Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)

Tuesday, August 3, 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: open phones; the history of popular radio
Fresh Air: habits of migratory birds; the future of space travel
Public Interest: monthly Computer Guys segment
Talk of the Nation: marriage, part 4: are men irrelevant?
All Things Considered: back to the future for the Philadelphia Orchestra


   The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours on WMUB)

10-11: Open Phones: Diane invites calls from listeners around the country
in a free-ranging session of open phones.  Join her on the air to talk
about what's in the news or whatever's on your mind.

11-12: Susan Douglas: American Studies professor Susan Douglas traces the
history of popular radio, from the dramas of the '30s and '40s, through the
birth of rock and roll in the '50's and '60s, to the rise of talk radio in
recent decades.  Her new book is called "Listening In" (Times Books).



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

Guest host: Marty Moss-Coane

Flight: from the habits of migratory birds, to the future of space travel.
A talk with birder and naturalist Scott Weidensaul about the habits of
migrating birds, and how they manage to fly thousands of miles without a
stop.  Also, to Mars and beyond.  Astronomer Donald Goldsmith tells us
about the future of space travel.

      For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.


   Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AND THAT MEANS THE COMPUTER GUYS ARE
BACK TO SOLVE YOUR COMPUTER OPERATING AND HARDWARE PROBLEMS.  "PC-GUY" JOHN
GILROY AND "MAC GUY" TOM PIWOWAR (PEE-VO-VAR) FILL US IN ON THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD OF COMPUTERS AND ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS


   Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)

Host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE:  MARRIAGE, PART IV: ARE MEN IRRELEVANT?: how men's roles have
changed in marriage

HOUR TWO: TBA



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

It's back to the future for the Philadelphia Orchestra. For its latest
recording, the orchestra has turned to decades-old technology -- in part to
draw attention to itself *AND* to pull out of a slump.



   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 6: TBA


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