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Robert Siegel talks to Helene Stapinksi, the author of Five Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, a book about growing up in Jersey City, N.J., where the whole town seemed to be on the take. (7:30) Five Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History, by Helene Stapinski, is published by Random House, 2001, ISBN # 0679463062.

Hal Cannon, from the Western Folklife Center, profiles composer Phillip Bimstein, whose works draw on the culture and landscape of southern Utah. His most recent composition incorporates the voice and harmonica playing of a legendary local figure, Larkin Gifford, who died in 1998. (Bimstein's website is http://www.bimstein.com. For information on how to obtain Bimstein's recordings, e-mail the composer at songdog@infowest.com.)

Leonard Shelby is a man with brain injury. He can't make new memories. He's also a man seeking revenge for the murder of his wife. This is the basis for the movie Memento. It's based on a short story by writer Jonathan Nolan. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Jonathan and his brother filmmaker Christopher Nolan about their collaboration.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Colin Powell; Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Sun Yuxi; President George W. Bush; Senator Russell Feingold (Democrat, Wisconsin); Senator Mitch McConnell (Republican, Kentucky); the announcement of the Senate's 59-41 passage of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill; Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona); Representative Joe Moakley (Demoract, Massachusetts); House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (Republican, Texas); Senator Phil Gramm (Republican, Texas); and Senator Kent Conrad (Democrat, North Dakota).

NPR's White House Correspondent Don Gonyea reports on a busy week for President Bush, who was dealing with the fight over his budget and tax cut plans in the Senate and the continuing standoff in China over the crew of a downed Naval aircraft.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Charles Zafonte from Easton, Pennsylvania. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WHYY in Philadelphia.)

Commentator Christopher Wynn received a pink slip from his high tech firm...and lived to tell the tale.

Frank talks with writer Thomas Glave about Whose Song? And Other Stories, his new collection of works about life in the New York and the Caribbean. Glave's work focuses on issues involving race, sexuality and the interaction of people from different cultures. (9:25) (NOTE: Whose Song is published by City Lights Books).

Frank talks with NPR's Congressional Correspondent Steve Inskeep about action on the federal budget. This past week, the Senate agreed on a version of a budget plan which scales back the scope of President Bush's 1.6 trillion dollar tax cut.

The Hopi and other Native American tribes would like to use objects recently repatriated under a new federal law, but Daniel Kraker reports that many artifacts are contaminated with dangerous chemicals museums used to preserve them.

Frank talks with NPR's Rob Gifford from Beijing for the latest on the standoff between China and the U.S. over the detention of 24 U.S. servicemen and women, whose plane made an emergency landing in China a week ago.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr provides some historical perspective on what happens when superpowers come into conflict over intelligence-gathering operations.