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Record producer and musician Don Was on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Was co-founded the funk rock group, "Was (Not) Was." In 1995, he won a Grammy for Producer of the Year. In addition, he's produced a number of albums for Bonnie Raitt, including her Nick of Time album which revived her career, Rolling Stones, Lyle Lovett, Al Green, Iggy Pop, and the B-52's.

Writer William Langewiesche on this edition of Fresh Air. He is national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He writes about the recovery effort and the deconstruction of the World Trade Center in his new book, American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center.

Military affairs correspondent for The New York Times, Michael Gordon on this edition of Fresh Air. He's former Moscow bureau chief for the paper. He covered the war in Chechnya when The Times was one of only two Western news organizations allowed in Chechnya by the Russian military. Gordon also covered the Gulf War and the war in Kosovo, and is co-author of the book The Generals' War about the Gulf War.

A talk about the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness Program on this edition of Fresh Air. The Pentagon's Total Information Awareness Program would allow federal agencies to share information about American citizens and aliens (thru the mining of databases from driver's licenses, bank statements, and telephone records, and more), and other post 9/11 security measures.

It's the 2002 wrap up on this edition of Fresh Air. Film critic John Powers reviews the year-end movies, book critic Maureen Corrigan offers her list of the best books of 2002, writer John Szwed talks about his new biography of Miles Davis, and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews some holiday box sets.

John Sifton, Afghanistan researcher with Human Rights Watch and writer Tobias Wolff on this edition of Fresh Air. John Sifton's articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine and the International Herald Tribune.

Hear journalist Philip Winslow and writer/director Todd Haynes on this edition of Fresh Air. Philip Winslow has worked for the Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Star, ABC radio news, and CBC radio. He also served in two United Nations peacekeeping missions and spent nearly three years living in the West Bank. His new memoir Victory for Us is to See You Suffer: In the West Bank with the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Writer James Tobin on this edition of Fresh Air. He's the author of a biography of World War Two correspondent, Ernie Pyle who was beloved by the public, the G.I.'s and the Generals alike. He witnessed the great American campaigns of the war - North Africa, Sicily, Italy, D-Day, Normandy, the liberation of Paris, and Okinawa. Eleanor Roosevelt was a fan of his work.

Doctor Mel Geaves on this edition of Fresh Air. Greaves is the author of Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy. He is also professor of cell biology and director of the Leukemia Research Fund Centre for Cell and Molecular Biologoy at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.

Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and writer, actor, director, comedian, and radio host Harry Shearer on this edition of Fresh Air. Jeffrey Goldberg's article in the current New Yorker magazine is about Saddam Hussein's chemical attacks on the Kurds in 1988. There is also new evidence of Hussein's ties to Al Qaeda. Goldberg has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2000. His specialty is foreign reporting with an emphasis on Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Former war correspondent Aidan Hartley on this edition of Fresh Air. In the 1990s he covered Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda and the Congo for Reuters. Three of his colleagues were killed by a mob in Somolia rebelling against the presence of U.S. forces, and he witnessed the atrocities in Rwanda.

New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas Friedman on this edition of Fresh Air. He'll discuss the post-Saddam Middle East. Friedman's best selling book is called Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of the Middle East. (Broadcast Date: April 21, 2003)

Hear photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson and professor Augustus Richard Norton, on this edition of Fresh Air. Ashley Gilbertson is a photographer who has spent much of the past five years in Iraq taking incredible photographs for the New York Times and other publications. Born in 1978, Gilbertson has traveled to some of the most dangerous places in the world to capture his award-winning images.

Musicians Joe Hunter and Jack Ashford on this edition of Fresh Air. Joe Hunter (keyboards) and Jack Ashford (vibes and tambourine) were part of the group of musicians known as the Funk Brothers, whose sound defined Motown in the 1960s and '70s. They worked with such legendary performers as Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, and many more.

Actor Michael C. Hall and director and screenwriter Hal Hartley on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael C. Hall plays David Fisher, the gay brother who co-runs a funeral home on the HBO hit Six Feet Under. The American Film Institute has nominated Hall for Best Male TV Actor-Drama for his role in the series. Hall comes to TV from the stage. Most recently, he was on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret. Prior to that role, he was in a number of off-Broadway productions.

Hear Slate editor in chief Jacob Weisberg and National Guardsman Sean Michael Flynn on this edition of Fresh Air. Jacob Weisberg's new book about the downfall of George W. Bush's presidency is The Bush Tragedy. Joe Klein of Time magazine writes that it is a "scorching, powerful and entirely plausible account".

Journalist John Burns on this edition of Fresh Air. John BurnsHe is The New York Times Foreign Affairs Correspondent. He's just returned from three weeks in Iraq. In the past, Burns has been posted in China, Bosnia, South Africa and Russia. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes; one was for his reporting on the Taliban.

On this edition of Fresh Air, host Barbara Bogaev speaks with architect and critic Anthony Vidler. He'll discuss urban planning and architecture in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Vidler is Dean of the Cooper Union School of Architecture and professor of art and architecture at UCLA. Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel London Bridges by Jane Stevenson. Director Ric Burns discusses the last two episodes of his film series New York: A Documentary Film.

Playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan on this edition of Fresh Air. The writer behind five screenplays and several theater productions, his new play is called Lobby Hero and opens March 13 at Playwrights Horizons. He also wrote, directed, and acted in the Oscar nominated You Can Count on Me, which came out last year. The screenplay for that movie recently won Best Screenplay by the Writers Guild of America and is up for an Oscar in the same category.

Dusty Springfield biographer Vicki Wickham and DJ and hip hop forefather Grandmaster Flash on this archive edition of Fresh Air. With writer Penny Valentine, biographer Vicki Wickham recently published Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield.