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Dungeons and Dragons turns 50 this year. The table top, role playing game has spawned TV shows, YouTube series and podcasts.

Noah talks with Betsy Broder, Assistant Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection. She oversees the Identity Theft program, and talks about what steps people can take to protect themselves against this type of crime. (4:00) More information on the web at http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft. The FTC's ID Theft Hotline is 1-877-ID-THEFT.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports Mississippi has a new take on the reality TV craze: It's a Website where the world can watch four young smokers living for a week in an apartment trying to quit. The state is offering a cash prize to each member of the group who makes it through the week without lighting up. And the web audience gets to vote on activities that will make it harder or easier for them.

Noah talks with Adam Schoenfeld (SHOW-un-feld), Vice President and Senior Analyst of Jupiter Communications, about a new form of internet advertising that may bring free access to internet users. Free access is already available in San Francisco where a web browser appears in conjunction with a small advertising window that flashes a new advertising message every minute.

Commentator Andrei Codrescu tells about his friend's dream of buying a coffee plantation in Costa Rica and making money selling beans on the Web. His friend also wants to use a certain duck that eats raw coffee beans and poops out a better bean. Of course, the friend has no money.

The story of Robert Kerrey's lead role in the 1969 Vietnam mission that resulted in the deaths of Vietnamese women and children was written for The New York Times Magazine by journalist Gregory Vistica. He also co-produced a report for 60 Minutes II on the same topic. Linda Wertheimer talks with Gregory Vistica. (4:30) The story can also be found on the New York Times Web site.

Meredith Ochs reviews Satellite Rides, the new release by the promising alternative country band, Old 97s. Ochs says the band and its leader Rhett Miller have been writing wonderful pop music with clever lyrics. (4:30) Satellite Rides by Old 97s is on the Elektra Records label. Their Web site is www.old97s.com.

From New Hampshire Public Radio, Raquel Maria Dillon reports on an Internet Democratic primary taking place this week on the liberal activist Web site, MoveOn.org. If any of the nine candidates receives 50 percent of the vote, MoveOn says it will endorse that candidate for the election of 2004.

Jesse Kornbluth has fashioned a role as cultural concierge, offering visitors to the Web site HeadButler.com advice on books, films and music. Kornbluth gives Debbie Elliott a sampling of cultural picks.

The Internet age has created a new transparency in campaign financing. Years ago, reporters covering the money trail had to dig up their information from files deep inside the Federal Election Commission. Now the information is available within seconds on various Web sites. NPR's Peter Overby reports.