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Melissa Block reads emails from listeners about Robert Siegel's interview with Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.

Floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac are beginning to recede in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. One of the places that's still dealing with serious problems is LaPlace, La.

The Republican National Convention has been designed to appeal to many different voting groups, including Hispanics. But is there a gap between the speakers on the stage and the voters in the states?

A lot of Americans identify themselves by their work. It used to be a kind of identity stamp, but the economic crisis may have hastened a change that was already under way: more people living with a series of short-term jobs instead of lifetime occupations.

Bouton's classic baseball memoir Ball Four, first published in 1970, came out as an e-book in April. Bouton famously wrote about shenanigans in baseball, but compared to other sports, baseball players are hardly immoral at all. We're going to ask him about people who really know how to cheat.

Sonnenfeld either directed or shot some of the best movies of the '80s and '90s. He was the cinematographer on the Coen Brother's first movies and directed the Men in Black movies and Get Shorty, among other works of dark genius. His movie Men in Black III came out in May.

The actor was born in 1937 to a Japanese-American family that, after Pearl Harbor, was sent to live in internment camps for the duration of World War II. His experience growing up in the camps inspired a new musical, Allegiance, which Takei also stars in.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took a detour to hurricane-soaked Louisiana Friday, making a president-like visit to the area three days before the actual president makes it there. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Financial Times U.S. economics editor Robin Harding, who attended this year's annual central bankers meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Singer Regina Spektor talks about Russia and her new album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats. Author Victor LaValle says he drew on personal history to write his latest novel, The Devil In Silver.