Tuesday, September 24th , 1996

12:00 AM All Things Considered

1:00 BBC NewsDay/Outlook

2:00 World Affairs Council: "The Global Context of the American Economy." (a repeat

broadcast from Monday, September 23rd)

This morning's guest speaker is Joseph Stiglitz, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.

3:00 Morning Edition with Bob Edwards

7:00 LIVE President Clinton's Address to the United Nations

National Public Radio provides live coverage of the President's address at the

51st Annual Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The President

will be introduced by the newly-elected General Assembly President, Razali

Ismail, Malaysia's veteran UN envoy. NPR's Neal Conan anchors the

broadcast with Senior News Analyst, Daniel Schorr.

8:00 Morning Edition

9:00 LIVE Forum with Michael Krasny

A discussion on recent and past political scandals--how defamatory remarks or actions affect government and political process as well as the role of media.

Guests include Richard Brody, a Professor at Stanford University; Norman Soloman, syndicated columnist and media critic; and Bruce Cain, Professor of Political Science at U.C. Berkeley.

10:00 Forum

A discussion on the past, present and future of personal computing and

multimedia. Guests include Douglas Engelbart, Ph.D., researcher and inventor;

and Randall Packer, Director of the Multimedia Studies Program at San

Francisco State University.

10:30 Forum

Forum interviews candidates for State Senate District 13. The candidates are

Dominic Cortese, Reform Party; John Vasconcellos, Democrat; Ray Morton, Republican; and John Webster, Libertarian Party. (Natural Law Party

candidate, Rick Dunstan, was unable to participate).

11:00 LIVE Talk of the Nation with guest host Melinda Penkava

It's one of the more dramatic moments of any presidential candidates--the announcement of the Vice-Presidential candidate. But after the hype, what's

left? What kind of power and influence does the Vice-President have once in office? Guests include Joel Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Law at St. Louis University Law School and author of "The Modern American Presidency;" and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Professor of History at City College of New York.

Then in the second hour, teacher competency. Teachers are the front line

workers preparing the next generation for adulthood. How prepared are they

to do the job? The guests are Dr. Robert Spillane, Superintendent of Fairfax

County Schools; and Keith Geiger, member of the National Commission on

Teaching & America's Future.

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1:00 PM Fresh Air with Terry Gross

Terry talks with sociologist and foremost authority on urban poverty, William Julius Wilson. He's the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at Harvard University and his new book is called "When Work Disappears: The World of

the New Urban Poor" (Knopf).

2:00 LIVE The World with Tony Kahn, Eddie Mair, & Mary Ambrose

3:00 The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

4:00 Marketplace

4:30 All Things Considered

6:30 Marketplace

7:00 Fresh Air with Terry Gross

8:00 City Arts of San Francisco

Tonight's guest is Putlizer Prize-winning author Wallace Stegner, who

talks about his love for the America West and his life as a writer. This

interview was recorded in 1989, a year before his death.

9:00 BBC NewsDesk/Outlook/Headlines

10:00 Forum with Michael Krasny(a repeat broadcast from this morning)

11:00 All Things Considered