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After months of controversy, Rome authorities will allow today's gay pride marchers to go all the way to the Coliseum. The week-long, world gay pride event had angered the Vatican. But NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports that the event has triggered an unprecedented public discussion of homosexuality in the Italian media and in the streets of Rome.

On Tuesday, Israeli president Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat are scheduled to start another round of peace talks at Camp David, Maryland. Host Jacki Lyden speaks to former Israeli journalist, and Washington Institute for Near East Policy fellow David Makovsky, about why these talks may be the last chance for peace in the region.

All Things Considered staff member Debra Schifrin talks about her recent 10 year high school reunion in the San Francisco Bay area. Having lived on the East Coast for six years, she was shocked at how the incredible wealth that has flooded Silicon Valley has affected her high school class. And she was surprised at her own reaction to all the talk about money.

Reviewer Mark Jenkins reviews the CD by Indian Sitarist Ananda Shankar and a British DJ known as State of Bengal. It's a pop mix of hip beats and Indian pop music. (3:30) Note: The CD is "Ananda Shankar and the State of Bengal." It's on the Real World Records label.

Music legend JOHNNY CASH. CASH has been recording albums and performing since the 1950's. Representing CASH'S varied musical styles, he has been inducted into the Songwriters, Country Music, and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. In 1997, he released an autobiography called "CASH" (Harper). The recording Johnny Cash at San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert) (Columbia/Legacy) has been remastered, and released this week. This reissue of Cash's classic live performance includes eight previously unreleased songs, including "Big River," "Ring of Fire," "I Walk the Line," and "Folsom Prison Blues." A 3-CD Box Set of his music, called "Love, God, and Murder," was also recently released. Original Broadcast: 11/4/97. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (1:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

JOHNNY CASH CONTINUED.Earlier this week, HAROLD NICOLAS, the younger member of the famous tap-dancing duo, The Nicholas Brothers, died in Manhattan. The Nicholas Brothers danced in vaudeville, on Broadway, in night clubs and on TV, but may be best known for their appearances in movie musicals of the 1930s and 40s. We'll listen back to a 1985 interview with NICOLAS. The next installment of the Harry Potter series comes out tomorrow. Book Critic MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the Harry Potter books and the hype around them.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air - we'll listen back to our 1997 interview with JOHNNY CASH. His 1969 concert recording, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, has been remastered, and was released this week. That and more coming up on the next Fresh Air.

Scott speaks with gardening guru and doyenne of dirt Ketzel Levine about her move. Ketzel's moved to a new house in Portland, Oregon and, therefore, on to a new garden.

NPR's Jack Speer reports on the record setting sales of J.K. Rowling's latest Harry Potter book. By the time Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire went on sale at bookstores at midnight Friday, it already was a best seller on the Internet. Online booksellers sold more than 700-thousand advance copies to eager fans.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that staffing problems with the U-S Geological Survey could leave the agency unable to properly respond to volcanic eruptions. Many experienced geologists are retiring after long tenures, and few replacements are ready to take their place.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the race for a Senate seat in Rhode Island. Following the death last year of longtime Republican Senator John Chafee, Democrats hoped to pick up a seat in this largely-Democratic state. But now Chafee's son, Lincoln Chafee, who is filling out his father's term, appears to be a strong candidate to win it himself.