Today's talk shows on WMUB

Friday July 14, 2000

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Diane Rehm:    10-11: Weekly news roundup  11-12: Linguist Robin Lakoff

Fresh Air:    Writer Anthony Minghella, comic book creator Stan Lee
Public Interest:   Middle Eastern issues and concerns
Talk of the Nation SCIENCE FRIDAY:   2-3PM: International AIDS
conference 3-4PM: Our nation's power grid
All Things Considered:   This year's international AIDS conference.

Friday on WMUB Forum:   Gerald Coffee, former POW & motivational
speaker.   July 21, "The Role of the Father."

Monday July 17 on Interconnect:  Health Through Nutrition, guest:
therapist & macrobiotic counselor Charlie Kabenji

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

***Diane will be out on vacation July 10-28 and she'll be back July 31.
 Susan Page, Steve Roberts, and Lynn Neary will guest host the program
in Diane's absence.


10-11AM: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
national  and international news and analyzes each story's broader
significance.
        Guests: Tony Blankley: Washington Times
                    David Corn: The Nation
                    Karen Tumulty: Time Magazine

11AM-12PM: Robin Tolmach Lakoff: Linguist Robin Lakoff reviews recent
news events  and offers a detailed analysis of how language is used to
convey meaning beyond the words themselves. The book is called "The
Language War". (U of California Press)


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


"The Talented Mr. Ripley" is now out on video.   Terry talks with
Anthony Minghella <ming GELLAH>... Who wrote and directed that
film...and "The English Patient."    Also, an interview with Stan Lee...
the creator of such comic book superheroes
as...Spiderman...the Incredible Hulk...and the X-Men.   The new X-Men
movie opens this weekend.

Join us and Terry Gross for FRESH AIR...For tapes and transcripts of
Fresh Air, call Burrelle's toll-free at 1-877-21-FRESH (NEW
number as of 6/12/2000).


Public Interest

Host:  Kojo Nnamndi


EXCEPT FOR THE PEACE PROCESS, U.S. OIL INTERESTS, OR TERRORISM THREATS,
AMERICANS RARELY HEAR ABOUT IMPORTANT MIDDLE EASTERN NEWS EVENTS FROM
THE MAINSTREAM PRESS.  HEAR THE LATEST NEWS AND ISSUES FROM TUNISIA,
YEMEN,   SAUDI ARABIA, ALGERIA, AND MORE.

Middle East News

Guests:
1. Michael Dunn, Editor of Middle East Journal and Editor of bi-weekly
newsletter "The Estimate"
2. Edmund Garib, journalist; also author of  "Split Vision: The
Portrayal of Arabs in American Media"
3.Jonathon Kessler, Executive Editor, Middle East Insight magazine


Talk of the Nation/SCIENCE FRIDAY, 2-4 p.m.

Host Ira Flatow

2-3PM:  The 13th International AIDS Conference... wraps up [today]
[tomorrow] [Friday] in South Africa.  Join Ira Flatow for a report from
the meeting...including world-wide trends in H-I-V infection... and a
look at how prevention efforts are affecting the spread of H-I-V here
and in Africa.

3-4PM:  As the summer temperatures rise... so does our demand for
electricity. Join Ira Flatow for a look at the nation's power grid. Can
it take the heat?


All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

All things Considered -  wo participants in this year's International
AIDS Conference talk about what they'll take home . They say the meeting
has  renewed their commitment and sense of urgency to fight the disease.
 The conclusion of the AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa


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

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

Friday, July 14, 2000:  Gerald Coffee, former prisoner-of-war, now a
motivational speaker.  This is an "encore show,"  originally
broadcast November 12, 1999.

Friday, July 21, 2000:  The Role of the Father



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, July 17:  Achieving Health through Nutrition

     Guest:  Charlie Kabenji,  therapist and macrobiotic nutrition
counselor