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Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Monday, June 26, 2000
Diane Rehm: party platforms; author Bob Greene on remembering the
soldiers of World War II
Fresh Air: FBI files on Frank Sinatra
Public Interest: America's cities in the 21st century
Talk of the Nation: the white working class; intellectuals in society
All Things Considered: the NPR 100: James Taylor's "Fire and Rain"
Interconnect begins Monday, July 3 at 9 a.m.
tomorrow on 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 live on WMUB)
10-11: Party Platforms: The Republican and Democratic conventions are
coming up in a few weeks' time, and leaders of both parties are
fine-tuning the messages they'll put forth in their platforms. A
panel of political observers joins Diane to explain the process of
crafting a platform, and to discuss some of the issues that are
causing the most controversy within the two parties.
Guests: Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute; Tom
Mann, Brookings Institution; Gerald Pomper, Rutgers University
11-12: Bob Greene: Newspaper columnist Bob Greene discusses his book
"Duty" (William Morrow). It's about how he's gotten to know Paul
Tibbets, who piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on
Hiroshima in 1945. It's also about how, as he's talked with Paul
Tibbets about his life and his views on the war, he's gained insight
into his own father and how he was shaped by his own wartime
experiences.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
"The Sinatra Files." Terry talks with TOM and PHIL KUNTZ (KOONDZ),
editors of a new book excerpting and analyzing the F-B-I's 12-hundred
75 page dossier on Frank Sinatra.
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Burrelle's
toll-free at 1-877-21-FRESH (NEW number as of 6/12/2000).
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
WHETHER IN BOOM TIMES OR BUST TIMES, AMERICAN CITIES HAVE ALWAYS
PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR NATION'S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE URBAN INSTITUTE,
PUBLIC INTEREST KICKS OFF A NEW SERIES FOCUSING ON AMERICA'S CITIES
IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
Guests: 1. Bob Lerman, director, Urban Institute Human
Resources Policy Center, professor of Economics, American University;
2. John Foster-Bey, senior associate, director of the Program for
Regional Economic Opportunity at the Urban Institute's Metropolitan
Housing and Communities Center; 3. Fred Siegel, author, "The Future
Once Happened Here: New York, D.C., L.A. and the Fate of America's
Big Cities," professor of history, Cooper Union
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
Host: Juan Williams
HR 1: WHITE WORKING CLASS: the influence of a growing bloc of swing
voters - the white working class
HR 2: INTELLECTUALS: intellectuals and the role they play in American society
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
We'll hear another selection from the NPR 100 -- NPR's list of the
most important American musical works of the 20th century. Today --
"Fire and Rain" -- and a talk with singer/songwriter James Taylor.
WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Fridays
News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).
Friday, June 30: tba
Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays beginning July 3
Program Director John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour
of discussion on spirituality, self-care, alternative health care
and lifestyle issues (http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).
Monday, July 3: tba
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General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
**Celebrating 50 years of WMUB * 1950 * 2000**
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