Today's talk
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Friday, April 2, 1999
Our Spring 99 "WMUB Takes You There" drive concluded Wednesday night at
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figures are significantly above last year's totals. Thanks for your support.
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NOTE: Any of today's show may be pre-empted to cover the ongoing NATO
strikes in Kosovo and Serbia
WMUB Forum: how scientific discoveries affect philosophy and religion
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; Women at Work: Roslyn Walker of the
National Museum of African Art
Fresh Air: world religion scholar Houston Smith
Public Interest: the Russian economy in chaos
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: eliminating the remaining smallpox bugs;
the Melissa computer bug; bugs in your back yard
All Things Considered: listener questions about Kosovo
The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)
10-11: News Roundup: Diane and a panel of
journalists review the week's top news stories, including complete
analysis of the latest developments in Kosovo and Serbia.
Guests: Jodie Allen, US News & World Report
;Tom Brazaitis, Cleveland Plain Dealer; Daniel Schorr, National Public
Radio
11-12: Women At Work/Roslyn Walker: In April's Women
At Work interview, Diane talks with Roslyn Walker, director of the
National Museum of African Art, about what brought her to museum work and
about the collection she oversees and manages in Washington, D.C.
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.
The world's religions -- a talk with scholar HOUSTON
SMITH. For over 30 years, his textbook was the staple of college
classrooms. More recently Smith could be seen as part of Bill Moyers'
special on Faith. Smith's illustrated guide to religion is now in
paperback.
Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY REMAINS IN CHAOS AS ITS
GOVERNMENT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL INFUSIONS OF WESTERN AID FUNDS TO HELP.
KOJO AND GUESTS DISCUSS WHETHER THE PREVAILING PHILOSOPHY OF WESTERN
GOVERNMENTS IS PRAGMATIC OR PATRONIZING, AND THE EFFECT THE ECONOMIC
COLLAPSE HAS HAD, AND IS HAVING, ON RUSSIA'S CITIZENS, GOVERNMENT, AND
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Guests: 1. Janine Wedel, author of "Collision
and Collusion: The Strange Case of Western Aid to Eastern Europe,
1989-1998" 2. Dimitri Simes, author of "After the Collapse: Russia Seeks
its Place as a Great Power"
Talk of
the Nation/
Science Friday
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)
Host: Ira Flatow
HOUR ONE: SMALL POX/MELISSA VIRUS: storing the
remaining samples of smallpox, and another kind of virus ... the e-mail
bug Melissa
HOUR TWO: SPRING BUG SHOW: the annual spring bug
show ...and your questions about the bugs in your backyard and beyond.
on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.
We'll have answers to your questions about
Yugoslavia and the current conflict in Kosovo. We asked for them, and you
sent plenty.
WMUB Forum,
9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.
Guest host Cleve Callison hosts an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)
Friday, April 2: How scientific discoveries
affect philosophy and religion. we examine the new physics and its impact
on our contemporary thought. From the Big Bang to quantum mehanics, the
latest discoveries in science have an impact on how we view our place in
the universe.
Guest: Steve Alexander, Miami Department
of Physics; the Rev. Grant Barber, Episcopal priest; Michael Goldman, Miami
Department of Philosophy
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