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Cartoon creator William Hanna died yesterday at age 90. Host Bob Edwards talks about the much loved cartoons Hanna created with his partner Joseph Barbera. They include Scooby Doo, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, and many others.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Robert Culp, professor of Aerospace Science at the University of Colorado. They talk about 'space-junk' and whether it's a hazard to us here on Earth.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on the trial of Parry Wacker, a man caught smuggling 58 Chinese people into Britain last year. Only two of the illegal immigrants survived the journey and Wacker is being charged with manslaughter.

Bob Edwards talks with singer-songwriter John Hiatt. Hiatt dropped by NPR's studios recently and performed songs from his new CD, Crossing Muddy Waters.

NPR's Van Williamson reports from Chestertown, Maryland, on tomorrow's launch of the schooner, "Sultana" onto the Chester River. Professional builders and volunteers spent four years constructing the vessel, which is more than 50 feet long and weighs 52 tons. It's modeled after a cargo vessel, built in 1768, that the British Navy used to patrol for smugglers. At the time, Chestertown was a deepwater port, 20 miles up the Chester River from the Chesapeake Bay. Today it's a tourist destination.

Film director Ang Lee. His film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is up for ten Academy Awards. The film stars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeow. Lee is best known for English-language dramas such as Sense and Sensibility, the Chinese-American themed Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet. In Crouching Tiger, Lee brings an art-house sensibility to the Hong Kong martial arts genre.

Actress Michelle Yeow. Shes been called Asias foremost female action star. Shes the lead in Crouching Tiger, Killing Dragon. Yeow has starred in many films including Supercop with Jackie Chan and the 007 thriller Tomorrow Never Dies. Yeow is also a film producer. She is a native of Ipoh, Malaysia, and in fact was once Miss Malaysia. (REBROADCAST from 12/5

NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a group of people who have learned to ride the ups and downs of the current "bear market." They're day-traders, and while many of the amateurs in their ranks were driven out after a few initial lucky trades, some are still plugging away -- and making a profit.

Commentator Elissa Ely -- a psychiatrist at a hospital in Massachusetts -- has an alcoholic patient who's convinced he will be killed when his father dies. After his father does die, the patient lives, though he's lost his will to live.

in which Cuban exiles trained by the CIA unsuccessfully tried to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro. A talk with Peter Kornbluh of the National Security Archives. He edited the new book Bay of Pigs Declassified (The New Press). Among the documents released is the agencys post-mortem on the disastrous invasion, written after a six-month investigation. It was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Cold War. Recently Kornbluh organized an international conference in Havana on the Bay of Pigs. Also we hear from the Chief of the Cuban Interests Section here in the U.S., Fernando Ramirez.

New numbers from the American Public Transportation Association say that public transportation use rose 3.5 percent in the past year, the highest level in more than four decades. Americans also drove 2.7 trillion miles last year, the same amount as in 1999. Linda Wertheimer speaks with James Hughes about the figures and what they mean for public transportation. Hughes is the dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Meredith Ochs reviews Satellite Rides, the new release by the promising alternative country band, Old 97s. Ochs says the band and its leader Rhett Miller have been writing wonderful pop music with clever lyrics. (4:30) Satellite Rides by Old 97s is on the Elektra Records label. Their Web site is www.old97s.com.