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The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, produce a profile of Laila Ali, daughter of famed boxer Muhammad Ali. Tonight she enters the ring with Jacqui Frazier, daughter of another renowned boxer, Joe Frazier. Both women compete professionally, but their match is a lot more than professional - it renews their fathers' historic rivalry.

Noah talks with Tom Debaggio, an herb grower and writer with early onset Alzheimer's. His wife Joyce and son Francesco also participate. This is the third conversation Noah has had with Tom.

Scott talks to writer Hampton Sides about his new book Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission. It tells of the perilous rescue of American and British Prisoners of War held at the Cabanatuan camp in the Philippines following the Bataan Death March. (11:45) The book is published by Doubleday.

Scott talks to historian Richard Minear about some newly discovered political cartoons of Dr. Seuss from the early 1940's. Minear's book is called Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War Two Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel.

How will this all end? Host Lisa Simeone asks Florida crime writer Edna Buchanan to write a final scene for "The Election That Won't End."

NPR's Tom Cole sits down with blues guitar legend Eric Clapton to talk about his childhood in Surrey, England, his difficult relationship with his family, and why "reptile" is a term of endearment.

In 1966, Michael A. Baronowski of Norristown, Penn., took a tape recorder with him into combat in Vietnam. Lance Cpl. Baronowski was in the demilitarized zone when he captured sounds of jokes, songs, bombs, and bullets. He died later that year in an ambush in a village — but not before sending these recordings home. (Produced by Christina Egloff with Jay Allison.)

Noah speaks with L.M. Taylor, the mayor of Pavo, Georgia about the reason his town is featured in a country music video for Alan Jackson's song, "Little Man." The song laments the demise of small Southern towns, brought on by the emergence of strip malls and major national chain stores. Pavo, a town of 774 people, is a perfect example.

Robert talks with Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, about how Ralph Nader's run for President on the Green Party ticket affected the final outcome of the election. Rothschild was a strong Nader supporter. (4:45) See http://www.progressive.org for more information.

Host Lisa Simeone takes a tour of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's Museum of American Art with curator Larry Bird, charting the birth and boom of the do-it-yourself art form called Paint-By-Number. She also has a hand in painting an outdoor banner on the Museum's facade, 40 feet up.