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Host Bob Edwards talks to Canadian comedian Rich Little about his new show in which he plays 8 different U.S Presidents. Little has been doing impressions of presidents for approximately 40 years.

John tells the story of a 30- year old friendship and a 55-year old Gibson guitar.

NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schor reviews this weeks news.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on how one man's threat to destroy old silver mines on his property in Ouray County, Colorado prompted the National Trust for Historic Preservation to list the Red Mountain Mining District as one of the most endangered historic sites in the country. (6:00).

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.

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

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

A sound montage of some of the voices in the news, focusing on the principals gathered at this past week's Republican Convention in Philadelphia including Colin Powell, former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; First Lady of Texas, Laura Bush; former Secretary of Defense and presidential running mate Richard Cheney; Texas Governor George W. Bush, accepting his party's nomination for president.

Liane Hansen gauges the reaction around the country to the GOP convention, speaking with Mike Jacobs, editor of the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota; Mitch McKenney, Political Editor from the Akron, Ohio Beacon Journal; and Kate Nelson, columnist and Editorial Board member from the Albuquerque, New Mexico Tribune.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Bill Kristol, editor and publisher of the Weekly Standard, and pollster Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the Press and the People, about the Republican National Convention.