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Danny treks around various sites in Washington,D.C., which is in the midst of a huge winter storm that's likely to deposit upwards of 20 inches of snow on the ground. He begins at the Capitol Building, where kids are sledding down the building's steps; then Danny talks with a meteorologist from the National Weather Service who says this storm may be one of the biggest ever in the mid-Atlantic region; finally, Danny visits a homeless shelter not far from Capitol Hill.

Daniel speaks with Marion Nestle about this past week's endoresment of vegetarian diets by the federal government. Nestle was on the USDA panel that issued the guidelines on vegetarian diets and she says that for many years there's been evidence to show that eating vegetarian is healthy.

Poet and storyteller Jim Heynan tells his story about a snowbound young boy who fears snow and fantasizes about spring.

decision to expel a Saudi dissident at the behest of the Saudi monarchy.

NPR's David Baron talks to meteorologists about the kinds of conditions that are necessary to produce a major snow storm. Experts say they're the same kind of conditions needed for an average storm, only more so.

In the first part of a series this week on the tortured politics of the Balkans, Noah speaks with Susan Woodward, author of Balkan Tragedy: Chaos and Dissolution After the Cold War. She offers a primer on who's who in the former Yugoslavia.

Danny, in copy, recalls, the life of Robert Cardin, a nine year old who died this past week. Cardin was one of the first infants in this country to receive a heart transplant, in 1986. He wasn't even a month old at the time of the transplant. Then, we hear a commentary by Dr. Robert Verghese, about "percussion," a medical technique in which a physician thumps a patient's body as part of an examination.

Nocebo - Daniel talks with Harvard's Dr. Herbert Benson about the "placebo effect". Basically, this effect is when people believe a medical procedure will help them and based on belief more than the procedure, the individual's health will actually improve. Benson discusses some of the most recent studies that show how belief affects the body physiologically and how physicians can use this information in the healing process.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that researchers at Stanford University have proposed a new theory for why we sleep. Although many theories have been put forth in the past to explain the purpose of sleep, none has been proven. The new theory proposes that sleep is necessary to replenish energy supplies for brain cells.

NPR's John Greenberg reports on an interview Hillary Rodham Clinton gave to NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. Mrs. Clinton discusses her troubles over the Whitewater and White House Travel office disputes.

Daniel speaks with Bob Marbourg, traffic reporter for the Washngton D.C. am news station WTOP. Marbourg explains the importance of driving slowly in snowy conditions and he has a few tips for drivers who dare to venture out when the weather's not at it's best.

Ballet dancer Jacques d'Amboise is among the performing artists who will be honored at the Kennedy Center here in Washington, D.C. tonight for outstanding achievement in the performing arts. d'Amboise made a career performing in George Balanchine's New York City Ballet. He then went on to found the National Dance Institute. Kim Kokich prepared this appreciation.

Linda talks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC's Wide World of Sports. The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Dallas Cowboys this weekend in the NFC Championship Game while the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Indianapolis Colts for the AFC title. Robin reviews the two match-ups and discusses the Australian Open.

This week President Clinton signed the National Highway Safety Bill. One of its provisions stops the Federal Government from threatening states that don't have a motorcycle helmet law. Discussions of whether or not to wear motorcycle helmets are controversial and Daniel uses the issue to examine the issue of public safety versus personal freedom.

as part of the media horde awaiting the big game Sunday in Tempe, Arizona.

on Utah's first execution by firing squad.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Martha Raddatz about the status of the American soldier who was wounded yesterday in Bosnia, and about the completion of a pontoon bridge just completed over the Sava River. The first of 20-thousand American troops today began crossing that bridge into Bosnia.

Laura Ziegler (f) reports that today marks the final installment of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. It's creator Bill Waterson has decided to end the strip after more than 10 years, because he wants to be free of deadline pressure when drawing his cartoons.

Linda speaks with Dr. Brian Ettinger, an endocronoligist with the Research Division of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California. Dr. Ettinger authored a study about the benefits of taking estrogen hormone pills. According to this new study, there is strong evidence that taking estrogen hormone pills offers protection against heart attacks and strokes in postmenopausal women. The study found that there was a 46 percent reduction in the rate of death from all causes in these women. Dr. Ettinger's study appears today in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

In a new report, activists say ICE systematically retaliates against them for their work, despite the agency's denials. Advocates want the Biden administration to officially forbid the practice.

Today at noon across the country, church bells were rung to mark a day of prayer for the U.S. and other NATO peacekeepers in Bosnia, and for those they protect. The event was called for by Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders nationwide.

Commentator Larry Magid says that all the hoopla over Windows '95 may have been just that. So far the new computer operating system hasn't really changed Larry's life -- at least not compared to what changed when he went from his IBM Selectric to his first computer.

Noah Adams talks to Dot Jackson, who lives by herself near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina. She says that she hasn't had power for two days because of the weather, but she isn't too cold because she has a wood stove. She says that whenever she goes to get wood, all the birds hiding from the cold in her woodpile fly out.

Daniel dips into our electronic and regular mail bag and reads letters from listeners.

Host Danny Zwerdling talks with Jim Goldberg about his photography exhibition "Raised By Wolves." For ten years, Goldberg photographed runaway kids in San Francisco and Hollywood. He's created a sad, yet compelling, document of kids in trouble. The photographs are currently at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Beginning early next year the exhibition travels to Andover (Ma.), Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Daytona Beach (Fl.). A companion book is published by Scalo press.