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Thursday, October 8, 1998
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Diane Rehm: Prescription Privacy; Marilyn French,
author of acclaimed novels like "The Women's
Room." Fresh Air: The changing face of terrorism;
Irish playwright, poet and novelist SEBASTIAN
BARRY. Public Interest: 1. Albert French, author,
"I Can't Wait on God" (publisher: Anchor Books);
2. John Edgar Wideman, author, "Two Cities"
(publisher: Houghton Mifflin)
Talk of the Nation: Norfolk Remotes: City
Politics / Urban Revitalization; The Henrietta
Marie
All Things Considered: When is a riverboat not a
riverboat? Dan Collison returns to Missouri to
check in on the "boats in moats" campaign.
Friday on WMUB Forum: TBA
The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
10-11: Prescription Privacy: A discussion on the
growing number of companies that have access to
consumer records... including the prescription
medicines we use. Some say that the information
gathered can help us save money and get better
health care. Others warn that collecting medical
information is a dangerous threat to our privacy.
Diane and her guests talk about how and why some
companies may be collecting and using information
about your prescription medications.
Guests: JanLori Goldman, director of the Health
Privacy Project at
Georgetown University
Heidi Wagner, Genentech
Julie Rovner, National Public Radio
11-12: Marilyn French: Marilyn French, author of
acclaimed novels like "The Women's Room," joins
Diane to talk about her book "A Season in Hell"
(Knopf), a memoir of her harrowing, near-fatal
ordeal with cancer. They'll talk about what it's
like to confront death and survive.
Fresh Air
with Terry Gross,
12:06-1 p.m.
The changing face of terrorism. . . a talk with
BRUCE HOFFMAN from the Centre for the Study of
Terrorism and Political Violence. He advises
governments and businesses around the world. He
has a new book about the history of terrorism.
Also Irish playwright, poet and novelist SEBASTIAN
BARRY. He has a new novel about a naive Irishman
who unwittingly gets blacklisted from his beloved
hometown.
Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.
GUEST HOST KOJO NNAMDI...A DISCUSSION WITH COUSINS
ALBERT FRENCH AND JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN. THOUGH THEY
TOOK DIFFERENT PATHS, EACH HAS EARNED ACCLAIM AS
AN AUTHOR. KOJO SPEAKS WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR
LATEST BOOKS, THEIR HOMETOWN OF PITTSBURGH, AND
THE MALE LITERARY TRADITION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN
WRITING.
Guest:
1. Albert French, author, "I Can't Wait on God"
(publisher: Anchor Books) 2. John Edgar Wideman,
author, "Two Cities" (publisher: Houghton Mifflin)
Talk of
the Nation,
2-4 p.m.
Join Ray Saurez for a live broadcast from Nauticus
... The National Maritime Center in Norfolk,
Virginia ... Join in the discussion of how cities
allocate funds for large municipal projects ...
And in the second hour ... A look at The National
Maritime Center in Norfolk, Virginia ... home to a
travelling exhibit about the Henrietta Marie ... a
slave ship that sank in the Florida Straits.
HOUR 1: Norfolk Remote: City Politics / Urban
Revitalization HOUR 2: Norfolk Remote: The
Henrietta Marie
on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.
When is a riverboat not a riverboat? Dan Collison
returns to Missouri to check in on the "boats in
moats" campaign ... voters in Missouri will decide
whether casinos that sit on artificial basins near
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers ... can stay
open as riverboat casinos ... It's expected to be
a close race ... the campaign has pitted
grassroots organizing against the well-funded
casino lobby ...
WMUB Forum,
Friday 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)
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