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SIMON/MINCHKIN CATS: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH PAUL McSORELY, SECRETARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUNCHKIN CAT SOCIETY, A BREED OF CAT THAT SUGGESTS THE FELINE MODEL OF A DACHSHUND...THEIR LEGS ARE ABOUT HALF THE LENGTH OF A TRADITIONAL CAT.

NPR's Jon Greenberg explores the evolution of modern prison esign in America. Given the demand for increased numbers of prisons around the ountry, Greenberg says more and more architects are going into the business of esigning correctional facilities. However, they find themselves dealing more ith "function" than "form".

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Tabor, a biblical cholar at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, about his familiarity ith the teachings of the Branch Davidians, and his involvement with the FBI rior to the raid on the compound in Waco, Texas. Professor Tabor will be estifying this week at the Congressional hearings on the Waco raid.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE RE-RELEASE OF LUIS BUNUEL'S (BOO-nyoo-elz) "BELLE DU JOUR" THAT PREMIERED IN 1968, STARRING STARRED CATHERINE DENEUVE.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 5:56 This week's on-air player lives in Clearwater, Florida and listens to WUSF,

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that five humanitarian organizations have banded together to provide women in refugee camps with assistance addressing their sexual needs: birth control, protection against AIDS, and sexual abuse.

Thousands of refugees are on the road throughout Bosnia because of he conflict. NPR's Andy Bowers talks with some of the people who have fled a own in eastern Bosnia.

Liane talks with Sporting News columnist Dave Kindred about the tate of major league basball as mid-season is marked by Tuesday's All-Star aseball game. Attendance figures at America's major league baseball parks is ff by 20 per cent in the wake of the player's strike.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with author and computer cientist David Gelernter about his new book, "1939: THE LOST WORLD OF THE FAIR" The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster). The story revolves around what ome believe to be the greatest world's fair to date. Held in New York City in 939, the fair evoked promise and hope for a high-tech future of convenience here anything seemed possible, despite the wake of the depression and the ooming shadow of World War II. Gelernter captures the essence of the fair, hile including his own interpretation of the optimism generated by this mportant event.

Drummer, RINGO STARR. The ex-Beatle is back with his third All Starr Band. Produced by David Fishof, (who created and produced the first two tours), this world tour begins in Japan in June, and will be in America in July and August. He'll talk to Terry about his life before, during and after the Beatles

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr reflects on the current ongressional hearings into Waco and Whitewater in light of hearings from nother era.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Zagreb, Croatia on an xpected widening of the war in Bosnia. Rebel Serbs forces currently occupy bout a third of Croatian territory, and Croatia has threatened strong etaliation if the Serbs do not agree to peace negotiations.