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Commentator Sister Maureen Fiedler on the movie, "Dead Man Walking." She says Susan Sarandon's portrayal of a nun was superlative. She was pleased to see a nun on the screen who wasn't garbed in the traditional habit with downcast eyes. Rather, the character in the movie was a living, breathing, very human woman.

SCOTT TALKS WITH SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT ABOUT THE DEAL THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE STRUCK WITH THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. THE BROWNS ARE LEAVING THE CITY AND THE LEAGUE IS COMPENSATING CLEVELAND FOR ITS LOSS.

NPR's Dan Charles reports that researchers are trying to develop new ways to use computers to help disabled people. Blind people are already using computers to compensate for their disability. Researchers say they could have a wide variety of other applications.

Robert and Linda read letters from listeners.

The House and Senate passed a sweeping telecommunications bill. It will allow local and long-distance telephone companies and cable companies branch out into each others' business. It would also deregulate cable rates and make it easier for media companies to expand their holdings. NPR's Philip Davis reports.

Robert and Linda play excerpts from the favorite songs of six of the Republican Presidential Hopefuls and ask the audience to NAME THAT CANDIDATE!

Commentator Mickey Edwards tries to make sense out of who is endorsing whom among the pack of Republican presidential contenders.

Robert talks with Hamid Araghie (aw-RAW-ghee), a journalist in Tehran about the arrival of Minister Louis Farrakhan in Iran and the reaction to a speech Farrakhan made yesterday at a rally celebrating the 1979 deposition of the Shah.

2: Actor, director & writer SIMON CALLOW. He's written a new acclaimed biography of Orson Welles, Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (Viking). CALLOW has appeared on stage and in many films, including "Four Weddings and a Funeral." He's also written two books on acting and a biography of Charles Laughton. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES through THIS HALF

Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth University, about the results of the Iowa caucuses and what they might mean for the New Hampshire Primary one week from today.