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NPR's Eric Weiner reports that drag queens will be a feature of the Olympic closing ceremonies in Sydney. The thought that somehow drag queens are associated with all things Australian has a lot of people up in arms but others say female impersonation has a long history in Australia and deserves to be represented in tomorrow's events.

Wabash College professor Melissa Butler discusses her freshman tutorial, The Great American Game.

Scott talks with food critic Phyllis Richman about the FDA's inquiry into the safety of cheese made with raw milk.

For the third straight day there is violence in Jerusalem, with as many as 12 casualties today and hundreds of injuries. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

Scott remembers former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who died this week.

NPR's Anne Garrels tells the story of documentary filmmaker Kate Wenner's last months with her father as he was battling stomach cancer. In the course of videotaping hours of conversations, her father confessed a traumatic family secret that had haunted him since childhood.

Commentator Joe Wright went to an experimental school when he was a child. At first, they had no rules, but as time went on, the instructors needed to add rules so that things didn't get out of hand. When he was older, he moved to San Francisco, where there were lots of adults who were trying to get rid of rules. But Joe found that sometimes you need rules -- not a lot, just a few. (4:00)

Banning Eyre has a review of Un Gran Dia en el Barrio, or A Great Day in the Neighborhood, by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. The band is made up of veteran New York musicians, but they play together for the first time on this new CD. (Atlantic Records ASIN: B00006IZNW ) (4:00)

Democrats are trying to galvanize voters in favor of abortion rights after Texas Republicans enacted controversial new restrictions. Their first major test is in Virginia's race for governor.

Racial justice protesters in Portland, Ore., are having trouble advancing lawsuits pushing for accountability a year after they say federal law enforcement used harsh tactics against them.