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Wednesday, February 10, 1999

                       The Senate impeachment trial is expected to resume
this afternoon in closed session. Sources indicate that a Senate vote on
two articles of impeachment coul occur at any time now through Friday. WMUB
may pre-empt regular programming if the Senate moves to open session for a
vote.

Diane Rehm: origin of AIDS; author Anne Lamont on her spiritual pilgrimage
Fresh Air: author Arthur Golden ("Memoirs of a Geisha")
Public Interest: a grass-roots movement to declare certain corporations illegal
Talk of the Nation: EPA administrator Carol Browner; police use of deadly force
All Things Considered: problems with homeless teenage boys in Chicago
ARTSline: Rod Nimtz interviews singer Tammy Kernodle about Mary Lou Williams

Friday on WMUB Forum: Writings from the Underground Railroad



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

                       10-11: The Origin of AIDS: A group of scientists at
the University of Alabama at Birmingham has discovered  the source of the
HIV virus -- infected chimpanzees in west Africa. It's thought that humans
may have  become infected with HIV while killing the chimpanzees for food.
A panel talks about the implications of  this step forward in the battle
against AIDS.

                             Guests: Dr. Larry Arthur, AIDS vaccine
researcher at the National Cancer Inst.; Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the
National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, National
Institutes of Health

                       11-12: Anne Lamott: Author Anne Lamott discusses her
latest book, "Traveling Mercies" (Pantheon), which  explores her
relationships with family and friends, and tells how, against all odds, she
became a churchgoing  Christian.


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

                       After more than a year on the bestseller list,
"Memoirs of a Geisha" has been published in paperback. Terry  talks with
author Arthur Golden.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                       FEW AMERICANS REALIZE THAT MANY STATES HAVE THE
POWER TO REVOKE THE CHARTERS FOR CORPORATIONS, THOUGH THE LAWS ALLOWING
SUCH ACTION HAVE LAIN DORMANT FOR  DECADES. KOJO SPEAKS WITH A LAW
PROFESSOR AND THE HEAD OF A GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT  TO RECLAIM THE POWER TO
EFFECTIVELY PUT CORPORATIONS TO DEATH.

                             Guests: 1. Richard Grossman, activist-author
2. Robert Benson, Loyola Law School professor



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

                       Host: Ray Suarez

                       HOUR ONE: E.P.A. ADMINISTRATOR CAROL BROWNER:
tactics against polluters.

                       HOUR TWO: POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND DEADLY FORCE:
deadly force, and police relationships with  minority communities.



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

                       Chicago has a continuing problem with homelessness,
especially with teenage boys. Family shelters won't  allow them in because
they can be disruptive; shelters for men won't accept them because they're
too young.  So they often have no place to turn but the streets.



   WMUB Forum,
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)

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