Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)

Monday, January 17, 2000

Diane Rehm: Marian Wright Edelman; the flu epidemic of 1918 (repeats)
Fresh Air: TBA
Public Interest: professor Johnetta Cole on the expanding definition
of "family" (repeat)
Talk of the Nation: who owns the legacy of Martin Luther King?;
legalizing drugs
All Things Considered: the NPR top 100 songs of the 20th century:
"Precious Lord"

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

Repeat broadcasts:

10-11: Marian Wright Edelman (originally aired 10/25/99): Marian
Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, is one of
the nation's leading advocates for children's rights.  Her new
memoir, "Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors" (Beacon), introduces the
mentors who have inspired her through her life.

11-12: Gina Kolata (originally aired 11/17/99): Gina Kolata (coLAta)
of the New York Times discusses the influenza epidemic of 1918, which
killed as many as 40 million people around the world.  Today,
scientists are working with long-preserved tissue samples of flu
victims to learn why that strain of this common virus was so deadly.
Her new book is called "Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza
Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It" (Farrar
Straus & Giroux).



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

TBA

       For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

JOHNETTA B.  COLE, ANTHROPOLOGIST AND PRESIDENT EMERITA
(ee-MARE-it-ah)  OF SPELMAN COLLEGE,  BELIEVES CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
SOCIETY NEEDS TO EXPAND ITS DEFINITION OF FAMILY.  SHE JOINS KOJO TO
DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF FAMILY DYNAMICS ON OUR CULTURE, AND TO TALK
ABOUT HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS AN EDUCATOR.
         Guest: Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, author of "Dream The Boldest
Dreams: And Other Lessons of Life"; also Distinguished Professor of
Anthropology, Women's Studies, and African-American Studies at Emory
University; and President Emerita of Spelman College.  (Pub:
Longstreet Press, Atlanta, Georgia)/(Pub: Dial Press, NY)


    Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)

Host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE: WHO OWNS THE KING LEGACY?: who has the right to control the
legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

HOUR TWO: LEGALIZING DRUGS: the implications of drug legalization--
is it a potential solution to an intractable problem, or a morally
unacceptable choice?



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

We'll hear the next installment in the NPR list of 100 top 20th
Century American musical works. Today, Thomas A. Dorsey's "Precious
Lord."  It's the most recorded gospel song ever.



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

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

Friday, January 21: TBA

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