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Tuesday, December 19, 2000

The Diane Rehm Show (10 am - noon)
        Hour one: Election and voting reform
        Hour two: Medical advances that save the lives of newborns at risk

Fresh Air (noon - 1 pm)
        ROBERT SMIGEL, creator of comic series for Conan O'Brien,
Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central

Public Interest (1 - 2 pm)
        Tech Tuesday: the Free Software movement

Talk of the Nation (2 - 4 pm)
        Hour one: Bush and conservatives
        Hour two: Bush and labor

All Things Considered (4 - 7 pm)
        The stresses on hospitals

HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Jazz Piano Christmas 11 (Tuesday 7 - 8pm)

Tomorrow on SoundHealth (9 - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
        Managing Holiday Stress

Friday on WMUB Forum (9 - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
        Year in review

Monday on Interconnect (9 - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
        An Interconnected Christmas


DETAILS:

The Diane Rehm Show (10 am - noon)
        1: Election and Voting Reform: The 2000 presidential election
was marked by voting inconsistencies, unclear ballots and possibly
malfunctioning vote-counting machines. Members of Congress are among
those suggesting ways to address these irregularities and make
elections more fair and accurate. A panel talks about the problems of
the 2000 election and how they could be fixed. Guests: Bruce Fein,
Constitutional lawyer and syndicated columnist; Lloyd Cutler, former
White House Counsel; Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, executive director
of the Black Leadership Forum
        2: Edward Humes: Journalist Edward Humes reports on the
stunning medical advances of recent years that are helping doctors to
save the lives of premature and severely ill infants. His new book,
"Baby ER" (Simon & Schuster), presents the work of one of the
country's leading neonatal intensive care units, at Long Beach
Memorial Medical Center in southern California.

Fresh Air (noon - 1 pm)
        ROBERT SMIGEL (SMIY gel), creator of the puppet Triumph, The
Insult Comic-Dog and the Saturday Night Live cartoons "X Presidents"
and "The Ambiguously Gay Duo." Smigel has a new series on Comedy
Central called "T-V Funhouse."

Public Interest (1 - 2 pm)
        TECH TUESDAY: THE FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT. SURPRISED TO LEARN
THAT SOME COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS THINK MORE ABOUT ETHICS THAN THEY DO
ABOUT WRITING COMPUTER CODE? JOIN A TECH TUESDAY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
PHILOSOPHY OF THE FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT, AND HOW RED-HAT LINUX
(LIN-ucks) HAS MERGED THE CONCEPT OF FREE ACCESS WITH THE ABILITY TO
TURN A PROFIT. 1.Matthew Szulik, CEO of Red Hat; 2.Timothy Ney,
Managing Officer, Free Software Movement

Talk of the Nation (2 - 4 pm)
        1: BUSH AND CONSERVATIVES: George W. Bush ran a presidential
campaign as a "compassionate conservative," a moderate who promised
to unite Republicans and Democrats in the spirit of bi-partisanship.
How president-elect George W. Bush will work with the more
conservative members of the GOP.
        2: BUSH AND LABOR: During presidential campaign most labor
groups pledged their support for Democratic candidate Al Gore. Now
with president-elect George W. Bush heading to the White House, how
will labor groups work with the new administration? Guest: Richard
Trumka, head of the ALF-CIO.

All Things Considered (4 - 7 pm)
        The stresses on hospitals: hospitals across the country are
more and more crowded. And that has put pressure on emergency room
staffs. Ambulances are turned away, patients discharged too early.

Tomorrow on SoundHealth (9 - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
        Managing Holiday Stress. Guests: Laura Stanton, Family
Consumer Advocate from the Butler County Extension Agency of the Ohio
State University; Devon Hanson, author, "Angry: Do You Mind If I
Scream?"

Friday on WMUB Forum (9 - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
        2000 in Review

Monday on Interconnect (9 - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
        An Interconnected Christmas. A special recorded version of
our show with reflections on the meaning and practice of Christmas
from some of today's most forward-thinking thinkers.


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