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Linda talks to historian W. Turrentine (rhymes with turpintine) Jackson about the early history of Wells Fargo; the company that extended passenger and mail delivery west of the Mississippi in the last century. American Express did want to go West, so Henry Wells and William Fargo started their own company, which ran the Pony Express and Wells Fargo Stagecoaches.

NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that President Clinton came on strong last night in his State of the Union address.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH REPORTER MALCOLM GLADWELL, WHO HAS WRITTEN AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE INEVITABILITY OF DISASTERS SUCH AS THE CHALLENGER EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED TEN YEARS AGO TOMORROW. SCOTT THEN CONTINUES WITH THOUGHTS ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on how the shutdown has begun to affect state governments that fulfill federal obligations like unemployment insurance. Private contractors who serve federal government clients are also in trouble. And many federal workers, such as scientists working on long-term projects, can't just pick up where they left off.

Music critic Charles de Ledesma reviews a new three CD set called "Outernational Metldown." Since the policy of aaprtheid ended in South Africa, the indigenous music of the townships and squatter camps has become less ghettoized, and now is being heard by a more internationasl audience. A team of musicians from London went to the new South Africa and teamed up with many local musicians famous only in their native lands. They recorded a series of sessions, now featured on these three CDs, just now released in the United States. STATIONS NOTE: "Outernational Meltdown" is produced by B&W Music; for information, call Scott Taves at 312-880-5375.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports on the execution by firing squad of John Albert Taylor in Utah, scheduled for just after midnight tonight. Utah is the only state that gives condemned prisoners the choice of a gunshot death. The execution is drawing attention to a lingering belief in Utah, called blood atonement.

deployment and the situation in Bosnia overall.

The leading edge of the Baby Boom Generation (b. between 1946 and 1964) turns 50 in the new year. The boomers were the first generation to grow up with television and television profited by offering the boomers an ever-changing picture of themselves: the child in an idealized all-American family like Donna Reed's, disaffected youths fighting for the greater good like the Mod Squad, young single working women trying to make it on their own, like Mary Richards, or sensitive males who were against the Vietnam War, personified by Hawkeye Pierce, in MASH. Recent attempts by the TV industry to program for a more youthful audience have not reaped the same rewards so Boomers may soon see themselves back at center stage on the small screen. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

In Washington, the massive snowstorm has extended the government shutdown that should have ended today. But the Supreme Court justices made it to work, and issued opinions. Doctors and other emergency personnel have been getting to their posts with the help of volunteers who own four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Red Cross is appealing for blood donors. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a new 3-CD box set of music by the Soprano Maria Callas, "Maria Callas at Juilliard--The Masterclasses"