Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Friday, April 17, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
     (note: Diane Rehm is still recovering from a bout of laryngitis.
     Diane Rehm is planning to return to the show on May 4, 1998.)
 
     Guest Host Susan Page of USA Today
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     10-11: Weekly News Roundup: A panel of journalists will discuss
     the week's top news stories, from President Clinton's trip to
     Chile to participate in the Summit of the Americas, to the death
     of Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.
          Panelists:     Daniel Schorr of National Public Radio
                    Jodie Allen of Slate Magazine
                    Morton Kondracke of Roll Call
 
     11-12: Reader's Review -- National Poetry Month: Poet Laureate
     Robert Pinsky joins us for the April Reader's Review. In honor of
     National Poetry Month, Pinsky will discuss his own work and some
     of his favorite poems by others.  He will also discuss his
     "Favorite Poem" project, an effort to create a national archive
     of American citizens reading their favorite poems aloud.
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
     Former "Washington Post" publisher
     and now Pulitzer Prize winning author KATHARINE GRAHAM.
     Graham was awarded the Pulitzer for her autobiography "Personal
     History." (Knopf)   And novelist Stephen McCauley whose first
     novel hit the big screen.    "The Object of My Affection,"
     starring Jennifer Aniston, opens in theaters this week.  That and
     more coming up on the next archive edition of Fresh Air.
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
     JUST ABOUT EVERYONE -- YOUNG AND OLD --
     HAS A SENTIMENTAL ATTACHMENT TO SESAME STREET, THE
     AWARD-WINNING EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SHOW THAT
     TURNS 30 THIS FALL.  JOIN HOST KATHY MERRITT FOR A
     BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE FAMOUS NEIGHBORHOOD AS
     SHE TALKS WITH SOME OF THE SHOW'S MUPPETTERS, PRODUCERS
     AND ON-AIR PERSONALITIES.
 
     Guests:
     1. Kevin Clash, muppeteer for Elmo, Sesame Street
     2. Teri Weis, co-producer, Sesame Street
     3. Roscoe Orman, plays "Gordon", Sesame Street
 
Talk of the Nation Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.
 
     Join Ira Flatow for a look at the latest breast cancer news...And
     in the second hour...A look at Kennewick Man - an anthropological
     find as intriguing as it is controversial...Plus - is software
     made by commercial companies always better?
 
     Hour 1: Breast Cancer Update
     Hour 2: Kennewick Man/Free Software
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
     Host Susan Stamberg talks with Cecil Whaley [SEE-sull, WAY-lee],
     the natural hazards expert and spokesperson for the Tennessee
     Emergency Management Agency, about tornadoes which swept through
     Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky yesterday.
 
     N-P-R's Nina Totenberg reports Paula Jones announced she will
     appeal a judge's dismissal of her sexual harrassment lawsuit
     against President Clinton.