Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"

10 a.m. (ET)

We talk about Al Gore's new documentary movie and the effort to generate public interest and concern over connections between human activity and worldwide temperature trends.

Jean Said Makdisi: "Teta, Mother, and Me" (Norton)

11 a.m. (ET)

Author and sister of the late Edward Said tells the story of three generations of Palestinian women, interweaving personal history with an exploration of the political and social forces that shaped their lives.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.