Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Friday, January 14, 2000
WMUB Forum: What's so Bad about Telemarketing?
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; the 'new' Las Vegas
Fresh Air: the PBS mystery series "Touching Evil", about a London
crime unit tracking serial killers
Public Interest: Philadelphia novelist Diane McKinney Whetstone
("Blues Dancing")
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: cloning primates; Asian longhorn
beetle; how cold is cold?
All Things Considered: facts and legends about the opera Tosca
For questions about Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, or All
Things Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232.
For tapes and transcripts call toll-free 1-877-NPR-TEXT
(1-877-677-8398).
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).
What's so Bad about Telemarketing?
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)
Guest host: Steve Roberts
10-11: Weekly news roundup: peace talks between Israel and Syria; the
presidential primaries; the battle over Elian Gonzales, and other
topics with a panel of expert journalists and listener comments
Guests: TBA
11-12 writer Pete Early on "Super Casino: Inside the 'New' Las Vegas"
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
A talk with PAUL ABBOTT, the creator of the PBS Mystery Series
"Touching Evil" -- about a fictional London crime unit specializing
in serial killers and organized crime. PBS is currently showing new
episodes In the series.
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
DIANE MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS HER LATEST NOVEL,
"BLUES DANCING," A STORY OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND LOVE THAT PROVIDES
SNAPSHOTS OF HER HOME CITY, PHILADELPHIA, DURING THE LAST THREE
DECADES.
Guest: Diane McKinney-Whetstone, author (Pub: Dial Press, NY)
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)
Host: Ira Flatow
HOUR ONE: PRIMATE CLONING/ ASIAN LONGHORN BEETLES: the cloning of
primates. Plus, an update on the invasion of the Asian longhorn beetle
HOUR TWO: COLD: guests explore how cold "cold" is, and whether we'll
ever get to absolute zero
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
TOSCA (TAH-skah) -- the opera -- revisited by historian Susan
Vandiver Nicassio (VAN-dih-ver nih-KAS-see-oh). She became a
historian and wrote a book about the opera, the play it was based on,
and the city that both got wrong.
Cleve Callison <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
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