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

Thursday, March 8, 2001

Help Desk (9am - 10am, repeated 7 - 8pm)
        Your Mac and PC computer questions answered by Ted Beerman
and Guy Moore.

The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
        Hour One: migrant workers
        Hour Two: cultural historian Marilyn Yalomon her new book, "A
History of the Wife"

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
        How a small town radio telescope in Australia helped televise
Neil Armstrong's moonwalk

Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
        Timothy McVeigh's request to be executed on television

Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm)
        Hour One: AIDS drugs and patent laws
        Hour Two: U.S. policy toward North Korea

All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
        The proposed missile defense system

coming up soon in local talk

(live and interactive 9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm)

tomorrow on WMUB Forum
        The role of the father (re-broadcast)

Monday on Interconnect
        Compassion as the Root of Happiness. Guest: Bo Lozoff,
co-founder of the Human Kindness Foundation. Website:
http://www.humankindness.org/

Tuesday on the Todd Mundt Show
        tba

Wednesday on Sound Health
        Women's health issues




DETAILS:

Help Desk (9am - 10am, repeated 7 - 8pm)
        Your Mac and PC computer questions answered by Ted Beerman
and Guy Moore.

The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
        Hour One: Migrant Workers: President Bush and Mexican
President Vicente Fox talked about opening up the border between the
two countries to allow greater movement of migrant workers. A panel
discusses the pros and cons of proposed changes in the laws governing
the employment of migrant workers. Guests: Mark Krikorian, Center for
Immigration Studies; Stephen Cohen, senior fellow with the Cato
Institute
        Hour Two: Cultural historian Marilyn Yalom: Yalom tracks the
institution of marriage and how it has affected women's lives in her
new book, "A History of the Wife" (Harper Collins). She joins Diane
to tell about what marriages used to be like, and to talk about how
"the meaning of wife" has and hasn't changed over the years.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
        The new film "The Dish" tells a little known story: how a
small town radio telescope in Australia helped televise one of
history's most watched events, Neil Armstrong's historic
moonwalk.Hear from the film's director, ROB SITCH.

Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
        UNTIL NINETEEN FORTY, EXECUTIONS WERE PUBLIC EVENTS. NOW,
TIMOTHY McVEIGH BRINGS THE ISSUE BACK WITH HIS REQUEST TO BE EXECUTED
ON LIVE T-V. THE PROS AND CONS OF PUBLIC EXECUTION. Guests: 1. Wendy
Lesser, author, "Pictures at an Execution: An Inquiry Into the
Subject of Murder" (Harvard University Press); 2. Carl Gottlieb
(gott-LEEB), Deputy Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism.

Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm)
        Hour One: AIDS DRUGS & PATENTS LAWS: access to AIDS drugs in
underdeveloped countries, and whether or not international trade laws
should be observed in the face of a medical crisis.
        Hour Two: U.S. POLICY TOWARDS NORTH KOREA: President Bush met
with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung on Wednesday but said the
United States views North Korea as a threat and would not immediately
resume negotiations with the communist regime. How should the U-S
engage North Korea?

All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
        The concept of a missile defense system -- downing warheads
before they hit the U-S has long be criticized as impossible. But
advocates say it's too dangerous not to try.


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