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

Tuesday, September 28, 1999

Diane Rehm: adoption and foster care; animal behavior that goes beyond instinct
Fresh Air: the failure of America's educational testing institutions
Public Interest: the Linux (linn-uks) computer operating system
Talk of the Nation: Pinochet and justice; fictionalized non-fiction
All Things Considered: a teenager who dropped out finds home schooling
doesn't cure all

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).


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

** DIANE's book tour is going on this week. Her memoir, "Finding My Voice,"
is in bookstores now.  Over the next several weeks, she'll be in and out.

Guest host Jim Angle of FOX News

10-11: Adoption & Foster Care:  Last week the President announced the award
of $20 million bonuses to 35 states that have been able to increase the
number of children adopted from the public foster care system. The bonuses
are part of a number of incentives that have been offered in conjunction
with the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act. A panel discusses the
administration's strategy and how the needs of children in the foster care
system can be better met.
        Guests: Olivia Golden, Asst. Sec for Children & Families, Dept of
Health & Human Services; Ann Sullivan, Child Welfare League of America;
Gloria Hoffman, National Adoption Center; Jess MacDonald, Illinois Dept. of
Children & Families

11-12: Rupert Sheldrake: Biologist Rupert Sheldrake's book "Dogs That Know
When Their Owners Are Coming Home" (Crown) is full of stories of animal
instinct and intuition that simply can't be explained by science.  Dr.
Sheldrake believes that animals in fact have psychic capabilities.



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

The initial secret promise, and then the failure of America's 50 year old
educational testing system. . . A talk with journalist NICHOLAS LEMANN
("Lemon"), author of the new book "The Big Test."

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


   Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

IT'S TECH TUESDAY.  THIS WEEK, KOJO AND GUESTS DISCUSS THE GROWING
POPULARITY OF THE LINUX (LIN-UCKS) OPERATING SYSTEMAND ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT INSTALLATION AND USE OF THIS FREE, OPEN SOURCE, SYSTEM.

Guest: 1. (from KPFA in Berkeley, CA) Matt Welsh, author of "Running Linux"
2. Alan McConnell, mathematician, scientist, statistician, and computer
consultant


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

Guest host: Melinda Penkava

HOUR ONE:  PINOCHET AND JUSTICE: as Augusto Pinochet faces the possibility
of a trial in Spain for crimes against humanity, a look at the questions
the case raises about extradition, sovereignty, and who has the right to
enforce justice

HOUR TWO:  FICTIONALIZED NON-FICTION: the legitimacy of using fictional
devices in writing about history



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

An audio diary of one teenager in Utah, who dropped out of junior high to
try home schooling. He wasn't happy in eighth grade... but staying home had
its drawbacks too.



   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, October 1: TBA

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