Karl, Jack--thought you might be interested in today's ATC topic. -- Cleve



Today's talk
shows on
WMUB

Wednesday, October 28, 1998

Diane Rehm (*2 FULL HOURS on WMUB): the business of sports; Lois Gould's
memoir "Mommy Dressing" (daughter of designer Jo Copeland)
Fresh Air: new 'New Yorker' editor David Reminck on Muhammad Ali
Public Interest: prospects for HMO reform
Talk of the Nation (*LIVE): Democratic Chairman Roy Romer; do hardliners
control the terms of political  debate?
All Things Considered: the Buckingham Branch Railroad, a privately owned
short freight line in Virginia
ARTSline, 7 p.m.: tba

Friday on WMUB Forum: a Miami symposium on Africans in Italy



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

Guest host Sheila Kast

                       10-11: The Business of Sports: Professional
football, baseball, and basketball are now multimillion-dollar  industries.
While average ticket prices have skyrocketed, gifted athletes demand
millions for their talents. How sports became a business and what it means
for the future of sports.

                             Guests: Joe Morgan, The Baltimore Sun; Andrew
Zimbalist, professor of economics, Smith College;  Russell Wallach, ProServ

                       11-12: Lois Gould: Lois Gould's memoir "Mommy
Dressing" (Anchor) tells of the glamour and excitement  of growing up as
the daughter of fashion designer Jo Copeland.... and the bittersweet
loneliness of growing  up as the daughter of a famous career woman.


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

                       Terry Gross talks with Pulitzer prize winning writer
DAVID REMNICK about "King of the World" ... his new  book about Muhammad
Ali ... REMNICK is also the new editor of the New Yorker Magazine.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       CONGRESS'S FAILURE TO PASS HMO REFORM THIS SESSION
ANGERED MANY AMERICANS, BUT  PLEASED OTHERS. JOIN KOJO AND A PANEL OF
EXPERTS AS THEY DISCUSS THE FAILED REFORM  PROPOSALS, THE POLITICAL AND
INDUSTRIAL PLAYERS, AND WHETHER THIS ISSUE WILL AFFECT  INCUMBENTS AT THE
ELECTION POLLS NEXT WEEK.

                             Guests: 1. Mary Agnes Carey, journalist at
Congressional Quarterly 2. Molly Stauffer, researcher at  the National
Conference of State Legislatures.


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

                       Host: Ray Suarez

                       HOUR ONE: DNC CHAIRMAN: a conversation with Roy
Romer, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, about next week's
elections, his party's strategy, and efforts to get voters to the polls.

                       HOUR TWO: DO EXTREMES CONTROL THE DEBATE?: do
hardliners control the terms of political and social  debate?


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

                       The story of the Buckingham Branch Railroad - a
privately owned short freight line in Virginia. The owner and operator paid
$25,000 to acquire the company's first locomotive...which was considered a
ridiculously low price. To buy one now would cost more than $100,000.



   WMUB Forum,
Friday 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)

                             a Miami symposium on Africans in Italy; guests TBA

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