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SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BILL FERRIS OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI IN OXFORD ABOUT THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND SOUTHERN CULTURE, IN THIS COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS.

AS 70 PER CENT OF THE EARTH IS COVERED BY WATER, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE FUTURE OF THE HUMAN RACE IS CO-DEPENDENT WITH THE SEAS. NPR'S LYNN NEARY TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT CORAL REEFS, PRODUCED FOR NPR-NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S "RADIO EXPEDITIONS."

What's involved in implementing expanded self-rule in the West ank? Roads have to be built, security has to be increased for settlers and sraelis and Palestinians have to establish joint patrols. Preparations are lready underway. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports on the latest developments.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: BILL REDLIN & FRANK STASIO

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 7:00 Our on-air player lives in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and listens to WITF, arri

Daniel talks with photography curator Mary Foresta about the current Daguerreotype exhibit at the National Museum of American Art in Washington. This precursor of the modern photograph--discovered in the mid-19th century--came just in time to document a young America's move west.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices from this past eek's news, including President Clinton on the three US officials killed in osnia; Judge Lance Ito and Fred Goldman, the father of stabbing victim Ronald oldman, on the OJ Simpson trial; Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) on his decision to eave the Senate; Shannon Faulkner on her decision to leave the Citadel; and Bob ostas speaking at the funeral of baseball hero Mickey Mantle.

We hear responses from listeners to our interviews with Reza ahlavi (RAY-zuh PA-la-VEE), son of the late Shah of Iran, and Nora Boustany boo-STAH-nee) of the Washington Post.

The PUZZLE INTERNET ADDRESS is puzzle@npr.org.

This documentary by Peabody award winning producer David Isay is an oral history of Iolene Catalano, a woman who lived with drug abuse and prostitution, and who died last year of AIDS. Isay recorded more than 30 hours worth of interviews with Iolene, who wanted, before her death, to let the world know that she was something more than an addict or criminal, that she was a poet and singer. Please note the content and language advisory at the top of this DACS.