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Bill McGee, Editor of the Consumer Reports Travel Letter, joins Noah by phone from Yonkers, New York, to offer some tips on what to do if your flight is delayed or cancelled.

Neurosurgeon FRANK VERTOSICK (ver-TAH-sick) writes about the history and management of chronic pain in the new book "Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain." (Harcourt Inc.) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

NPR's Martin Kaste reports on the growing political clout of Chile's native Mapuche Indians. Although timber companies hold the title to much of the country's valuable forest land, the Mapuche claim it belongs to them. They've occupied and set fire to some of the land. The timber companies remain unsympathetic, but other parts of Chilean society are beginning to consider the Mapuche's views.

Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports on a summer camp that promotes bonding between children and their grandparents. Camp Sagamore is located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York and is run by Elderhostel.

Host Renee Montagne shares letters from listeners.

Writer Mary Saner returned in mid-life to an old hobby: riding motorcycles. She had to learn it all over again.

NPR's Melissa Block reports from Hannibal, Missouri on the Gore-Lieberman campaign. The Democratic candidates have been making stops, giving speeches, and fielding questions along the Mississippi River since their convention ended last week.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports that Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater is assembling a federal task force to monitor airline performance after a summer travel season marred by thousands of flight delays.

The Toronto International Film Fest is usually mobbed with over a thousand industry types from all over the world. But this year the partially-online festival has been bleak and deserted.

Montana writer Mary Clearman Blew is better known for her memoirs and essays than for her fiction. But our book reviewer Alan Cheuse finds her collection of short stories, Sister Coyote, well worth the reading. (2:00) Sister Coyote, by Mary Clearman Blew is published by The Lyons Press.