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Wednesday, August 5, 1998


Diane Rehm: childhood obesity; the development of the calendar
Fresh Air: mistreatment of women in Afghanistan
Public Interest: a vision of future education
Talk of the Nation: the funeral industry; crisis in the Sudan
All Things Considered: Year 2000 computer problem



   The Diane
Rehm Show,
10-12 noon

                       Diane is back as host of the show

                       10-11: Childhood Obesity: About twenty percent of
children today are overweight. Diane talks with a panel of doctors and
nutritionists about why childhood obesity is on the rise, and what we can
do to help kids learn healthy habits that will last a lifetime.

                             Guests: Dr. William Dietz, Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention; Dr. Arthur Frank, Medical  director, George
Washington U. Obesity Management Program; Barbara Moore, president, "Shape
Up America"; Dr. Stanley Greenspan, pediatric psychiatrist

                       11-12: David Ewing Duncan: Diane talks with author
David Ewing Duncan about his book "Calendar." It's about the history of
recorded time, and how we ended up with the calendar we use today.


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

                       Guest host Mary Moss-Coane
                       ZOHRA RASEKH [Zora RAH-sick] talks about the
mistreatment of women in Afganistan ... The militant  muslim Taliban group
which controls most of the country has denied women access to health care
... education and work ... RASEKH conducted a three month study in
Afganistan for the Physicians for Human Rights



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       A DISCUSSION WITH MAJOR GENERAL JOSIAH BUNTING III,
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VIRGINIA  MILITARY INSTITUTE. HIS LATEST BOOK IS A
PORTRAIT OF A FICTIONAL COLLEGE THAT WOULD OPEN IN  THE YEAR 2000 WITH A
VERY DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY FROM MOST AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTIONS. HE
JOINS HOST KATHY MERRITT TO DISCUSS HIS VISION OF THE IDEAL COLLEGE AND
HIS EXPERIENCE OVERSEEING THE CONTROVERSIAL CO-EDUCATION OF VMI.

                             Guest: 1. Major General Josiah Bunting III,
superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute; author of "An Education
For Our Time"


   Talk of
the Nation,
2-4 p.m.

                       HOUR ONE: THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY: an inside look at
the funeral business and the safeguards in place to protect grieving
families.

                       HOUR TWO: SUDAN

                       A severe drought coupled with a 15-year-old civil
war have led to mass starvation in Southern Sudan. A  look at the crisis in
Africa's largest nation.


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

                       the quintessential turn-of-the-century task...fixing
the problem that's become known as the Year 2000  Bug. An army of engineers
and software developers are trying to make sure that computer software and
chips roll with the millennium.

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