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Comedian Richard Lewis. His new book is called The Other Great Depression, (Public Affairs, 2000) and chronicles his recovery from alcoholism. Hes an award winning stand up comic and has appeared in over twenty movies and TV shows. Currently, he co-stars in Larry Davids HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews thrillers.

Actor Alfred Molina. Hes starring in the new film, Chocolat, about a mysterious and seductive chocolate shop that electrifies a French village. Molina is a Tony-nominated actor who has played in over 30 films, 30 TV movies, and many theater productions. His Tony nomination was for his role in the Broadway hit Art. His film credits include Boogie Nights, Anna Karenina, Prick up Your Ears, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Molina was born in London, UK, and lives in Los Angeles.

NPR's John Nielsen reports on the long-awaited new rules from Environmental Protection Agency that will significantly reduce pollutants from diesel fuel. The EPA says the limits will save lives and millions of cases of respiratory disease. Oil refiners will have to modify the way they make diesel, and engine manufacturers will have to add pollution control devices--changes they say will cost the consumer.

The Clinton Administration released it's much anticipated pacific salmon recovery plan today. But an Oregon Indian tribe says not only is the plan on the wrong track they believe they have the answer to saving the regions salmon and the tribe is asking the federal government to learn from their success. From member station KPLU in Seattle, Keith Seinfeld reports.

Normally, writer Carol Wasserman doesn't do much cooking now that her husband is dead. One thing she likes to cook is rutabaga. The problem -- it knocks out the power. She realizes that she is among the very fewer generations of woman who could have survived alone in a dark house.

Medical journalist Dr. Stephen Cohen argues that the threat of bio-terrorism has grown as dissident groups have both motive and ability to use agents like anthrax and smallpox against the U.S. and we're unprepared. 90% of people aren't immunized. There's a shortage of smallpox vaccine and isolation beds. We should be treating it as a public health threat and involve the medical community more than it is now.

Jazz composer and bandleader Maria Schneider went hang gliding in Rio a couple of years ago. The experience was so vivid for her that she turned it into a composition. Schneider describes her trip to Rio, the hang gliding, and how she made them into music. She says that at certain points in the composition, the orchestra is the wind and the soloist is the hang glider, riding on the wind. "Hang Gliding" is on the CD "Allegresse," http://www.enjarecords.com

Beijing is prosecuting some of China's high and mighty in a huge corruption scandal, based in Xiamen. Already there have been death sentences handed down in number of cases, and more are expected. NPR's Rob Gifford reports on the case of a Chinese man, arrested in Vancouver and held in a Canadian jail on immigration charges. Political leaders in Beijing say he is the most prolific smuggler in modern Chinese history. They have requested that he be extradited to China. Canada is worried about the case, because the man could be executed if returned to China. But Chinese officials are concerned because the suspect, who's name is Lai Changxing, has tales to tell about corruption at the highest levels of government.

For years Americans have gone to the polls every four years trusting that their vote counts. They trust that after coming together to cast their ballots on election day a president will be elected and everyone will come together, at least for a brief honeymoon period, behind that president. What happens when such a fundamental trust in the way things work, is broken? NPR's Lynn Neary has a report if the trust can be restored.