Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Monday, March 16, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
      Guest Host Steve Roberts
 
      10-11 Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post discusses his new book,
"Spin Cycle,"(Free Press) about the Clinton White House and its
relationship with the press.
 
      11-12 Activist Randall Robinson, president of TransAfrica, discusses
his memoir "Defending The Spirit" (Dutton)
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
      A new musical theatre production about a popular vocal group
forbidden to perform in Nazi Germany..."Band in Berlin" just made its
premiere in Philadelpia...Terry Gross talks with the creators of the
show...Hear performances by the vocal sextet "The Hudson Shad" who star in
it...
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
      N 1993, PRINCETON PROFESSOR ANDREW WILES SOLVED A MATH RIDDLE THAT
HAD STUMPED GENERATIONS OF MATHEMATICIANS, "FERMAT'S THEOREM". PHYSICIST
SIMON SINGH DOCUMENTS FOUR CENTURIES OF MATHEMATICIANS ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE
WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE GREATEST MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. THE QUEST INCLUDED
CROSS  DRESSING, A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, AND A HUGE CASH PRIZE. THE INTRIGUING
QUEST FOR THE SOLUTION TO "FERMAT'S LAST  THEOREM".
 
      Guest: 1. Simon Singh, author of "Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to
Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem."
 
 
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
 
      Join Ray Suarez for a look at the roots of political unrest in the
Serbian province of Kosovo...And in the second hour...A look at what's
wrong and right about America's elite high schools...
 
      HOUR 1: Kosovo
 
      HOUR 2: Elite Education
 
 
Common Law, Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. (special time), repeated Sunday
March 22 at 9 p.m.
 
      America's Fascination with the Courts: Drew Engle, Esq. and Dr.
Howard Kleiman will be the guests. Drew Engle is an Oxford attorney who has
been an assistant prosecuting attorney and a defense attorney. Drew has
also appeared on Court TV relating to court matters. Dr. Howard Kleiman
teaches Mass Communication at Miami University and has done considerable
work in the area of  the media and the law.
 
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