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NPR's Lynn Neary and NPR's Michele Norris read from this week's listener letters. Among the topics, the National Geographic Magazine swimsuit edition, the glories of a summer peach in wintertime, and the "State of the Union Drinking Game."

In the second part of our series on debt in America we'll hear about the boom in cash-out mortgage financing and about the history of debt in our society. The book mentioned is Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit, published by Basic Books; Dec., 2001.

The Senate Judiciary Committee votes along party lines to endorse Miguel Estrada for a federal circuit court post. He's the first judicial nominee sent to the full Senate under Republican management. Democrats say Estrada's record doesn't merit a lifetime appointment and hint at a filibuster to defeat him. NPR's David Welna reports.

An unprecedented warm-up of the western Pacific Ocean -- scientists think that partially explains a drought that has caused havoc across much of the United States, southern Europe and southwest Asia. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

NPR science correspondent Chris Joyce joins host Steve Inskeep to talk about the space shuttle Columbia. The shuttle was the oldest in the fleet and had been retrofitted several times.

White House correspondent Don Gonyea reviews President Bush's day, which began at Camp David. Bush had been watching the NASA channel on television awaiting the return of the shuttle.

NPR's Brenda Wilson joins host Steve Inskeep to talk about the remarkable lives of the crew. We also hear the latest details on the investigation.

We hear a montage of reports from eyewitnesses to the Columbia disaster. (This is a repeat from earlier in the show.)

NPR's Tom Gjelten joins host Steve Inskeep to discuss the national security concerns that have surrounded this shuttle Columbia mission since its inception -- its timing and the presence of an Israeli on board.

Host Steve Inskeep is joined by Jim Pawelczik, who flew on the space shuttle Columbia in 1998 and knew several of the astronauts lost on Saturday.

NPR's Jackie Northam reports on the disaster's impact on America's contribution to the international space station. (This is a repeat from earlier in the show.)

NPR's John Burnett joins host Steve Inskeep from the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, where NASA missions are directed and its people are considered to be friends and family.