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Madeleine Brand reports on a newly confident Al Gore, who campaigned in few battlefield states.

Scott talks with Father Bryan Hehir, Chief of the Executive Committee at Harvard Divinity School, about the role of religion in American politics. Father Hehir says the discussion of religion and politics in America is complicated, but that each can help inform the other.

A ruling by an Idaho jury may bankrupt the leader of this country's leading neo-Nazi group, the Aryan Nation. Andy Bowers reports from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Scott speaks with Mike Bailey, the head alligator handler at the Seminole Okalee Indian Village in Hollywood, Florida, about the tribe's search for new alligator wrestlers to carry on the Seminole tradition.

Edie Rabonowitz, of Chicago Public Radio, profiles Mass Ensemble. They're a troupe of musicians and dancers who convert rooms and buildings into musical instruments.

The federal govenrment is creating a database on cats. Scott speaks with Dr. Marilyn Menotti Raymond from the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, MD where she's in charge of the project.

Scott talks to film historian James Chapman about the enduring popularity of James Bond movies. The first Bond movie, Dr. No debuted in l962, and 19 sequels later, the series shows no sign of dying off, even if five different actors have played the part of 007. James Chapman is the author of a new book., License to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films. (Columbia University Press).

NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr review the news of the week.

Authorities conducting a drug raid in Colombia, outside Bogota, found drug runners were constructing a submarine large enough to smuggle 200 tons of cocaine. Linda talks with Ruth Morris, who covered the story for the Los Angeles Times.

Playwright, female impersonator, and novelist Charles Busch. His play, Psycho Beach Party has been made into a new film. His play, the camp classic, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, was the longest-running play in Off-Broadway history. His other plays include, Red Scare on Sunset and a show which parodied the variety shows of the 60s, The Charles Busch Revue, in which he made seven costume changes in an hour and 15 minutes. Busch's also wrote a novel, Whores of Lost Atlantis. (REBROADCAST from 7

Linda talks with Andy Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the polls indicating the standings in the Presidential race, and how the gender gap is playing a part in the race this year.

Turkey has been waging its own war against the religious right for years, and now the long-running political battle is heating up again. But some Turkish politicians fear harsh moves against Islamist leaders now could jeopardize the country's bid to join the European Union. Chris Morris reports from Ankara.