Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Friday, February 11, 2000
WMUB Forum: promoting literacy among youth
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; author Amanda Beesley on the
surprises of marriage
Fresh Air: writer Andre Dubus II (DAH-buse)
Public Interest: helping underprivileged students through math literacy
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: AIDS update; flight safety; is
Pluto a planet?; the Galileo mission
All Things Considered: a visit to Cardenas, Cuba, the home of Elian Gonzales
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).
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).
Promoting Literacy Among Youth
Guests: including the Teens for Literacy program founded by
Miami University professor Alan Berger
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)
10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
news stories, including the President's new budget proposal, and
Steve Forbes' decision to drop out of the GOP nomination race.
Guests: Karen Hosler: Baltimore Sun; Carl Leubsdorf: Dallas
Morning News; Daniel Schorr: National Public Radio
11-12: Amanda Beesley: When Amanda Beesley's boyfriend proposed
marriage, she thought life wouldn't change much. After all, they
already lived together and had been to plenty of their friends'
weddings. But, as she tells in her book "Something New" (Doubleday),
engagement and then newlywed life brought changes both surprising and
subtle.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
Writer ANDRE DUBUS II ("DAH-buse") on his novel "House of Sand and
Fog" - it's just come out in paperback, and his father, the
award-winning writer Andre Dubus who died last year.
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
KOJO SPEAKS WITH BOB MOSES, WHO AS A YOUNG ORGANIZER FOR THE STUDENT
NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE WAGED A CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE IN
MISSISSIPPI. MORE RECENTLY, HE STARTED THE ALGEBRA PROJECT AS A
MEANS TO HELP ECONOMICALLY UNDER-PRIVILEGED STUDENTS GAIN GREATER
FREEDOM THROUGH MATH LITERACY.
Guest: 1. Bob Moses, founder, The Algebra Project; 2. Charlie
Cobb, author, biographer
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)
Host: Ira Flatow
HOUR ONE: AIDS Update/Flight Safety: recent AIDS news, plus a
discussion about how to keep the skies safe.
HOUR TWO: Pluto/Galileo Update: a debate about whether or not Pluto
should hold onto its claim to planethood. Plus, the latest on the
Galileo mission to Jupiter
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
We'll hear a visit to Cardenas, Cuba--the hometown of six year old
Elian Gonzales. Many from the town have already made the dangerous
crossing to Florida and many others are likely to follow.
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General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
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