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and Marshall Whitman of the Heritage Foundation about the electorate's message to the politicians. A message that demands both side "get along with each other."

, following publication in the December issue of >Penthouse Magazine of a feature story alleging that Episcopal priests took part in homosexual orgies in a Brooklyn, New York Episcopal Church. One parish priest and an official with the national church already have resigned.

Commentator Alice Furlaud takes a moment to stop and consider the possibility that meat-eating may go completely out of style, given the Mad Cow disease crisis and continued concerns about E.coli bacterial contamination. She wonders what the cost of going totally meatless would be for certain cultures...such as the Swiss. (4:00) (S

French actress CATHERINE DENEUVE talks about her movie "Les Voleures" (Thieves). The film opens on Christmas Day in New York and Los Angeles and will hit selected theaters around the nation early next year. Some of her best known films include: "Belle De Jour," "Repulsion," "Indochine," and "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." This interview originally aired Oct 3, 1996.

Scott talks to DC House delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton about the problems facing the District.

NPR's David Welna reports from the Cuban capital, Havana, n signs that communist leader Fidel Castro may be normalizing relations with he Catholic church. Hopes have been raised ever since Castro invited Pope John aul the Second to visit Cuba during their first face to face visit last month n Rome.

Daniel talks with NPR science correspondent Richard Harris about the crackdown this past year on tobacco companies. For the first time, strict federal restrictions have been placed on tobacco ads that might be seen by children, and several states are suing tobacco companies for damages incurred by providing healthcare to people suffering from tobacco-related illnesses.

A sunken World War II-era tanker that may be loaded with more than 3 million gallons of oil was recently discovered on the edge of the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary. A spill from the tankers' rotting holds could do all kinds of damage. The Coast Guard says the best thing to do is leave the tanker alone. NPR's John Nielsen explains why. The tanker Montebello was sunk 55 years ago today by a Japanese submarine.

'Tis the season to be tuneful. Commentator Amy Dickinson hits the streets in search of Christmas cheer. As she asks people to sing their favorite carols, she learns that just because a person is seasonally merry, he or she cannot necessarily sing or remember the words.

In Hong Kong, a community theatre group transforms the British tradition of the Christmas pantomime -- a satirical musical comedy -- into a slapstick critique of the colony's politics. NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports on this year's performance, the last before China takes over. Chinese control of the island may bring a less permissive atmosphere. Will the pantomime of the future have the same sharp bite as today's?

2: Novelist SIGRID NUNEZ. Her debut autobiographical novel was "A Feather on the Breath of God," (HarperPerennial). NUNEZ's newest novel is "Naked Sleeper." (HarperCollins). One reviewer calls it "a fine novel of maturing at 40." Another writes: "a steady, superbly insightful study of a life as quietly complex as the reader's own."

NPR's Michael Goldfarb in London reports on new facts emerging from inspectors who are looking at the damage in the train tunnel underneath the English Channel between Britain and France. Monday night, a freight train caught fire. There were no serious injuries to passengers or crew, but the tunnel has been shut down. Questions yet to be answered concern safety for future train transport, and how the shut-down will affect the financial future of the Chunnel.