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WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TAKES A LOOK AT VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY, PAST AND PRESENT, WITH AND LLOYD CUTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 1969 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, AND REPRESENTATIVE BILL McCOLLUM (R-FL), CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, WHICH HELD THIS WEEKS HEARING ON TERRORISM.

Jacki talks with former senator John Danforth about the need for social security reform. Danforth says that by the year 2029, if not before, the social security program will be bankrupt and that entitlement programs will consume all federal taxes. Danforth faults politicians for not having the courage to stake their political futures on addressing this issue.

STAMBERG/WINDSURFERS: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG TALKS WITH JIM MARTIN, FOUNDER OF "CALL OF THE WIND," A NEW SERVICE THAT BEEPS WINDSURFERS WHEN THE WIND IS RIGHT.

Jacki talks with James Bicknell of Seattle about his marketing kits that will store DNA. DNA is the genetic code in chromosomes of living plants and animals. Every living thing has a unique and distinct code. Bicknell is selling kits for people to save their DNA for future reference...maybe thousands of years.

HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH RAYMOND A. SCHROTH, AUTHOR OF "THE AMERICAN JOURNEY OF ERIC SEVAREID" PUBLISHED BY STEERFORTH PRESS.

ECONOMY: HOST SUSAN STAMBERG SPEAKS WITH JOE NOCERA, BUSINESS COLUMNIST FOR GQ MAGAZINE ABOUT A HUGE BUYOUT IN HOLLYWOOD. SEAGRAMS, THE HUGE LIQUOR COMPANY, IS EXPECTED TO PURCHASE MCA... MCA OWNS UNIVERSAL PICTURES, UNIVERSAL THEME PARKS AND TWO BIG RECORD COMPANIES.

HOST ALEX CHADWICK AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PAUL PATTERSON, HEAD OF COMPOSITION AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN LONDON, ABOUT A WORK BY HUNGARIAN COMPOSER GYORGY (Gzeorgze) LIGETI (LIH-gih-tee), PERFORMED LAST WEEK AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPOSERS FESTIVAL IN LONDON SO DIFFICULT TO PLAY...IT HAD TO BE PERFORMED BY A COMPUTER.

CHADWICK/TALK RADIO: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH PUBLISHER AND EDITOR MICHAEL HARRISON OF "TALKERS MAGAZINE." MR. HARRISON SAYS THAT TALK RADIO WAS AWARE OF THE RESENTMENTS TOWARDS GOVERNMENT THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE BOMBING IN OKLAHOMA CITY WELL BEFORE MAINSTREAM PRESS.

NEVA GRANT REPORTS FROM PARIS ON THE STORY OF A MOST IMPORTANT TEST FOR PEOPLE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE. WHEN JOB HUNTERS GO FOR INTERVIEWS, MANY COMPANIES JUDGE THEM NOT ONLY ON HOW THEY LOOK AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS, THEY ALSO REPLY ON GRAPHOLOGY...AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERSON'S HANDWRITING.