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Novelist and screenwriter RICHARD PRICE. His screenwriting credits include "the Color of Money," "Sea of Love," and Martin Scorcese's section of "New York Stories," and now, "Clockers." He co-wrote the screenplay with Spike Lee. His novel "Clockers" is a murder mystery set in the world of a crack dealer in New Jersey. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York times writes "the signal achievement of the book "Clockers" is to make us feel the enormous power of these giants that are drugs, alcoholism, poverty." (published by Houghton Mifflin). (REBROADCAST from

Daniel talks to Thomas Hargrove, an American science writer who was held hostage in Colombia for nearly a year. He says that his hair turned orange from a vitamin deficency.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers in Zagreb, Croatia about the latest developments in Bosnia. Bosnian Serbs are alleging that a number of civilians died when UN artillery fire hit a hospital near Sarajevo. Meanwhile, NATO airstrikes against Serb positions continued.

Publisher and editor RICHARD STRATTON of the magazine Prison Life. The magazine is written for and about prisoners, and includes such regular features as In Cell Cooking and Cellmate of the Month. It also includes legal advice, medical and health tips, and fiction, poetry, and art by prisoners and ex-prisoners. STRATTON spent eight years in prison for pot smuggling. This year HBO began a series of documentaries on life behind bars with the Prison Life magazine. (The phone number for the magazine is 1-800-207-2659). (THIS INTERVIEW RUNS INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Julia Haybell reports on an American invasion of Great Britain...an invasion of frogs that is. American Bullfrog tadpoles, which were inadvertantly transported in a shipment of aquatic plants, have escaped into the wild and have grown up into big American bullfrogs which are eating the smaller British variety.

Daniel goes for a walk in the Virginia woods with USDA entomologist Dave Nickel to listen to the sounds of a summer night. Nickel says there is an incredible array of crickets, katydids, and cicadas, all contributing to the nighttime natural symphony we hear during the hot weather.

WE HEAR THE VOICES OF WOMEN WHO REMEMBER VOTING IN 1920, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THE 19TH AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED.

A recent United Nations report on the world wide status of women ranks Sweden number one in terms of women's equality. Last year the Swedish Prime Minister decided that half of Sweden's parliament and half of Sweden's cabinet should be female and so many men were forced to resign. Daniel talks to the deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Mona Sahlin who is also the minister of equality affairs.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH NORMAN ORNSTEIN, RESIDENT SCHOLAR AT THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, AND THOMAS MANN, SENIOR FELLOW AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, ABOUT THE MEDICARE AND WELFARE BILLS, BOTH OF WHICH WERE DEBATED IN CONGRESS THIS WEEK.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the Krickets, a cricket team made up of homeless men in Los Angeles. The team has been competing in a local league and has been so successful that it's been invited to play a series of exhibition games in England.

17), NPR puzzlemaster and NEW YORK TIMES puzzle editor, Will hortz will be at the "New York Is Book Country" fair in Manhattan. He'll be at he NEW YORK TIMES booth on 5th Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets (west side f 5th Avenue). Puzzle fans are invited to drop by and say hello.

Not so long ago, people were fleeing from the economically epressed country of Albania. Tom Whitehouse reports that better times may be head. Currently the Albanian government is working to stimulate the country's conomy by reviving the tourist industry along the nation's beautiful coastal egions. But the planned development is causing concerns among environmentalists hat are worried the country's last unspoiled region will be damaged.