Today's talk
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                    Thursday, April 22, 1999

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                    Today's talk shows:

                    NOTE: Any of today's show may be pre-empted to
                    cover the ongoing NATO strikes in Kosovo and
                    Serbia

                    Diane Rehm:  NATO Anniversary; David Guterson,
                    bestselling author of "Snow Falling On Cedars."
                    Fresh Air: A rememberance of Duke Ellington Public
                    Interest:  Celebration of Women's Anatomy,
                    Chemistry, Evolution, and Laughter. Talk of the
                    Nation: College Admissions; Book Club of the Air:
                    Sappho poetry All Things Considered: The North
                    Atlantic Treaty Organization and the latest news
                    on the high school shootings in Littleton,
                    Colorado

                    Friday on WMUB Forum: TBA



   The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon
(*2 FULL HOURS
on WMUB)

                    10-11: NATO Anniversary: This weekend, dignitaries
                    from Europe will converge on Washington to
                    commemorate the 50th anniversary of the North
                    Atlantic Treaty Organization, even as NATO forces
                    continue their air campaign against Yugoslavia.
                    Diane and her guests take a look at the history of
                    the NATO alliance, and at its future.
                            Guests: Robert Hunter, RAND Corporation,
                            former U.S. ambassador to NATO
                                    Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, US Army
                                    Retired, author of "Fighting for
                                    the Future" (Stackpole) Susan
                                    Eisenhower, Center for Political &
                                    Strategic Studies

                    11-12: David Guterson: David Guterson, bestselling
                    author of "Snow Falling On Cedars," discusses his
                    new novel, "East of the Mountains" (Harcourt
                    Brace). Set in the Pacific Northwest, it's the
                    story of a World War II veteran facing terminal
                    cancer.



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

                    A rememberance of Duke Ellington ... Hear a 1989
                    interview with his son MERCER ELLINGTON ... who
                    took over his father's orchestra after his
                    father's death ...







   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                    Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                    NATALIE ANGIER'S (ANN-jur) NEW BOOK "WOMAN:AN
                    INTIMATE GEOGRAPHY" EXPLORES THE EVOLUTIONARY
                    BIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE BODY FROM A UNIQUE, YET
                    SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE PERSPECTIVE.  ANGIER, THE
                    NEW YORK TIMES' PULITZER PRIZE WINNING SCIENCE
                    WRITER JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS THIS CELEBRATION OF
                    WOMEN'S ANATOMY, CHEMISTRY, EVOLUTION, AND
                    LAUGHTER.

                    Guest:
                    Natalie Angier, author and Pulitzer Prize winning
                    science journalist



   Talk of
the Nation
2-4 p.m. (*LIVE)

                    Host: Ray Suarez

                    Join Ray and guests for a look at how colleges
                    decide whom to accept ... And in the second hour
                    ...It's the Book Club of the Air discuss the
                    poetry of Sappho ...

                    HOUR 1: College Admissions
                    HOUR 2:  Book Club of the Air: Sappho






   on today's
All Things
Considered,
4-7 p.m.

                    Later today on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED --
                    preparations for the 50th anniversary of the North
                    Atlantic Treaty Organization. Including reports on
                    the military campaign NATO is carrying-out in
                    Yugoslavia. And reports from Littleton, Colorado
                    -- and the aftermath of this week's shooting at
                    Columbine High School. Those stories -- and the
                    day's news -- later, on N-P-R's ALL THINGS
                    CONSIDERED.



   WMUB Forum,
9-10 a.m.,
repeated 7-8 p.m.

                    News Director Darrel Gray hosts an hour of
                    conversations with guests, and your e-mail
                    comments and questions
                    (http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html)
                         Friday, April 23: TBA

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