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Wednesday, July 15, 1998.


Diane Rehm:  Head Start; "Explaining Hitler"
Fresh Air: barbecuing with food writer Steven Raichlen; actor Gary Farmer
Public Interest: contemporary singler women
Talk of the Nation: Japanese economy; violence in Northern Ireland
All Things Considered: who wins and who loses in the digital revolution


   The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon

                       10-11 Head Start: A panel discussion on Head Start,
the preschool program for disadvantaged children  that is one of the last
survivors of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs. Diane and
her guests will look back on Head Start's history, and take a look at what
may happen to it in the future.

                             Guests: Douglas Besharov, American Enterprise
Inst.; Olivia Golden, Asst . Secretary for Children & Families, Dept. of
Health & Human Services; Rep. Frank Riggs (R-CA); Edward Zigler, Sterling
Professor of Psychology, Yale University

                       11-12: Ron Rosenbaum: Most people agree that Adolf
Hitler was an evil man, but there is no consensus on why. Journalist Ron
Rosenbaum talks about his new book, "Explaining Hitler" (Random House), in
which he explores different theories about the most hated man in world
history.


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

                       Food writer STEVEN RAICHLEN (RIKE-lin) talks about
his new cookbook, "The Barbecue Bible" and his  adventures researching
barbeque methods worldwide. And actor GARY FARMER. He's starring in the
new film "Smoke Signals" based on the story by Sherman Alexie, and the
recent Jim Jarmusch film "Dead Man."



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.


                       WHILE THE IDEA OF THE UNMARRIED WOMAN IS MORE WIDELY
ACCEPTED THAN IN THE PAST, MANY  WOMEN CONTINUE TO FEEL PRESSURE FROM THEIR
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO FIND A SPOUSE, OR  DISAPPROVAL IF THEY CHOOSE TO
REMAIN SINGLE. SEEKING A DEFINITION OF SINGLE LIFE FOR  WOMEN IN THE LATE
TWENTIETH CENTURY, AUTHOR MARCELLE CLEMENTS (CLE-ments) INTERVIEWED  100
SINGLE WOMEN. SHE TALKS WITH HOST KATHY MERRITT ABOUT THEIR ATTITUDES AND
EXPERIENCES

                       Guest: 1. Marcelle Clements, author, "The Improvised
Woman: Single Women Reinventing Single Life"



   Talk of
the Nation,
2-4 p.m.

                       HOUR ONE: JAPANESE ECONOMY: Japanese Prime Minister
Ryutaro Hashimoto has stepped down at a time when his country is facing its
worst economic crisis in over half-a-century. A look at Japan's political
and economic woes and what a new government can do to stabilize the growing
turmoil.

                       HOUR TWO: NORTHERN IRELAND: There's violence again
in Northern Ireland -- just three months after the signing of the Good
Friday peace agreement. A look at the renewed bloodshed and whether the
peace process is in jeopardy.



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

                       Who wins and who loses in the coming digital
revolution: digital technology promises to give us sharper,  more realistic
television. But some say the new technology could also squeeze low-power,
minority-owned and oriented tv stations off the air.

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