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Hear writer and editor David Talbot and actor Kevin Costner on this edition of Fresh Air. David Talbot is the founder of the online journal Salon.com. He's written a new book about John and Robert Kennedy, entitled Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years. Then, Kevin Costner, whose new film is Mr. Brooks.

Journalist Jeffrey Rosen and Jeffrey Toobin on this edition of Fresh Air. Jeffrey Rosen's article in this coming Sunday's New York Times Magazine is about the CIA's effort to partner with Silicon Valley to develop new anti-terrorist technologies. The CIA has founded a venture-capital firm that funds the development of cutting edge technologies that may be useful for national security, in particular new techniques for finding terrorists.

Drummer Ahmir Thompson, otherwise known as "?uestlove" of the hip-hop group The Roots and writer Gary Shtenyngart on this edition of Fresh Air. The Grammy award-winning sextet has six albums to its credit. Their latest CD is Phrenolog. Their first single from the album is "Break You Off." The group is just beginning a nationwide tour.

Journalist James Bennet of The New York Times. He's the paper's Jerusalem Bureau Chief. He's been in the Middle East covering how the crisis there is affecting both Israelis and Palestinians. (Broadcast Date: December 19, 2002)

Phil Donahue, host and creator of The Phil Donahue show which originally went on the air in 1967 in Dayton, Ohio. It went into syndication in 1969, moved to Chicago in 1974, and then to New York before going off the air. Donahue's show gave rise to the daytime talk shows of today with audience participation and outrageous guests.

Director of the National Security Archive's Chile Documentation Project Peter Kornbluh and former CIA agent Jack Devine talk about Pinochet's Chile on this edition of Fresh Air. Peter Kornbluh led the campaign to declassify official documents of the secret history of the U.S. government support for the Pinochet dictatorship.

Hear Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, political journalist William Kristol, policy analyst Carl Conetta, Baghdad-born activist Yanar Mohammed, and writer Lawrence Wright on this edition of Fresh Air.

The New York Times correspondent John Burns on this edition of Fresh Air. We catch up with him about the latest news from Iraq. He's in the United States for just one day, and then he goes back to Baghdad.

Hear writer Katha Pollitt and classical-music critic Lloyd Schwartz on this edition of Fresh Air. Pollit's new book is Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories. It's a collection of personal essays. Pollitt is best known for her feminist, left-of-center political commentary, as in her regular column "Subject to Debate" in The Nation, for which she's been writing since 1980.

Dancer/choreographer Mark Morris on this edition of Fresh Air. Early in his career, Morris performed with a variety of companies. He then founded the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1980, creating over 90 works for the troupe. He has also staged over a dozen commissions for other ballet companies, including the San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre.

Hear New York Times correspondents David Kirkpatrick and Julia Preston, on this edition of Fresh Air. David Kirkpatrick is with the Washington bureau for The New York Times. He covered the conservative Christian movement in the 2004 election, and has been following the Huckabee presidential campaign.

Jazz critic and writer Gary Giddons on this edition of Fresh Air. His biography of Bing Crosby is called Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - the Early Years, 1903-1940. It's now out in paperback. From 1930s to the 50s, Crosby was a pop culture icon, dominating American entertainment with his hit records and movies. In this first volume of the biography, Giddons chronicles the rise of Crosby's career. Giddons may be best known as a jazz columnist for The Village Voice.

Political activist William Greene, Wes Boyd, and Eli Pariser of the liberal group Moveon.org on this edition of Fresh Air. Greene is a founder of the conservative group rightmarch.com. Wes Boyd and Eli Pariser are members of the liberal group Moveon.org.

Alexander Tsiaras, a pioneer in the field of medical-imaging technology, is today's guest on Fresh Air. In a new book, From Conception to Birth: a Life Unfolds, he collects images of the fetus in every stage of its development. The three-dimensional color visualizations are culled from a variety of medical-image techniques and then reconfigured on the computer.

Reporter and author Stephen Handleman on this edition of Fresh Air. For the many bureaucrats, corrupt army generals, black market racketeers, and others who held power and wealth in the old Soviet system, making a buck has never been easier. Organized crime is in the downside of free enterprise in the new Russia.

Novelists Jonathan Franzen and David Leavitt on this edition of Fresh Air. Jonathan Franzen's critically acclaimed new novel The Corrections.

Hear rapper Percy Carey, AKA MF Grimm; wrestler Mary Lillian Ellison, AKA The Fabulous Moolah; film director Ruth Leitman; and film critic John Powers, on this edition of Fresh Air. MF Grimm is in a wheelchair, after surviving several murder attempts. He's just published an autobiographical graphic novel entitled Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm. He's also released a new album, his sixth: The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man.

Hear Haitian-born writer Edwidge Danticat, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead, and critic-at-large John Powers on this edition of Fresh Air. Edwidge Danticat was raised in Haiti by her uncle until the age of 12, when she came to New York to live with her parents who had immigrated to the US She's the author of a number of novels, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, The Farming of Bones, and The Dew Breaker, as well as the short-story collection Krik? Krak!.

Reporter George Anastasia has been covering the Philadelphia mob scene for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 15 years. He'll discuss the recent trial of reputed mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino and his associates, which just wrapped up last week. The jury acquitted Merlino and his associates of the serious charges of murder, attempted murder, and drug trafficking but convicted them of racketeering. During the 15-week trial, 90 witnesses took the stand and 943 evidentiary exhibits were introduced.

Biographer Vicki Wickham and actor/producer Bob Balaban on this archive edition of Fresh Air. With writer Penny Valentine, Vicki Wickham recently published Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield. Wickham was Springfield's close friend and manager for over a decade of Springfield's career. Actor and producer Bob Balaban has appeared in over 50 movie and television spots, directed for television, and produced three full-length films.