Today's talk
shows on
WMUB

Friday, November 13, 1998

WMUB Forum: urban and rural issues in Ohio (9 a.m., repeated 7 p.m.)
Diane Rehm (*2 full hours, only on WMUB): weekly news roundup; Geraldine
Ferraro's new memoir
Fresh Air: an in-studio concert with the McGarrigle Sisters and Loudon
Wainwright and family
Public Interest: writer Robert Stepto on the journey of African-Americans
Talk of the Nation (*live, only on WMUB): AIDS update; next week's Leonid
meteor shower; the law and ethics of genetics
All Things Considered: "Teen Diaires": the story of a bi-racial teen-ager


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

                       News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of
conversations with guests, and your e-mail comments and  questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)

                             Urban and rural issues in Ohio


   The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)

10-11: News Roundup: Diane and a panel of journalists take a look at the
week's top national and  international news stories, from the ongoing
standoff with Iraq over U.N. weapons inspections, to the  leadership
shuffles in the Congress.

                             Guests: David Corn, "The Nation"; Major
Garrett, U.S. News and World Report; Susan Page, USA  Today

11-12: Geraldine Ferraro: Geraldine Ferraro made history in 1984 as the
first female Vice-Presidential  candidate. Her new memoir "Framing a Life"
(Scribner) traces five generations of women in her  Italian-American family.


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

An in-studio concert and interview with KATE & ANNA MCGARRIGLE, LOUDON
(LOUD-en) WAINWRIGHT,  RUFUS WAINRIGHT, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT and more. They're
all featured on the new album "The  McGarrigle Hour."



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

A DISCUSSION WITH ROBERT STEPTO, WHOSE MEMOIR, "BLUE AS THE LAKE," TELLS
THE UNIQUE STORY OF HIS ANCESTORS' MIGRATION THROUGHOUT AMERICA AND
AMERICAN HISTORY. JOIN HIM TO DISCUSS THE PARALLEL EXPERIENCE OF HIS FAMILY
AND THAT OF OTHER AFRICAN- AMERICANS SEARCHING FOR AND FINDING A PLACE TO
CALL HOME.

                             Guests: Robert B. Stepto, author


   Talk of
the Nation/
Science Friday,
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)

                       Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: AIDS UPDATE/LEONID METEOR SHOWERS: whether the current AIDS
therapies are the best  choice for AIDS patients, and a viewing guide for
the upcoming Lenoid meteor showers.

HOUR TWO: DNA FILES/ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES: ethical and legal issues in
the age of genetics.


   on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.

An audio diary from 16-year-old Jeff Rogers...trying to find his own place
in a confusing world of labels and  names. He grew up in a biracial
household, and race never really held any meaning for him...but now that
he's older, he finds that the issue causes more and more problems.


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