Today's talk
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                    Thursday, April 8, 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: U.S.-China Relations; Ruth Reichl has
just stepped down as chief
                    restaurant critic for the New York Times
                    Fresh Air: ANTHONY LYOD is a reporter for The Times
of London; Newsweek writer
                    MICHAEL ISIKOFF
                    Public Interest: Actor and Activits Edward James
Olmos
                    Talk of the Nation: U-S China Relations; The Nature
of Evil
                    All Things Considered: The ballooning number of drug
cases

                    Friday on WMUB Forum: TBA



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

                    10-11 U.S.-China Relations: Relations between the
United States and China have
                    always been delicate.  This year alone, controversy
has raged over whether China
                    should join the World Trade Organization, over
concerns about human rights
                    abuses in China, and over allegations of Chinese
espionage in American nuclear
                    research labs. While Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji
("joo rong-jee") visits
                    Washington, Diane and her guests discuss the state
of U.S.-China relations
                    today.
                                    Guests: James Mann, LA Times
columnist and author of "About
                    Face" (Knopf)
                                    Robert Suettinger, visiting fellow,
Brookings Institution and
                    former National Intelligence Officer for East Asia
                                    Winston Lord, former ambassador to
China and former Asst.
                    Secretary of State for Asia

                    11-12: Ruth Reichl: Ruth Reichl ("RYE-sh'll") has
just stepped down as chief
                    restaurant critic for the New York Times to become
editor of Gourmet Magazine.
                    Her memoir, "Tender at the Bone" (Broadway) tells
the story of how she learned
                    to appreciate fine food, despite the fact that her
mother was a disastrous cook.




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

                    ANTHONY LYOD is a reporter for The Times of London.
He left
                    Kosovo shortly after the NATO attack on Yugoslavia
began.
                    He talks about what Kosovo was like just before the
war.
                    Newsweek writer MICHAEL ISIKOFF has written the new
book
                    "Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story." (Crown)
It details
                    his investigation into the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Before
                    joining Newsweek in 1994, he wrote for The
Washington Post.
                    He also serves as news analyst for MSNBC and is a
frequent
                    guest on NBC's Meet the Press. Isikoff lives in
Chevy Chase,
                    Maryland.



Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                    Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                    A CONVERSATION WITH ACTOR AND ACTIVIST EDWARD JAMES
                    OLMOS.  KOJO SPEAKS WITH OLMOS ABOUT HIS TIRELESS
WORK SPEAKING
                    TO SCHOOLS, CHARITIES, AND JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS,
AND ABOUT HIS
                    LATEST PROJECT, "AMERICANOS: LATINO LIFE IN THE
UNITED STATES," A
                    CELEBRATION OF LATINO CULTURE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY,
FILM,
                    MUSIC, AND THE PRINTED WORD.

                    Guest:
                    Edward James Olmos





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

                    Host: Ray Suarez

                    Join Ray Suarez and guests for a discussion of U-S
China policy ...
                    And in the second hour ... An exploration into the
nature of evil ...

                    HOUR 1:  U-S China Relations
                    HOUR 2:  The Nature of Evil






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

                    The ballooning number of drug cases is contributing
to overwhelmed court systems
                    across the United States. Critics say the crush will
continue, so long as
                    incarceration is the chief approach to crime. We'll
have that story and the
                    latest news from Europe, 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 9: TBA