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One hundred years ago this weekend, Italian-American Gaetano Bresci assasinated the King of Italy, Umerto I. Scott speaks with Robert Viscusi who is a professor of English at Brooklyn College and President of the Italian-American Writers Association about the event.

Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's sports commentator Ron Rapoport about the surprising Chicago White Sox baseball team: surprising that they're playing so well, and because very few people in Chicago seem to care.

Scott speaks with Kitty Harmon about a new book she has edited called, Up to No Good, the Rascally Things Boys Do, as Told by Perfectly Decent Grown Men.

Scott Simon talks to Georgetown professor of biology Martha Weiss about the amazing frass flinging (caterpillar feces) abilities of the silver spotted skipper caterpiller.

Host Jacki Lyden talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon in Philadelphia, where Republicans are finalizing the 2000 GOP Platform. Except for the controversy over abortion, this year's platform has been softened and toned down from the party's statements in 1996. It reflects the tight hold the George W. Bush campaign has had over this year's convention.

Scott with some thoughts about when the public sector gets taken over by the private sector.

NPR's Laura Sydell reports on the increasing conversion of Latinos from Christianity to Islam. The number of Latinos Muslims remains small but mark a significant change. Sydell attended a gathering in Stockton California of Latino Muslims and has this report.

Scott speak with the "Math Guy," Keith Devlin, dean of science at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, about Archimedes' palimpsest. Auctioned off two years ago, the recycled parchment holds the first clue into the connection between math and science.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto about her first album Tanto Tempo. Bebel, 33, is daughter of Joao Gilberto, the legendary guitarist, who founded the Bossa Nova music style in Brazil more than 30 years ago. Bebel has spiced her collection of songs with the cool tones of Bossa Nova and a touch of electronic sounds from a diverse group of producers. (Tanto Tempo Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees 657036 1026-2)

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Cincinnati on the bus campaign tour that George W. Bush is taking on his way to the convention. Governor Bush has been met by enthusiastic crowds of supporters in Ohio. Today he'll attend rallies in Dayton and Columbus.