Today's talk shows on WMUB
 
Thursday, April 9, 1998
 
 
The Diane Rehm Show, 10-12 noon
 
     (note: Diane Rehm is still recovering from a bout of laryngitis.
     At this time we are not sure when she will return as host of the
     show)
 
     Guest host Steve Roberts
 
     10-11: Executive Privilege: Our panel will explain the legal
     concept of executive privilege, how it has been used by other
     presidents in the past and discuss its significance in Kenneth
     Starr's ongoing investigation of President Clinton's conduct.
 
          Guests: Mark Rozell, political scientist at American
          University
                    Lloyd Cutler,  former White House counsel
                    Stephen Ambrose, presidential historian
 
     11-12: Jane Smiley: Jane Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning
     author of "A Thousand Acres." Her latest novel is "The All-True
     Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton" (Knopf), the story of a
     headstrong pioneer woman of the 1850's who gets involved in the
     abolitionist movement in Kansas.
 
 
 
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, 12-1 p.m.
 
     Singer, songwriter, and pianist BEN FOLDS of the trio Ben Folds
     Five. It's said that the group -- made up of piano, bass, and
     drums -- combines "show tunes and punk rock."  Also -- the
     Favorite Poem Project -- sounds from an event held at New York's
     Town Hall in which participants -- some of them famous -- read
     their favorite poems aloud.
 
 
Public Interest, 1-2 p.m.
 
     FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE FIRST GARNERED
     NATIONAL ATTENTION WITH HIS 1989 DOCUMENTARY, "ROGER
     AND ME", IN WHICH HE TOOK ON THE GENERAL MOTORS C-E-O
     FOR SENDING MOORE'S HOMETOWN OF FLINT, MICHIGAN INTO AN
     ECONOMIC TAILSPIN.  MICHAEL MOORE WILL TALK ABOUT HIS
     NEW FILM, "THE BIG ONE" WHICH ALSO GOES AFTER CORPORATE
     AMERICA, FOLLOWING MOORE ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR FOR
     HIS BOOK, "DOWNSIZE THIS!"  THAT'S PUBLIC INTEREST....
     THURSDAY/TODAY AT (LOCAL TIME)...HERE ON (LOCAL STATION).
     Guest:
     1. Michael Moore, filmmaker
 
 
Talk of the Nation, 2-4 p.m.
 
     Join religion correspondent Lynn Neary for a pre-Easter look at
     the historical and the biblical Jesus...And in the second hour,
     take a look at Jewish intellectual and philisophical
     contributions to Western civilization, as Passover is soon to be
     celebrated around the world.
 
     That's [next time] [later today]...on N-P-R's Talk of the
     Nation... here on [station] from [time] to [time].
 
     HOUR 1:  The Historical Jesus
     HOUR 2:  History of Jews/Passover
 
 
 
and on today's All Things Considered, 4-7 p.m.
 
     Ancient words, renaissance music, and modern performers. The
     director of the Tallis Scholars says that the challenge for the
     choral group is trying to judge, simply from looking at notes on
     paper, how best to bring the music to life.
 
     Lamentations, performed by the Tallis Scholars, later today on
     NPR's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.