Hot Topics: Bioethics, Unabomber

Here’s the rundown on guests and topics for the weekend’s public-affairs programs:

Today

“Today”: The last 100 years in technology; women and heart disease; chef Ric Moonen, 5 a.m. (4)(36)(39).

“John McLaughlin’s One on One”: Foreign policy in the Middle East, 1:30 p.m. (28).

“Evans & Novak”: Sen. Alfonso D’Amato (R-N.Y.), 2:30 p.m., repeats Sunday 7 a.m. CNN.

“Inside Politics Weekend”: Political consultant James Carville; GOP consultant Ralph Reed, 3:30 p.m.; repeats midnight, CNN.

“Tony Brown’s Journal”: Racial discord, 3:30 p.m. (28).

“Capital Gang”: Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), 4 p.m., 10:30 p.m. CNN.

“Larry King Weekend”: “Titanic,” 6 p.m. and 11 p.m., CNN.

“McLaughlin Group”: President Clinton’s agenda, 6:30 p.m. (4).

Sunday

“Today”: The workplace in the next decade; snowboarding, 6 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“Meet the Press”: Geraldine Ferraro, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from New York; Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.); Rep. William Archer (R-Texas); Jack Kemp, Empower America; Dan Rostenkowski, former representative from Illinois, 7 a.m. (4)(39)(36).

“CBS News Sunday Morning”: Unabomber trial; Dow Jones heiress Elizabeth Goth; jazz bassist Ron Carter; inventor and scientist Charlie Pellegrino, 7:30 a.m. (2).

“Fox News Sunday”: Richard Seed, physicist; Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, National Bioethics Advisory Commission; Rep. Dick Armey (R-Texas); Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.); Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, 8 a.m. (11).

“Face the Nation”: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.); Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas); Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala; Dr. Thomas Murray, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, 9 a.m. (2).

“Late Edition”: Sandy Berger, national security advisor; Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio), 9 a.m. CNN.

“This Week”: Steve Forbes, editor in chief, Forbes magazine; Franklin Raines, director, Office of Management and Budget; Oliver North, radio talk-show host; Elbert W. Friday Jr., meteorologist, National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, 10 a.m. (7); 11 a.m. (3)(10); 3 p.m. (42).

“Life & Times”: Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Braithwaite Burke; Sam Mistrano, director, Human Services Network, 11 a.m. (28).

“Both Sides With Jesse Jackson”: Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.); Lawrence Chimerine, Economic Strategy Institute; Jim Miller, former Reagan budget director, 2:30 p.m. CNN.

“60 Minutes”: Ted Kaczynski’s family; family of bullfighters; sex-offender laws, 7 p.m. (2)(8).