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Daniel talks with Robert McKinley of the RAM Research Group who says that consumer credit card debt has tripled in the last decade. McKinley says many credit card issuers are now offering seemingly great "teaser rates" that draw more people into getting credit cards, but then people forget those rates double and even triple after a certain amount of time and therefore more and more people are getting loaded down with debt.

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will direct a private national campaign to reduce teen pregnancy and on the critical reaction from Dr. Foster's detractors. Foster failed to win Senate confirmation as Surgeon General after he admitted understating the number of abortions he had performed.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports from the United Nations of concern over the immediate future of the International War Crimes Tribunal investigating atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. Just as the investigation is reaching critical mass, it appears the chief prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, is about to leave his post.

Robert talks with R. Jeffery Smith, National Security Reporter for the Washington Post, about a Defense Department security memo warning contractors that Israel might be using Jewish-Americans to steal military and intelligence secrets.

Sound artist Gregory Whitehead demonstrates the evolution of the human brain with the help of some mashed potatoes and imagination.

about the election of Democrat Ron Wyden. Wyden won the Senate seat left vacant by the resignation of Republican Bob Packwood in a special write-in election.

We talk with All Thing's Considered's favorite French Chef- Chef Guillame about this tasty squid discovery. He offers a perfect recipe for this a large gathering.

Commentator Merrill Mathews guides us through the various kennel clubs of Washington, DC. It's a satyrical look at the political players on Capitol Hill from the Blue Dogs to the Yellow Dogs to the Lap Dogs to the Dead Dogs.

certify Colombia's efforts to stop the production and distribution of illegal drugs. The deadline for deciding is March 1st. The decision is complicated by allegations that Colombian President Ernesto Samper took millions of dollars in campaign donations from the Cali drug cartel.