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

Monday, April 17, 2000

Diane Rehm: biodiversity "hot spots"; the origins of the four Gospels
Fresh Air: actor Edward Norton ("Keeping the Faith")
Public Interest: new medicinal potentials of animals and plants
Talk of the Nation: the new protesters; Bush and Gore tax plans
All Things Considered: the NPR 100: the story of the 1927 musical "Show Boat"

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

10-11: Hot Spots: Dr. Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation
International, and his wife, marine biologist Cristina Mittermeier,
explain the "Hot Spots" approach to preserving biodiversity. They'll
talk about their work identifying and protecting the places on the
globe that have the highest concentration of unique and endangered
species.  (Their book, "Hot Spots," is published by Cemex.)

11-12: Robin Griffith-Jones: In his new book "The Four Witnesses"
(Harper San Francisco), Robin Griffith-Jones focuses on Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John, the apostles who authored the gospels. He
examines who each man was, and what the differences in their stories
teach us about Christianity and its founders.



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

Actor Edward Norton.  His movies include "Fight Club," "American
History X," "The People versus Larry Flint," "Everyone Says I Love
You," and "Primal Fear." He directed and stars in the new comedy
"Keeping the Faith."

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


    Public Interest

Host: Kojo Nnamdi. A pre-recorded show.

FROM THE JUNGLE TO THE ARCTIC, SCIENTISTS ARE UNCOVERING THE
MEDICINAL POTENTIAL OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS AT AN ASTONISHING RATE.
RENOWNED ETHNOBOTANIST MARK PLOTKIN JOINS KOJO TO DISCUSS THE WAY THE
BIO-TECH INDUSTRY, RESEARCHERS, AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES ARE WORKING
TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN DISEASES.
         Guest: Mark J. Plotkin, author of "Medicine Quest: In Search
of Nature's Healing Secrets" (Pub: Viking/Penguin)


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

Host: Juan Williams

HOUR ONE: THE NEW PROTEST MOVEMENT: Who are these new activists and
what are they protesting?

HOUR TWO:  GEORGE BUSH/AL GORE TAX CUT PLANS: Today is Tax Day. The
tax plan proposals of Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor
George W. Bush, and how they will affect you



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

The story of "Show Boat," which broke new ground as a Broadway
musical, when it debuted in 1927.  "Show Boat" is part of the N-P-R
100, a list of the most important American musical works of the 20th
Century.



    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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