Today's talk
shows on
WMUB

                    Friday, July 24, 1998.

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                    Diane Rehm: News Roundup; General Barry McCaffrey
                    Fresh Air: A concert with LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
                    Public Interest: SPORTSWRITER MITCH ALBOM Talk of
                    the Nation/Science Friday: Alternative Operating
                    Systems; Star Trek Phenomenon All Things
                    Considered:  jazz singer and pianist Patricia
                    Barber


The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon

                    Guest host Steve Roberts (Diane will be on
                    vacation for the rest of the month.)

                    10-11: News Roundup: A look at the week's top news
                    stories, from campaign finance investigations and
                    Iranian missile tests, to reports that scientists
                    have now cloned mice.
                         Guests:    Jodie Allen, Slate magazine
                                    Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard
                                    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune

                    11-12: General Barry McCaffrey: General Barry
                    McCaffrey talks about his work as director of the
                    White House Office of National Drug Control
                    Policy. He'll discuss his recent trip to Europe
                    and current issues in fighting drug abuse and the
                    illegal drug trade in America.

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

                    A concert with LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, he performs
                    songs from his 1996 album "Grown Man." released on
                    Virgin Records. His newest CD is "Little Ship"
                    also on Virgin but features him working with
                    Grammy award-winning producer John Leventhal for
                    the first time. Interview conducted by Rock Critic
                    Ken Tucker. Originally aired 1/30/96. (THIS
                    INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE
                    SHOW)







Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                    SPORTSWRITER MITCH ALBOM (AL-bum) HAS
                    WRITTEN THE STORY OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
                    HIS TEACHER AND MENTOR MORRIE SCHWARTZ.  REUNITED
                    AFTER MANY YEARS WHEN THE PROFESSOR WAS DYING OF
                    LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE, HE TAUGHT ALBOM THE MOST
                    IMPORTANT LESSON OF ALL - HOW TO LIVE A HAPPY AND
                    FULFILLING LIFE.  THAT'S PUBLIC
                    INTEREST....FRIDAY/TODAY AT (LOCAL TIME)...HERE
                    ON (LOCAL STATION). "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old
                    Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson"
                    Guest: 1. Mitch Albom (AL-bum), writes for the
                    Detroit Free Press, hosts a daily radio show on
                    WJR in Detroit, author of NY Times bestsellers
                    "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man,
                    and Life", "Bo", and "Fab Five"

Talk of
the Nation/
Science Friday,
2-4 p.m.

                    Join Ira Flatow for a look at alternatives to
                    Microsoft's Windows operating systems...And in the
                    second hour...A look at how Star Trek has
                    conquered the world...

                    Hour 1: Alternative Operating Systems
                    Hour 2: Star Trek Phenomenon




                    on today's

All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.

                    Later today on All Things Considered, we'll talk
                    with jazz singer and pianist Patricia Barber about
                    how the right kind of music can almost change the
                    air. She says that it can create a tension that
                    seems to "pull the oxygen right out of the room."
                    Patricia Barber's jazz...and the day's news, later
                    today on NPR's All Things Considered.