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

Wednesday, September 22, 1999

Diane Rehm: reusing medical devices; art teacher Betty Edwards ("The New
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain")
Fresh Air: James Redford, who received a liver transplant and made a
documentary about it
Public Interest: when primitive New Guinea meets the modern world
Talk of the Nation: white male discontent; self-described 'old leftist'
Tony Benn
All Things Considered: sounds of a Chinese bell 3500 years old

Friday on WMUB Forum: the fall TV season

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 on WMUB)

** DIANE's book tour is going on this week. Her memoir, "Finding My Voice,"
is in bookstores now.  Over the next several weeks, she'll be in and out.

10-11: Reusing Medical Devices: Hospitals and clinics commonly use medical
devices in surgeries and other procedures, then sterilize them and use them
again. But some also reuse devices that are labeled for single use only.
Some experts say most devices labeled for single use are truly safe for
multiple uses and that medical facilities would literally go broke if they
always used new equipment.  But others say reprocessing some devices puts
patients at risk for infection or injury and isn't ethical. Join Diane and
guests for a discussion on the manufacture and use of medicaldevices in the
U.S.
        Guests: Josephine Torrente, president of the Assn of  Disposable
Device
Manufacturers; Pam Furman, exec director of the Assn of Medical Device
Reprocessors; Dr. Jose Nazari, Chicago area cardiologist; Dr. Phil
Grossman, Miami gastroenterologist

11-12: Betty Edwards: Betty Edwards presents the revised edition of
"Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain," her classic guide to developing
artistic abilities and problem-solving skills.  "The New Drawing on the
Right Side of the Brain" (Tarcher Putnam) has been updated with information
on the latest brain research, and refined through the hundreds of seminars
Dr. Edwards has led in the past 20 years.



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

Executive producer JAMES REDFORD. After receiving two liver transplants
himself, REDFORD went on to raise money for and  produce the documentary
"The Kindness of Strangers" about the patients and donors in four organ
transplantations.

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


   Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

WHEN AUSTRALIAN SCIENTIST TIM FLANNERY FIRST VISITED NEW GUINEA, HE SET OUT
TO DISCOVER AND CHART NEW SPECIES OF MAMMALS.  IN THE TWO DECADES SINCE, HE
HAS CATALOGUED NEARLY TWENTY NEW SPECIES AND BECOME INTENSELY INTERESTED IN
THE PLIGHT OF THE ISLAND'S LONG-ISOLATED CULTURES WHEN THEY COME INTO
CONFLICT WITH THE INTERESTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND CORPORATIONS.


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

Veteran Talk of the Nation host Ray Suarez is leaving the program to become
Senior National Correspondent for the NewsHour, seen on most PBS stations.
This will be his last week on the show.

HOUR ONE:  WHITE MALE DISCONTENT: how men today are searching for a new,
and more meaningful, definition of masculinity

HOUR TWO:  TONY BENN: a conversation with the most passionate defender of
the 'old Left'-- the Right Honorable Tony Benn



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

We'll ring a very old bell, first heard in China fifteen hundred years
before the birth of Christ. At that time, the tone of a bell, and the way
it was played conveyed a message. We'll hear about one man's collection of
ancient Chinese art.


   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, September 24: Fall TV Season

A first look at new and returning shows for the fall, with Cincinnati
Enquirer media critic John Kiesewetter.



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