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Scott remembers Frank Wills, who died this week. Mr. Wills was the guard who foiled the Watergate break-in.

Scott reads mail from listeners.

Wabash College professor Melissa Butler discusses her freshman tutorial, The Great American Game.

NPR's Anne Garrels tells the story of documentary filmmaker Kate Wenner's last months with her father as he was battling stomach cancer. In the course of videotaping hours of conversations, her father confessed a traumatic family secret that had haunted him since childhood.

Vice President Al Gore and Governor George W. Bush meet in Boston Tuesday for the first of three presidential debates. Both campaigns are eagerly playing DOWN their candidates' chances. NPR's Peter Kenyon looks back on how the two men have performed in earlier face-offs.

Country singer Charley Pride will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame this coming Wednesday, when he becomes the first African American artist so honored. He's won three Grammy Awards, had more than 50 singles on the charts and more than half in the Top 10, including the Number One hit "Kiss An Angel Good Morning". Host Jacki Lyden talks to him about his career.

The Granite State's most powerful jurist, Supreme Court Chief Justice David Brock, is entering his third week of an impeachment trial before the state senate. New Hampshire Public Radio's Trish Anderton reports.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that drag queens will be a feature of the Olympic closing ceremonies in Sydney. The thought that somehow drag queens are associated with all things Australian has a lot of people up in arms but others say female impersonation has a long history in Australia and deserves to be represented in tomorrow's events.

Opinion polls have become an important gauge of how Americans will vote in the upcoming elections. NPR's Andy Bowers talks to several pollsters who explain their methods and why surveys can be misleading.

Satirist Dale Connelly of Minnesota Public Radio imagines the testimony of Hollywood executives this week, when they explained to members of Congress why they sometimes test and market R-rated films to youngsters.