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Daniel talks to Leslie Savin, advertising critic for The Village Voice. She says that there is a new trend in t.v. advertising to convince viewers that they can assert their individuality by buying mass market products... Red Dog beer and Saab cars.

Daniel speaks with students here in Washington, and with former New Jersey governor Tom Kean (kane) about rising tuition costs at America's universities. Kean, who's now president of Drew University says that state and federal budget cutbacks have pushed up tuition and forced students to take on more and more debt in the form of student loans.

FROM LONDON, NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON BRITISH AUTHOR MARTIN AMIS' NEW NOVEL CALLED "THE INFORMATION," WHICH LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND BUSINESS OF FICTION.

With the nation pondering the future of Welfare many politicians have focused on what has become known as the family cap...a cap on the amount of money a family in welfare can receive even if the mother has more babies.. Tony Randolph reports from member station WBGO in Newark...

We play an excerpt from a program which was broadcast on VE-Day, 1945. 'On a Note of Triumph' was written and produced by Norman Corwin, one of the most famous radio producers of his day.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK TALKS WITH LAWRENCE CHIMERINE (SHIM-er-een), AN ANALYST AT THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ABOUT YESTERDAY'S COLLAPSE OF 20 MONTHS OF TRADE TALKS WITH JAPAN.

CHADWICK/BYRD: CHADWICK/BYRD: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH SENATOR ROBERT BYRD, DEMOCRAT FROM WEST VIRGINIA, ABOUT WHY THE SENATOR QUOTED FROM ALL SHAKESPEARE'S THIRTY SEVEN PLAYS WHILE SPEAKING FROM THE SENATE FLOOR LAST YEAR.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK TALKS WITH DR. JANE GOODALL, WHO HAS BEEN CALLED THE "PATRON SAINT OF CHIMPANZEES," ABOUT HER LIFE AND HER WORK. (JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE - 1-800-592-JANE - BOX 599, RIDGEFIELD, CT. 06877)

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NBC SERIES "LAW & ORDER, A SHOW THAT HAS SURVIVED A COMPLETE CAST CHANGE SINCE ITS' PREMIER IN 1990.

President Clinton today announced the closing of a two-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue next to the White House. The decision was taken to enhance security at the executive mansion. Danny opens the show from Pennsylvania avenue, describing what the new space looks like, and talking to people there to get their reaction.