Today's talk
shows on
WMUB
Friday, July 10, 1998.
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; popularity of St. Jude
Fresh Air: writer Doris Grumbach; review of "Out of Sight" with George Clooney
Public Interest: success of America On-Line (AOL)
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: forest fires worldwide; computer technology
All Things Considered: a high-tech "retro" bicycle
The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
10-11: News Roundup: A look at the week's top
national and international news stories, from political turmoil in
Nigeria, to media buzz over CNN's retraction of a controversial story and
New Yorker editor Tina Brown's resignation.
Guests: Tom Brazaitis, Cleveland Plain Dealer;
Susan Page, USA Today; Gerry Seib, Wall Street Journal
11-12: Liz Trotta: Journalist Liz Trotta talks about
her new book "Jude" (Harper San Francisco). It's all about one of the Roman
Catholic church's most popular saints, Saint Jude, the patron saint of lost
causes.
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.
An interview with writer DORIS GRUMBACH on writing,
aging, and change at a late age...This weekend she celebrates her 80th
birthday...And film critic JOHN POWERS reviews "Out of Sight"...the new
film starring George Clooney...
Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.
THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, AMERICAN ON-LINE HAS
REPEATEDLY BEEN WRITTEN OFF BY THE MEDIA AND COUNTLESS HIGH-TECH EXPERTS.
AND YET THE COMPANY AND ITS DOGGED, UNCONVENTIONAL C-E-O STEVE CASE
CONTINUE TO THRIVE. WALL STREET JOURNAL SILICON VALLEY REPORTER KARA
SWISHER TALKS ABOUT A- O-L, ITS RISE TO POWER IN THE ONLINE SERVICES
INDUSTRY, AND ITS FUTURE.
Guest: 1.Kara Swisher, Wall Street Journal reporter,
author of "aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads,
and made Millions in the War for the Web."
Talk of
the Nation/
Science Friday,
2-4 p.m.
HOUR ONE: FOREST FIRES: From Florida to Mexico and
the Amazon rainforest, forest fires are blazing around the world.
HOUR TWO: DAVID GELERNTER/COMPUTERS: a discussion of
technology with computer scientist David Gelernter.
on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.
Old-fashioned biking with today's high-tech
materials: a retro-bicycle called "The Scorcher." The Scorcher has one
gear - and there's no coasting - the pedals just keep on turning. The man
who makes the bikes says the technology goes back to the turn of the
century...and that just getting on such a bike seems to take people back
lifetimes while they cycle.
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