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Robert discusses the history of chicken with John Steele Gordon, a contributing editor for "American Heritage." Gordon wrote "The Chicken Story," an article in the September issue of American Heritage. Gordon says chicken was considered a luxurious meal as recently as 60 years ago and cost about 10 dollars a pound in today's terms. Industrialization brought chicken prices down. Now there are eight chickens for every person in the US.

about the incarceration of Susan McDougal. The former business partner of President Clinton declined to cooperate with the court or independent Whitewater prosecutor, Kenneth Star.

difficulty in generating enthusiasm about his proposed tax cut. The strength of the economy and concern about the effect Dole's plan would have on the budget deficit seem to be taking the appeal from what usually is an attractive election year issue.

- Daniel talks with Edward Behr (BEAR) about the origins of Prohibition. America was "dry" from 1920 until 1933. During those 13 years Americans were unable to legally buy or sell alcoholic beverages. Behr says that, in part, Prohibition was white Anglo-Saxon America's attempt to suppress the new immigrants. Edward Behr is the author of "Prohibition:Thirteen Years That Changed America"

White House Correspondent Mara Liasson talks with political experts and voters at a recent Clinton rally about the issues that may confront the winner of the upcoming presidential election. Among the questions raised by the experts is whether or not President Clinton...if he wins in November... has fully prepared the country about his agenda for a second term.

Rock Critic ED WARD has part four of our five part series on the evolution of blues music in America. The music comes from the CD box: "The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers" (The Smithsonian Collection).INT. 2:Singer/songwriter ELVIS COSTELLO. Previously with the band The Attractions, he later went solo. Since then he has performed and recorded with The Brodsky Quartet and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. He''s written about 300 songs. His latest release is "All This Useless Beauty" (Warner Bros) which he recorded with The Attractions. (REBROADCAST from 6/4/96)REV. 2 Film critic JOHN POWERS review the new independent film "Swingers," about a group of young men trying to make it in Hollywood. REV. 3 TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new cop drama "EZ Streets" which premieres on CBS Sunday Night.

This year, the citizens of California have a dozen initiatives on the ballot in addition to their candidates for local and national office. These initiatives, if passed, create laws for the state without being passed through the state's legislature. Linda talks with David Magleby, a professor of political science at the Brigham Young University, about the history of the initiative process in state of California, and why the state (in some ways) leads the country in voting to enact new laws.

Weekend Edition's Daniel Schorr speaks with William Kristol, editor and publisher of The Weekly Standard, and Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprises Institute, about the remaining two-and-a-half weeks of the presidential campaign.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the threat posed to Haiti's fragile democracy by thousands of disgruntled former soldiers. There have been attacks against government targets by soldiers who are without jobs or money, and several former members of the military have been arrested on suspicion of plotting against the government of president Rene Preval.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Turkey on that country's concerns about the fighting between Kurdish factions in neighboring northern Iraq. The Turks have a Kurdish problem of their own, fighting a nationalist group they say is using the north of Iraq to launch attacks on Turkish targets. While Turkey wants a resolution to the Kurdish fighting, it doesn't necessarily back United States efforts to mediate an end to the conflict.