Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Wednesday, August 30, 2000
Diane Rehm: Indian Trust Fund lawsuit; author Lucy Grealy on
politics, family, television and more
Fresh Air: continuing a week-long series on television: heroes, with
James Daniel of "NYPD Blue," Peter Falk and Clint Eastwood
Public Interest: a male birth control pill?
Talk of the Nation: the role of kindergarten; corporate damage control
All Things Considered: the Gullahs of South Carolina's island resorts
try to share in tourist revenues
Friday on WMUB Forum: electricity deregulation
Monday on Interconnect: interfaith efforts at peacemaking
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The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)
Diane is on vacation until after Labor Day. Guest host Steve Roberts
10-11: Indian Trust Fund Lawsuit: In a class action suit against the
U.S. Government, Native American plaintiffs claim trust account
mismanagement has cost them billions of dollars. The lead plaintiff,
Elouise Cobell, talks about the history of the case and its current
status.
11-12 Lucy Grealy: Author Lucy Grealy, author of the 1994 memoir
"Autobiography of a Face," joins guest host Steve Roberts to discuss
her new book "As Seen on TV: Provocations" (Bloomsbury). In this
collection of essays, she shares her observations on sex, politics,
family, and other personal and universal themes of
turn-of-the-millennium life.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
T-V week continues...with some good guys. JAMES DANIELS plays
Lieutenant Fancy on N-Y-P-D Blue. PETER FALK was the disheveled
detective Columbo, and CLINT EASTWOOD fought bad buys while herding
cattle on Rawhide.
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
A MALE BIRTH CONTROL PILL? IT MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. A
DISCUSSION OF CUTTING EDGE CONTRACEPTIVE RESEARCH FOR MEN AND WOMEN
AND THE COMPLICATED POLITICS BEHIND IT.
Guests: 1. Dr. Andrew Kaunitz, Professor, OB/GYN Department,
University of Florida; 2. Dr. Felicia Stewart, Co-Director Center for
Reproductive Health Research and Policy University of California, San
Francisco; 3. Dr. Polly Harrison, Director of the Alliance of
Microbicide Development
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
Host: Juan Williams
HR 1: WHAT'S THE ROLE OF KINDERGARTEN?: Today, many kids have gone to
day care AND pre-school before they start kindergarten; what are the
implications?
HR 2: CORPORATE DAMAGE CONTROL: the Firestone recall and the
different strategies companies adopt when confronted with a crisis
that could potentially put them out of business
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
The Changing Face of America: How the Gullah (GUH-lah) people on the
Sea Islands of South Carolina are trying to break into the resort and
tourism business that's overwhelmed land that was once theirs.
WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Fridays
Guest host Marianne Russ with an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).
Friday, September 1, 2000: Electricity Deregulation
This past July, Ohio Governor Bob Taft signed the "consumer
choice" bill which deregulates the sale of power at the retail level
-- in essence, allowing consumers to choose who their electric
provider is. Guests will include representatives of the Butler Rural
Electric Cooperative.
Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays
John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).
Monday, September 4, 2000: Interfaith efforts at peacemaking
Guest: Dr. Paul Knitter, Theology Professor, Xavier University
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