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Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Daniel Schorr about his new book, Staying Tuned: A Life in Journalism. Schorr is currently an NPR news analyst, but in 60 years of journalism, he has worked a lot of beats, and collected a lot of stories. (8:58

Among the thousands of scholars attending the 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which starts today at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, is Arthur Samplaski. A lecturer of music theory at Ithaca College, Samplaski gives talks to lay audiences on the glories of Medieval Music -- and claims he can cover 600 years of music in an hour. Morning Edition asked him if he could cover six hundred years in six MINUTES--and he said yes. He covers the years 1000 to 1600, complete with examples. (7:10) For more information on the music used in this segment, visit the discography Web page.

All Things Considered remembers a 30-year-old who did not make it to our birthday: Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. It was torn down on Feb. 11, 2001 to make room for a new, retro ballpark.

A montage about all of the technological changes 30-year-olds have seen in their lives.

Noah Adams and Linda Wertheimer read from some of this week's listener letters. (3:45) Send letters to Letters, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 635 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20001. Or send e-mail to atc@npr.org.

Japanese authorities are trying to determine the identity of a man who tried to sneak into the country on a fake passport. It is thought that he might be Kim Jong Nam, the 29- year-old son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Linda Wertheimer speaks with Mark Magnier, Tokyo bureau chief of the L.A. Times.

From member station WNYC in New York, Annie Cheney has the story of the Hudson Hotel. Once a haven for low income New Yorkers, the Hudson has gone way upscale. The long term tenants are staying on too, but the hotel is taking pains to make sure the two classes of tenants never meet.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports on the future of a Clinton administration regulation that limits road-building and subsequent logging in 58 million acres of National Forest land. Today, the Bush administration is expected to announce that it intends to modify the so-called "roadless rule" to allow state and local officials to challenge the restrictions on a case-by-case basis.

NPR's satire show Rewind has some ideas about how millionaire Dennis Tito is spending his time on the International Space Station. (2:50

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the president of the United Nations Association of the USA, William Luers, about the United States' loss of its seat on the U.N.'s Commission for Human Rights. The U.N. Economic and Social Council voted yesterday not to re-elect the U.S. to the commission. This is the first time since the commission's creation in 1947 that the U.S. has not held a position on it.