Today's Talk Shows on NPR@88-5, WMUB <http://www.wmub.org/today/>
Thursday, May 24, 2001
Help Desk (9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm)
Your Mac and PC computer questions answered by Ted Beerman and Guy Moore.
The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
Hour One: Senate switch
Hour Two: William MacLeish, son of poet Archibald MacLeish
Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
The history of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in America
Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
"Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade"
Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm); guest host Melinda Penkava
Hour One: standardized school tests
Hour Two: live from Memphis, the W. C. Handy Blues Awards
All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
Bob Dylan's 60th birthday
coming up soon in local talk
(live and interactive 9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm)
tomorrow on WMUB Forum with guest host John Hingsbergen
Making the Right Choice for Summer Camp
Sunday on Talk of the Week (a repeat of a previous week's show)
From today's Talk of the Nation: the W. C. Handy Blues Awards
Monday on Interconnect with John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson
Wisdom From an Empty Mind. Guest: Dr. Jacob Liberman, teacher and
author of "Light, Medicine of the Future" and "Take Off Your Glasses
and See."
Tuesday on the Todd Mundt Show
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Wednesday on Sound Health with Marianne Russ
Vacation Safety & Health. Guests: Mira Pravda, R.N, American Camping
Society and Camp Livingston www.offtocamp.com; and Reva Evans,
Manager at Oxford AAA
DETAILS:
Help Desk (9am - 10am, repeated 7 - 8pm)
Your Mac and PC computer questions answered by Ted Beerman and Guy Moore.
The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
Hour One: Senate Switch: On Thursday, Vermont Senator James Jeffords
is expected to announce that he's leaving the Republican Party. This
switch would put the Democratic Party in control of the Senate, and
drastically change political alliances and operations in Washington.
Diane and her guests talk about how Jeffords' decision affects the
nation's capital. Guests: Charlie Cook, National Journal and Cook
Political Report; Marshall Wittman, Hudson Institute; Dale Bumpers,
former US Senator (D-Arkansas)
Hour Two: William MacLeish: Journalist William MacLeish discusses his
life as the son of poet Archibald MacLeish in his memoir "Uphill with
Archie" (Simon & Schuster). He tells of growing up in a household
where his parents' friends were literary giants, and talks about how
he began to emerge from the shadow of his own father's legend.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
The history of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in America. Hear
from doctor and medical historian BARON LERNER, whose own mother
battled the illness.He talks about his new book "The Breast Cancer
Wars", which largely focuses on the rise and fall of the radical
mastectomy.
Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
THE LION IN WINTER. IVANHOE. MANY OF US LOVE MOVIES THAT ROMANTICIZE
THE LIVES OF RICHARD THE LIONHEART AND SALADIN (SAL-ah-din). BUT THE
CRUSADERS' PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OFTEN INCLUDED ACTS OF CRUELTY AND
DECEIT. BIOGRAPHER JAMES RESTON JOINS KOJO TO SEPARATE FACT FROM
FICTION, AND SHARE THE LIFE STORIES OF THESE FASCINATING CRUSADE
LEADERS. Guest: James Reston, Jr., author "Warriors of God: Richard
the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade" (Pub: Doubleday)
Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm); guest host Melinda Penkava
Hour One: STANDARDIZED SCHOOL TESTS: standardized tests are becoming
the norm in many schools. Inaccuracies have been discovered in how
these high-stakes tests are graded, and protests are spreading.
Hour Two: W.C. HANDY BLUES AWARDS: A celebration of American blues
music, live from the W.C. Handy Blues Awards in Memphis with blues
musicians Taj Mahal, Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Deborah Coleman.
All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
Bob Dylan is turning sixty years old. We'll hear some singers pay
tribute. One calls Dylan a "musical genius." Another says he "changed
the face of songwriting for everyone who came after him." Songs by
the Bard of Minnesota, in honor of his sixtieth.
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