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Linda talks to Ruth Faden, author of "A History and Theory of Informal Consent" (Oxford University Press, 1986), and director of the Bio-Ethics Institute at the Johns Hopkins University . She is in Washington, D.C. to participate in the conference at the U.S. Holocaust Museum on "The Nuremberg Code and Human Rights: the 50th Anniversary of the Doctors Trials" (co-sponsored by Boston Univ. School of Public Health). published in the Nov. 27, 1996 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). She co-authored a paper about the Nuremberg Code, (published in the Nov. 27, 1996 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association), which outlines permissible conditions for medical experiments on humans, as part of the final judgment by the Nuremberg Military Tribunal. She tells how the Code guidelines for voluntary informed consent had not been formally adopted by medical establishments until the start of the Nuremberg Trials of Nazis performing medical experiments on prisoners. Faden also tells why the Code has not been widely adopted since the Trials.

O.J. Simpson called into a live talk show on C-N-N this afternoon to comment about the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. NPR's Rene Montaigne assesses Mr. Simpson's replies to a host of lingering questions about the murders since his aquittal earlier this year.

Music video producer and director Michael Lindsay-Hogg talks with Terry Gross about the new film "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus." Lindsay-Hogg directed the movie. The concert footage was shot 28 years ago but this will be the first time it will be shown. The film was shelved by the Rolling Stones and later lost before being rediscovered and editted into the new concert film. A companion C.D. under the same title will be released today 10/15/96 by ABKCO Records.

WE PLAY EXCERPTS FROM A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C. WHERE FOUR REPUBLICAN SENATORS SANG IN HARMONY. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE SENATE BARBERSHOP QUARTET.

NPR's John Nielsen has a preview of the people and olitics of the "Million Man March". The march. led by Nation of Islam leader ouis Farrakhan, will be held in Washington, D.C. tomorrow.

Derrick Ward of member station WAMU reports on WAshington D.C.'s preparation for the Million Man March. Public transporation schedules, police staffing, and businesses are all gearing up for a large infulx of visitors.

Robert talks to Scotsman Pete Haywood, in Washington, D.C. to attend the the international folk conference. Haywood tried to bring the late Scottish poet Robert Burns with him, but the airline wouldn't allow the paper mache figure on board witout paying a giant fare. So Burns is stuck across the Atlantic. We also hear the music of Ed Miller, playing the lyrics of Robbie Burns.

in the 1996 Republican presidential campaign. Gramm is expected to formally announce his decision later today in Washington, D.C.

Noah talks to Steve Delsohn (del-SON), author of 'The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives.' Delsohn interviewed 108 firefighters for his book. Two of those firefighters, Phillip Buffa of Washington, D.C.'s Rescue 3 and Keith Walker, Jr. of Alexandria, Virginia's Engine 55, met with Delsohn while he was visiting the Washington area. The firefighters talked about their fears of flashovers (when entire rooms ignite all at once) and of being trapped alone in a burning building. Delsohn says that about 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty every year while another 100,000 are injured. (The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives' is published by Harper-Collins.)

We visit a Suzuki music camp at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.