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Guest host Lynn Neary speaks with our movie-music guide Andy Trudeau about this year's crop of Oscar-nominated scores. This week: James Horner's A Beautiful Mind (Decca Records 440 016 191-2) and John Williams A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Warner Bros. 9 48096-2).

Father Donald Cozzens is the author of The Changing Face of the Priesthood: A Reflection on the Priest's Crisis of Soul. He is president-rector and professor of pastoral theology at Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Cleveland. He is also the editor of The Spirituality of the Diocesan Priest. Father Cozzens will talk about the church's current sexual abuse scandals, and other crises facing the priesthood.

The new Broadway adaptation of the film The Graduate is currently in previews and opens in a couple of weeks. It stars Kathleen Turner, Jason Biggs and Alicia Silverstone. We listen back to interviews about the making of the film. Actor Dustin Hoffman got his first big break starring in The Graduate. Some of the films he's starred in include: All The President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rainman, and Tootsie.

Scott talks to Will Campbell, author, preacher, civil rights activist and friend of the late country music star Waylon Jennings, who died last month. We also hear from Beverly Keel, Nashville music journalist and professor at Middle Tennessee State University. They talk about Waylon Jennings' central role in the rebel Outlaw musical movement in Nashville. A memorial celebration is scheduled tonight in Nashville. (8:30)

After experiencing the anti-Islamic hatred that flared after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a young Muslim teacher reaches out to others to teach them about her faith. NPR's Jackie Northam reports for Morning Edition.

Of the 343 New York City firefighters and fire department officers lost in the Sept. 11 attack, nine were from a firehouse on East 29th Street. Six months later, the firefighters who survived have resumed their routines. From member station WNYC, Beth Fertig reports. (12:30)

Susan talks with Deborah Pardes about a new CD she produced called Songs Inspired By Literature. The album features songs by a few well known musicians and many new artists who submitted their literary songs to a songwriting competition. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this CD will benefit adult literacy projects. The CD can be ordered at the Songs Inspired By Literature web site.

In the second of a three-part series on the Islam and the Internet, Weekend All Things Considered reporter/producer Davar Ardalan looks at how the Web provides new avenues for education and business to women often confined to traditional religious roles. (9:32)

On Weekend Edition Sunday, journalist Ellis Cose examines efforts to help young African-American men and boys make better choices in a world that lacks positive role models.

The latest Radio Expedition treks into the Louisiana swamps in pursuit of one of the most charismatic American birds: the ivory-billed woodpecker. The fabled wild-eyed woodpecker was thought to be extinct, but recent reports have electrified birders around the country. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for Morning Edition.