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Host Rene Montagne talks with two friends of music pioneer Tracey Sterne. Sterne introduced listeners to 20th century American composers as well as traditional music from around the world. A new double-CD set honors both her work at Nonesuch Records and her earlier career as a concert pianist.

Palestinian peace negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. She is a member of the advisory board for the Council on Foreign Relations, the World Bank Middle East and Africa Regions and the UN Research Institute for Social Development. Ashrawi is the author of several publications supporting an independent and self-governing Palestine.

N-P-R's Martin Kaste reports on Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez. Chavez is notorious for his long lectures, so much so that he's earned the nickname El Profesor. But his strategy of addressing the public often has made Venezuelans feel more involved in their government. Sixty percent of the population supports the president, and his new political ideology.

Israeli journalist David Horovitz is the editor of Jerusalem Report, has just released a new book A Little Too Close to God (Knopf). It chronicles the last 20 years he's spent living in Israel. It also examines the ramifications of the country's history on its culture. He was the recipient of the B'nai B'rith International Award for journalism in 1994.

Israeli peace negotiator Uri Savir. He is the Director General at the Peres Center for Peace. A member of the Knesset, he was Chief Israeli Negotiator at the Oslo Peace Accord.

Throughout this campaign year, education has ranked among the top concerns of voters -- especially those suburban women who often cross party lines and decide electoral outcomes. NPR's David Welna went to the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights to talk to moms with school-age children in a neighborhood George W. Bush visited this week.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Mahmoud Zahar, a leader for Hamas, about resolving differences between Hamas and Chairman Arafat's Palestinian Authority. Zahar says both groups now believe in retaliation against Israel for recent Palestinian deaths. In the past, the Palestinian Authority has promoted negotiation rather than acts of violence. Hamas has always believed in resisting the Israelis with force.

Linda and Noah read some of the listener mail received during the past week.

NPR's Charles Maynes reports form Moscow that divers are beginning to recover bodies from the Kursk, the Russian nuclear submarine that sank in the Berents sea three months ago. All 118 crew members were killed in Russia's worst naval disaster ever.

Colorado Public Radio's Howie Movshovitz reports on the remake of the classic Brazilian film, Black Orpheus. Unlike the original, the new movie plays up to the reality of black life in Brazil, including the violence and the poverty, and uses the backdrop of Carnival to highlight the discrepancies in Brazilian society.