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Daniel talks to Geraldine Youcha, author of "Minding the Children: Childcare in America form Colonial Times to the Present." She says that options we discuss for childcare today, such as federally funded daycare for children of working mothers and orphanages, have been tried in the past and that policymakers should look to history to examine the pros and cons of different childcare solutions.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Priest," the new movie that has been condemned by many in the religious community.

2: FRANK CARDON is one of three teenagers who was given a video camera for a year to record his daily life in North Philadelphia. His footage is part of the documentary, Teen Dreams. Cardon says he wanted to show a world composed of "a lot of angry people trying to survive."

SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT BASKETBALL-GREAT MICHAEL JORDAN AND THE CURRENT POPULARITY OF WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

2: Biographer DEIRDRE BAIR (pronounced "Bear") has written acclaimed biographies of Samuel Beckett (which won the 1981 National Book Award) and Simone de Beauvoir (listed as one of the top ten books of 1990 by The New York Times). BAIR's newest subject is writer and diarist Anais Nin. A reviewer in the Kirkus Reviews writes, "Bair's Nin emerges as the complex woman she was, a woman who inspired both wrath and passion in those whose paths crossed hers." Anais Nin: A Biography (published by G.P. Putnam).

inguist GEOFFREY NUNBERG has a review.

2: Interview with JIMMY CARTER continues. In this half, Terry talks with him about his poetry.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MAURIZIO GALLI, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GONDOLIERS ASSOCIATION AND A GONDOLIER OF PIAZZA SAN MARCO IN VENICE, ITALY, ABOUT THE NEW REQUIREMENT THAT GONDOLIERS WILL NOW NEED TO ATTEND A "DRIVING SCHOOL."

NPR'S PHILLIP DAVIS REPORTS ON EFFORTS BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO AMEND FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO GIVE NEW RIGHTS TO PROPERTY OWNERS AT THE EXPENSE OF IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports on the efforts by lobbyists to influence the tort reform debate in Congress. This week, the House of Representatives passed a measure which limits the dollar amount that juries can award plaintiffs who sue doctors and manufacturers.