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Monday, April 5, 1999

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NOTE: Any of today's show may be pre-empted to cover the ongoing NATO
strikes in Kosovo and Serbia

Diane Rehm: Kosovo refugee crisis; author Winifred Gallagher on "neo-agnostics"
Fresh Air: Russia's position on the war in Serbia
Public Interest: feminist and gay activism: one woman's journey
Talk of the Nation: Kosovo update; nuns
All Things Considered: a family film from Germany in the 1920's

Friday on WMUB Forum: TBA



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

                       10-11: Kosovo Refugee Crisis: Since last March, half
a million ethnic Albanians living in the province of  have fled fighting.
Before the NATO air attack that began almost two weeks ago, many fled their
homes but remained in the province. Now Yugoslavia's Serb government forces
are sending ethnic  Albanians out of the country on trains, and many more
are fleeing on foot. Diane leads a discussion on the  humanitarian crisis
in Kosovo and its surrounding nations. (** PLEASE NOTE: Topic may be
modified  depending on developments over the weekend.)

                             Guests: Karen Koning Abuzayd, regional
representative for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees;  Hugh Parmer, US
Agency for International Development; James Hooper, Balkan Action Council

                       11-12: Winifred Gallagher: Journalist Winifred
Gallagher discusses the experiences of "neoagnostics" --  people who are
skeptical about traditional religions, yet are seeking some form of
spiritual guidance. Her new  book is called "Working On God" (Random
House).


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

                       Russia's position on the war in Serbia



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                       A LOOK AT THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SEXUAL
LIBERATION FACED BY FEMINIST  AND GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENTS FROM THE
STONEWALL UPRISING TO THE FIGHT FOR  CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TODAY. JOIN KOJO
AS HE DISCUSSES THE PEAKS AND PITFALLS OF THIS  POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
JOURNEY WITH PROF. KARLA JAY AUTHOR OF THE RECENTLY  RELEASED MEMOIR,
"TALES OF THE LAVENDER MENACE."



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

                       Host: Ray Suarez

                       HOUR ONE: KOSOVO UPDATE: the latest developments in
the Kosovo crisis

                       HOUR TWO: NUNS: life inside a convent



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

                       A remarkable family film: documentary maker LEE-zuh
LOO-unz' describes some home movies -- color  films her grandmother shot in
Germany in the 1920s. She pulled them from an attic, and found films of her
father, aunts and even Albert Einstein.



   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)

                             Friday, April 9: TBA

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