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DAVID SEDARIS is on Fresh Air tonight
Thur.
ATC
health of children in France c.f. United States
FA
DAVID SEDARIS, "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Friday
ME
Paul McCartney on Linda's concert
TOTN
Science Friday
SCIENCE IN POLICY DECISIONS
CONVERSATION WITH JAMES WATSON
This American Life
'Fiascos'
Sat.
Wkend ed.
legendary faith healer
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Thursday
June 1, 2000
4-7p
ATC
Hosts: Linda Wertheimer and Robert Siegel
Newscasters: Frank Stasio, Craig Windham and Corey Flintoff
{HOUR ONE}
1.
ELIAN} -- Debbie Elliot reports on the Federal Appeals Court decision
in the Elian Gonzales case and reaction to that decision in Miami, home for
the relatives who cared for Elain after he first arrived in the United States.
(4:30)
{2.} {JUDICIAL ANALYSIS} - Robert Siegel speaks with NPR legal correspondent
Nina Totenberg who explains the Federal Appellate Court's decision in the Elian
Gonzales case. (4:00)
{3.} {CUBA REAX} -- Fidel Castro's government is hesitant to praise today's
court ruling in the Elian Gonzales case. Robert Siegel talks with reporter
Tom Gibb in Havana about the reaction in Cuba. (3:30)
4.
NORTH KOREAN LEADER} -- NPR's Rob Gifford reports that North Korean leader
Kim Jong Il has returned home following a secretive visit to China. He made
the three-day visit less than two weeks before he is scheduled to meet
face-to-face with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. China, which fought
alongside the North during the Korean War, has encouraged the two countries
to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. A Chinese government spokeswoman
says that Kim and China's top leaders discussed the historic North-South summit,
and China promised food aid to the famine-stricken North. (2:30)
{5.} {HAITI OGRESS} -- NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from rural Haiti that more
and more farmers are combating grinding poverty by forming cooperatives.
Agricultural co-ops have a long history in Haiti, but they were suppressed for
many years by various dictators. Since the restoration of democratic rule in
1994, the co-op movement has taken off, and the number of such efforts has
sharply increased. (5:15)
6.
PARIS VS. NY/KID'S HEALTH} -- Medicine has made tremendous strides in
the past century in treating disease. But in fact, the reason people are
healthier today than they were a hundred years ago has less to do with medical
advances than it does with better nutrition, safer housing, cleaner water, and
immunizations...all improvements in what's called public health. And nowhereis the impact of public health clearer than among children. America suffers
one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the developed world. While
in France, public investment in the health of children has resulted in some
of the worlds healthiest kids. Frank Browning has this report. (12:30)
7.
TENNIS} -- Linda Wertheimer speaks with sports writer Bud Collins who is
covering the French Open tennis championships in Paris. Defending champion
on the men's side, Andre Agassi, lost in a match today. He joins Pete Sampras,
who lost his first round match earlier this week, on the sidelines. Lindsay
Davenport, the top ranked american on the women's side lost yesterday. (3:30)
Concert goers please NOTE:
8.
CANDY WRAPPERS
Robert Siegel speaks with physicist Eric Kramer,
professor of Physics at Simon's Rick College in Great Barrington, Mass.. He
researched the noise generated while crinkling and opening candy wrappers and
found that there is no way to open a wrapped sweet quietly. (4:00)
{HOUR TWO}
{9.} {BUSH EXECUTIONS} -- NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that George W. Bush, whoduring his tenure as governor of Texas has overseen 131 executions, is about
to grant a rare reprieve. Bush said that the convicted murderer, Ricky Nolen
McGinn, deserved a 30-day stay for DNA testing. The governor's response comes
as Texas' reputation as the capital punishment state becomes an issue in the
presidential race. (4:00)
{10.
BUSH AND POLICE} -- Linda talks with Eric Lichtblau (LISH-blough) who's
a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times about presidential candidate George
W. Bush's statement about federal oversight of local police. Bush says the
federal government should not be in the business of routinely investigating
and "second-guessing" local police departments.
Currently, the Justice Department has been aggressively looking into
Los Angeles and other cities where
there are allegations of police corruption. Bush stated his policy in a reply
to a questionaire from the National Fraternal Order of Police. (4:00)
{11.} {TEAMSTERS} -- Don Gonyea reports on Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa's
speech today at the National Press Club. Hoffa said the union isn't ready to
endorse a presidential candidate and wants to consider candidates positions
on trade with China. (3:30)
{12.} {CLINTON AND BARAK} -- NPR's Mike Shuster reports on President Clinton's
meeting this morning in Lisbon with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Although
no concrete steps toward an Israeli-Palestinian agreement emerged today, the
President was upbeat, saying a settlement is "within view." Mr. Clinton is
sending Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to meet separately with Barak
and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, to narrow the gaps between the two sides.
(4:00)
13.
LETTERS
Robert Siegel and Linda Wertheimer read from some our
listener mail, including comments to our report on voice recognition software,
a couple of corrections in our reporting and a remembrance of foreign
correspondent Kurt Schourk who was killed in Sierra Leone last week. (3:00)
14.
