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Scott speaks with the "Doyenne of Dirt," Ketzel Levine, about her new book: Plant This, published by Sasquatch Books.

It was 204 years ago this week that America's first president announced to the nation he would not seek a third term in office. George Washington had entered office a war hero but had become discouraged by newspaper attacks on his character. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Washington biographer Willard Sterne Randall about how Washington's departure paved the way for a two-party system and for a tradition of attacks on character.

Scott speaks with Paul Moore, who was the FBI's chief China analyst for 20 years, and with Jonathan Turley, who teaches law at George Washington University, about the Justice Department's handling of the case against Wen Ho Lee.

Another lawsuit against the gun industry has been dismissed in Illinois, NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

Host Scott Simon talks with author and Olympic historian David Wallchinsky about what it takes to add a new sport to the Olympics, and which sports are currently contenders for future games.

Participants of a strange competition called the Eco-Challenge were exposed to leptospirosis, a rare bacterial illness. Scott speaks with Trisha Middleton is with Eco-Challenge Productions, which organized the event in Borneo.

NPR's Steve Inskeep and Anthony Brooks speak with host Jacki Lyden about the Gore and Bush campaigns this week. They answer questions from our listeners about candidates' positions on issues not mentioned during campaign appearances.

Former Los Alamos nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee was released from prison this week. Fifty-eight of fifty-nine charges were dropped. NPR's Guy Raz spoke with scientists in the Los Alamos area who wonder if investigators for the Justice Department misunderstood Lee's actions from the start.

Bellamy Pailthorp of member station KPLU in Seattle has a profile of 16 year old jazz piano prodigy Aaron Parks.

Jody Becker of Chicago Public Radio reports on a thorny environmental case being heard next month by the U.S. Supreme Court. It involves the right of some Chicago suburbs to build a landfill on land that's being used by migratory birds. Some environmental activists warn that the court could use the case to gut the landmark Clean Water Act.