Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)

Thursday, September 21, 2000

WMUB Forum: Election 2000, part 2
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; Martin Goldsmith's memoir of his
parents' love and survival in Nazi Germany
Fresh Air: actresses Isabella Rossellini and Mercedes McCambridge
Public Interest: singer/activist Janis Ian (rebroadcast)
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: malaria vaccine; near-earth
asteroid Eros; Gregor Mendel and modern genetics
All Things Considered: a family's battle with the FDA over
experimental gene therapy for their son

Monday on Interconnect: Practicing Radical Honesty

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    WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Fridays

News Director Darrel Gray with an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).

Friday, September 22, 2000:  Election 2000, part 2

       Main issues in the Presidential Election. Darrel will be joined
by Dr. Ryan Barilleaux, Professor and Assistant Chair of the
Political Science Department at Miami University. Also in the
discussion will be Dr. Andrew Cayton, Distinguished Professor of
History at Miami University - and he'll be shedding light on the
history of political campaigning.



     The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)

Guest host Steve Roberts

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists joins guest host Steve
Roberts to discuss the latest news from the presidential campaign
trail, as well as other top national and international news stories.
         Guests: Karen Tumulty, Time magazine; Gerry Seib, Wall Street
Journal; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

11-12: Martin Goldsmith: Martin Goldsmith, former host of NPR's
"Performance Today," discusses his family memoir, "The
Inextinguishable Symphony" (Wiley).  His parents met and fell in love
in Nazi Germany, when both were performers in a Jewish symphony
orchestra.



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

A conversation with ISABELLA ROSSELLINI. Her new film, "Left
Luggage," opens this weekend. Also a review of the re-release of "The
Exorcist," and a talk with MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE, who was the voice of
the demon.


     Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Rebroadcast: Acclaimed singer/songwriter and activist Janis Ian



     Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.

Guest host: Joe Palca

HOUR ONE: MALARIA VACCINE/ NEAR EARTH ASTEROID: the first reports
from the NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft's encounter with the asteroid Eros.

HOUR TWO: GREGOR MENDEL AND MODERN GENETICS: a discussion about
Gregor Mendel--whose nineteenth-century experiments with pea plants
uncovered the rules of inheritance--and his contribution to modern
genetics.



     All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The story of one family's struggle to get experimental gene therapy
for a young son, who has nerve cell cancer.  The Handersons want to
give 9-year-old Tyler his life back. The F.D.A. wants to make sure
the treatment he's getting won't make his life any worse.



    Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays

John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).

Monday, September 25, 2000: Practicing Radical Honesty: How to
Complete the Past, Live in  the Present and Build A Future

       Guest: author Dr. Brad Blanton

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