Today's talk shows on WMUB (http://www.wmub.org/Today.html)
Friday, September 1, 2000
WMUB Forum: electricity deregulation
Diane Rehm: weekly news roundup; On the Job: today's labor unions
Fresh Air: TV Week continues with Chuck Barris, Phil Donahue, and
Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen of Superman)
Public Interest: the Library of Congress's American Folklife project
Talk of the Nation: pheromones; biotech survey; digital identity;
open phones segment
All Things Considered: cynicism and exuberance in Sydney as the
Olympic games approach
Monday on Interconnect: interfaith efforts at peacemaking
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WMUB Forum, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Fridays
Guest host Marianne Russ with an hour of conversations with guests,
and listener e-mail comments and questions
(http://www.wmub.org/forumcomment.html).
Friday, September 1, 2000: Electricity Deregulation
This past July, Ohio Governor Bob Taft signed the "consumer
choice" bill which deregulates the sale of power at the retail level
-- in essence, allowing consumers to choose who their electric
provider is. Guests will include representatives of the Butler Rural
Electric Cooperative.
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon (*2 full hours live on WMUB)
Diane is on vacation until after Labor Day. Guest host Susan Page of USA Today
10-11 News Roundup: A panel of journalists joins guest host Susan
Page for the Friday review of the week's top national, political, and
international news stories.
Guests: Jodie Allen, US News & World Report; Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune; Gerald Seib, Wall Street Journal
11-12 On the Job: On the eve of the Labor Day holiday weekend, we go
"on the job" with union members from different fields and
backgrounds. We'll get an inside look at today's labor movement, and
at how it has changed over the last few decades.
Guests: Mike Leonard, UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers
Union); Roxie Herbekian, HERE (Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees
Union); Wendy Field Jacobs, UAW (United Auto Workers Union); Ed
Sabol, CWA (Communications Workers of America)
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12:06-1 p.m.
T-V week continues with CHUCK BARRIS, creator of The Dating Game, The
Newlywed Game, and The Gong Show; PHIL DONAHUE, the fomer king of
daytime talk shows; and JACK LARSON, Superman's Jimmy Olson.
Public Interest
Host: Kojo Nnamdi
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE ESTEEMED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS LATELY BEEN
CONCERNED WITH TOAD SUCKING, GREASED PIG RACES AND SANDCASTLE
CONTESTS. ITS ALL A PART OF AMERICAN FOLKLIFE AND THE FOCUS OF THE
LOCAL LEGACIES PROJECT.
Guests: 1. James Billington, Librarian of Congress; 2. Peter
Bartis, Coordinator of Local Legacy Project; and Folklife Specialist
in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.
Host: Ira Flatow
HOUR ONE: PHEROMONES/ BIOTECH SURVEY: How do you feel about cloning,
genetically modified foods, and the human genome project? Americans'
attitudes toward biotechnology
HOUR TWO: DIGITAL IDENTITY/OPEN PHONES: biometric identification
...using physical characteristics such as a fingerprint or eye-print
to verify identity. Plus, your comments in an open phones segment
All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
Skeptics in Sydney: a report on the excitement -- and the cynicism --
in Australia in advance of the upcoming Olympic Games. With two weeks
to go, a sudden release of millions of tickets is creating long lines
despite negative public sentiment about how the games have been
organized.
Interconnect, 9-10 a.m., repeated 7-8 p.m., Mondays
John Hingsbergen and Cheri Lawson host a lively hour of discussion on
spirituality, self-care, alternative health care and lifestyle issues
(http://www.wmub.org/interconnect.html).
Monday, August 28, 2000: Acupuncture
Guest: Dr. Liza Allen, acupuncturist
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