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Linda talks with Max Castro, a senior researcher at the University of Miami North-South Center. Mr. Castro, a cuban exile himself, disagrees with the core of the Cuban community in Miami who support tough sanctions of Cuba. He says no sanctions have ever worked against other countries and Fidel Castro will not be overthrown by the implementation of policies such as the U-S is now proposing.

A look at the Campaign trail for the presidency in Russia. Robert speaks with Scott Bruckner, director of the Moscow Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the start of the Russian campaign for president. Bruckner does not see an easy campaign ahead for Boris Yelstin, who, after firing two top aides, potentially damaged loyalty among liberal reformers.

NPR's Ina Jaffe visits a treatment center in southern California where survivors of traumatic head injury relearn some of the basics of day-to-day living. Improvements in surgery and emergency medical care have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of brain-injured people, but at the same time created a need for a special kind of "rehabilitation of the mind."

Robert talks with Barry Eisenstein M.D., Vice President of Science and Technology for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, about his hospital's participation in creating an international tissue bank. They will be asking patients for permission to sell tissue left over from surgery. The tissue will be used by scientists worldwide for genetic research.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Idaho on the start of a trial that could handicap the Aryan Nation. Two years ago, members attacked a woman and her son as they drove past the entrance to the hate group's compound. The Southern Poverty Law Center is trying to tie the actions of the groups' followers to their leader, Richard Butler.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on what happened behind-the-scenes at last night's presidential debate in Boston, Massachusetts. Spin doctors from both Democratic and Republican camps converged on the media center, hoping to influence coverage of the debate. The spin control began even before the candidates made their final remarks.

Linda talks to Andy Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, about the most recent survey on voter attitudes towards the presidential campaign. The poll shows more voters concerned about issues rather than personality. Gore is rating higher on the issues than Bush, even among some Republicans.

Linda talks with Youk Chhang (YOLK CHANG) about the death of Pol Pot from Phnom Penh. Chang is executive director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia. Chang has been working with researchers to document the deaths of approximately two million Cambodians killed under Pol Pot, former leader of the Khmer Rouge.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about voting since Trump's false claims about election integrity led many states to enact laws restricting voting access.

Robert talks to two actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, who are here in Washington performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Kennedy Center. They are Desmond Barrit, who plays Bottom, and Lindsay Duncan, who plays Titantia. Barrit was an accountant until he was 35 years old and then became on actor on a bet.