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In day two of our week-long motivational series, NPR's Tavis Smiley has a conversation with Rabbi Steven Leder, who talks about the importance of combining one's spiritual life with financial wisdom.

Rudolph "Rudy" Crew is the incoming Miami-Dade County schools superintendent. He is former chancellor of New York City's schools, and once led districts in Sacramento and Tacoma, Wash. Crew talks with NPR's Tony Cox about academic performance for black, Latino and poor students, social promotion and managing school districts in areas around the country.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reads from listeners' comments. Many wrote in about our report on the discovery of a "bad hair" gene.

He's been acting since he was a child. Culkin first attracted attention as John Candy's inquisitive nephew in the John Hughes film, Uncle Buck. The film Home Alone turned him into a star. He also made the films Home Alone II, Jacob's Ladder, and most recently Party Monster. Recently he returned to acting after a 6-year hiatus. His latest film is Saved! He plays a high school student in a wheelchair attending an evangelical Christian High School, whose friends are all outsiders. The film has been described as part religious satire, and part teenage rite of passage film.

This week, a presidential panel will release a report on how to implement President Bush's plans for a moon base and a manned mission to Mars. Numerous experts endorse the idea of a Mars mission, but are sober about its near-term prospects. Representatives of foreign nations say funding for an international effort will be difficult to come by, and public support for the project is mixed. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.

Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate pivoted her fundraising after the Supreme Court draft opinion leaked. "We can only win this fight by uniting and doing the work together," she said.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and offers a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Heather Richardson from Lake Forest, Calif. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KPCC in Pasadena, Calif.)

A group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claims responsibility for killing 49 soldiers from the new Iraqi Army. The men, unarmed as they traveled home after training, were shot in a mass execution near the Iranian border. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and NPR's Emily Harris.

Radio Islam, the nation's first daily English-language Muslim radio program produced in the United States, began airing this month in Chicago. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Comic Rodney Dangerfield's death this week at 82 ends a one-of-a-kind career that started late but rarely failed to amuse. Hear New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell and NPR's Scott Simon.