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

Friday, April 14, 2000

Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; a new biography of Burt Lancaster
Fresh Air: Monty Python alumnus Eric Idle
Public Interest: writer/actor Eric Bogosian
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday: biotech and developing countries;
Apollo 13 director Gene Krantz ("Failure is not an
option")
All Things Considered: preventing medical errors, part 2

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Things Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232.
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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).

Friday, April 14: TBA



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

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

10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists reviews the week's top
headlines in the Friday News Roundup.  They'll discuss the latest
news on Elian Gonzalez, the anti-globalization protests in
Washington, and more.
         Guests: Linda Chavez, syndicated columnist; David Corn, The
Nation; Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

11-12: Kate Buford: Kate Buford (BYOO ford) discusses her new
biography of movie star Burt Lancaster, who is remembered mainly as
the handsome, sensual star of films like "From Here to Eternity."
"Burt Lancaster: An American Life" (Knopf) completes the image with
information about his circus career, his political activism, and his
successful foray into independent filmmaking.



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

Terry Gross talks with ERIC IDLE, one of the six original members of
Monty Python's Flying Circus. IDLE wrote many of the songs from the
show including "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi. A pre-recorded show.

MONOLOGUIST AND ACTOR ERIC BOGOSIAN (bah-GO-zhin) HAS BEEN CALLED "A
CULT HERO TO THE COFFEEHOUSE CROWD," FOR BALANCING HUMOR AND HORROR
IN HIS AWARD-WINNING ONE-MAN PLAYS.  IN THIS SPECIAL PRE-RECORDED
SHOW, BOGOSIAN JOINS KOJO TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS WORK AND HIS LATEST
PERFORMANCE, TITLED, "WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE."


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

Host: Ira Flatow

HOUR ONE: BIOTECH AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Biotech companies say genetically modifying crop plants is the only
way we'll be able to feed a growing world population. The promise and
risks of agricultural biotech in the developing world.

HOUR TWO: Gene Kranz - "Failure is Not an Option" Thirty years ago
this week, the gripping drama of the nearly disasterous flight of
Apollo 13 held the nation entranced. A conversation with Gene Kranz,
NASA flight director for the Apollo 13 mission.



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The second of two reports on medical errors. We'll hear about the
crusade to reduce the number of medical mistakes made in the US every
year ... and the difficulty in preventing them.

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