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SCOTT SPEAKS WITH KAY REDFIELD JAMISON, AUTHOR OF "AN UNQUIET MIND: A MEMOIR OF MOODS AND MADNESS." JAMISON IS A PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. THE BOOK IS ABOUT HER OWN STRUGGLE WITH MANIC-DEPRESSION. 13:00 (Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New

TODAY MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST IMPLANTATION IN A HUMAN OF AN ARTIFICIAL HEART. DR. BARNEY CLARK LIVED FOR 112 DAYS AFTER THE OPERATION. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH DR. JOHN WATSON OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH ABOUT THE ADVANCES IN THIS TECHNOLOGY OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS.

ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALKS ABOUT THE MOVIE "MONEY TRAIN" AND THE RECENT ATTACKS ON NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY TELLERS. THE ATTACKS RESEMBLE AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE FILM.

WEEKEND EDITION RE-RUNS ITS FINAL STORY CELEBRATING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHOW. THIS STORY WAS REPORTED FROM SARAJEVO BY SCOTT SIMON IN 1993 AND TELLS HOW PEOPLE IN THAT WAR TORN CITY, WHEN FACED WITH VERY LITTLE FOR THEMSELVES, MANAGED TO KEEP THEIR PETS ALIVE, AS WELL.

SIMON/ BOWLING: SCOTT TALKS WITH DON GILLIS, WHOSE CANDLEPIN BOWLING SHOW WILL END ITS 37 YEAR, 2 MONTH RUN ON BOSTON'S CHANNEL 5 NEXT MONTH.

Alan Cheuse reviews the recently re-printed historical novel "The Keepers of the House" by Shirley Ann Grau. Grau was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1965 for this novel. The book is published by Louisiana State University and is part of the Voices of The South Series.

SCOTT SPEAKS WITH FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS ABOUT A NEW INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN HE'S HEADING -- LAUNCHED FRIDAY ON CAPITOL HILL HERE IN WASHINGTON, TO REDIRECT MILITARY SPENDING TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

HORTICULTURALIST KETZEL LEVINE HAS SOME HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR GARDNERS....AND AN ANSWER TO THOSE WHO QUESTIONED THE PROPRIETY OF HER LAST APPEARANCE ON OUR PROGRAM.

to return as a pre-condition for a lasting peace. But after nearly three decades of Israeli occupation, thousands of Israeli civilians now live on the Heights, and they don't want to leave.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on Texas Senator Phil Gramm, who has been campaigning for the Republican nomination for president for well over a year and the first big test comes Feb. 12 in the Iowa caucuses. That will be his chance to see if he can close the gap between himself and Senator Bob Dole, who is presumed to be well ahead of all the other GOP contenders. Gramm is confident he can show his candidacy gaining strength. With a message designed to win over fiscal and social conservatives, Gramm says he's the candidate best able to carry out the Republican agenda, and that the key to his viability is carrying out the promises his party made in 1994.