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Commentator Jeffrey Tayler was in the Belarusian town of Polatsk. He opted to spend the evening at the restaurant in his hotel. As he writes in his journal, he was pulled into the drunken conversation of two young women. The women mistake him for a Pole, and take offense at his unwillingness to share their bottle of vodka with him.

Scott speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea, who is covering Al Gore's presidential campaign as he makes his way to the Democratic convention in Los Angeles.

Scott speaks with Jim Nayder, host of the radio feature The Annoying Music Show, about music for weddings.

NPR's Bob Mondello takes a look back at the life and career of actress Loretta Young. Young, who won an Oscar Award in 1947 for her role in The Farmer's Daughter, died today of ovarian cancer.

Host Jacki Lyden opens up our mailbag, and reads some of our listeners' letters.

NPR's Aaron Schacter reports that as the Democrats prepare to open their convention this Monday, groups of activists are holding their own conventions. But unlike the multi-million dollar affair taking place at Staples Center, this group of activists decry the influence of money in politics - and the two-party system itself.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks Tom Santaniello, who at 17, is the youngest delegate attending the Democratic Convention. Santaniello has been involved in politics in his home state of South Carolina since he was an 8th grader, just four years ago. As a class assignment, he had to write to someone famous he admired. While others wrote to sports heroes, he wrote to Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-SC). Since then, he's been volunteering on campaigns, and has attended state party conventions.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with New York Times Magazine reporter Benjamin Weiser. One of his recent articles gives a detailed account of one man's harrowing journey. Diagnosed schizophrenic Kerry Sanders was falsely imprisoned for two years, a sentence that should have been served by Robert Sanders, a fugitive with a long criminal history.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of Robert Altman's film Nashville. Altman discusses his film career with Jacki Lyden. The director of M*A*S*H and The Player has been nominated for Academy Awards four times.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with host Jacki Lyden about Vice President Al Gore's recent visit to Silent Spring author Rachel Carson's estate. Gore, a long-time crusader for a clean environment, spent time at the author's estate, and said her book helped to get him interested in environmentalism.