Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Friday, April 10, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
     (note: Diane Rehm is still recovering from a bout of laryngitis.
     At this time we are not sure when she will return as host of the
     show)
 
     Guest host Steve Roberts
 
     10-11: News Roundup: A panel of journalists will discuss the top
     national and international news stories of the week, including
     prospects for tobacco legislation and the status of peace
     negotiations in Northern Ireland. Guests: Gerry Seib, Wall Street
     Journal Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio Sam Fulwood, Los
     Angeles Times
 
     11-12: Alan Brinkley: Alan Brinkley, professor of history at
     Columbia University, discusses his book "Liberalism and its
     Discontents" (Harvard). It's an analysis of the liberal movement,
     from its high point in the days of Roosevelt's New Deal, to
     recent criticism.
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
     We'll hear from filmmaker MICHAEL
UYES (pronounced like "eyes") who co-produced "Riding the
Rails".  A documentary on the thousands of teenagers during
The Great Depression who rode the trains in search for work.
The program airs next week on many PBS stations. also we'll
hear from two people who lived that experience and are
featured in the film.
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
     COMING UP TODAY ON PUBLIC INTEREST...A SESSION OF OPEN PHONES.
     HOST KATHY MERRITT WELCOMES YOUR CALL TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER'S ON
     YOUR MIND, WHETHER IT'S REACTION TO ISSUES IN THE NEWS OR
     FEEDBACK ON A RECENT SHOW.
 
 
 
Talk of the Nation Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.
 
     Join Ira Flatow for a look back at the damage done by this year's
     El Nino... and at the effects still to come...And in the second
     hour...A discussion on the basic science of the immune
     system...and the lastest advances in the field of immunology...
 
     Hour 1: El Nino Overview Hour 2: Immunology END
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
     Dorothy Allison writes about ordinary, extraordinary young women
     ... you see them, she says, all over the South. They're very
     glossy on the surface, the hair is sprayed and tied back, face
     wiped clean, bright lipstick, a wall between them and the world.
     And if you can get one minute where you crack that wall, an
     enormous story is hiding there.
 
     Dorothy Allison's new book Cavedweller...plus the day's news,
     later, on All Things Considered.