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John speaks with producer and musician Paul Mills about his friend, Stan Rogers, the late great Canadian folk singer.

NPR's Steve Inskeep reports from the train caravan carrying the Republican nominee for president. Gov. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney campaigned through Michigan today on a three-day swing through the Midwest.

Writer Paul Auster reads stories sent in by Weekend All Things Considered listeners. For this installment of the story project, Paul Auster and host Jacki Lyden visit the famed Gotham Book Mart on 47th Street in Manhattan.

Writer Paul Auster continues with stories sent in by our listeners.

Ydstie/Stern--John talks with food writer Michael Stern about that nostalgic American meal known as the casserole. The dish is making a comeback. (2:45).

Studies show few U-S students are proficient at basic geography and it doesn't get much better when they grow up: nearly half of Americans don't know the population of the U.S.; three in ten can't use a map to calculate distance or directions. A group of educators want to change how geography is taught ... making instruction both more relevant and more rigorous. Jodi Becker of Chicago Public Radio reports.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on what voters are hearing -- and not hearing -- from Democrats and Republicans about their effort to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. Neither party plans come close to lifting the financial burden felt by Medicare recipients with high drug costs because a real solution would cost a fortune.

Host Howard Berkes shares letters from listeners.

Commentator Shelley Fraser Mickle tells a tale about a horse's tail.

Host Howard Berkes talks with NPR's Cokie Roberts about political events this week. Vice President Al Gore has selected Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman to be his running mate. Lieberman, would be the first Jewish vice presidential candidate in American history. A formal announcement from Gore is expected tomorrow in Tennessee.