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Composer Burton Lane died Sunday at age 84. He had careers on Broadway and in Hollywood. He's best known for the scores of Finian's Rainbow and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. He wrote the music to songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner, Frank Loesser and Yip Harburg. His songs were performed by many stars. We hear a few of his tunes and hear clips from an interview done by Terry Gross in 1990.

Singer/songwriter BONNIE RIATT. Her newest release is her first live album, "Road Tested," (Capitol). RIATT will talk about the musicians and performers that inspired her. She'll play recordings by such blues artists as B.B. King, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Sippie Wallace. RIATT recorded one of McDowell's songs on her new album. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST from 2

2: "Peanuts" creator CHARLES SCHULZ. CBS will broadcast the classic Peanut's cartoon "A Charlie Brown Christmas" December 19, 1996. The show has been an annual tradition at CBS since 1965. Also, An exhibit featuring the "cels" or cartoon drawings of Peanuts is showing in New York this month at the Museum of Television and Radio. The exhibit moves to the Museum's Los Angeles facility next month. This interview originally aired 12/18/90.

Noah Adams talks with a number of voters that All Things Considered interviewed before the political conventions. At that time, they were undecided about which candidate they would support. Now, Noah asks them about their views on the 35-day election saga, and what they'd like to hear from Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush tonight. We hear discussions with Penny Latko of Lombard, Illinois and Andrew Anglin, a senior at Eastern Michigan University.

In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer last night, singer Whitney Houston said that she was digitally altered to look less thin during a Michael Jackson tribute concert. For years, tabloids have hounded Houston for alleged drug used and supposed weight disorders. Jacki Lyden explores with Kelly Port, a visual effects supervisor for Digital Domain, a production company in Venice, Calif., the different ways her image could have been manipulated.

George F. Kennan, who died Thursday at 101, was one of the best-known diplomats of his time, and a deeply influential figure in American foreign policy. His famous "long telegram," sent in 1947, outlined what would become the policy of "containment" of the Soviet Union, which guided U.S. relations with the Soviet Union for 40 years. NPR's Liane Hansen interviewed Kennan in 1993.

The Latino vote was seen as a key to President Bush's successful 2000 campaign. This year, Democrats are working harder to court Florida Hispanics, while the president has dropped one-on-one interviews in Spanish for ads in Spanish-language media outlets. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Jorge Ramos, news anchor for Univision.

Terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna. His new book is Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror. Gunaratna spent five years conducting interviews with al Qaeda members, doing field research and monitoring the group's infiltration in communities in North America and Europe. He is the author of six books on armed conflict and a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He's lectured worldwide on terrorism and served as consultant to many governments.

U.S. military officials warn that armed resistance in Iraq is growing more sophisticated. A rare interview with two men purported to be leaders in the insurgency movement supports that idea. The men promise tactics ranging from more ambushes to kidnapping U.S. soldiers. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief John Daniszewski.

Washington Post senior Pentagon correspondent Thomas Ricks. His new book is called Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. Ricks is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. He talks about the possibility of U.S. involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. This is the first of a two part interview.