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Singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor, WILLIE NELSON. He's recently released two new albums. With "Spirit," NELSON is the first country musician to record with Island Records. NELSON wrote the 12 new songs and they demonstrate influences of country, gospel, and pop. He recorded "How Great Thou Art" (Fine Arts Records) with his sister, Bobbie Nelson. That CD is a collection of gospel standards, like "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Noah talks to Steve Delsohn (del-SON), author of 'The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives.' Delsohn interviewed 108 firefighters for his book. Two of those firefighters, Phillip Buffa of Washington, D.C.'s Rescue 3 and Keith Walker, Jr. of Alexandria, Virginia's Engine 55, met with Delsohn while he was visiting the Washington area. The firefighters talked about their fears of flashovers (when entire rooms ignite all at once) and of being trapped alone in a burning building. Delsohn says that about 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty every year while another 100,000 are injured. (The Fire Inside: Firefighters Talk About Their Lives' is published by Harper-Collins.)

Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick (guh-RELL-ick) said today that "a serious set of problems" has been found in the FBI crime laboratory, but she said it was too soon to say whether remedial steps would prevent harm to a limited number of prosecutions. NPR has obtained copies of summaries of interviews conducted by the Justice Department involving the Oklahoma City bombing investigation. One of the problems reported was that the crime scene may have been compromised when the memorial service for victims of that bombing was allowed to take place on the site before all the evidence had been gathered. NPR's Chitra Ragavan reports.

Playwright JAMES H. CHAPMYN. Chapmyn was homeless, surviving on garbage and sleeping in vacant buildings in the '80's. A suicide note he began writing to his mother inspired him to write the play "Our Young Black Men Are Dying and Nobody Seems to Care," which became a big hit on the so-called chittlin' circuit. He went on to write other plays on social issues facing the African-American community., making a name for himself as a playwright and a social activist. (THIS INTERVIEW EXTENDS INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Poet and countercultural activist ALLEN GINSBERG. He died over the weekend from liver cancer, at the age of 70. We remember him with a 1984 interview; at the time a four-CD boxed set of Ginsberg's work was released, "Holy Soul Jelly Roll - Songs and Poems (1949-1993) (on Rhino's Word Beat label). (REBROADCAST from 11/8/94){Floating 1:00 TERRY FUNDING PITCH btwn 12:49 and 12:52} ARTS

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be interviewed Saturday by investigators with the state attorney general's office who are looking into sexual…

His film Glengarry Glen Ross is coming out on DVD. The movie stars Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin and Ed Harris. It's about a group of men working in a real estate office who, because of the bad economy, must work in cut-throat conditions in order to survive. Foley originally planned to attend medical school, but after taking film classes at New York University's film school, he decided to be a director. He made his directorial debut in 1984 with Reckless. This interview first aired October 2, 1992.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Colin Powell; Sergei Lavrov, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations; Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix; White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes interviewing former Vice President Al Gore; Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT); Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS); and Sen. George Allen (R-VA).

He came to fame late in life when his music was featured on the triple-platinum soundtrack of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?. Stanley sings and plays banjo. He won two Grammys this year for his performance of "O Death" on the O Brother record. At age 75, Stanley has just released a self-titled CD and continues to tour. He's recorded more than 170 albums in total, and has been performing continuously since 1946. This interview first aired July 15, 2002.

It's been 30 years since he created the gender-bending Ziggy Stardust, and produced the now classic album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Over the years Bowie has produced albums for Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, and collaborated with Brian Eno. Bowie also starred in the films The Man Who Fell to Earth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence and Basquiat. This interview first aired September 4, 2002. [The audio for this segment is unavailable due to Internet rights issues.]