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WEEKEND EDITION SENIOR NEWS ANALYST DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH MARTIN TOLCHIN (TOL-chin), PUBLISHER AND EDITOR OF "THE HILL" NEWSPAPER, AND MORTON KONDRACKE (KON-dra-key), EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF "ROLL CALL" NEWSPAPER, ABOUT THE DEFEAT IN THE SENATE OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT, AND WHAT THAT MAY INDICATE FOR SENATOR DOLE AND FOR THE GINGRICH REVOLUTION.

Jacki recently visited the Japanese music group the Kodo Drummers as they prepared for a concert at the Kennedy Center. We have this sound moment of the drummers.

SIMON/RUBE GOLDBERG: THE 8TH ANNUAL NATIONAL RUBE GOLDBERG CONTEST WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY, AND WON BY A TEAM OF EIGHT PURDUE STUDENTS FOR DESIGNING AND BUILDING A GADGET THAT CAN TURN ON A RADIO IN THE MOST ELABORATE MANNER. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH CHARLES KROUSGRILL (krowse-grill), PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, AND A JUDGE IN THE CONTEST.

A sound montage of a few voices in this past week's news, ncluding Senators Byrd and Dole, President Clinton, presidential hopeful Lamar lexander, Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, NASA Capcom (shuttle launch) and Grammy inner Tony Bennett.

Daniel talks with Martha Manning, psychologist and author of "Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression," (HarperSanFrancisco) which recounts her descent into a debilitating depression and her decision to undergo electro-shock therapy as a last resort. She says the treatment, sometimes considered outdated by professionals like herself, helped her regain her ability to function in the world.

2: British poet, novelist and critic A. ALVAREZ. His new book Night: Night Life, Night Language, Sleep, and Dreams (W.W. Norton & Co.) is about the dark and the night, literally and figuratively. ALVAREZ examines night terrors, dreams, sleep research, fear of the dark, and "the dark night of the soul." ALVAREZ writes, "Daylight, with its routines and busyness, keeps. . . fantasies mostly at bay. But at night, when the external world is hidden, common sense loses its points of reference, and there is space for less amenable figures to make their presence felt."

Fresh Air Rock Critic KEN TUCKER looks back at the music of DOC POMUS(PALM-us) and the new tribute album to him, "Till the Night Is Gone."

Host Liane Hansen talks with film historian Marsha cCreadie (mick-CREE-dee) about the role of women screenwriters in Hollywood rom the silent era to modern times. McCreadie is the author of "The Women Who rite The Movies: From Frances Marion to Nora Ephron" (Birch Lane Press).

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the fact that two out of three households cannot afford a computer. Experts say the technology gap between the haves and have nots is a growing problem for the nation's workforce.

Actor SAMUEL JACKSON was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction." Jackson's character is a partner in crime with Vincent Vega who is played by John Travolta. Jackson also stars in the new film "Losing Isaiah," and will be in two upcoming films "Kiss of Death" and "Die Hard With a Vengeance." Jackson won wide acclaim for his role in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever."REV : Classical Music Critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a five-cd set of all of the Oscar winning songs of the last 60 years.

Liane Hansen talks with NPR reporter Eric Weiner, who is in New elhi, India monitoring First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to five south sian countries, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Mrs. linton is scheduled to meet with Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on er trip.

Pollster STANLEY B. GREENBERG. He was pollster and senior advisor to Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, and is currently pollster to the president and advisor to the Democratic National Committee. GREENBERG is credited with recognizing, nearly ten years ago, the dissatisfaction among middle class voters with the two political parties. GREENBERG has a new book about the historic forces that put Bill Clinton in the White House, and (consequently) led to 1994's midterm Republican landslide. It is, Middle Class Dreams: The Politics and Power of the New American Majority. (Times Books).