The Diane Rehm Show

The Diane Rehm Show is an award-winning National Public Radio call-in show with more than 1.4 million listeners. It is produced by WAMU and hosted by Diane Rehm.

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National Public Radio - WAMU - Diane Rehm

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The first hour of the show is discussion around a topic or theme, or occasionally an interview with a newsmaker. The discussion topics typically focus on current events but often focus on other topics. Two examples of past show topics for the first hour are the disparate topics of "European & Arab Media on the U.S. in Iraq" and "Drug Resistant Bacteria."

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The second hour is an interview about a book with the author. The books can be fiction or non-fiction, and range all over subject matter and point of view.

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There are also weekly features. It has a weekly "News Roundup" for the first hour every Friday, where the major headlines of the past week are discussed. A (usually) monthly "Reader's Review" is when older books are gone over and discussed.

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It has won many awards, including: the 2002 New York Festival's Bronze World Medal for Best Regularly Scheduled Talk Program Interview, the 2002 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Honorable Mention, the 1999 New York Festival's Bronze World Medal, and two 1999 American Women in Radio and Television Inc. first place Gracie Allen Awards.

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New York Festival - American Bar Association - Silver Gavel - American Women in Radio and Television Inc. - Gracie Allen Awards

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It airs weekdays. It is produced and aired live from 10:00 a.m. to noon, but some local stations re-air it at a later time.

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It is produced by Sandra Pinkard, Elizabeth Terry, Anne Adams, Nancy Robertson, and Jonathan Smith. The engineers are Jonathan Charry, Kenneth Mason, Karen McManus and Tobey Schreiner. Dorie Anisman answers the phones.

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