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Friday, November 20, 1998

WMUB Forum: Eating disorders (phone calls at 513-529-7972, faxes at
513-529-6048, or e-mail [log in to unmask])
Diane Rehm (*2 full hours, only on WMUB): weekly news roundup; Readers'
Review of "One Writer's Beginnings" by Eudora Welty
Fresh Air: cooking the perfect turkey
Public Interest: 100th anniversary of the merger of New York's 5 buroughs
Talk of the Nation (*live, only on WMUB): dinosaur news; Leonard Nimoy: how
science fiction and sciencefact interact
All Things Considered: the $206 billion tobacco settlement


   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)

                             Eating Disorders

                                   Guests: Dr. Julie Campbell-Ruggaard,
Assistant Director of the Consulting Program at the  Student Counseling
Service for Miami University; Dr. Barbara McFarland, from the Eating
Disorders Recovery Center in Cincinnati


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

                       10-11: News Roundup: Diane and a panel of
journalists hold the regular Friday roundtable on the week's  top news
stories, including President Clinton's trip to Asia, and the opening day of
Kenneth Starr's
                        chment inquiry.

                             Guests: David Brooks, Weekly Standard; Sam
Fulwood, Los Angeles Times; Linda Wertheimer,  National Public Radio

                       11-12: Readers' Review: The November Readers' Review
panel discusses "One Writer's Beginnings" by  Eudora Welty. Eudora Welty is
one of the American South's most beloved fiction writers, and "One Writer's
Beginnings" is her memoir of how she got started. Guests: Valerie Babb,
Georgetown University Ron  Goldfarb, attorney, literary agent and author
Kate Lehrer, novelist Kermit Moyer, American University


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

                       Cooking tips for Thanksgiving. . . SHIRLEY CORRIHER
(CORR-ee-er) is an expert on the science of cooking  and author of
"Cookwise." She'll give her practical advice for roasting the perfect
Turkey.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                       1998 HAS BEEN HERALDED AS NEW YORK CITY'S 100-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY, BUT THE CITY'S RISE TO  CULTURAL AND FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF THE
NATION HAD TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THE CONSOLIDATION OF ITS FIVE BUROUGHS. KOJO
SPEAKS WITH A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY WHOSE NEW BOOK CHRONICLES  THE STORY OF
NEW YORK CITY FROM 1664 TO 1898.

                             Guests: 1. Mike Wallace, author, "Gotham: A
History of New York to 1898" professor of History at  John Jay College,
City University of New York.


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

                       Host: Ira Flatow

                       HOUR ONE: DINOSAUR NEWS: the latest dinosaur news,
including a new species of dinosaur and fossilized  dinosaur embryos.

                       HOUR TWO: SCIENCE IN SCIENCE FICTION: special guest
Leonard Nimoy in a discussion on how science  fact and science fiction
influence each other.


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

                       Today is the deadline for states to accept the
proposed 206 billion dollar tobacco settlement... we'll find  out which
states have signed on, and which haven't. We'll also talk with our Friday
sports commentator  about choosing a national college football champion...
and Bob Mondello will review the new film, "Waking  Ned Devine"

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