Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Tuesday, April 14, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
     (note: Diane Rehm is still recovering from a bout of laryngitis.
     At this time we are not sure when she will return as host of the
     show)
 
     Guest host Steve Roberts
 
     10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists will discuss the top
     national and international news stories of the week, including
     prospects for tobacco legislation and the status of peace
     negotiations in Northern Ireland. Guests: Gerry Seib, Wall Street
     Journal Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio Sam Fulwood, Los
     Angeles Times
 
     11-12: Alan Brinkley: Alan Brinkley, professor of history at
     Columbia University, discusses his book "Liberalism and its
     Discontents" (Harvard). It's an analysis of the liberal movement,
     from its high point in the days of Roosevelt's New Deal, to
     recent criticism.
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
     Terry Gross talks with artist CHUCK CLOSE...He's been called the
     "reigning portraitist of the Information Age."  His jumbo
     portraits are copied from photographs, and painted in faux
     pointillist style...
 
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
     A SESSION OF "MEDIA WATCH",  AN ONGOING
     SERIES  PROVIDING  CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC
     AND PRINT MEDIA. THE WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION PROJECT
     CENSORED BELIEVES MANY IMPORTANT NEWS STORIES ARE
     KEPT FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BY MAINSTREAM NEWS
     AGENCIES AND EACH YEAR PICKS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF
     THESE STORIES.  HOST FRANK STASIO TALKS WITH
     AUTHORS WHO WROTE ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECT'S TOP
     TEN CENSORED STORIES OF  1997.
 
     Guests:
     1. Martha Honey,writer, Foreign Policy In Focus
         Project, Institute for Policy Studies
     2. Lora Lumpe, writer,  Federation of American
         Scientists
     3. David Burnham, writer,  "The Nation" SHOW.
 
 
Talk of the Nation , 2-4 p.m.
 
     Join Ray Suarez for a conversation with former Senator George
     Mitchell, the mediator of last Friday's peace accord in Northern
     Ireland...And in the second hour...It's expected that this year's
     mid-term elections will see record low voter turnout...Look at
     what that means for the candidates, the parties and American
     political policy...
 
     HOUR 1: George Mitchell
     HOUR 2: Voter Participation
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
     In Wrightsville, North Carolina, the Shell
     Island condominium complex is practically falling into the
     ocean...and some environmentalists say that it should be allowed
     to go.
 
     The debate over saving Shell Island...plus the day's news, later,
     on NPR's All Things Considered.