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Actor and director KENNETH BRANAGH (rhymes with "Savannah"). He stars as Lago in the new film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. We feature excerpts from two interviews with BRANAGH from our archives. Branagh's films include a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth, with himself in the title role, "Dead Again," a psychological thriller starring Branagh and Emma Thompson, and Much Ado About Nothing," also starring himself. Branagh was born in Northern Ireland, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, spent two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as acting, managing, and directing other groups and working on several BBC productions. (Rebroadcast from interviews recorded in 1989, and 1991.

Producer Ginna Allison sends us this story of one of the most famous of American folk songs, "John Henry", and of the man and community behind it. John Henry was a black railroad worker who's said to have died after outperforming a mechanized railroad spike driver back in the 19th century. He is said to have come from Talcott (pronounced: TALL-cut), a small town in West Virginia. Allison brings us the voices of Talcott's people...and the music of Doc Watson and John Cephas...which echo the exploits of John Henry, and reveal how the racially diverse community views the song, the town's history, and each other.

NPR'S SCIENCE REPORTER JOE PALCA TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE TOP SCIENCE STORIES OF THE YEAR

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on a new book that contains information for parents who are looking for quality alternative schools for their children.

Independent filmmaker JOSEPH VASQUEZ. His movie, "Hangin' With The Homeboys," was a semi-autobiographical movie about Vasquez' home neighborhood in the South Bronx. He won a 1991 Sundance Film Festival award for the screenplay, which he wrote in three days. VASQUEZ died earlier this week of complications related to the AIDS virus. He had recently finished work on a new film, "Manhattan Meringue." (REBROADCAST from 6/

NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER REPORTS ON EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN BOSNIA

Jacki talks with Aziz Abu-Hammad of the Middle East Human Rights Watch about the potential for political instability in Saudi Arabia. The bombing of an American run military training facility a few weeks ago has raised eyebrows and created a sense that opposition to the Royal family in Saudi Arabia may be growing.

Concert with REBECCA KILGORE continues.A preview of tomorrow's concert with DAVE FRISHBERG. TERRY GROSS talks about the upcoming show and plays a song.

2: Concert with DAVE FRISHBERG continues.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports from the White House on President Clinton's first meeting with the new Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Though Clinton favored the election of Netanyahu's more moderate opponent in last May's election, both he and the new Prime Minister sought to patch up their differences and reaffirm traditional US-Israeli solidarity.