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Week of April 5, 2004
Programs:
The Diane Rehm Show
The Kojo Nnamdi Show
The Computer Guys
The DC Politics Hour
Metro Connection
The Big Broadcast
Hot Jazz Saturday Night
The Eddie Stubbs Show
The Ray Davis Show
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12:06 - Central Asia/Uzbekistan
A report on the recent string of bombings and violence in Uzbekstan, and a conversation about Central Asia's strategic role in the War on Terror.
Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Zamira Eshanova, Deputy Director, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Uzbek Service (from Prague)
Rachel Denber, Acting Executive Director, Europe and Central Asia Division, Human Rights Watch
1:06 - Racial Generation Gap
According to the U.S. Census, 1 in 3 Americans in the year 2010 will be from a minority group, and whites may no longer be a majority by 2050. From the baby boom to the post-civil rights generation, a look at how we're dealing with America's changing racial politics.
Richard Alba, author, “Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration;” distinguished professor of sociology, State University of New York
William Frey, visiting fellow and demographer, Brookings Institution; research professor, University of Michigan
Demetrios Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute
 | Remaking the American Mainstream : Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration |
12:06 - Tech Tuesday: The Computer Guys
From anti-spyware that's really spyware and email from google-it's the first Tuesday of the month and Tom and John are back to answer your computer questions.
John Gilroy, of Item, Inc., PC Guy
Tom Piwowar, of Piwowar and Associates, Mac Guy
1:06 - Benjamin Barber on Democracy
Twenty years ago, political theorist Benjamin Barber wrote his now classic treatise "Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age." He joins Kojo to reflect on how the challenge to expand democracy has changed over the years.
Benjamin Barber, author of "Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy"; and "Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age"; and Gershon and Carol Kekst Professor of Civil Society, University of Maryland
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1:32 - Edwige Danticat - "The Dew Breaker"
Her first language was Creole and she didn't learn English until her teenage years. But that hasn't stopped her from becoming America's best known Haitian novelist. A conversation with Edwige Danticat about her life and passion for writing.
Edwidge Danticat, author of "The Dew Breaker" (Knopf)
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12:06 - Wedding Planning
In an industry that loves it when you get caught up in the hoopla, we look at how to plan a wedding with less emphasis on hype and more on substance.
Lori Leibovich, editor, IndieBride.com
Cheryl Paul-Nissinen, author of "The Conscious Bride"
Elizabeth Pleck, Professor of Human and Community Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; co-author of "Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding"
 | The Conscious Bride: Women Unveil Their True Feelings About Getting Hitched |
1:06 - Rwandan Genocide
How does a country recover when 800,000 of its citizens are brutally
killed in attacks lasting only 100 days? Rwanda has grappled with the question for the past decade. Join Kojo for a look back - and forward - on the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.
Christian Davenport, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland
Michael Southwick, former Africa specialist with the U.S. Institute of Peace, and a 36-year veteran of the State Department
Howard Wolpe, Africa Program Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1:32 - Spring Storyteller
Our spring storyteller series continues with a visit from storyteller Megan Hicks.
Megan Hicks, storyteller
12:06 - Open Phones
It's your chance to react to the Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the 9/11 independent commission, in a session of open phones.
1:06 - Women After Prison
For the most part, women exiting prison face different issues than their male counterparts. Hear from an ex-prisoner about the challenges and explore what local communities are trying to do to help.
Elaine Bartlett, former prisoner; subject of "Life on the Outside (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Susan Galbraith, Founder and Executive Director of "Our Place, DC"
Jennifer Gonnerman, author of "Life on the Outside" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); also staff reporter for The Village Voice
Paul Quander, Director, D.C. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
12:00 - DC Politics Hour
Do lead water pipes in some DC homes mean that the city's latest property tax assessments are too high? And a look at the nightly battle between noise and fun in some District neighborhoods. It's the DC Politics Hour.
Jonetta Rose Barras, WAMU political analyst, and publisher of "The Barras Report"
James Jones, WAMU reporter
Tom Branham, Chief Assessor of the Real Property Assessment Division for the District of Columbia
Frederic Harwood, Executive Director, D.C. Licensed Beverage Association
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