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NPR's Martha Raddatz interviews Defense Secretary William Perry who says the the Saudi government is close to completing its investigation of the June bombing of U-S military headquaters there. Perry says he anticipates an announcement that there was an international connection to the bombing. Perry says if there is compelling evidence of international sponorship for that bombing, the U-S will respond with strong action.

Noah interviews Michael Dirda, author of Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments, about the collection of essays. He writes about books of every genre, and includes columns about collecting first editions. (7:30) Readings: Essays and Literary Entertainments, by Michael Dirda is published by Indiana University Press, October 2000.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a new play, The Exonerated, which is based on interviews with eleven people on Death Row who barely escaped being executed. The first performance featured ten actors who donated their time to the production, including Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, long-time death penalty opponents.

Sarah McClendon, one of the most vibrant and tenacious members of the White House press corps over the past 60 years, died this week at the age of 92. Host Liane Hansen presents an interview she conducted with McClendon back in 1996.

NPR's Liane Hansen interviews journalist Matthew Klam about the role of web blogs in the upcoming presidential election. Klam's article "Fear and Laptops on the Campaign Trail" is in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine.

Branford Marsalis was born into one of the great jazz families: his father is pianist Ellis and his brother is trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. He has a new album, Eternal, on Rounder Records. (This interview first aired Oct. 21, 2002.)

Plant formally fronted the band Led Zeppelin. His new solo CD includes tracks he recorded before Zeppelin and after. It's called Sixty Six to Timbuktu. (The interview continues through the end of the show.)

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who is seeking the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Edwards discuss the economy, the situation in Iraq and education policy in the latest installment in a weekly series of candidate interviews.

A new book of photography features people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit -- and later freed. Many of Taryn Simon's images show the accused with victims and their families, and at the crime scenes. Hear extended interviews and see photos from The Innocents.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan's memoir about her lifelong love of reading is Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books. This interview originally aired on Sep. 12, 2005.