Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Wednesday, March 18, 1998
 
Listen to Mama Jazz live from "A Taste of Things to Come," tonight 7-10 p.m.
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
      (note: Diane Rehm is recovering from a bout of laryngitis. At this
time we are not sure when she will return as host of the show)
 
      Guest Host Jim Angle of Fox News
 
      10-11: A conversation with Marian Wright Edelman, president of the
Children's Defense Fund, about the organization's 25 years of work on
behalf of children.
 
      11-12: Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein and a panel of journalists discuss
the status of the peace talks in Northern Ireland. Guests: Gerry Adams,
Sinn Fein Martin Kettle, "The Guardian" Joe Carroll, "The Irish Times"
Martin Dillon, author, "God and the Gun" (Routledge).
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
      The sub-culture of Civil War re-enactment fanatics. We'll hear from
TONY HORWITZ who has written a new book about how far these Civil War buffs
will go to get what he calls a "period rush". Also: confronting his
family's past. EDWARD BALL talks about researching his family's role in
owning more than four-thousand slaves over six generations.
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
      THE FEMINIST ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY MOVEMENT IS AN EFFORT TO STOP SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. OTHERS ARGUE PORNOGRAPHY IS LIBERATING
AND THOSE WHO TRY TO STOP IT ARE STEPPING ON OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. NO
MATTER WHERE YOU STAND ON THE ISSUE...THERE IS NO IGNORING THAT PORNOGRAPHY
IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR GROWTH BUSINESS. OUR GUESTS DISCUSS THEIR
BOOK -- "PORNOGRAPHY: THE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF INEQUALITY."
 
      Guests: 1. Gail Dines, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's
Studies at Wheelock College, Boston 2. ( from KSJN studio in St. Paul, MN)
Robert Jensen, Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of
Texas, Austin.
 
 
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
 
      Join Ray Suarez for a look at child sponsorship programs...and where
your money is really going...And in the second hour...Advice on how to buy
your first home...Ray and his guests guide you through the maze of home
ownership...
 
      HOUR 1: Child Sponsorship Programs
 
      HOUR 2: How to Buy a House
 
 
Common Law, Tomorrow, Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. (special time), repeated
Sunday March 22 at 9 p.m.
 
      America's Fascination with the Courts: Drew Engle, Esq. and Dr.
Howard Kleiman will be Jim Robinson's guests. Drew Engle is an Oxford
attorney who has been an assistant prosecuting attorney and a defense
attorney. Drew has also appeared on Court TV relating to court matters. Dr.
Howard Kleiman teaches Mass Communication at Miami University and has done
considerable work in the area of the media and the law.
 
 
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