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Daniel talks to Andy Pasztor, author of the book, "When the Pentagon was for Sale," about corruption in the Pentagon during the Regan presidency. He describes Pentagon officials who routinely directed defense contracts to their friends and took kickbacks for inside information about possible defense contracts.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

NPR's Ann Garrels reports from Moscow that four years after the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, Russians are disillusioned, and it turns out that rebuilding a cathedral is easier than building democracy.

Daniel talks to Natalie Angier, author of "The Beauty of the Beastly." She says that the phrase "busy as a bee" is a misstatement, because most of the time, bees are resting.

A "sound portrait" of a "barn-storming" air show in rural Virginia. e hear from the pilots and planes that make up this uniquely American elebration of flight.

Kim Kokich reports

Jacki talks to Marshall Chapman about her new CD "It's About Time..." (Margaritaville Records) which was recorded live at the Tennessee State Prison for Women. Chapman says that she was nervous about performing at the prison, but the inmates responded enthusiastically to the concert.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Ann M. Martin, author of the estselling series of kids books, "The Baby-Sitters Club." They talk about about he new movie adaptation of Martin's work, and about issues facing young girls oday.

SIMON/BBQ: SCOTT SIMON VISITS DREAMLAND BARBEQUE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. JOHN BISHOP, WHO IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, FIRST OPENED DREAMLAND IN TUSCALOOSA IN 1958, SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE ALABAMA DROPPED ITS SEGREGATION LAWS. TODAY, THERE ARE THREE DREAMLAND RESTAURANTS...TUSCALOOSA, BIRMINGHAM, AND MOBILE, ALABAMA.

The United Nations and NATO have given the Bosnian Serbs a Monday deadline for pulling their heavy weapons back from Sarajevo or face renewed military attacks. NPR's John Nielsen reports.