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SIMON/LETTERS: SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

The crisis in Bosnia escalated today with Bosnian Serbs shelling a suburb of Sarajevo and refusing to release more than 250 United Nations peacekeepers still held hostage. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on President Clinton's efforts to defend his Bosnian policy against Republican attack.

Linguist GEOFFREY NUNBERG reviews talk radio.

Daniel talks with journalist Gersh Kuntzman who has investigated the origins of what is now an international gesture....the HIGH 5.

THE GENOCIDE CONTINUES IN BOSNIA, AND SCOTT SIMON QUESTIONS WHETHER WE CARE ENOUGH.

Actor BILL PULLMAN. He taught drama at the University of Montana, where he rose to department head at age 27. PULLMAN later made his acting debut in "Ruthless People." This year alone, he is featured in the films, "Casper," "While You Were Sleeping," and "The Last Seduction."

SIMON/ORANGE CUCUMBER: A CUCUMBER, NEW TO THIS COUNTRY, ORANGE WHEN CUT OPEN AND HIGH IN BETA CAROTENE, IS NOW GROWING VERY WELL AT THE USDA'S VEGETABLE CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, AND SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PHILLIPP SIMON, A RESEARCH GENETICIST IN CHARGE OF THE PROJECT.

Jazz Critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews Karl Denson''s new CD "Chunky Pecan Pie" (Minor Music).

NPR's Maria Hinojosa revisits a Cuban family she last saw boarding a makeshift raft headed towards the United States. Nine months later the family has settled in Miami, but they are far from happy with their new life.