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Thursday, April 19, 2001

Help Desk (9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm); guest host John Hingsbergen
Your Mac and PC computer questions answered by Todd Henson
(substituting for Ted Beerman) and Guy Moore.

The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
Hour One: race relations and the police (including news from Cincinnati)
Hour Two: novelist Pat Barker, winner of Britain's Booker Prize

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
Sherpa JAMLING TENZING NORGAY, son of one of the first two men on Mt. Everest

Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
"Gourmet" magazine editor Ruth Reichl

Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm); a "Changing Face
of America" broadcast from Reno, Nevada
Hour One: the growth of gambling in America
Hour Two: public lands: whose land is it anyway?

All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
A slowing economy and prior year tax cuts give Texas a budget shortfall


coming up soon in local talk
(live and interactive 9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm)

tomorrow on WMUB Forum with Cleve Callison
SPECIAL: Delia Webster and the Underground Railroad, with Miami
University Professor Randolph Paul Runyon. The story of the first
woman imprisoned for aiding escaping slaves is a tale of intrigue,
romance, the law, and the historic roots of our country's struggle
over black and white. A Miami Library Book Club of the Air
presentation, live from King Library on the Oxford campus (the public
is invited to the 9 a.m. event).

Sunday on Talk of the Week (a 4 pm re-broadcast of one of the
previous week's talk show)
Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams
CINCINNATI UNREST: The Mayor of Cincinnati imposed a dusk-to-dawn
curfew on the city. The move came amid tumult in the streets four
days after the shooting of an unarmed black man by a white policeman.
Racial tensions are high. Are similar problems hiding under the
surface in other mid-sized American cities? What's happening in
Cincinnati and what it means for race relations in America. (first
broadcast Monday April 16, 2001)

Monday on Interconnect with John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson
Feng Shui [fung shway] , the Chinese art of creating harmony and
balance in your environment. Guests: Diane Knepper, Feng Shui expert,
teacher and director of the Feng Shui Connection; and Dawn
Schwartzman of the Feng Shui Annex

Tuesday on the Todd Mundt Show
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Wednesday on Sound Health with Marianne Russ
Our monthly FitTalk program, hosted by "Dr. Jay" Kimiecik, PhD,
Associate Professor in Health Promotion at Miami University.





Thursday, April 19, 2001
Help Desk (9am - 10am, repeated 7 - 8pm); guest host John Hingsbergen
Your Mac and PC computer questions answered by Todd Henson
(substituting for Ted Beerman) and Guy Moore.

The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
Hour One: Race Relations with the Police: Cincinnati, Ohio is
recovering from riots that broke out last week after a black man was
fatally shot by a white police officer. It was the fifteenth such
killing since 1995. Diane and her guests talk about the deep-seated,
persistent problems in interactions between police and black
Americans. Guests: James Fyfe, professor of criminal justice at
Temple University; Laura Murphy, director of the Washington office of
the American Civil Liberties Union
Hour Two: Pat Barker: Novelist Barker is best known for her
"Regeneration" trilogy, one volume of which won Britain's prestigious
Booker Prize. She joins Diane to discuss "Border Crossing" (Farrar
Strauss & Giroux), her latest novel, whose plot centers on the
relationship between a psychologist and a troubled young man.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
Sherpa JAMLING TENZING NORGAY (JOM-ling TENZ-ing NORE-gay) talks
about his new book, climbing Mt. Everest, and being the son of one of
the first men to climb that mountain.

Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
AFTER TWO DECADES AS A RESTAURANT CRITIC, RUTH REICHL (RYE-shul) TOOK
OVER AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF GOURMET MAGAZINE TWO YEARS AGO. HER
MISSION -- CELEBRATE POPULISM AND REJECT SNOBERY. KOJO TALKS WITH
RUTH REICHL ABOUT HER LIFE, HER WORK, AND HER NEW MEMO , "COMFORT ME
WITH APPLES." Guest: Ruth Reichl, author "Comfort Me With Apples"
(Pub: Random House); also Editor in Chief, Gourmet Magazine

Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm); a "Changing Face
of America" broadcast from Reno, Nevada
Hour One: THE GROWTH OF GAMBLING IN AMERICA
Hour Two: PUBLIC LANDS: WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY?

All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
In Texas during the late nineteen nineties, Governor George W. Bush
twice pushed for tax cuts, and convinced the state legislature to
pass them. Now, a slowing economy has turned the projected Texas
budget surplus into a shortfall. Lawmakers on both sides of the
political aisle are questioning whether the cuts went too far.


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