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Host Alex Chadwick talks to Mark Smirnoff, editor of the Oxford American about the magazine's annual Southern Music issue, which contains a free CD. The music covers a wide range of styles and singers, all with some connection to the South.

Claire Doole reports from Geneva that the World Health Organization has accused the tobacco industry of waging a dirty tricks campaign to undermine global efforts to curb smoking. A study released today concluded that tobacco companies paid WHO scientists for provide information and pose, falsely, as independent consultants.

Weekend Edition's Popular Culture Commentator Steven Stark says that there is news of note concerning the selection of Senator Joseph Lieberman as Al Gore's running mate on the Democratic ticket, but it's not the fact that Lieberman is Jewish.

Producer Sandra Sleight-Brennan takes a look and listen to clogging, and one group in particular in southeastern Ohio. This brand of American dance draws from traditions ranging from tap to hip-hop.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports from Long Beach, California, on the Reform Party convention. The party has split into two factions, with two candidates running for President.

Kathy Witkowsky reports from Montana's Bitterroot Valley on the wildfires that continue to burn throughout the west. More than four million acres of forest and grassland, throughout 10 states from the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean, have been ravaged. In southwest Montana, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Japan, where immigrants are considered "outside persons" regardless of how long they have lived in Japan. A rapidly aging population leading to a potential labor shortage is forcing many Japanese to confront their fear of foreigners.

The arrest of an internationally repected democracy and human rights activist, has generated fear within Egypt's community of human rights watchers who see it as a warning to critics of the government. Kate Seelye speaks with Saad Eddin Ibrahim immediately after his release.

Lisa talks with Robert H. Nelson, a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, about his claim that mismanagement on the part of the U.S. Forest Service has turned the American West into a tinderbox. He suggests that if the government were to relax restrictions on the commerical timber industry, the threat of uncontrolled forest fires would be greatly reduced.

NPR's Fred Wasser profiles Charles Bukowski, the legendary and notorious poet. Bukowski's earthy, visceral writing -- and lifestyle -- brought him a devoted audience. Six years after his death in 1994, Bukowski remains popular, and a new edition of posthumous works are being published next month, under the title Open All Night. (Black Sparrow Press)