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Michael talks to British Memeber of Parliament George Walden, a member of the Conservative party, about Tuesday's vote for party leader. Walden says that the issue of Britian's integration into Europe is a red herring in the current political situation and that most of his constituents are more concerned about the economy and taxes.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on how Congressional epublicans are planning to revamp the Medicare system. Schorr says although ost Americans agree that some sort of action is needed on Medicare, there are umerous opinions on just what that action should be.

Michael talks with Skip Brandon, former Assistant Deputy Director of the F-B-I. The person called the "Unabomber" this week said the bombings would stop if certain newspapers would publish his "anarchists manifesto." The FBI is still trying to catch the Unabomber and Brandon describes some of the things the FBI is doing to figure out how to catch the Unabomber who has been on the loose since appearing in 1978.

Washington D.C. is the most recent American city to oin the movement of considering curfews for juveniles as a measure of crime revention. Derrick Ward of member station WAMU reports on the conflicts between hose who are for and against the implementation of such restrictions on teens n the Nation's capital.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including sounds from the Shuttle Atlantis successfully docking with the ussian Space Station Mir; Commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson from the Mir Station; BI spokesperson John Grotz (grahtz) on the Unabomber; Senator Robert Dole R-KS) commenting on violence in the movies; Senator Gary Franks (R-CT) on ongressional redistricting; and President Bill Clinton on this week's trade greement between the United States and Japan.

Rebekah Presson has a remembrance of writer Frank Waters, who ied earlier this month at the age of 92. Waters was considered to be one of his country's most prominent writers about the Native American culture and the outhwestern United States.

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Daniel talks to Israeli superstar Danny Sanderson, a comedian and singer who recently toured the East coast, packing auditoriums with Israeli audiences. His CDs have been best sellers in Israel for nearly two decades and his on-stage stand-up routines have the hebrew-speaking audience rolling in the aisles.

Recently, columnist Meg Greenfield proposed that we use the "Bob Newhart Test" when considering government proposals. Newhart's famous comedy routine, when he pretends to be listeing to someone explain what a cigarette is, points out the ludicrousness of the idea of putting a buringing leaf in your mouth... we asked Bob Newhart to apply the "Bob Newhart Test" so a government program, and he chose the defense budget.