORNBY.  His book "High Fidelity" has
been made into a new film starring John Cusack ("COO-sack") as a used
record store owner, with an obsession for music, and a string of
broken romances.  Also legendary composer and jazz musician ORNETTE
COLEMAN.  He turns 70 years old this Sunday.

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


     Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

IN THIS BOOMING ECONOMY, THE COST OF HOUSING IS INCREASING
NATIONWIDE, AND THE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS ARE DECREASING FOR MANY LOWER
AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.  GUESTS JOIN KOJO TO DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL EFFECT OF HOUSING PRESSURES IN COMMUNITIES.
         Guests: 1. (By phone in Baltimore) John Kromer, director of
housing, Philadelpia, Pa.; 2. Andrew Kochera, senior policy advisor,
AARP; 3. Barry Zigas, director of the National Housing Impact
Division, Fannie Mae


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

Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: NEW FUEL CELL/ METHANE HYDRATE: a closer look at an
abundant, clean energy source. Could methane hydrates satisfy the
world's energy appetite? Plus, building a better fuel cell.

HOUR TWO: CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY: the technological future, and
whether future advances will threaten human existence



     All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

We'll hear the songs of an Irish band called Kila (KEE-luh).  It's
music that takes influences from Dublin, Ireland ... and it's sung in
the Gaelic language. But the band adds overtones of music from Africa
and the Caribbean.



     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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