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

Monay, February 14, 2000

Love, marriage and Valentines...

Diane Rehm: drug company mergers; stories about marriage from Steve
and Cokie Roberts
Fresh Air: the band Magnetic Fields on love songs about love songs
Public Interest: the evolving role of the National Guard
Talk of the Nation: the art of courtship; the Northern Ireland peace process
All Things Considered: the NPR Top 100: Rodgers and Hart's "My Funny Valentine"

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: Drug Company Mergers: In recent weeks, several major drug
manufacturing companies have announced mergers.  Two experts talk
about what these changes may mean for the industry, for stockholders,
for drug research, and for consumers.
         Guests: Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Public Citizen; Wayne Pines, drug
industry consultant

11-12: Cokie and Steve Roberts: Journalists Cokie and Steve Roberts
discuss "From This Day Forward" (William Morrow), their new book on
marriage.  The book alternates tales from their own marriage with
stories of other American marriages.



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

Love songs about love songs. . .a talk with STEPHIN MERRITT the
leader of the band "Magnetic Fields."  Their new 3-CD set is "69 Love
Songs."

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

SHRINKING NUMBERS OF ARMED FORCES AND GROWING PEACEKEEPING
COMMITMENTS MEAN THE NATIONAL GUARD'S CITIZEN-SOLDIERS ARE BEING
CALLED UP TO SERVICE MORE OFTEN AND FOR LONGER DEPLOYMENT PERIODS.
KOJO SPEAKS TO LEADERS OF THE GUARD ABOUT ITS EVOLVING ROLE BOTH HERE
AND ABROAD.
         Guests: 1. Major General Raymond Rees, Vice-Chief of the U.S.
National Guard Bureau; 2. Retired Major General Richard Alexander,
Executive Director of the National Guard; Association of the United
States; 3. Steve Vogel, military affairs reporter, Washington Post


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

Host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE:   ART OF COURTSHIP: the art of courtship, and whether it
needs to be revived

HOUR TWO: NORTHERN IRELAND: the latest developments in the Northern
Ireland peace process



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Day, NPR's series on the most important American musical works of the
past 100 years continues....  We'll hear about the yearning and
melancholy behind the Rodgers and Hart classic "My Funny Valentine"



    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).

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