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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.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

Last year, a cajun dance hall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, called La Poussiere, allegedly denied entry to an African-American patron. The federal Justice Deptartment has sued the club saying it violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act. We traveled to the region to investigate the case...and to talk about race relations with the whites and blacks who live there. This is part one of a piece that continues in the second half hour of the show.

Part two of our piece about race relations in southwest Louisiana, and the Justice Department's civil rights lawsuit against a cajun dance hall called La Poussiere.

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Daniel visits Los Angeles County's General Hospital. A billion dollar budget shortfall will force the county later this month to layoff thousands of health care providers. The hospital is the largest public hospital in the nation and hundreds of thousands of people without health insurance will end up with no place to go.