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Jacki speaks with Fortune Magazine's Joe Nocera about the stock market's reaching the 5000 mark this week. Nocera explains that middle class money put into mutual funds is propelling the market upward.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH JOURNALIST/PRODUCER HEDRICK SMITH ABOUT HIS PBS DOCUMENTARY "ACROSS THE RIVER." IT'S ABOUT THE POOR, PREDOMINANTLY BLACK WASHINGTON, D.C. NEIGHBORHOOD OF ANACOSTIA, WHERE HEDRICK SMITH HAS FOUND MANY "LOCAL HEROES," RESIDENTS WHO'VE WORKED TO BETTER THEIR OWN COMMUNITY -- A COMMUNITY THAT'S TOO OFTEN STEREOTYPED AS ONE OF LITTLE HOPE.

Jacki speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers in London about how voters in Ireland have approved, by the narrowist of margins, a constitutional amendment legalizing divorce. Debate over the vote has divided the predominantly Catholic country. The vote was so close that a recount has been ordered .

Daniel talks with NPR's Tom Gjelten who is at the site of the Bosnia peace talks near Dayton, Ohio. Bosnia's warring factions may be close to an agreement. The talks are scheduled to end tomorrow morning.

NPR'S ANNE GARRELS REPORTS ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BUY A HOUSE IN MOSCOW.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including Colin Powell on abortion, gun control and in-school prayer; ttorney General Janet Reno speaking about on-line pornography; and House peaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton on welfare reform.

THE FIFTH INSTALLMENT OF OUR SEMI-REGULAR RADIO SERIAL ... "JULIUS KNIPL (KEH-nipple): REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER."

Host Liane Hansen speaks with techno-culture commentator Rich Dean bout the issue of pornography on the Internet. This past week FBI officials ade twenty arrests following a sting operation that uncovered online trade in hild pornography, and the use of "chat rooms" to meet and lure minors into exual liaisons. The discussion focuses on chat rooms and basic rules for hildren to follow, the prevalence of child pornography on the internet, and ttempts from Congress to control the internet.

SCOTT SIMON VISITS THE MARIO LANZA MUSEUM IN PHILADELPHIA. HE ALSO SPEAKS WITH A MAN WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE SINGING SON OF THE GREAT TENOR.

NPR's Daniel Schorr analyses the American obsession with uba 36 years after the revolution on the Carribean island nation.