Today's talk
shows on
WMUB

Tuesday, November 10, 1998

Diane Rehm (*2 full hours, only on WMUB): weapons inspections in Iraq;
early years of Muhammad Ali
Fresh Air: 1950's poets in New York
Public Interest: "The Siege" and other media portrayals of Arab-Americans
Talk of the Nation (*live, only on WMUB): power and perils of e-mail; year
2000 computer glitch and its  implications
All Things Considered: how GM and the UAW are working on health care in one
Indiana town

Friday on WMUB Forum: urban and rural issues in Ohio


   The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)

                       10-11: Weapons Inspections in Iraq: Last week Iraq
called a halt to the weapons inspections process,  saying UN officials
haven't given enough assurances that economic sanctions will be lifted. A
panel  discusses the options that now face the U.S. and other nations
concerned about Iraq's chemical,  biological, and nuclear weapons
capability.

                             Guests: Geoffrey Kemp, Nixon Center for Peace
and Freedom; Hisham Melhem, As-Safir Newspaper; Paul Wolfowitz, dean of
Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International  Studies

                       11-12: David Remnick: David Remnick, recently named
editor of the New Yorker Magazine, discusses his  new book "King of the
World" (Random House). It's a look at the early years of boxing legend
Muhammad  Ali's career, including his surprise defeat of heavyweight
champion Sonny Liston, and his conversion to Islam.


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

                       Guest Host Ken Tucker talks with writer DAVID LEHMAN
about a group of poets in the 1950s New York ...  who were heedless of the
literary establishment ... loyal to each other ... and who took their cue
from the  Abstract Expressionist painters of the time.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       THE RELEASE OF 20TH CENTURY FOX'S NEW FILM, "THE
SIEGE," HAS ONCE AGAIN PROMPTED CONCERN OVER HOW HOLLYWOOD PORTRAYS
ARAB-AMERICANS. KOJO AND PANELISTS DISCUSS WHETHER OR  NOT FILMS LIKE "THE
SIEGE" CONTRIBUTE TO A CLIMATE OF FEAR AND HATRED TOWARD  ARAB-AMERICAN AND
MUSLIM COMMUNITIES, AND TALK ABOUT OUR STEREOYPES OF MEMBERS OF THESE
COMMUNITIES.

                             Guests: 1. Lawrence Wright, screenwriter, "The
Seige" 2. Arianna Huffington, conservative  columnist, 3. Hussein Ibish,
media director, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee 4. Dr. James J.
Zogby, founder and president, Arab American Institute


   Talk of
the Nation,
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)

                       Host: Ray Suarez

                       HOUR ONE: ELECTRONIC MAIL: the power of e-mail and
its potential hazards.

                       HOUR TWO: YEAR 2000 COMPUTER GLITCH: the year 2000
computer conundrum and whether your life will be affected if the problem
isn't fixed.


   on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.

                       One Indiana factory town where GM pays more for
employee health care than anywhere else. General Motors and the United Auto
Workers union are working on the SAME side to assure quality health care
while keeping costs low.



   WMUB Forum,
Friday 9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.

                       News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail comments and  questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)

                             Urban and rural issues in Ohio

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