DURSBAN} -- A pesticide that's widely used around the home is about
to be banned by the Environmental Protection Agency . NPR's John Nielsen
reports that after one of the most extensive scientific assessments in the EPA's
history, the agency has concluded that Dursban - a commonngrent of
antkller, bug spray and lawn products is not as a safe as they thought it was.
(3:30)
15.
SM CELLS-- Scientists in Swen have converted mouse brain cells
into heart, liver, kidney, intestine, and skin cells. The research -- reported
in the journal Science -- shows that certain cells (called adult stem cells)
have the ability to generate mt any type of tissue in the body. David Baron
reports that if in the future sciists can apply this finding to humans, it
may enable them to create replacement body parts from a patient's own cells.
(4:15)
{16.
PROMISSARY FRAUD
Adam Hochberg reports states are warning
about a new scam sweeping across the country.
Con artists are convincing elderly people to invest in promissory notes that come with a worthless repayment guarantee from a fake insurance company.
Regulators estimate investors have been taken for at least $300
million dollars. (4:45)
Jazz--
{17.} {WILLIAM PARKER} -- The Village Voice calls him, "the most consistently
brilliant free jazz bassist of all time."
Another critic likens Parker to Mister Rogers.
A fierce player with a gentle personality, Parker made a name
on the N.Y.C. jazz scene in the 1980's playing with pianist Cecil Taylor. He's
gone on to perform and record with Don Cherry and Roscoe Mitchell.
In addition to a recent solo bass record ("Lifting the Sancons"
No More Records No. 6),
Parker has just released a new CD with his Little Huey Creative Music
Orchestra ("Mayor of Punkville" AUM Fidelity AUM 15/16). Karen Michel has
a profile. (7:45)
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Thursday
June 1, 2000
7p
FRESH AIR
RUNDOWN FOR
THURSDAY
HOST: TERRY GROSS
INTERVIEW SEGMENT **
Writer DAVID SEDARIS
Writer DAVID SEDARIS is best known for his contributing work with Public Radio's
"This American Life."
He's written three books of essays, "Barrel Fever,"
"Naked," and his newest "Me Talk Pretty One Day" (Little Brown)
He first came to our attention on "Morning Edition"
as he read excerpts from the diaries he kept for 15 years,
the best known being Crumpet the Elf.
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Friday,
5-10am
MORNING EDITION
Paul McCartney talks about his
new classical work dedicated to his late wife, Linda.
He aslo has something to say about his songs written for an earlier group,
The Beatles.
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Friday
2-4p
TOTN
SCIENCE FRIDAY RUNDOWN FOR 6/2/00
Host: IRA FLATOW
2
ROLE OF SCIENCE IN POLICY DECISS / AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL AGENCIES
Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Agriculture Department overstepped
its authority for trying to shut down a meat plant for failing new inspection
standards. Last year, an appeals court said the same about the EPA's newest
smog standards. In this hour, we'll take a look at how recent court decisions
could curb regulatory agencies' power. Plus, examining the role of science in
policy decisions.
Guests:
David Faigman
Author, "Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law" (1999, W.H.
Freeman)
Professor of Law
University of California Hastings College of Law
San Francisco, California
Wendy Wagner
Professor of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Cleveland, Ohio
Alan Raul
Former General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture (1989-1993)
Former General Counsel, Office of Management and Budget (1988-1989)
Partner
Sidley & Austin
Washington, D.C.
Gary Guzy
General Counsel
Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC
3pm
A Conversation with Genetics Pioneer James Watson
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick puzzled out the elegant structure of
DNA -- and the world hasn't been the same since. Knowing about the double helix
and the way it fits together has brought us everything from DNA fingerprinting
to genetically engineered corn. In this hour, we'll talk with James Watson about
genes, genomes, and society.
Guests:
James D. Watson
Author, "A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society" (CSHL Press, 2000)
President, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
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Friday
June 2
7PM
(repeats Sat. June 3rd, 5PM)
This American Life
'Fiasco'
Stories of when things go wrong.
Really wrong.
Jack Hitt tells the story of a small town production of Peter Pan in which
Captain Hook's hook kept coming off, in which the flying apparatus kept
smacking the actors into the furniture, and things got so out of control that
the normal social boundaries between audience and actors completely dissolved.
Also, a medieval fiasco, a fiasco regarding a well-known public radio car
program, and more.
Act One.
Jack Hitt on a small town production of Peter Pan that goes wrong.
Act Two.
What We Were Trying To Do.
By Ron Carlson. Read by Jeff Dorchen.
A medieval attempt to pour burning oil on invading Goths fails.
Act Three.
Car Wars.
How Wisconsin Public Radio ended up in state legislative hearings when they
tried to schedule the most popular hour in public radio: Car Talk
Act Four.
Fiascos As a Force for Good in the World.
Margy Rochlin blows coffee through her nose while interviewing Moon Unit Zappa,
and it transforms the interview from bad to good.
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