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Actress Laura Linney and Iranian filmmaker Bahman Farmanara on this edition of Fresh Air.

Studio drummer Hal Blaine and an archive interview with journalist James Fallows on this edition of Fresh Air.

Journalist David Cay Johnston on this edition of Fresh Air. Last month he won a Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting.

Actor Brad Whitford and film critic Henry Sheehan, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Documentary filmmakers Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim and astronaut Jim Newman, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Retired General Wesley K. Clark on this edition of Fresh Air. He commanded the NATO troops during the Kosovo conflict, the first and only NATO war. His new memoir is Waging Modern War. (Broadcast Date: May 23, 2001)

Dr. Barron Lerner on this edition of Fresh Air. Lerner writes about how science and culture influenced the battle with breast cancer in the new book, The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America.

TV Producer Darren Star and Broadway music director Paul Gemingani on this edition of Fresh Air. Darren Star is the creator and executive producer of the HBO series, Sex and the City which begins its fourth season on June 3rd. The series stars Sarah Jessica Parker as a columnist in New York City who chronicles the mating habits of single New Yorkers. Much of her material comes from her life and that of her three closest friends.

British novelist Martin Amis and actress Lauren Bacall on this edition of Fresh Air.

Singer songwriter Ron Sexsmith, on this edition of Fresh Air. He brings his guitar to the studio. His new album is Blue Boy.

Los Angeles Lakers coach, Phil Jackson on this edition of Fresh Air. Currently, his L.A. Lakers are battling the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA finals.

Writers Gene Roberts, Tom Kunkel and Dennis McDougal on this edition of Fresh Air.

Journalist James Fallows on this edition of Fresh Air. Fallows is the National Correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, a regular commentator on NPR, and a licensed pilot. In his new book Free Flight: From Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel, he looks into the technological innovations which will change airline travel.

Stock market expert B. Mark Smith and British actress Charlotte Rampling on this edition of Fresh Air. Smith's book is called Toward Rational Exuberance: The Evolution of the Modern Stock Market.

Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Michael Baime, M.D. discuss God and the brain on this edition of Fresh Air. Newberg conducted brain scans while people prayed and meditated to see if he could locate the brain function that caused the feeling of oneness and the presence of God.

Singer-songwriter Steve Earle on this edition Steve Earle. He's released ten critically acclaimed albums; his latest CD is called Transcendental Blues.

Historian and civil rights activist Roger Wilkins and writer Vernor Vinge on this edition of Fresh Air. Wilkins has written a new book Jefferson's Pillow. He considers our founding fathers and their conflicting attitudes toward race and how it affects his own sense of patriotism. Wilkins is a professor of history at George Mason University, a Pulitzer-prize winner, and former Assistant Attorney General under President Johnson.

Writer Alice Randall and film director Julien Temple on this edition of Fresh Air. Randall is the author of the controversial new parody of Gone with the Wind.

Writers Nick Hornby and David Hajdu on this edition of Fresh Air. Hornby's new book is How to Be Good, a novel about a bitter and sarcastic man who becomes a "do-gooder."

Actors Edward Norton and Sidney Poitier on this edition of Fresh Air as they both discuss their careers. Norton is co-starring in the film The Score along with Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando.