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Noah Adams talks with our poetry critic Cathy Bowman about Quincy Troupe and his latest book of poetry called Avanlanche. The book is published by Coffee House Press.

to make private pensions safer and more available to working Americans. The proposal comes just a day after a rather similar Republican proposal to bolster pensions.

Scott speaks with NPR's Eric Weiner about the upcoming Israeli elections.

Scott talks with Sandy Perceval in Scotland about the cigars in his cellar which turned out to be 132 years old.

SCOTT VISITS THE CYCLORAMA OF JERUSALEM... A TOURIST ATTRACTION - OR IS IT A RELIGIOUS SHRINE? - IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.

The disease could mean a shortage of pasta.

Noah talks with David Lamb, author of "Over the Hills," about his trip across the country on his bike. He began the ride in Virginia and ended it on the Santa Monica pier in California. Lamb describes his junk food diet and pack a day smoking that sustained him for the journey. "Over the Hills: A Midlife Escape Across America by Bicycle," is published by Times Books: NY, 1996.

2: An excerpt from the new public radio program "This American Life" by Ira Glass. Miles Davis' biographer shares his memories, and funny stories about Davis. "This American Life" premiers nationally in June. (THIS CONTINUES AFTER THE 1:00

NPR's Joe Palca reports on scientists researching the brain's cerebellum for possible new uses.

Heavy rains have caused flooding in three Midwestern states. Hundreds of residents who live along the Mississippi have been evacuated from their homes. Robert Siegel talks with East St. Louis mayor Gordon Bush about floods which have inundated his city.