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NPR'S BRIAN NAYLOR REPORTS ON YESTERDAY'S PASSAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN-DRAFTED WELFARE REFORM PACKAGE.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH MEMBERS OF THE SAVAGE AURAL HOTBED, A MINNEAPOLIS-BASED INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH BAND THAT RECYCLES FOUND OBJECTS AND TURNS THEM INTO INSTRUMENTS. THE NEW CD IS OUT THIS WEEK - "COLD IS THE ABSENCE OF HEAT," MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PROSPECTIVE RECORDS - P.O. BOX 6425 - MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55406 (ULDC616 - E-MAIL: SAVAGEAURA@AOL.COM).

NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports on the fact that two out of three households cannot afford a computer. Experts say the technology gap between the haves and have nots is a growing problem for the nation's workforce.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

Karen Michel reports from New York on the stage adaptation of neurologist Oliver Sacks' book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat."

SIMON/RUBE GOLDBERG: THE 8TH ANNUAL NATIONAL RUBE GOLDBERG CONTEST WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY, AND WON BY A TEAM OF EIGHT PURDUE STUDENTS FOR DESIGNING AND BUILDING A GADGET THAT CAN TURN ON A RADIO IN THE MOST ELABORATE MANNER. SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH CHARLES KROUSGRILL (krowse-grill), PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, AND A JUDGE IN THE CONTEST.

Laura Seidel reports from New York on the extradition to Oklahoma of convicted double murderer Thomas Grasso. Grasso had been serving a sentence of 20 years to life in New York--a state with no death penalty--but is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma early tomorrow morning.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on conflicting feelings in Japan as the August anniversary of the end of World War Two approaches.

SIMON/TEAMSTERS-BASEBALL: THE TEAMSTERS, WHO REPRESENT DRIVERS FOR MANY OF THE U.S. BEER DISTRIBUTORS THAT DELIVER PRODUCTS TO 23 OF THE 26 MAJOR LEAGUE STADIUMS IN THE UNITED STATES, HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CROSS ANY PICKET LINES ORGANIZED BY STRIKING BASEBALL PLAYERS. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH TEAMSTERS UNION PRESIDENT RON CAREY.

SIMON/BERKELEY HOUSE: SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ARCHITECT EUGENE TSUI (t-SOU-ee) ABOUT A HOME HE DESIGNED AND IS CONSTRUCTING FOR HIS PARENTS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, WHICH HE SAYS IS "QUAKE-PROOF, FLOOD-PROOF, FIRE-PROOF AND TERMITE-PROOF."