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Former Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin. He was a key diplomat in many US/Soviet conflicts including The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Racial disparities are deeply pronounced in state prisons across the nation – and some Western states top the list.

Data shows that people are seeking spaces beyond the country’s most popular national parks.

MILES remembers Chech musician Milan Hlavsa leader of the band The Plastic People of the Universe. He died on Jan 5th from cancer.

Bob Edwards talks with Andy Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about a new survey on American attitudes as a new president takes office.

More than two months after the election, TV news networks are still trying to figure out why they made so many mistakes in reporting the results. NPR's Lynn Neary looks at how the networks are trying to improve their coverage.

Historian Clayborne Carson is director of Stanford Universitys King Papers Project, dedicated to editing and publishing all the papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Carson is the co-editor of the new book A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (Warner Books) a collection of eleven speeches delivered at turning points in the civil rights movement.

Near the end of World War Two, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine, beginning a harrowing four-and-a-half day experience for the crew. As they waited for rescue, many of them were eaten by sharks. The ship's captain was later court martialed. But the crew felt the captain was unfairly accused. After fifty five years, Congress restored his honor. Noah Adams talks with Peter Maas, author of the forward to Abandon Ship: The Saga of the U.S.S.Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster, by Richard F. Newcomb, which has just been reissued. (8:00) Abandon Ship: The Saga of the U.S.S.Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster, by Richard F. Newcomb, is published by Harper Collins, December 2000. Maas is also author of The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History, a Harper Mass Market Paperback, published August 2000.

Scott talks with NPR's science correspondent David Kestenbaum about why depleted uranium is the source of so much controversy abroad.

Simon/Clef: Scott visits with hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean. Next Friday, Mr. Jean will be the first hip-hop act ever to headline a show at New York City's Carnegie Hall. Guests at the show will include Eric Clatpon, Whitney Houston and a group of young musicians from the Wyclef Jean Foundation. Wyclef Jean's most recent record is "The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book" (Columbia). More information on the Wyclef Jean Foundation can be found at www.wyclefjeanfoundation.org. (16:48) ((ST