Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Thursday, August 12, 1999
For questions about Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, or All Things
Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232. For tapes and
transcripts call toll-free 1-877-NPR-TEXT (1-877-677-8398).
Diane Rehm: living organ donors; how farmers cope
Fresh Air: the life of comedian Lenny Bruce
Public Interest: fifty years of the Geneva Convention
Talk of the Nation: violent crime: perception vs. statistics; America's
collecting craze
All Things Considered: investigating a massacre in Kosovo
tomorrow on WMUB Forum: prayer in schools
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)
Diane is taking some time off after a voice treatment and them some
vacation time. She'll return to the air Monday, August 30. Guest host
Susan Page of USA Today
10-11: Living Organ Donors: For years, doctors have been able to transplant
kidneys from living donors. Today, a new surgical technique is making it
possible for a person to give part of his or her liver to someone in need.
A panel talks about the phenomenon of live organ donation: new techniques,
the medical risks and benefits, the possibility of live organ donor
registries, and the ethical questions raised by each step forward.
Guests: Dr. Amadeo Marcos, Surgeon, Medical College of
Virginia; Dr.Jeffrey Kahn, program director of the Center for Bioethics at
the University of Minnesota; Adele Denny, LCWS, INOVA Transplant Center;
Lori Brigham, Executive Director, Washington Regional Transplant Consortium
11-12: How Farmers Cope: The profession of farming has its own set of
stresses and strains, as farmers must deal with unpredictable weather,
isolation, and many economic woes. Michael Rosmann ("ROSE-man"), a farmer
and psychologist, and David Sutherland, director-producer of the acclaimed
documentary "The Farmer's Wife," talk about how farmers cope in times of
crisis.
Guests: Michael Rosmann, farmer and psychologist; David Sutherland,
independent filmmaker and director- producer
of the recent documentary "The Farmer's Wife"
(Note: PBS's "Frontline" will re-broadcast The Farmer's Wife starting
around 8/21... check local listings for dates and times.)
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
A talk with filmmaker Robert Weide about the life and comedy of Lenny Bruce
and about his new documentary "Swear to tell the Truth." It premiered on
HBO this week.
For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
Host: Kathy Merritt
FIFTY YEARS AGO, THE GENEVA CONVENTION SET DOWN RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF
ARMED CONFLICT. A PANEL OF EXPERTS DISCUSS THE CONVENTION'S IMPACT, AND
THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY, JOURNALISTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN
ORGANIZATIONS PLAY IN RECOGNIZING AND HELPING TO PREVENT CRIMES OF WAR.
Guests: 1. Roy Gutman, co-editor of "Crimes of War: What the Public Should
Know"; also International Security Reporter for Newsday; 2. Frank Sieverts,
Assistant to the Head of US & Canadian Delegation for the International
Committee of the Red Cross
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)
Guest host: Melinda Penkava
HOUR ONE: VIOLENT CRIME: PERCEPTIONS VS. THE STATS: how perceptions of
violent crime conflict with statistical realities
HOUR TWO: COLLECTING: a look at America's collecting craze
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
A visit to Krushe Vogel {KROO-shuh VOH-gull). The Kosovo village is named
in an indictment against Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic and his
aides. It alleges that 103 men from Krushe Vogel were massacred. But
survivors tell their story. Combining documentation - physical evidence and
eyewitness testimony - to find the truth.
WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m.
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, August 13: Prayer in schools
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General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
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