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Daniel visits an exhibit of household items from Elizabethan England at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington. Curator Leena Cowan Orlin says that it's relatively easy to imagine what life was like back then because a detailed inventory was kept of every item in the home.

Fresh Air prison correspondent Wilbert Rideau, editor emeritus of The Angolite, the award-winning magazine of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, talks about dying in prison. With longer sentences and fewer paroles, inmates are beginning to die in prison. Rideau -- who is serving a life sentence at Angola -- recently spoke with a dying inmate, a prison nurse and a warden who handles funeral arrangements.

NPR TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new CBS drama series "Under One Roof," starring James Earl Jones and Joe Morton.

OLIVER SACKS interview continues.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH MICHAEL ENRIGHT, THE HOST OF THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION'S FAMED SHOW "AS IT HAPPENS," ABOUT PROPOSED CUTS OF THE NETWORK'S BUDGET AND THE RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CBC, ANTHONY MANERA.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews "Blues Nexus," the new recording by James Spaulding. (Muse Re

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: SHAY STEVENS & LAURA KNOY

FINANCE: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH NPR'S JIM ZAROLLI ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET'S RISE LAST WEEK, A WEEK IN WHICH WE ALSO SAW THE U.S. DOLLAR SAG.

SCOTT SIMON AND SIMON HOGGART OF THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER IN LONDON TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

JEFF MOSS was one of the original creators and writers of "Sesame Street." He created Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, and wrote such songs as "Rubber Ducky" and "People in Your Neighborhood." He has won 13 Emmys, four Grammys, and an Oscar nomination for his work on "Sesame Street" and with the Muppets. Moss is also the author of four books for children, the newest of which is "Hieronymus White: A Bird Who Believed That He Always Was Right" (Ballantine Books). (REBROADCAST FROM 11

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two new CD''s by alto saxophonist Gary Bartz: Episode One Children of Harlem (Challenge) and The Red and Orange Poens (Atlantic).

A powerful House subcommittee has voted to kill a program that helps poor people with AIDS pay for housing. NPR's Vicky Que examines the Republican rationale for the vote, as well as warnings from AIDS activists that the measure is likely to throw thousands of infected people into shelters, increasing the danger of tuberculosis in those facilities.