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Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Geraldine Brooks of the Wall Street Journal from Sydney. An Australian native, Brooks was asked to participate in the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games. She recounts her service as a Field Marshal in the Parade of Nations.

A few years ago radio producer Dave Isay spent a lot of time hanging out in a couple of flophouses in New York City's bowery district. The result of his time there was an award winning documentary called The Sunshine Hotel. Now photographer Harvey Wang's images of those from the documentary are in a new book called Flophouse and are also on exhibit in a Manhattan gallery. Host Jacki Lyden and Producer Tracy Wahl hooked up with Isay and Wang to search out some of the subjects of that book. They wanted to find out if being part of a documentary and now the subject of a book has had any effect on their lives.

Melinda speaks with Cathy Crimmins about life with her husband, Alan Forman, following his traumatic brain injury. She writes about his recovery, and about how this trauma changed their relationship in her new book, Where is the Mango Princess?

Melinda with some thoughts on Court TV's decision to pull Confessions from its lineup.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about this week in the George W. Bush campaign. Bush appeared on two popular TV talk shows, and campaigned heavily with family members in Florida. That was supposed to be a safe state for Mr. Bush since his brother is Governor. But polls show him even with Vice-President Al Gore.

The state of Missouri is a battleground for presidential votes. With frequent visits from George W. Bush and Al Gore the candidates are trying to win over St. Louis voters. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

Melinda talks with Arizona Game and Fish Spokesman Rory Aikens about his department's fight against the increasing number of Crawfish crowding Arizona's rivers and lakes.

The State Department has pulled the security clearance for the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Martyn Indyk. Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark about the details and what this might mean for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

On Sunday voters in Yugoslavia go to the polls . Host Jacki Lyden talks with Gillian Sanford, who is covering the story for U.S News and World Report.

Jeff Lunden reports that the movie The Sound of Music is making a comeback in theaters in London and New York.