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Noah talks with Bill Carrick, a democratic media consultant. His firm is Morris, Carrick and Guma. They talk about the flap over a fundraiser scheduled at the Playboy Mansion, President Clinton's apology for his behavior at an evangelical conference yesterday and the other fundraising scheduled this weekend. Mr. Carrick disagrees with the rumor that VP Gore is keeping Clinton away from his campaign.

NPR's Bob Mondello discusses of a trio of new French films. Their titles are: Alice and Martin, An Affair of Love and Girl on the Bridge.

NPR's Tom Goldman reports on the growing pressure on professional sports teams -- like the NFL's Washington Redskins -- to change their logos and mascots, which critics say disparage certain ethnicites.

Ellen Ciurczak of member station KQED reports that the California state senate has passed an emergency measure that would reduce the cost of electricity. The state assembly won't consider the bill until after next week's Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Under deregulation, electric bills for some Californians have doubled and even tripled this summer.

NPR's David Welna reports that yesterday President Clinton reflected on how the Monica Lewinsky scandal affected him. Clinton told a gathering of religious leaders in Illinois, that he made a "terrible mistake" and Al Gore should not be blamed for it.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on Russia's Olympians. Caught between the old state-sponsored Olympic team and the new quazi-privitized training programs, the Russian Olympic team will be jumping hurdles to come home with a medal from Sydney this year.

Linda and Noah read from the All Things Considered listener mailbag, including reactions to commentator Carol Wasserman's Aug. 8 essay on the realities of aging.

Commentator Dave Bean, an English teacher at Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine, wonders what's happened to Ricky Valarde, a student flirting with gangs and dropping out of school, who gets excited about climbing. He presses Bean to take him and they work in exchange for the gear. Bean goes climbing with him one last time, and learns they can count on each other.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Long Beach, California, where the Reform Party convention has split in two. Supporters of Pat Buchanan control the convention hall. Yesterday they refused entrance to delegates for John Hagelin, so Hagelin's supporters moved to another site, at a theater next door. It now appears there will be two different Reform Party presidential candidates.

Host Howard Berkes talks to Paul Giannaris (JEE-AHN-air-ihs) owner of Andy's Bait International in Toronto about the newest thing in fishing chartreuse earthworms that smell like garlic.