Monday, April 18, 2005

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-04-18/election-pope

Election of a Pope

10 a.m. (ET)

As the cardinals gather in Rome to begin the conclave process of electing a successor to the late Pope John Paul II, we'll hear what Vatican-watchers are saying about the future of the Roman Catholic church.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-04-18/jack-el-hai-lobotomist-wiley

Jack El-Hai: "The Lobotomist" (Wiley)

11 a.m. (ET)

Lobotomy is the controversial procedure in which the frontal lobes of the brain are cut to relieve psychiatric disorders. A new biography presents a complex picture of the maverick doctor who promoted this form of psychosurgery and how...

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