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

Thursday, September 21, 2000

Diane Rehm: working overtime; radio producer David Isay
Fresh Air: gossip columnist Liz Smith; comic Mark Marron
Public Interest: public broadcasting and corporate underwriting (rebroadcast)
Talk of the Nation: presidential candidates' education policies; Peru
and its president Albert Fujimori
All Things Considered: organizing lives around teen-age athletes

Friday on WMUB Forum: Election 2000, part 2
Monday on Interconnect: Practicing Radical Honesty

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

Guest Host Steve Roberts

10-11: Working Overtime: Many Americans feel they're working longer
and harder. The truth depends on which labor statistics you're using.
Guest host Steve Roberts hosts a conversation about overtime -- how
it's affecting families and U.S. productivity and why it's becoming
an issue in labor negotiations.
         Guests: Ron Bird, chief economist at the Employment Policy
Foundation; Jared Bernstein, labor economist with the Economic Policy
Institute Lee Conrad, national organizer for the Alliance at IBM
(affiliate of the Communications Workers of America); Randall
Johnson, vice president for labor and employee benefits at the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce

11-12: David Isay: Radio documentary producer David Isay [EYE say]
talks about his work creating an audio portrait of the men who live
today in a New York City Bowery flop house ... He'll share selections
from his radio documentary.  It's called "The Sunshine Hotel" and is
also the basis for Isay's [EYE say's] new book, called "Flophouse."



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

The dish on LIZ SMITH. Terry talks with the famous gossip columnist
about her new memoir. And, meet comic Mark Marron. He's currently
performing his monologue "The Jerusalem Syndrome."


    Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Rebroadcast: Public broadcasting's convergence and clashes with
corporate underwriting.



    Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.

Host: Juan Williams

HR 1: THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS' EDUCATION POLICIES: a discussion
with campaign officials about George W. Bush and Al Gore's education
policies and their role in the upcoming election

HR 2: PERU AND ALBERTO FUJIMORI: political upheaval in Peru



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

How families are organizing their lives around the demanding
schedules of pre-teen athletes.



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

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, September 22, 2000:  Election 2000, part 2

       Main issues in the Presidential Election. Darrel will be joined
by Dr. Ryan Barilleaux, Professor and Assistant Chair of the
Political Science Department at Miami University. Also in the
discussion will be Dr. Andrew Cayton, Distinguished Professor of
History at Miami University - and he'll be shedding light on the
history of political campaigning.



    Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays

John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).

Monday, September 25, 2000: Practicing Radical Honesty: How to
Complete the Past, Live in  the Present and Build A Future

       Guest: author Dr. Brad Blanton

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