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Noah talks with Adam Bryant, transportation reporter for the New York Times, as questions about the Federal Aviation Administration's role as cop and cheerleader to the industry grow in the wake of the crash of ValuJet Flight 592. They'll talk about how effective the F-A-A can be as a regulator of safety concerns while maintaining its stance as a representative of the airline industry.

An art museum in Connecticut is training youngsters to lead museum tours. Several museums train high school students, but the Aldrich Museum is training grade-schoolers. The theory is: who better to explain art to kids than their peers? There's a twist at the Aldrich - it's a contemporary art museum, so the kids have to try to explain stuff that most adults don't understand. Phyllis Joffe reports.

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on demographics in schools after more than 40 years of desegregation.

Scott reads some listener comments and gets a lesson on 17-year cicadas (sih-KAY-duhz).

All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater discusses two children's books about science. (9:15) (Archibald Frisby by Michael Chesworth The Weather Sky by Bruce McMillan Both books published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New

Nestled in the heart of southern Wisconsin's dairy country, is an unlikely home for an array of unusual animals. Most of these wild creatures, including lions and tigers, were bred to be pets, and have since been rejected by their owners and by zoos. Reporter Steve Busalacchi (Boos-a-lacke) from Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

of an additional $12 billion in defense spending beyond the figure requested in President Clinton's budget. The President has threatened to veto the legislation, in part because of its controversial social provisions.

about their views on the upcoming presidential election...

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the controversy over Japan's anti-subversive law. The law is aimed at members of terrorist organizations. But Japanese authorities are toying with using it against member of Aum Shinrikyo (AWM shin-RIH-kyo), the religious cult that released poisonous gas on the subway -- raising fears that the government will start suppressing dissident groups.

Noah talks with NPR's national political correspondent, Elizabeth Arnold, who traveled to Chicago today with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole to attend a campaign rally. The trip is Dole's first since his announcement that he would retire from the Senate to devote his full attention to running for the presidency. His campaign has been troubled in recent weeks, in part by legislative battles on Capitol Hill that have demanded his attention as Senate majority leader.