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NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with host Jacki Lyden about today's decision by the PLO to postpone a declaration of statehood for at least two months. PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat had said the Palestinians would formally declare statehood on September 13th.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with French farmer and activist Jose Bove, who is in Madison, Wisconsin this weekend attending a conference titled, "Taste, Technology and Terroir: A Transatlantic Dialogue on Food as Culture." ("Terroir" means the relationship between food and the land.)

Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR science reporter David Kestenbaum about whether or not the hottest item of Olympic clothing will really help athletes swim faster or just make them look faster.

NPR reporter Martin Kaste visits the beachs of Copacabana and Ipanema where Brazil's beach volleyball teams practice for the Olympics. The women's team is the favorite going into the games, which will be played for the first time this year on real sand.

Host Jacki Lyden reads leaders from listeners.

Most people don't think of rivers when they think of Los Angeles, but in fact, the city does have one. And as Laura Sydell reports, activists are working hard to beautify that body of water which has become much more closely associated with scary scenes in movies than a bucolic retreat for local residents.

Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR's Julie Rovner about the health care proposals from presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush. Rovner says that while Universal Health Care Coverage was the buzz word in health care reform some years ago, there's been little mention of it this election season - except from Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.

NPR's John Nielsen reports that a new study of hurricanes in the U.S. shows many more people have died far inland than along the coasts when storms hit. That's because storm surges catch them by surprise, in their cars.

Mitch Teich of member station KNAU reports on the efforts to get the Havasupai tribe hooked up to the Internet. The Havasupai make up the only town inside the Grand Canyon. But steep canyon walls and extreme weather have made Internet access difficult until now.

We ask listeners for their questions for the Presidential candidates.