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Scott talks to Chicago fire commissioner James T. Joyce about that fire deparment's decision to retire the fire pole.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Reverend Franklin Graham about his life and his ministry. Graham stands poised to inherit his father's Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Scott speak with the "Math Guy," Keith Devlin, dean of science at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California, about Archimedes' palimpsest. Auctioned off two years ago, the recycled parchment holds the first clue into the connection between math and science.

On Friday the Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court for its official thoughts about pot. Two weeks ago a federal judge in San Francisco ruled there can be legitimate medical reasons to make the drug available legally. Now the Justice Department's action could set the stage for new rules about marijuana. Kai Ryssdal reports from San Francisco.

JOHN C. REILLY CONTINUED.Guest film critic HENRY SHEEHAN reviews the new film –Girl on the Bridge.—12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of fresh air, actor JOHN C. REILLY. Hes currently starring in –The Perfect Storm.— He also starred in –Magnolia,— which was just released on video. Join us for the next fresh air.

A new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government shows that a significant number of voters who say they will vote for Mr. Bush or Mr. Gore also say they might change their minds. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports.

Linda has a series of interviews about tonight's scheduled shutdown of Napster -- the Web-based service that allows users to trade music recordings free of charge. A US District court judge ordered Napster to stop facilitating these trades tonight at midnight, saying the company was aiding copyright infringement. Linda talks to Ric Dube an analyst with Webnoize, which researches and reports on the new media entertainment industry. Then she chats with two university students. First, Jeff Meredith, who will be a senior at Indiana University in the fall, and has 1000 MP3 files on his computer, about 400 of which come from Napster. And finally, Sam Ross, a student at the University of Virginia who has thousands of mp3 files, downloaded courtesy of Napster.

American scientists sometimes complain that they are underfunded and underappreciated. But compared to researchers other countries, they have it pretty good. In Russia, for instance, one physics experiment has been attacked by thieves trying to steal precious metals. In this week's science wrap-up NPR's David Kestenbaum took a look at happenings overseas.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Cincinnati on the bus campaign tour that George W. Bush is taking on his way to the convention. Governor Bush has been met by enthusiastic crowds of supporters in Ohio. Today he'll attend rallies in Dayton and Columbus.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr explains why he will not be attending the upcoming political conventions.