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Wednesday, March 22, 2000

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Diane Rehm: the Pope's visit to the Holy Land; the relationship
between therapist and patient
Fresh Air: composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim; writer Ernesto
Quinonez (Kee Nyo Nez)
Public Interest: conserving Earth's biodiversity, with naturalist
Edward O. Wilson
Talk of the Nation: civil unions/gay marriages; are family newspapers dying?
All Things Considered: a crackdown on Florida schools

Friday on WMUB Forum: universities and sweatshops

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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: The Pope's Visit to the Holy Land: This week Pope John Paul
II, leader of the Roman Catholic Church, visits the sites of many of
the major events in the life of Jesus of Galilee.  A panel talks
about the religious, cultural, historical, and political significance
of the Pope's pilgrimage.
         Guests: Rabbi James Rudin, American Jewish Committee; Dr.
Eugene Fisher, US Conference of Bishops; Hanna Rosin, Washington Post

11-12: Susie Orbach: Susie Orbach (ORE bawk) explores the
relationship between therapist and patient in her new book, "The
Impossibility of Sex" (Scribner).  Orbach, herself a prominent
therapist in her home city of London, says it's not a one-way
exchange -- that counselors are often deeply affected by encounters
with their clients.



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

Terry celebrates the 70th birthday of composer and lyricist STEPHEN
SONDHEIM with an interview from the archives...and she talks with
writer ERNESTO QUINONEZ (Kee Nyo Nez). His debut novel "Bodega
Dreams" is set in Spanish Harlem.

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

RENOWNED NATURALIST EDWARD O. WILSON HAS EARNED TWO PULITZER PRIZES
FOR HIS ABILITY TO EXPLAIN TOPICS IN CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY IN
PRINT, AND NOW HE IS USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO SHARE HIS INSIGHTS AND
KNOWLEDGE.  WILSON AND CO-AUTHOR DAN PERLMAN JOIN KOJO TO TALK ABOUT
THEIR NEW CD-ROM,  "CONSERVING EARTH'S BIODIVERSITY."
         Guests: 1. Edward O. Wilson, naturalist, professor emeritus,
Harvard University; 2. Dan Perlman , lecturer in Environmental
Science and Public Policy, Harvard University


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

Host: Juan Williams

HOUR ONE: CIVIL UNION / GAY MARRIAGE: the complications of legally
recognizing same-sex unions, and the attendant controversy

HOUR TWO:  ARE FAMILY NEWSPAPERS DYING?: in today's multimedia world,
are old-fashioned, family-owned newspapers are a thing of the past?



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Failing schools in Florida are under intense pressure to improve.



    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, March 24: Universities and Sweatshops

       This week Miami University signed a pledge not to sell
University-licensed clothing and other items made in sweatshops. The
controversy and its implications are examined in this special report.

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