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Tomorrow, Pope John Paul the Second will perform a beatification ceremony that will put two former popes one step away from sainthood. The are John the 23rd and Pius the 9th. Scott speaks with NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

Scott talks with comedian Jonathan Winters about his life and career. PBS recently produced a special tribute to the comedian called Jonathan Winters: On The Loose.

Hendrick Hertzberg of the New Yorker magazine reviews the week's news.

The racehorse Zippy Chippy holds the worst record for a racehorse in America. He has even lost to a human. His owner finally retired him after 100 career losses.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's entertainment critic Elvis Mitchell about wedding movies.

Scott with some thoughts about procreating robots.

The U.S. government's spy satellites are not so secret, thanks to one satellite hobbyst. Scott speaks with Ted Moltzan, who predicted the exact angle of the latest spy satellite crossing the equator at 68 degrees inclination.

Scott reads mail from listeners.

Host Renee Montagne talks to Terry Gross, who's marking her 25th year as host of the public radio program, Fresh Air, produced in Philadelphia. They discuss the finer points of conducting interviews.

The government of Tartarstan -- part of the Russian Federation -- has decided to switch from using the Cyrillic alphabet to the Roman alphabet. The switch is timed to coincide with the 10-year anniversary of self-rule in Tartarstan. Robert talks with Martha Brill Olcott, a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Brill co-authored Getting It Wrong: Regional Cooperation in the Commonwealth of the Independent States. (4:30) Brill's book is published by Carnegie Press, 0ctober 1999.