Thursday, May 17, 2001 

Help Desk (live & interactive 9am-10am, repeated 7pm-8pm) Answers to Mac & PC computer questions.
 
The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon) 
Today's guest host is Steve Roberts. 
Hour One: Cancer drugs.
Hour Two: Horse trainer Monty Roberts

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm) 
Documentary filmmakers CHRIS HEGEDUS & JEHANE NOUJAIM (new-JHAME and astronaut Jim Newman.

Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm) 
CUBISM AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY

Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm) 
Hour One: The Bush energy plan.
Hour Two: A story of 1920's interracial love.

All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm) 
All Things Considered is in Seattle this week. The return of product placement on television.

coming up soon in local talk 
(live and interactive 9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm) 

Friday on WMUB Forum with Darrel Gray 
Child Care Matters. A discussion on a recent study tying child care to increased aggressiveness in some children along with various other challenges for families with children in child care. (postponed from 
an earlier date) 

Monday on Interconnect with John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson 
Futurist John Naisbitt, High Tech, High Touch 


DETAILS: 

Thursday May 17, 2001
Help Desk  (live & interactive 9-10am, repeated 7- 8pm)
Answers to Mac and PC computer questions, answered by Guy Moore and Ted Beerman. Call in with your question to 1-888-877-3885 or 513-529-5200.  E-mail:  [log in to unmask]

DETAILS: 

The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon Today's guest host: Susan Page of USA Today (Diane is away at the Public Radio Conference in Seattle)
Hour One: Cancer Drugs: New cancer drugs are in the headlines: a promising  treatment for colon cancer, and a dramatically effective treatment for leukemia.  Guest host Susan Page talks with some of the doctors behind the development of these medications, and looks ahead to the future of cancer treatment. Guests: Dr. Robert Wittes, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Brian Druker, Oregon Health and Science University; and  Dr. John Mendelsohn, U. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hour Two:   Monty Roberts: Monty Roberts is one of the world's most famous horse trainers. He's known for his "Join-Up" technique, a gentle way of working with horses. In his new book, "Horse Sense for People" (Viking), he suggests that the same methods can be effective in improving relations between humans.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross (Noon - 1pm)
Documentary filmmakers CHRIS HEGEDUS (sounds like prejudice) & JEHANE (ja-HAN) NOUJAIM (new-JHAME {rhymes with game}).  Their new film "Startup.com"  is a Cinema Verite look at the rise and fall of an internet startup company.  *The film  premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and is now opening in theaters.  HEGEDUS has been making documentaries with veteran filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker for over 20 years.  Their films include, "The War Room," which chronicles Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.  Startup.com is JEHANE NOUJAIM's first feature film. 

Astronaut JIM NEWMAN. Dr. Newman has logged many days in space, including  many space walks.  In 1998 he was a member of one of the first crews to work on the International Space Station, Endeavor.  He'll talk about what it was like doing construction in space.  Next year, NEWMAN will go back to space to work on and repair the Hubble Telescope.

Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
CUBISM AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY.  WERE THESE BREAKTHROUGHS A DIRECT RESULT  OF THE TIMES IN WHICH PABLO PICASSO AND ALBERT EINSTEIN LIVED?  WE EXAMINE THE  INTERTWINED ROOTS OF CREATIVITY THAT MADE EACH MAN A TWENTIETH CENTURY ICON.

Talk of the Nation with Juan Williams (2pm - 4pm)
Guest host Lynn Neary
Hour One:* A look at  how the Bush energy plan will affect consumers.
Hour Two:* A look back at a 1920's story of interracial love that ended in scandal.

All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
All Things Considered is in Seattle this week.  Television watchers are getting more savvy about avoiding  commercials. They're doing everything from channel surfing during breaks to taping shows with high-tech VCR's that automatically block  out the ads. Hear how  advertisers are resorting to an old method of getting exposure --*working their messages right into the programs. It's the return of product placement.