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Wednesday, November 29, 2000

Today on Sound Health (9-10a.m., repeated 7-8p.m.):
        Coping with the Cold and Flu Season

The Diane Rehm Show (10a.m. - Noon):
        Hour one: Carol Bellamy, head of UNICEF
        Hour two: Saul Bellow biographer James Atlas

Fresh Air (Noon - 1p.m.):
        History of voting in the U.S.; new voting technologies

Public Interest (1p.m. - 2p.m.):
        The history of Hindus and Muslims in India and Pakistan

Talk of the Nation (1p.m. - 3p.m., guest host Neal Conan):
        Hour one: Do we need election reform?
        Hour two: Having fun with politics

Monday on Interconnect (9-10a.m., repeated 7-8p.m.):
        Healing Dreams. Marc Ian Barasch, author (website:  healingdreams.com)


Details:

The Diane Rehm Show
        1: Carol Bellamy: Diane's guest is Carol Bellamy, head of
UNICEF, the United Nations' children's fund.  She'll discuss the
launch of the U.N.'s annual worldwide humanitarian assistance appeal,
and talk about the work her organization is doing specifically to
promote child health and children's rights around the world.
        2: James Atlas: James Atlas discusses his new biography of
one of the most celebrated American novelists living today, Nobel
Prize-winner Saul Bellow. In "Bellow" (Random House), Atlas depicts a
man who's loved books since boyhood, and whose life has been marked
by both personal turmoil and professional dedication and acclaim.


Fresh Air
        ALEXANDER KEYSSAR (KAY-saar) author of "The Right to Vote:
The Contested History of Democracy in the U-S." And in keeping with
the chad fad, Terry talks about new voting technologies with KIM
ALEXANDER, founder of the California Voter Foundation.


Public Interest
        TWELVE-MILLION REFUGEES, ONE-MILLION DEATHS, AND OVER
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND WOMEN ABDUCTED OR RAPED... THE CONSEQUENCES OF
INDIA'S PARTITION WERE STAGGERING.  FEMINIST WRITER URVASHI BUTALIA
(er-VAH-shee boo-TALL-yah) LOOKS BEYOND THESE STATISTICS TO SHARE
STORIES FROM ORDINARY CITIZENS TRAUMATIZED BY THE CLASH BETWEEN
MUSLIMS AND HINDUS.


Talk of the Nation
        Hour one: DO WE NEED ELECTION REFORM? The mechanics of
voting, and whether we need to change the way we vote for president.
        Hour two: HAVING FUN WITH POLITICS: Since the presidential
election, the political and legal battle has provided comedians with
a rich source of comic material. A conversation with some political
humorists.


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