Today's talk shows on WMUB
Monday, May 18, 1998.
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
NOTE: Diane Rehm has been away from the show to recuperate from voice
problems. We will keep you informed.
Guest host Steve Roberts
10-11 DNA Testing: Last week the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington
National Cemetery was opened to allow scientists to try to determine the
identity of one of the "unknown soldiers" buried there. Our panel will talk
about the advances in technology and genetic research that have made this
possible, and about other ways in which DNA testing is being used in
science, medicine and the legal system.
Guests: Mark Stolorow, Director of Operations, Cellmark Diagnostics;
Franklin Zweig, Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the Courts; Dr.
Brad Popovich, Director of DNA Diagnostic Lab at Oregon Health Sciences
University; Alan Liotta, Deputy Director of the Defense POW/Missing
Personnel Office
11-12: Stephen Fried: Stephen Fried is an investigative journalist
whose wife suffered severe adverse reactions to a prescription drug she
took in 1992. In his new book "Bitter Pills" (Bantam) Stephen Fried warns
that prescription drugs can be more dangerous than most people realize.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
Saxophonist RAVI COLTRANE...The son of the legendary John Coltrane
has a new C-D...Also, college president and former anti-apartheid activist
MAMPHELA RAMPHELE (Mahm-PEE-leh Rahm-PEE-lee)...The former colleague and
lover of Steven Biko has a new memoir.
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
JIMMY CARTER HAS SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR POST-PRESIDENTIAL CONDUCT
AND HAS REFASHIONED HIMSELF INTO A GLOBAL PEACEMAKER AND ACTIVIST FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE POOR. HISTORY PROFESSOR DOUGLAS BRINKLEY TALKS WITH
HOST KATHY MERRITT ABOUT HIS NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THE FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE
CALLED, "THE UNFINISHED PRESIDENCY: JIMMY CARTER'S JOURNEY BEYOND THE
WHITE HOUSE".
Guest: 1. Douglas Brinkley, professor of history and director of the
Eisenhower Center at the Univ. of New Orleans; author of several books;
contributor to NPR
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.
Join Ray Suarez for a look at the political and social crisis in
Nigeria and U-S policy there...And in the second hour...A look at the
importance of international development programs in Africa...
HOUR 1: Nigeria
HOUR 2: African Development
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
YES OR NO -ON A PEACE AGREEMENT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
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