Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Wednesday, April 15, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
     (note: Diane Rehm is still recovering from a bout of laryngitis.
     Diane Rehm is planning to return to the show on May 4, 1998.)
 
     Guest Host Steve Roberts
 
     10-11: Northern Irish Peace Settlement: Last week a historic
     peace settlement was drafted in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Next
     month the citizens of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland
     will vote on whether to accept the terms of the agreement. Our
     panel will talk about reactions to the settlement in Ireland and
     around the world, and the prospects for passage of the
     referendum. Guests: Nuala O'Faolain of The Irish Times and author
     of "Are You Somebody?" Anne Smith, Ulster Unionist Party Martin
     Kettle, Washington bureau chief of The Guardian Steven Erlanger,
     The New York Times
 
     11-12: Robert Lipsyte, "In The Country of Illness" (Knopf):
     Robert Lipsyte is a New York Times columnist. Twenty years ago
     Lipsyte was first diagnosed with cancer, and his wife had her
     own, ultimately fatal struggle with cancer just a few years
     later. His book is an account of his and his wife's experiences,
     and a guide for others coping with serious illness.
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
     Film director WAYNE WANG discusses his return to Hong Kong for
     the new film "Chinese Box" the story of two star-crossed lovers
     in a city on the verge of return to Chinese rule...And, actor
     JEREMY IRONS who stars in the film...
 
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
     BASEBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME, IT'S A COMPLEX BUSINESS HELD
     TOGETHER AND OFTEN TRANSFORMED BY THE LEGAL PROCESS. LAW DEAN AND
     MAJOR LEAGUE SALARY ARBITRATOR ROGER ABRAMS TALKS ABOUT
     CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING BOTH LEGENDARY AND LESSER-KNOWN PLAYERS
     IN THE LEGAL WEB OF BASEBALL HISTORY.
 
     Guest: 1. Roger I. Abrams, Dean of Rutgers Law School; a major
     league baseball salary arbitrator; author of "Legal Bases:
     Baseball and the Law"
 
 
     Talk of the Nation , 2-4 p.m.
 
     Join Ray Suarez and guests for a "Tax Day" talk about the origins
     of the American tax system and the history of tax revolt...And in
     the second hour... A look at new ways to reduce juvenile crime in
     the wake of the Jonesboro shooting and other incidents of youth
     violence...
 
     HOUR 1: Dirty Rotten Taxes
 
     HOUR 2: Juvenile Justice
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
     In Wrightsville, North Carolina, the Shell
     Island condominium complex is practically falling into the
     ocean...and some environmentalists say that it should be allowed
     to go.
 
     The debate over saving Shell Island...plus the day's news, later,
     on NPR's All Things Considered.