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

Monday, May 8, 2000

Diane Rehm: Microsoft's future; the new "Bobo" upper class (bourgeois bohemian)
Fresh Air: novelist Philip Roth ("The Human Stain")
Public Interest: West Indian immigrants to the U.S.
Talk of the Nation: the Edgar Awards for mystery books; race and sports
All Things Considered: a former Energy Department official speaks out
on nuclear safety concerns

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 live on WMUB)

Diane is expected to return today.

10-11: Microsoft's Future: After a lengthy legal battle, the U.S.
government has released its proposal for splitting Microsoft into two
separate software companies. A panel talks about the implications of
this proposal for the computer industry, the stock market, consumers,
and the law.
         Guests: Steven Salop, Georgetown University Law Center;
William Kovacic, George Washington University Law School; Robert
Hahn, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Reform

11-12: David Brooks: Journalist David Brooks discusses his new book
"Bobos in Paradise" (Simon and Schuster).  A self-described comic
sociologist, he created the term Bobo to define today's "new upper
class," who combine 60's-era bohemianism with the bourgeois values of
the yuppies. If you shop at Starbucks and Restoration Hardware... if
you wear Patagonia jackets and drive an SUV through the suburbs... if
you have the kind of anxiety that comes from having a high-status job
with only a moderate income... you too may be a Bobo!



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

Novelist PHILIP ROTH.  His new novel "The Human Stain" is about a
college professor who is forced to retire early after being accused
of a racial slur.  The irony is that the he is himself an
African-American passing for white.  "The Human Stain" is the third
in a trilogy of novels.

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

WHETHER YOU CONSIDER IT A MELTING POT OR A MOSAIC, MOST EVERYONE
AGREES THAT THE U.S. HAS BEEN INDELIBLY SHAPED BY THE IMMIGRANTS WHO
HAVE COME TO HER SHORES.   AS PART OF OUR ONGOING SERIES FOCUSING ON
THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE, KOJO AND GUESTS DISCUSS THE CULTURE,
SOCIOLOGY, AND EXPERIENCE SHARED BY WEST INDIAN IMMIGRANTS.
         Guest: Mary C. Waters, author of "Black Identities: West
Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities" (Harvard Univ.
Press); also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University


    Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.

Host: Juan Williams

HOUR 1: MYSTERIES: EDGAR AWARDS: Mystery novels are selling well,
although defining the genre may be more difficult than ever before.
A discussion with a panel of prominent mystery writers.

HOUR 2: RACE & SPORTS: the relationship between race and athletic achievement



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The Department of Energy maintains the U-S nuclear arsenal, and is
responsible for handling radioactive waste.  Critics say that task
has been mismanaged.  A former Energy official speaks out.



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

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

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