Today's talk
shows on
WMUB

Thursday, December 3, 1998

Diane Rehm (*2 full hours, only on WMUB): how news is reported; National
Book Award winner Alice  McDermott
Fresh Air: who's profiting from the prison boom in America
Public Interest: the decline of talk therapy
Talk of the Nation (*live, only on WMUB): involuntary fatherhood;
Shakespeare and political correctness
All Things Considered: reviews of CD boxed sets by Bruce Springsteen and
John Lennon

Friday on WMUB Forum: Holiday shopping ideas; How to beat stress during the
holidays


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

                       10-11: "The New News": Two journalism critics join
Diane for a conversation about the state of the  American media. The press
has come under heavy criticism for its coverage of issues like the Clinton
scandals, but some say that the public bears plenty of responsibility for
the way news is reported today.

                             Guests: Marvin Kalb, Shorenstein Center for
the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard U.; Bill  O'Reilly, FOX News

                       11-12: Alice McDermott: Alice McDermott talks about
her novel "Charming Billy" (Farrar Straus & Giroux),  which won this year's
National Book Award for fiction. It's an intimate portrait of a
heavy-drinking man, set  in an Irish-American community.


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

                       Who's profiting from America's prison boom. Even as
violent crime rates indicate a drop in major crime,  more people than ever
are behind bars. We'll talk with journalist ERIC SCHLOSSER who's written
the cover  story for this month's Atlantic Monthly.



   Public Interest,
1-2 p.m.

                       Host: Kojo Nnamdi

                       IN THE 1950S AND 60S, PSYCHOTHERAPISTS SAW NO LIMIT
TO THEIR ABILITY TO HEAL AND EXPLAIN AS  THEY SET OUT TO CONQUER MENTAL
ILLNESS, BUT LATELY THEIR APPROACH HAS BEEN DISCREDITED BY  MANY SCIENTIFIC
AND MEDICAL MINDS. KOJO SPEAKS WITH VETERAN SCIENCE REPORTER EDWARD
DOLNICK, WHOSE LATEST BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF "TALK THERAPY'S" FAILURES.

                             Guests: Edward Donlick, author, "Madness on
the Couch"


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

                       Guest host: Lynn Neary

                       HOUR ONE: INVOLUNTARY FATHERHOOD: a case now before
a US court on involuntary fatherhood -- Does  a man have the right to
choose NOT to be a parent if his partner becomes pregnant?

                       HOUR TWO: SHAKESPEARE AND POLITICAL CORRECTNESS:
Shakespeare's place on today's college  campuses. Plus, members of The
Shakespeare Theater of Washington D.C. will be in studio to perform  scenes
from their current production of "Twelfth Night."


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

                       A review of two of the year's most anticipated C-D
boxed sets... Bruce Springsteen's new collection called  "Tracks", and the
John Lennon Anthology. Both collections provide insight into the
songwriting  process...from two of the most respected artists in rock and
roll.



   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)

                             Holiday Shopping ideas; How to beat stress
during the holidays

                                   Holidays are fun, but not everything
about them is. Guests look at what's new and what's  appreciated. Plus, how
to get through the season without burnout.

                                   Guest: Christine Olinsky of the Ohio
State Cooperative Extension Service is a Family and  Consumer Sciences
Agent. She also is a recent winner of one of the Top 10 Women of 1998 from
the Dayton Daily News.

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