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

Thursday, March 16, 2000

Diane Rehm: technology as a threat to human life; novelist E.L.
Doctorow ("City of God")
Fresh Air: health and nutrition writer Dr. Andrew Weill [wile]
Public Interest: Edward Braithwaite [brath-waite], author of "To Sir
With Love" and former ambassador of Guyana to the U.N.
Talk of the Nation: taxing the internet; the business of college sports
All Things Considered: a noted filmmaker takes on an opera

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

10-11: Technology as a Threat to Human Life: The new issue of Wired
Magazine has an article by an information technology expert who fears
scientific advances could have an unprecedented negative impact on
human life within just a few generations. Bill Joy of Sun
Microsystems explains why he once believed improvements in software
and other high-tech products would improve and enhance our existence
and why he now has misgivings.

11-12: E.L. Doctorow: Acclaimed novelist E.L. Doctorow discusses his
new work, a sprawling, ambitious book titled "City of God" (Random
House). The story begins when a cross disappears from a New York City
church and mysteriously re-appears at a nearby synagogue. The plot
unfolds along with an exploration of faith and religion at the dawn
of this new century.



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

Some tips on nutrition and diet from DR. ANDREW WEILL ("wile").  He's
best known for his books on holistic medicine.  His new book is
"Eating Well for Optimum Health."

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

THIRTY YEARS AGO, A YOUNG MAN FROM GUYANA (GUY-ana) WROTE THE BOOK
"TO SIR WITH LOVE" AND CHANGED THE WAY AMERICANS THOUGHT ABOUT
CLASSROOM EDUCATION.  SINCE THEN, AUTHOR EDWARD BRAITHWAITE
(BRATH-wait) HAS LED AN ACCOMPLISHED LIFE, INCLUDING SERVING AS
GUYANA'S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS. BRAITHWAITE JOINS
KOJO FOR AN HOUR OF REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION.
         Guest: Edward Braithwaite, author; former Guyanese Ambassador
to the United Nations


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

Host: Juan Williams

HOUR ONE:  CASTRO'S CUBA AND THE U.S.: is there's any possibility of
a diplomatic opening with Cuba, and is Fidel Castro is capable of
change?

HOUR TWO: TBA



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

German filmmaker Werner Herzog (VER-ner HERT-sahg) is turning his
talents to the opera stage ... directing the work of Richard Wagner
(REE-kahrd VAHG-ner).  We'll hear about Herzog's interpretation of
the opera "Tannhauser" (TAHN-hoy-zer)



    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 17: TBA

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