Guest host Karen Michel and linguist Robin Tolmach Lakoff analyze George W. Bush's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

A Stat Watch segment investigates a claim that twenty percent of the delegates to the Republican National Convention are millionaires.

Karen and Roger Boyse of the "London Times" discuss the way the German press covered the crash of Air France Flight 4590 in France in which most of the fatalities were to German citizens.

MSNBC Internet report Lisa Napoli and Karen discuss coverage of the Republican National Convention on the Web.

Amy Eddings reports on reality websites like Morgan Spurlock's I Bet You Will and Z Entertainment's Dare For Dollars. Eddings interviews Spurlock, NYU professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, and "No Brow" author John Seabrook.

Karen discusses the etymology of computer terms with Fred Shapiro, editor of "Yale Dictionary of Quotations."

Jad Abumrad discusses the publicity behind the play "The Countess" with it's publicity mastermind Beck Lee.

Alicia Zuckerman investigates record labels cutting back on classical music with percussionist Evelyn Glennie, Nonesuch Records' Robert Hurwitz, and Billboard's Bradley Bambarger.

David Wallace reports on former "New York Daily News" hangout McFadden's Saloon.

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