Tuesday, May 1, 2001

Sam Nunn on Nuclear Proliferation

10 a.m. (ET)

Former Senator Sam Nunn is the head of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, an organization bankrolled by media magnate Ted Turner and designed to stem nuclear proliferation. Senator Nunn joins guest host Steve Roberts to talk about the project.

Nicholson Baker: "Double Fold" (Random House)

11 a.m. (ET)

In his new book, novelist Nicholson Baker details what he calls the "assault on paper" being carried out by libraries all around the country. Over the past 50 years, tons of old newspapers and books have been discarded, on the...

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