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

Tuesday, September 12, 2000

Diane Rehm: U.S. POWs in Japan sue their captors years later; the
1938 discovery of the coelacanth (SEEL-a-canth), a fish thought
extinct for millions of years
Fresh Air: Senator John McCain
Public Interest: Tech Tuesday: artificial intelligence
Talk of the Nation: violent entertainment and your kids; American consumerism
All Things Considered: the budget plans of George W. Bush and Al Gore

Friday on WMUB Forum: the ethics of cloning
Monday on Interconnect: tba

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    The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)

10-11: U.S. POWs in Japan: Several World War II veterans who were
prisonersof war in Japan are suing several Japanese companies for
their labor and suffering as slave workers. Former POWs say they were
starved and beaten, and many were worked to death in Japanese mines
and factories. The U.S. State Department says the U.S. treaty with
Japan bars the lawsuit, but the POWs' lawyers disagree.Two former
POWs and an attorney on the case talk about the experiences of
American servicemen as prisoners of war in Japan.
         Guests: Lester Tenney and Frank Bigelow, former prisoners of
war in Japan; Ron Kleinman, attorney

11-12: Samantha Weinberg: In 1938, a museum curator in South Africa
came across a fish she had never seen before.  To the surprise of the
experts around the world, it turned out that she had found a
coelacanth ("SEEL a canth") -- a species of fish that had been
presumed extinct for millions of years. In her new book "A Fish
Caught in Time" (HarperCollins), journalist Samantha Weinberg tells
the story of the effect this unlikely discovery had on the scientific
world.



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

Senator JOHN MCCAIN talks about his failed primary campaign, his
endorsment of George W. Bush, and how being a prisoner of war changed
the course of his life. His book "Faith of My Fathers" was just
released in paperback.


    Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Guest host: Melinda Penkava

SCIENCE FICTION IS CLOSER TO REALITY THAN YOU THINK.  JUST RECENTLY,
COMPUTERS GAVE BIRTH.  A LOOK AT ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,
AND TO SORT OUT FACT FROM FICTION.
         Guests: 1. Jordan Pollack, Director, Dynamical and
Evolutionary Machine Organization, Brandeis University; 2.Jim
Hendler, Program manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA); also Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland
computer scientist, University of Maryland; 3.Curt Suplee,
Writer/Editor Washington Post National Desk; also author of "Everyday
Science Explained" (Pub: National Geographic Society)



    Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.

Host: Juan Williams

HR 1: VIOLENT ENTERTAINMENT AND YOUR KIDS: A new report released by
the FTC says the entertainment industry aggressively markets violent
movies, music and video games to young kids.

HR 2: AMERICAN CONSUMERISM: the culture of the American consumer



    All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

A comparison of the budget plans of George W. Bush and Al Gore.  In
this time of prosperity, the debate revolves around what to do with
the projected budget surplus.



    WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Fridays

News Director Darrel Gray with an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).

Friday, September 15, 2000:  The Ethics of Cloning

       Last month, Great Britain gave the go-ahead for cloning from
human fetuses, opening up a whole new area of debate for the
continuing controversy over cloning. Darrel talks with Jeffery Kahn,
Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota



    Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays

John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).

Monday, September 18, 2000:  TBA





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