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Daniel talks with Dr. Alexis Clare, a fiber optics specialist at Alfred University in New York, about the stealthy properties of polar bear hair. She explains that because the hair prevents the bear from emitting any body heat, polar bears resist detection by infrared devices. They also resist ultraviolet detection.

Craig speaks with Dr. Irwin Hyman, author of the book The Case Against Spanking. Dr. Hyman says if the United States banned spanking, the incidence of violence and child abuse would decrease. He strongly criticizes the continued use of corporal punishment in many school districts.

SCOTT SIMON HAS SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT BOXING.

Jamey Turner is many things. He's a professional clarinetist, he plays the wrench harp and the musical saw. He's also well known as one of those few individual who can actually make music from a table loaded with brandy snifters half filled with water...an instrument known as the glass harp. Joe visits with Mr. Turner to talk about just how all of this comes together to create music that is both beautiful and ethereal.

Jacki talks with Paul Wilkes, who writes about religon for the magazine Atlantic Monthly. Pope John Paul the Second just finished a tour of Asia looking very frail. Wilkes talks about the Pope's health and how the Vatican is already starting to talk about who will be the next Pope.

ROBERT RECTOR, policy analyst at the conservative think tank, Heritage Foundation . He is credited as being the driving force behind the rightward swing of the newest GOP welfare reform. He believes the welfare system creates illegitimacy and that, "the more you spend the more clientele for the programs you create." He also believes to bring people out of their "behavioral poverty" they need to work for their assistance.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE FILMS THE OSCAR COMMITTEE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IN THEIR NOMINATIONS.

SIMON/OLLIE THE COW: SCOTT SIMON AND BARRY LEVENSON COMMEMORATE TODAY'S 65TH UNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "FLYING" COW NAMED "ELM FARM OLLIE" AT THE ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIR EXPOSITION OF 1930. MR. LEVENSON IS THE CURATOR OF THE MOUNT HOREB MUSTARD MUSEUM AND FOUNDER OF ELM FARM OLLIE DAY, AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN MOUNT HOREB, WISCONSIN.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews two collections by country singer George Jones, plus a new release by Jones. The albums are "Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years" (Mercury), "The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country" (Epic) and "The Bradley''s Barn Sessions" (MCA).

This first half hour consists of three interview segments. One long one before the FLOATER, and then two shorter interviews:Writer and humanitarian ELIE WEISEL. WEISEL won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize for his message of "peace and atonement and human dignity." A concentration camp survivor, he has been the most impassioned and poetic supporter of efforts to memorialize the six million Jews who died in Hitler's death camps. He is author of many works, including "Night," "Dawn".and "Twilight." His most recent book is "The Forgotten," published in 1992 (Summit Books). WEISEL also has a new book that has been published in France, and will be published n the U.S. later this year. (REBROADCAST FROM 6/8/88)Documentary filmmaker MARCEL OPHULS. He is best known for his 1970 work "The Sorrow and the Pity," about the conduct of the French people during the Holocaust. He also made the film "Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie." His 1992 film "November Days," is about life behind the iron curtain and the changes underway in Europe since the fall of the Berlin wall. It was described as "the runaway hit of the 1991 Berlin Film Festival." (REBROADCAST FROM 5/7/92)Minimalist composer STEVE REICH. He talks about his 1989 piece "Different Trains." (Electra Nonesuch) It was comissioned by the Kronos Quartet and inspired by Reich's childhood memories of traveling across the country by train during the late 30s and early 40s. Reich says those memories have mingled with his later realization that at the same time Jews in Europe were traveling on trains to their deaths. REICH recently released a new version of his "Tehillim." (Electra Nonesuch). "The Cave," a multimedia piece composed with his wife, is due out later this year. (REBROADCAST FROM 3