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SCOTT PROFILES JIMMY AMADIE, A JAZZ PIANIST. MR. AMADIE IS RECORDING HIS SECOND CD. HE HAS SEVERE TENDINITIS. (13:40) *Jimmy Amadie's first CD, "Always With Me," is available through TP Recordings, 407 Levering Mills Road; Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 - tel. (610) 667-0887; fax (610) 667

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that Israel's bombing of Lebanon over the past days has had the effect, in part, of shoring up support for Shimon Peres in the upcoming June election.

the first phase of India's parliamentary elections. About 60-percent of India's estimated 590-million eligible voters are expected to cast ballots. The next phase begins later this week, and voting is scheduled to be completed on May 7th.

President Clinton announced Sunday that the United States would be expanding cooperation with Israeli on missile defense. He said that the U-S would promise to provide more intelligence warnings of enemy launches and to step up development of a new laser weapon to shoot down Katyusha rockets. Robert Siegel talks with John Donnelly, who is a reporter for Defense Weekly and has been covering the laser program. Donnelly explains that the program is still being tested but Israel hopes that it will aid in the destruction of the artillery rockerts used by Hezbollah against targets in Northern Israel.

Commentator David Crystal examines the use of "baby-talk" in the English language.

the FBI found in Unabomber suspect Theo Kaczynski's shack.

Our annual requirement to uphold the name ALL THINGS CONSIDERED is met again today - we chronicle a few tabloid items that we would have otherwised missed: JUNIOR ROYALS TO SPLITSVILLE; MADONNA & CHILD; STERN SHOCK - GUN THREAT. (2:30) Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. UNABOM PROSECUTOR - NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the case against Theodore Kaczinski, the man suspected of being the Unabomber...and on the New Jersey prosecutor who has been tapped to try the case. He also delves into the likely investigative and trial strategies.

NPR's Ted Clark looks at the history of the armistice in Korea, and why 43 years ago North and South Korea would not agree to peace. In 1953, the South Koreans objected to peace, but today it is the North that is balking.

There was a summit in Washington this week to discuss the politics of meaning, a new political movement offering progressives/liberals a way to 'reclaim' the family values issue which has been monopolized by the right. They held a Summit on Ethics and Meaning and proposed a "Covenant with American Families", their answer to the Christian Coalition's Contract with American Families. Lynn Neary reports.

The glorious Miss Piggy squares off with Linda,as they discuss her cookbook including recipes of certain dishes Miss Piggy was loath to discuss, and her great love for CHOCOLATE!