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SCOTT SIMON MUSES ABOUT CHANGES THAT WILL BRING MORE HONESTY TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

SCOTT TALKS WITH EARTHA KITT, THE SULTRY VETERAN OF STAGE, SCREEN, AND NIGHTCLUBS, ABOUT HER NEW CD--THE FIRST SHE HAS RECORDED IN THIS COUNTRY IN 20 YEARS. "EARTHA KITT - BACK IN BUSINESS," DRG RECORDS, 91431.

SCOTT TALKS WITH MEXICAN POLITICAL ANALYST DENISE DRESSER ABOUT THE DISHEARTENING EFFECT MEXICO'S ECONOMIC CRISIS IS HAVING ON THAT COUNTRY'S ONCE-HIGH HOPES FOR PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL PEACE.

SIMON/THE NATION: AMERICA'S OLDEST WEEKLY MAGAZINE CHANGED OWNERSHIP THIS WEEK. "THE NATION," FOUNDED IN 1865, WAS PURCHASED BY A GROUP HEADED BY THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR, VICTOR NAVASKY. THE GROUP INCLUDES NOVELIST E.L. DOCTOROW AND ACTOR PAUL NEWMAN.

HOST SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FRANK J. TIPLER, AUTHOR OF "THE PHYSICS OF IMMORTALITY." DR. TIPLER IS A PHYSICIST WHO SAYS HE, AN ATHEIST, HAS SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH NORMAN ORNSTEIN, FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE, AND THOMAS MANN, FROM THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION. BOTH ARE AT THE "CONFERENCE FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE 104TH CONGRESS" IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND THEY'LL BE DISCUSSING THE NEW CONGRESS.

NPR'S DEAN OLSHER REPORTS ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWO GREAT JAZZMEN WHO DIED RECENTLY: JESS STACY, WHO PLAYED PIANO WITH THE BENNY GOODMAN BAND IN THE 1930S, AND CONNIE KAY, THE DRUMMER WITH THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET SINCE 1955.

SCOTT HAS SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS WEEK'S BROUHAHA IN THE WAKE OF CONNIE CHUNG'S QUESTIONING OF NEWT GINGRICH'S MOTHER.

SIMON/LAGAZIO: SCOTT TALKS WITH ITALIAN BARON CARLO LAGAZIO. HE'S A LITTLE SHORT OF FUNDS, SO HE'S PUTTING HIS TITLE ON THE MARKET. ASKING PRICE: $61,000.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a crime prevention program in California that receives federal funds from President Clinton's crime bill--funds that are threatened by Republican members of Congress.