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

Friday, April 21, 2000

Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; Readers' Review: "The Heart of the
Matter" by Graham Greene
Fresh Air: the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war:
director Oliver Stone, novelist Tim O'Brien, and Vietnam War Memorial
sculptor Maya Lin
Public Interest: Central Asia and the Caspian Sea region
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: 30th anniversary of Earth Day;
Biosphere 2; discovery of a fossil dinosaur heart
All Things Considered: Lost and Found Sound: one Marine's 1966 audio
tapes from Vietnam

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)

Note: Diane is planning to have another voice treatment this week.
The show will have guest hosts for a period of time while she
recovers.

Guest host Susan Page of USA Today

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's
national and international headline news stories, including the
latest on the legal arguments over Elian Gonzalez, and the
anti-globalization protests at the World Bank and IMF meetings.
         Guests: Eleanor Clift, Newsweek; Alan Murray, Wall Street
Journal; Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio

11-12: Readers' Review: The April Readers' Review panel discusses
Graham Greene's novel "The Heart of the Matter."  Set in West Africa
during World War Two, it's the story of a man struggling with the
moral dilemma of his adulterous affair with a woman.
         Guests: Patricia Griffith, novelist, playwright, and
associate professor of English at George Washington University;
Jackson Bryer, professor of English at the U. of Maryland; Lisa Page,
freelance writer; John Pfordrescher, professor of English and
director of the Catholic studies program at Georgetown University



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

On the 25th anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam: art about
the war. Terry talks with veteran and filmmaker Oliver Stone, veteran
and novelist Tim O'Brien, war photographers Horst Faas and Tim Page,
and sculptor Maya Lin, who designed the war memorial in Washington.

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi.

UNTIL RECENTLY, CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CASPIAN SEA REGION WERE
BASICALLY IGNORED IN US FOREIGN POLICY. BUT RECENT TRIPS BY
HIGH-LEVEL US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOW THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF
THIS REGION WITH REGARD TO DRUG SMUGGLING, TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS,
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND OIL. KOJO AND GUESTS DISCUSS DOMESTIC AND
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES IN CENTRAL ASIA.
         Guests: 1. Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace;2. Julia Nanay, a Director at The
Petroleum Finance Company; 3. Casandra Cavanaugh, Human Rights Watch


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

Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY: a look back at thirty years
of Earth Days, and whether increased environmental awareness has led
to a healthier planet.

HOUR TWO: BIOSPHERE 2/ DINOSAUR HEART: Columbia University is pumping
millions of dollars into Biosphere 2. Plans for this once-ridiculed
research facility.



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

A Lost and Found Sound from the War in Vietnam. We'll hear one
Marine's 1966 audio tapes from the DMZ, the recordings of Marine
Lance Corporal Mike Baronowski.



    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).

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