Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Friday, March 20, 1998
 
 
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 Susan Page of USA Today
 
      10-11 A panel of journalists discuss the top news stories of the
week. Topics will include reaction to Kathleen Willey's interview on  60
Minutes, President Clinton's upcoming trip to Africa, and the
Administration and Congressional budget priorities. Panelists:  Martin
Walker, The Guardian; Daniel Schorr, National Public Radio; Gerry Seib,
Wall Street Journal
 
      11-12 This month's Readers Review features Rebecca Wells' novel
"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," (Harper Collins) about  a woman
looking back on her Louisiana girlhood and her complicated relationship
with her mother. Panelists: Mary Beth Busby, activist for Fragile X
Syndrome; Kate Lehrer, novelist ("Out of Eden"); Jane Dixon, Suffragan
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; Deborah Tannen, linguist and
author ("The Argument Culture")
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
      an interview with pianist MARY MCPARTLAND. The popular host of her
own piano jazz program, heard on WMUB Sundays at 1 p.m.,  celebrates her
80th birthday this weekend.
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
      KOREAN-AMERICAN COMEDIAN MARGARET CHO BEGAN HER STAND-UP COMEDY
CAREER AS A TEENAGER, DOING ROUTINES IN A CLUB ABOVE HER FAMILY'S BOOKSTORE
IN SAN FRANCISCO. SHE TALKS WITH HOST KATHY MERRITT ABOUT HER EARLY
THEATRICAL TRAINING AND FRUSTRATION WITH THE LACK OF ROLES FOR MINORITY
PERFORMERS, THE EXPERIENCE OF STARRING  IN THE GROUNDBREAKING NETWORK
SITCOM, "THE ALL AMERICAN GIRL", AND HER WORK IN CABLE TELEVISION AND
MOVIES.
 
      Guest: 1. Margaret Cho, Stand-up comedian; television performer
 
 
Talk of the Nation/Science Friday, 2-4 p.m.
 
      From manufacturing whole machines that fit on a chip...to making
smoother computer chips and unraveling the mysteries of water... join Ira
Flatow to hear about the latest physics news...And in the second hour...El
Nino's warm, wet weather is a bonanza for some  insects..Take a look at
what spring will bring in the arthropod world...
 
      Hour 1: Physics News
 
      Hour 2: Insect News
 
 
Common Law, 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.
 
Cleve Callison <[log in to unmask]>
General Manager, WMUB Public Radio
Williams Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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