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

Friday, February 18, 2000

WMUB Forum: President Emeritus Philip Shriver on the history of Miami
University
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; Readers' Review: "The Confessions of
Nat Turner" by William Styron
Fresh Air: filmmaker M. Night  Shyamalan ["SHA mah lahn"] ("The Sixth
Sense"); "American Beauty" author Alan Ball
Public Interest: making and spending the new wealth
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: global climate change and human
values; amphibian decline
All Things Considered: U.S. women's marathon champion Joan Benoit
[ben-wah] Samuelson tries for the Olympics -- at age 42

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    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).

Today: The History of Miami University
        Guest: Dr. Philip R. Shriver, President Emeritus of Miami


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

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
national and international headlines, including the latest news from
the South Carolina campaign trail, and the future of the peace
process in Northern Ireland.
         Guests: David Corn, The Nation; Charles Krauthammer,
syndicated columnist; Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine

11-12: Readers' Review of William Styron's "The Confessions of Nat
Turner": This month's Readers Review panel discusses "The Confessions
of Nat Turner," novelist William Styron's retelling of the life of
the man who organized a slave rebellion in 1831.
         Guests: Rev. Jane Dixon, suffragan bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Washington; David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist &
novelist; Valerie Babb, professor of English, Georgetown University;
Lou Stovall, artist & printmaker



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

Film writer and director M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN ("SHA mah lahn"). His
film "The Sixth Sense" has been nominated for six academy awards. . .
including best picture, and screenplay.  And film writer ALAN BALL.
He wrote the screenplay for "American Beauty" which has been
nominated for seven academy awards also including  best picture, and
best screenplay.

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

ACCORDING TO MARKETPLACE HOST DAVID BRANCACCIO (brawn-COTCH-ee-oh),
FOR MANY PEOPLE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF A GOOD ECONOMY IS DECIDING
HOW TO SPEND MONEY, NOT HOW TO MAKE IT.  BRANCACCIO JOINS KOJO TO
SHARE THE PRACTICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FINANCIAL WISDOM HE'S GAINED
FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYONE FROM CORPORATE C-E-Os TO MOMS IN
MIDDLE-AMERICA.
         Guest: David Brancaccio, author; also senior editor and host
of public radio show "Marketplace" (Pub: Simon & Schuster)


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

Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN VALUES: beyond climate
change science ...and how climate change policies, including
proposals to slow global warming, impact the economy, human health,
and the international community.

HOUR TWO: AMPHIBIAN DECLINES: some of the theories that might explain
the global decline in frog and salamander populations



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

Champion runner Joan Benoit Samuelson. She holds the US record in the
women's marathon... plus the Olympic record...and at age 42, hopes to
qualify for this year's games.

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