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

Tuesday, August 31, 1999

Join us for WMUB and Miami University's LIVE national broadcast of Public
Interest with Kojo Nnamdi on Friday September 10th at 1 p.m. The Center for
the Performing Arts on the Miami campus is the site; admission is free.

Diane Rehm: welfare reform and the nation's poorest; thinking about racial
identity
Fresh Air: Blues Week, part 2: Bonnie Raitt; Eric Clapton
Public Interest: how IBM turned itself around
Talk of the Nation: East Timor vote on independence; how schools can be
more equitably funded
All Things Considered: the summer of Captain Beefheart

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)

Diane has returned from vacation and a voice treatment.

10-11: Welfare Reform and the Nation's Poorest: The 1996 welfare reform act
has been heralded as a success as thousands of Americans have gotten off
public assistance and taken jobs.  But a new study says that while the
welfare rolls are down, some of the nation's poorest are actually worse
off.  A panel talks about how the success of welfare reform is being
measured and what the future holds for America's poorest citizens.
        Guests: Wendell Primus, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Pam
Loprest, Urban Institute; Ron Haskins, House Ways and Means Committee;
Rodney Carroll, COO of the Welfare to Work Partnership

11-12: Eugene Robinson: Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post describes
how his years as a foreign correspondent in South America changed the way
he thinks about racial identity.  His book is called, "Coal to Cream" (Free
Press).



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

Day two of Blues Week: rock musicians BONNIE RAITT and ERIC CLAPTON discuss
the blues musicians that influenced them.

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


   Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

IT'S TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY.  TODAY, DOUG GARR, AUTHOR OF "IBM REDUX: LOU
GERSTNER & THE BUSINESS TURNAROUND OF THE DECADE" JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS THE
HISTORY OF THE IBM CORPORATION - FROM ITS NEAR PLUMMET, FOLLOWED BY A
SEEMINGLY MIRACULOUS REVIVAL, AND ITS INNER WORKINGS.

Guest: Doug Garr, author, "IBM Redux: Lou Gerstner and the Business
Turnaround of the Decade"


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

Host: Ray Suarez

HOUR ONE:  EAST TIMOR REFERENDUM ON INDEPENDENCE: what yesterday's vote
could mean for the political and economic future of the remote Pacific
island

HOUR TWO:  EQUAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS: how funding for public
school students might be more fairly allocated



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The summer of Captain Beefheart.  The past few months have seen the release
of NINE CD's devoted to a musician who quit performing more than 15 years
ago.



   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, September 3: TBA


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