Today's Talk Shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/today)
Friday, December 21, 2001
WMUB Forum with Darrel Gray (9am - 10am, repeated 7 - 8 pm)
Reading to children. Editor and author Janet Schulman talks
about the importance of parents and children reading together.
The Diane Rehm Show (10am - Noon)
Hour One: News Roundup: A panel of journalists joins Diane to
review the top national and international stories of the week and of
the year in the final News Roundup of 2001. Guests: EJ Dionne,
Washington Post; Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard; Susan Page, USA Today
Hour two: Readers' Review "Harry Potter": The December
Readers' Review panel discusses "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone," the first in J.K. Rowling's series of internationally
best-selling novels featuring wizard-in-training Harry Potter. Get in
touch with your inner child for the holidays! Guests: Deirdre
Donahue, USA Today book critic; Desson Howe, Washington Post film
critic; E. Ethelbert Miller, poet
Fresh Air with Terry Gross (noon - 1pm)
Film critic JOHN POWERS talks about new movies opening for
the holidays and he presents his 2001 ten best list. And critic
MAUREEN CORRIGAN picks her favorite books of the year.
Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi (1pm - 2pm)
A Nobel prize-winning mathematician, a boxing icon, a Hobbit,
plus a dysfunctional-yet-talented family. It's all in a holiday movie
season. Kojo and film critics share recommendations for holiday
films. Guests: 1. Joe Barber, theater and arts critic, WHUR, WETA's
Around Town; 2. Eddie Cockrell, film critic, Variety, Indiefilm.com;
3. Lisa Schwarzbaum, film critic, Entertainment Weekly
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday with Ira Flatow (2pm - 4pm)
Hour one: SEA CREATURE/ EBOLA VIRUS: A new squid has been
discovered in the ocean's depths. Also: a new Ebola outbreak unfolds
in Gabon. How the virus effects people, and animals, in Gabon and
around the world.
Hour two: CHARLES KNIGHT'S PALEOART: the life and work of
artist Charles Knight, considered the father of prehistoric and
wildlife art.
All Things Considered (4pm - 7pm)
For four months of the year, darkness covers Greenland. For
four months it is light. There is twilight for four months in
between. Author Gretel Erlich spent seven seasons in Greenland. She
wrote a book called "This Cold Heaven."
coming up soon in local talk
(live and interactive 9am - 10am, repeated 7pm - 8pm)
Monday on Interconnect with John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson
An Interconnected Christmas. A special recorded version of
our show with reflections on the meaning and practice of Christmas
from nine of today's most forward-thinking thinkers. Featured
guests: George Whitton, New Thought Unity Center, Cincinnati; Pat
Betty, Aroma Therapy Institute; Betty Eadie, author, Embraced by the
Light; Rev. Peter Matthews, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Oxford, OH; Barbara
Biziou, author, The Joy of Ritual; Richard Francis, practical mystic;
Laurie Beth Jones, author The Path and Jesus:CEO; Margaret
Starbird, author, The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred
Feminine; Dr. Deepak Chopra, author, speaker, Director of the Chopra
Center.
Wednesday on Sound Health with Cheri Lawson
An encore program from September 5, 2001 Medical Errors
Guests: Marshall Kapp, professor of community health at Wright State
University and professor of law at the University of Dayton and
Stanley E. Chesley, Cincinnati attorney involved in many product and
medical malpractice lawsuits.
Holiday Specials
Paul Winter Consort Winter Solstice (Friday, 8 pm)
Paul Winter's gala 20th anniversary concert, recorded in New
York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Performers include Mickey
Hart of The Grateful Dead and the Paul Winter Consort. Produced by:
Murray Street Productions for NPR.
Ornaments and Icing: Songs and Stories of Christmas (Friday, 10 pm)
A third edition of last year's Gabriel Award-winning program,
new for 2001. Holiday music, stories and anecdotes from Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Josh White, Jr., Judy Collins, Janis Ian, Ramblin' Jack
Elliot and others. Host: Jim Blum.
A Jazz Piano Christmas 10; Saturday, December 22, 7-8 am, 2-3 pm
Dianne Reeves hosts this collection of Jazz Piano Christmases
past, dedicated to the memory of previous host Mel Tormé. Featured
artists include: Dick Hyman, Diana Krall, Chucho Valdes, Joanne
Brackeen, Cyrus Chestnut, Kenny Barron, and Shirley Horn.
A Jazz Piano Christmas 12; Saturday, December 22, 3-4 pm; Sunday,
December 23, 7-8 am
Nancy Wilson hosts the latest incarnation of this NPR jazz
tradition. This year's lineup of jazz stars performing their unique
and highly individual stylings of holiday favorites include Billy
Taylor, Roger Kellaway, Michael Feinstein, Barbara Carroll, and Karin
Allyson.
A Change of Season: Stories of Holiday Traditions, Memories, and
Meaning; Sunday, December 23, 4-5 pm
There are elements in the holiday season that connect us all.
"A Change of Season" uses documentary vignettes to reflect on the
search for common threads in several uncommon stories about the
winter holidays. Produced by: WKSU.
Almost Christmas (An Almost Monday Special); Sunday, December 23, 6-9 pm
An eclectic mix of Christmas music, including acoustic, jazz,
blues and world music. Hosted by Miami University students who
normally present Almost Monday every Sunday evening.
Interconnect with John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson
An Interconnected Christmas. A special recorded version of
our show with reflections on the meaning and practice of Christmas
from nine of today's most forward-thinking thinkers. Featured
guests: George Whitton, New Thought Unity Center, Cincinnati; Pat
Betty, Aroma Therapy Institute; Betty Eadie, author, Embraced by the
Light; Rev. Peter Matthews, Bethel A.M.E. Church, Oxford, OH; Barbara
Biziou, author, The Joy of Ritual; Richard Francis, practical mystic;
Laurie Beth Jones, author The Path and Jesus:CEO; Margaret
Starbird, author, The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred
Feminine; Dr. Deepak Chopra, author, speaker, Director of the Chopra
Center.
A Mama Jazz Christmas Eve; Monday, December 24, 8-9 pm
Our own Mama Jazz brings you all her favorite Christmas
music, performed by her favorite jazz artists. A perfect way to relax
and enjoy the evening.
Cleve Callison <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
Williams Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-5958, 513-255-1201 cell, 513-529-6048 Fax
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