NPR's October 9, 1999 Weekly Edition

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WESTERNER IN INDIA - Commentator Martha Anne Overland lives in Delhi and describes the wildness of India's current election season. She says during the campaigns, parties have resorted to stealing cars to campaign in, including hers. She never got it back. (4:15)

INDIAN IN THE WEST - After a decade of wearing western style clothes in America, writer Shoba Narayan experimented with wearing a sari for a month on the streets of New York. She sent us this essay with her observations. (3:15)

DUTCH, PT. I - Commentator Victor Navasky (nuh-VA-skee) says he found some nuggets worthy of further investigation in Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan -- but much is missing from the new biography by Edmund Morris. There is little that explains what was behind Reagan's policies toward the poor or his faith in Star Wars. But there is some new information about Iran-Contra. (3:30)

DUTCH, PT. II - Commentator Patt Morrison has a few comments about Edmund Morris' new biography, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan. Morris inserted himself as a fictional character in order better to illuminate parts of Reagan's life. (2:39)

CLINTONSOMETHING - Satirist Harry Shearer imagines a scenario where we hear Vice President Al Gore seeking advice from Bill Clinton on how to behave as an underdog in the Presidential campaign. Gore has moved his campaign HQ to Nashville -- and says he still feels like a favorite. Clinton tells him to get over that. In Shearer's view, Clinton feels he has a "Gore Fatigue" problem. (5:15)

KRISTOFFERSON - NPR's Bob Edwards talks with singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson about his new CD, The Austin Sessions. On the new collection of some of Kristofferson's most well-known songs, he's joined by other musicians who are some of his biggest fans... everyone from Jackson Browne to Mark Knopfler. Kristofferson talks with Bob about his early songwriting career, pitching songs to Johnny Cash and writing hits like "Sunday Mornin Comin Down" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night." (9:00) NOTE: Due to Internet rights issues, this segment has been modified from its original broadcast form.

TEXAS DANCING - In rural Texas, Saturday nights mean one thing: dancing. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports on a longstanding tradition of family dancehalls in Uhland, Texas. (8:30) NOTE: Due to Internet rights issues, this segment has been modified from its original broadcast form.

5TH ANNIVERSARY APPEAL - Weekly Edition has reached its Fifth Anniversary! And we realize now, in our dotage, that listener suggestions add an important element to our program. Also, if we get enough of them, we can totally coast through our next five years. (1:00)

MINOR LEAGUE SMACKDOWN - Dan Heyman (HIGH-man) from West Virginia Public Radio reports on the minor-league wrestling circuit of Mason Dixon, where aspiring professional wrestlers get their first taste of the special "show biz" that is Professional Wresting. (8:00)

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