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

Wednesday, December 23, 1998

Diane Rehm: human stem cell research; teenagers and sex
Fresh Air: Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello talk about their new album
Public Interest: women and affirmative action
Talk of the Nation: aftermath of the Iraq bombing; myths about Christmas
All Things Considered: remembering the Apollo 8 moon mission

WMUB Forum will return on Friday, January 8th


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

                       Diane will return after the New Year. Guest host
Steve Roberts

                       10-11: Stem Cells: Scientists recently announced
that they've successfully isolated human stem cells.  Stem cells are
embryonic cells that can specialize into all the different cell types of
the body -- nerves,  blood, muscle, and skin and other organs. Researchers
say stem cells could revolutionize medical science. A panel explains the
significance of this breakthrough, and the controversy over the use of
embryonic cells.

                             Guests: Dr. John Gearhart, Johns Hopkins
University; Dr. Art Caplan, Center for Bioethics at the  University of
Pennsylvania

                       11-12: E. James Lieberman and Karen Lieberman
Troccoli: A father and daughter team talk about the book they've written
for teenagers about sex. Keeping in mind that more than half of all
Americans have sex  before the age of 20, it provides straight talk on
relationships, sexually transmitted diseases, birth control, pregnancy,
mental health, and other issues. It's called "Like It Is: A Teen Guide to
Sex" (McFarland & Co.)


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

                       BURT BACHRACH and ELVIS COSTELLO join us to talk
about their new collaborative album, "Painted From  Memory." The two
musicians started working together several years ago when they were asked
to write a  song for the film "Grace of My Heart." They hit it off so well
that they decided to write an entire album  together.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                       MOST OF THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATES ON AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION HAVE CENTERED ON ISSUES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY RATHER THAN GENDER.
KOJO AND GUESTS DISCUSS WHAT IMPACT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICIES HAVE HAD ON
THE ATTEMPT OF WOMEN TO MAKE GAINS IN THE WORKPLACE, AT  ACADEMIC
INSTITUTIONS, AND IN SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

                             Guests: 1. Judy Applebaum, V.P., National
Women's Law Center 2. Mark Bendick, Economic Consultant 3. Bea Young,
Diversity consultant, Founder and Director/Owner of Kaleidescope  Group/Bea
Young Associates


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

                       Host: Ray Suarez

                       HOUR ONE: IRAQ: the damages from Operation Desert
Fox and the political repercussions of the US-British  air strikes on Iraq.

                       HOUR TWO: MYTH AND VIRTUE: a look at the evolution
of some of the holiday traditions we think of as  timeless, but are
actually inventions of modern society.


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

                       Remembering the Apollo 8 mission to the moon: Thirty
years ago, the astronauts of Apollo 8 gave us the  first complete image of
planet Earth...that famous picture of the whole earth from space...and our
first  true glimpse of ourselves.



   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)

                             Forum will return Friday, January 8th


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