Wednesday, August 12, 2009

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-08-12/eunice-kennedy-shriver-and-special-olympics

Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics

10 a.m. (ET)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver planted the seeds of the Special Olympics in her backyard in 1962. Today it's a global organization with three million athletes. The history and future of the Special Olympics.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2009-08-12/peter-berger-praise-doubt-harperone

Peter Berger: "In Praise of Doubt" (HarperOne)

11 a.m. (ET)

Civil discourse today is in danger of being shouted down by talking heads and single-minded bloggers. How doubt can help people on opposite sides of an issue to disagree more agreeably.

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