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

Monday, February 28, 2000

Diane Rehm: Kosovo peacekeeping; challenging conventional assumptions
about maternal instincts
Fresh Air: TBA
Public Interest: advertising vs. facts about personal care and
grooming products
Talk of the Nation: reality-based TV; what's a Republican?
All Things Considered: a boy's life behind bars

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

10-11: Kosovo Peacekeeping: The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo
is facing increased pressure from all sides to control tensions in
the northern part of Kosovo. The deaths of several civilians and
confrontations between peacekeepers and residents are again raising
doubts about the chances for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in
this part of Yugoslavia. A panel talks about progress toward peace
and the forces working against it.
         Guests: Catherine O'Neill, United Nations Information Center;
Robert Hunter, Rand Corporation, former U.S. ambassador to NATO; Ivo
Daalder, Brookings Institution

11-12: Sarah Hrdy: Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ("hurdy") draws
on history, biology, animal behavior, literature, psychology, and her
own personal experience in her new book, "Mother Nature" (Pantheon).
She challenges conventional assumptions about "maternal instinct" in
offering the latest research and interpretations about what it means
to be a mother.



    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

AMERICAN CONSUMERS SPEND MORE THAN SIX BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY ON
HAIR CARE PRODUCTS AND COSMETICS.  CONSUMER ADVOCATE PAULA BEGOUN
(be-GONE) JOINS KOJO TO SEPARATE THE INDUSTRY'S EXAGGERATED CLAIMS
FROM THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS ON PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS.
         Guest: Paula Begoun, author of "Don't Go Shopping for Hair
Care Products Without Me" (Pub: Beginning Press)


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

Host: Juan Williams

HOUR ONE:   REALITY-BASED T.V.: the entertainment industry's latest
voyeuristic twist, reality-based T.V.

HOUR TWO: WHAT'S A REPUBLICAN?: how John McCain's presidential
campaign is affecting the Republican political landscape



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

A boy's life behind bars. Jeremy Armstrong committed murder when he
was 15. He was charged as an adult.  Now he is 18 and has spent more
than two years in prison.



    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, March 3: TBA

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