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

Monday, January 31, 2000

Diane Rehm: the cost of eldercare; novelist Mary Gordon
Fresh Air: helping at-risk boys; travels in Siberia
Public Interest: an alternative "State of the Union" message
Talk of the Nation: primary reform; Super Bowl as show business
All Things Considered: the NPR top 100 music of the 20th Century:
when Benny Goodman brought jazz to Carnegie Hall in 1938

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Things Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232.
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    The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)

Diane is still recovering from the flu. Guest host: Liane Hansen

10-11: The Cost of Eldercare: Many Americans are busy socking away
savings for retirement, but even the most careful planner can fall
short when faced with the rising costs of long-term care late in
life. A panel talks about the rising costs of health care for older
people, and how to get the information you need.
         Guests: Tricia Smith, AARP; Mary Beth Franklin, Kiplinger's
Personal Finance Magazine; Ron Landsman, attorney specializing in
elder care issues

11-12: Mary Gordon: Novelist and professor Mary Gordon discusses her
new memoir, "Seeing Through Places" (Scribner).  In the book, she
presents the homes that have played significant roles throughout her
life, from her grandmother's oddly confusing house, to the Cape Cod
cottage she could never afford to own, to her current haven in a
Manhattan apartment.



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

Helping at-risk boys. . .a talk with psychologist AARON KIPNIS
("KIP-ness"), author of "Angry Young Men."  Also -- travel writer
COLIN THUBRON ("THU-BRON") tells us about his travels In Siberia. .
.the subject of his new book, and the final In his trilogy about his
Russian travels.

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

THE BOOMING ECONOMY HAS NOT REACHED ALL AMERICANS, ANDMEMBERS OF THE
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS PROGRESSIVE CAUCUSWANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
DON'T FORGET IT.  JOIN KOJO AND GUESTS FOR AN"ALTERNATIVE" STATE OF
THE UNION.
         Guests: 1. John Cavanagh, Director of the Institute for
Policy Studies; 2. (1:00-1:30 By phone) Rep. Cynthia McKinney,
(D-GA); 3. (1:30-2:00 by phone) Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-AL)


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

Host: Neal Conan

HOUR ONE:  PRIMARY REFORM: criticism that the Presidential primary
schedule is unfairly front-loaded, and efforts to develop a system in
which all voters get an equal say

HOUR TWO: SUPER BOWL AS SHOW BUSINESS



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Remembering the night in 1938, when Benny Goodman made history with
the first jazz performance at Carnegie Hall in New York. The story of
"Sing Sing Sing..." another installment in the NPR 100 - the most
important American musical works of the 20th Century.



    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).

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