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Daniel speaks with Gavan Dawes, author of "Prisoners of the Japanese, POW's of World War two in the Pacific," about how the American military killed thousands of American soldiers in the Pacific by bombing Japanese ships which were holding American prisoners of war.

SUNDAY ATC RUNDOWN Host: Daniel Zwerdling Newscaster: Barbara Campbell News (2:59)

Boutros - Daniel speaks with United Nations General Secretary Boutros Boutros Gali about the UN's predicament in Bosnia. Gali says that a negotiated settlement is still the best way to resolve the conflict, and that he is committed to keeping U-N peacekeepers in the region.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS, AGAIN, WITH LEE DAVIDSON, WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT FOR SALT LAKE CITY'S DESERET NEWS, ABOUT NEW REVELATIONS IN HIS STORY LAST OCTOBER ABOUT NUCLEAR TESTS IN UTAH AND NEVADA IN THE 50'S AND 60'S THAT INVOLVED A SERIES OF MELTDOWNS.

NPR'S DAVID WELNA REPORTS FROM MEXICO CITY THAT REVELATIONS THAT MEXICANS, AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY, HAVE THEIR PHONES TAPPED HAS TOUCHED OFF A DEBATE ABOUT THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY FROM GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.

Michael talks with television reporter Jane Olsen from WRIC about the controversy in Richmond, Virginia surrounding the erection of a stature of Arthur Ashe. Ashe, who won Wimbledon 20 years ago this month was a native of Richmond and many people want to erect his statue on Monument Avenue, the site of many civil war monuments. But some say he neither belongs there nor should stand with the very people who sought to oppress his race.

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LISTENER MAIL.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH SINGER-SONGWRITER JOHN PRINE ABOUT HIS LIFE, CAREER, AND ABOUT HIS NEW CD "LOST DOGS AND MIXED BLESSINGS" ON OH BOY! RECORDS - (33 MUSIC SQUARE WEST, SUITE 102A, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37203).

NPR'S MARGOT ADLER REPORTS ON THE LIVES OF AMERICAN MILITARY BRATS AND THE ORGANIZATION CALLED "MILITARY BRATS OF AMERICA," (P.O. BOX 1165, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10159), WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE A HOMEBASE FOR THESE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO'VE NEVER HAD ONE.

Jacki talks to Po Bronson, author of "The Bombadeers," a novel about stock market traders. He says that as the world of Wall Street is so claustrophobic he felt the need to write the novel in a small closet to recreate his work atmostphere.