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NPR's Margo Adler reports on how the modern atholic church, especially Pope John Paul the second, has worked toward greater ommunication with other religious leaders.

Daniel talks to three professors at Howard University... Janet Dates, Leroy Wells, and Richard Wright... about issues of race and how blacks and whites see cultural institutions differently.

LETTERS: We hear a few letters and comments from listeners

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home.

SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH WARREN B. RUDMAN, FORMER TWO-TERM REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DAVID L. BOREN, FORMER DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM OKLAHOMA, ABOUT THE PROGRESS THE 104TH CONGRESS HAS MADE SO FAR.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BILL FERRIS OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOUTHERN CULTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI IN OXFORD ABOUT THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND SOUTHERN CULTURE, IN THIS COUNTRY AND OVERSEAS.

ERITREANS RECEIVE MORE U.S. FOREIGN AID PER PERSON THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN AFRICA. BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THIS TWO-YEAR-OLD NATION SAID HE AGREES THAT THE U.S. SHOULD CUT ITS FOREIGN AID PROGRAM. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ERITREA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, AMDEMICAEL KAHSAI, WHO EXPLAINS HIS NATION'S VIEW OF THE BLESSINGS AND CURSES OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.

Daniel discusses impending medicare/medicaid reform with a panel of three editorial page editors: Bob Kittle of the San Diego Union Tribune; Jane Eisner of the Philadelphia Enquirer; and Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Constitution.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH GARY LE MEL, PRESIDENT OF MUSIC AT WARNER BROTHERS, WHO JUST MADE HIS CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT AS A SINGER. (HIS NEW CD - ROMANCING THE SCREEN - IS ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS)

NPR's Mandelit del Barco reports from Los Angeles on the growth of an industry that illegaly produces and sells counterfit brand-name consumer goods.

Daniel talks to Paolo Coehlo about his book, "The Pilgrimage." In it, Coehelo describes a journey he took as part of a religious practice. Coehlo gives tips for meditating and taking pilgrimages in our daily lives.