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

Thursday, September 30, 1999

Diane Rehm: open phones; a memoir of struggle against poverty, alcoholism,
and deformity
Fresh Air: East Timorese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose
Ramos-Horta; controversial Reagan biographer Edmund Morris
Public Interest: American roots music with folklorist Nick Spitzer
Talk of the Nation: changing concepts of Hell; rebellion in Russia's
Chechnya region
All Things Considered: China after 50 years of communism

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)

10-11: Open Phones: Diane opens the phone lines for an hour of calls and
conversation with listeners around the country.  You're invited to join her
to talk about what's in the news around the world or in your home town.

11-12: Barbara Moss: Barbara Robinette Moss tells her own story in her
memoir "Change Me Into Zeus' Daughter" (Loess Hills Books). She grew up in
Alabama, facing challenges including poverty, family alcoholism, and a
facial deformity.



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

A talk about the situation in East Timor with East Timorese resistance
leader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner JOSE RAMOS-HORTA.  And a talk with
writer EDMUND MORRIS about his controversial new biography of Ronald Reagan.

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


   Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

DRAWING IN LISTENERS WITH A MIXTURE OF SONGS, SOUND-BITES, AND INTERVIEWS,
HOST NICK SPITZER TRACES THE CULTURAL ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC EACH
WEEK ON THE PUBLIC RADIO SHOW "AMERICAN ROUTES." SPITZER JOINS KOJO FOR AN
HOUR OF STORIES, INSIGHTS, A BIT OF BOOGIE-WOOGIE, AND MORE.

Guest: Nick Spitzer, host; also Professor of Folklore and Cultural
Conservation at the University of New Orleans.


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

Guest host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE:  HELL: how concepts of Hell have changed over history

HOUR TWO:  CHECHEN REBELS: who the Chechen rebels are, what they're
fighting for, and how the conflict might affect Russia's political stability



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

China at 50: U.S.-Chinese relations have undergone major transformations
since 1949. The biggest change came in 1972, when President Nixon visited
Beijing.



   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, October 1: TBA

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