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

Tuesday, September 7, 1999

Join us for WMUB and Miami University's LIVE national broadcast of Public
Interest with Kojo Nnamdi this Friday at 1 p.m. The Center for the
Performing Arts on the Miami campus is the site; admission is free.

Diane Rehm: Congressional forecast; disaster preparation and prediction
Fresh Air: actor/singer Kris Kristofferson
Public Interest: the Computer Guys
Talk of the Nation: animal intelligence; favorite web sites
All Things Considered: HIV-positive couples and childbirth

For questions about Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, or All Things
Considered, call NPR's Audience Services at (202) 414-3232. For tapes and
transcripts call toll-free 1-877-NPR-TEXT (1-877-677-8398).


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

** DIANE's book tour starts this week. Her memoir, "Finding My Voice," is
in bookstores now.  Over the next several weeks, she'll be in and out.
Guest host Steve Roberts

10-11: Congressional Forecast: A panel talks about the top issues and
legislation that Congress will take on when they return from summer recess,
and how their work this fall will set the stage for the presidential and
congressional elections next year.
        Guests: Norm Ornstein, American Enterprise Inst.; David Gergen, US
News & World Report; Juliet Eilperin, Washington
Post

11-12: Disaster Prediction and Preparedness: Two disaster management
experts talk about why improvements in technology and other advances
haven't significantly decreased the loss of human life or the material
devastation inflicted by natural disasters.  They'll also talk about what
more could be done to protect people from hurricanes, floods, tornadoes,
and other destructive natural events.
                Guests:  Dennis Mileti, director of the Natural Hazards
Research and Applications Center in Boulder, Colorado, and author of
"Disasters by Design"; Kathleen Tierney, Disaster Research Center at the
University
of Delaware



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

Hear conversation with singer and actor Kris Kristofferson.  His latest CD
features new versions of his older hits.

      For tapes and transcripts of Fresh Air, call Toll-Free 1-(877)-21-FRESH.


   Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.

Host: Kojo Nnamdi

IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AND THAT MEANS THE COMPUTER GUYS ARE
BACK TO SOLVE YOUR COMPUTER OPERATING AND HARDWARE PROBLEMS.  "PC-GUY" JOHN
GILROY AND "MAC GUY" TOM PIWOWAR (pee-VO-var) FILL US IN ON THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD OF COMPUTERS AND ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.

Guests: 1. Tom Piwowar; 2. John Gilroy


   Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m. (*live on WMUB)

Host: Ray Suarez

HOUR ONE:  ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE: evidence suggesting some animals have
insight, self-awareness, and the ability to reason

HOUR TWO:  FAVORITE WEBSITES: finding the best sites on the web, and
sharing your favorite websites



   All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.

With new powerful drugs that can control HIV, more and more couples with
the virus now want to start families. Today's story covers two couples who
face a vexing choice: whether to risk passing the virus on to their baby.



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

WMUB announcer Steve McFarland fills in for News Director Darrel Gray with
an hour of conversations with guests, and listener e-mail comments and
questions (http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html). This program will
feature a studio audience, with Public Interest host Kojo Nnamdi as a guest.

Friday, September 10: TBA


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