Thursday, November 15, 2007

China's Three Gorges Dam

10 a.m. (ET)

China's long dreamed-for engineering feat may be turning into an environmental nightmare. How demand to control flooding and meet China's ravenous energy needs through cleaner means is playing out along the Yangtze River.

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History" (Knopf)

11 a.m. (ET)

The author of the phrase "well-behaved women seldom make history' explains the origin of the slogan, what it means to her, and how women have been portrayed throughout history.

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