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Scott speaks with Mike Bailey, the head alligator handler at the Seminole Okalee Indian Village in Hollywood, Florida, about the tribe's search for new alligator wrestlers to carry on the Seminole tradition.

Scott speaks with Keith Devlin, the "Math Guy," dean of science at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, about math capabilities. What makes Johnny add, subtract and do advanced calculus? Devlin says it's in the genes. (9:00) Keith Devlin's new book is titled The Math Gene. (Basic

NPR's Margot Adler reports on the various protest groups that showed up in New York for the Millennium Summit this week.

Authorities conducting a drug raid in Colombia, outside Bogota, found drug runners were constructing a submarine large enough to smuggle 200 tons of cocaine. Linda talks with Ruth Morris, who covered the story for the Los Angeles Times.

Linda talks to Sports Columnist Bud Collins about the US Open Tennis Championships in Flushing Meadows, New York, and how the men's and women's finals are shaping up. (3:45) Info on the Internet at http://www.usopen.org.

Linda talks with Andy Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the polls indicating the standings in the Presidential race, and how the gender gap is playing a part in the race this year.

Turkey has been waging its own war against the religious right for years, and now the long-running political battle is heating up again. But some Turkish politicians fear harsh moves against Islamist leaders now could jeopardize the country's bid to join the European Union. Chris Morris reports from Ankara.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator on Rapoport about the impact of minority athletes Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Tiger Woods.

NPR'S Julie McCarthy reports from London on the continuing campaign of protests against high fuel prices in Britain. Protestors are blockading nine refineries, and panic buying is depleting gasoline supplies at the pump. Prime Minister Tony Blair said his government has told oil companies to get their tankers moving -- and ordered police to protect drivers from intimidation.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times about the Toronto International Film Festival. Turan says the festival is timed just right as a preview for the fall movie season. Turan says movies like Pollock, about the abstract painter Jackson Pollock...and State of Maine, a satire about Hollywood coming to a small New England town, are something for movie-goers to look forward to.