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

Wednesday, February 2, 2000

Diane Rehm: New Hampshire results; a new biography of Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis
Fresh Air: the Sundance Film Festival
Public Interest: "professional de-bunker" Wendy Kaminer talks about
the need for self-criticism
Talk of the Nation: New Hampshire primary; the death penalty
All Things Considered: who really deserves credit for the nation's
economic expansion?

Friday on WMUB Forum: Local Spotlight: a look inside the Oxford
Community Foundation

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: New Hampshire: On the morning after the New Hampshire Primary,
a panel of political observers talks about the voting results and
about what lies ahead on the road to the party nominations.
         Guests: Arianna Huffington, columnist and author of "How to
Overthrow the Government" (ReganBooks / HarperCollins); E.J. Dionne,
Washington Post columnist and Brookings Institution fellow

11-12: Donald Spoto: Donald Spoto (Spoe-toe) discusses his new
biography of former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis,
the woman he calls "the first non-Hollywood star in American
history."  (Published by St. Martin's)



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

We talk with our film critic John Powers about the new movies that
just premiered at the Sundance film festival, which John describes as
the most important film festival in the US.

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

SOCIAL CRITIC WENDY KAMINER IS OFTEN CALLED A "PROFESSIONAL
DE-BUNKER."  SHE JOINS KOJO TO EXPLAIN HER BELIEF THAT AMERICAN'S
NEED TO BE MORE CRITICAL, MORE ANALYTICAL, AND MORE SATIRICAL IN
THEIR DAILY LIVES.
         Guest: Wendy Kaminer, author (Pub: Pantheon/Random House)


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

Host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE:  NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY: the results of the New Hampshire
primary, and the likely impact on the year 2000 Presidential race,

HOUR TWO: DEATH PENALTY: the death penalty, and if it can ever be
administered fairly



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Considering who deserves the credit for the nation's longest
expansion... Some observers credit President Bill Clinton. Others say
the credit goes to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. But is
there someone else? But many say the real hero is less well known:
Paul Volker.



    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, February 4: Local Spotlight: A Look Inside the Oxford
Community Foundation

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