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As part of Teach For America Week, Scott Simon visits a fourth grade classroom to teach students about his job in public radio.

Lost amid the hype and hoopla of the Series is the game itself. Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about how the teams stack up.

Simon/Letters -- Scott reads mail from listeners.

More than 100 people were injured today and at least three killed in continuing violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Yesterday the U.N. General Assembly condemned Israel's excessive use of force against Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem

Delegates from some 22 Arab nations are meeting in emergency summit this weekend in Cairo to underline their support for the Palestinians. Although Libyan delegates left the summit, saying nothing concrete would result, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is trying to steer a moderate course among Arab neighbors and allies. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Cairo.

Commentator Mary McClintock Fulkerson says that there should be more, not less, discussion of the candidates' religious beliefs. If voters really knew about candidates' religious philosophies, she says, it would be an indicator how they might make decisions about governance.

Scott explores the role of the Alien Property Custodian with John Bendix, researcher for the Presidential Advisory on Holocaust Assets, and David Whitman, of U.S. News and World Report. This office of the U.S. Government retained the profits earned on works created by residents of the Axis power nations during --and after-- World War Two, in order to keep those funds out of the hands of the Nazis.

Simon/Gwen Verdon -- Scott remembers dancer, singer and actress Gwen Verdon.

Scott Simon remembers former U.S. Rep. Sidney Yates, who died last week.

Missouri voters have picked the winning candidate for President more often than any other state in the union. They've only gotten it wrong once in the past hundred years. But this year, how Missourians will vote is in question: popular Democratic Governor Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash earlier this week as he was campaigning for U.S. Senate. Now it's unclear who voters will be electing if they mark their ballots for Carnahan ... and that may hurt Vice-President Gore. NPR's David Welna reports