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Once Were Warriors director Lee Tamahori and star Rena Owen, and Dr. Jody Heyman on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Once Were Warriors is a critically acclaimed film that takes a front-line look at an urban Maori family plagued by poverty, violence and alcoholism. The movie was the top grossing film in New Zealand history.

Journalists Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser on this edition of Fresh Air. Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser work for The Washington Post.

Former presidential speechwriter Michael Waldman and publisher Andre Schiffrin on this edition of Fresh Air. Waldman's new book is called POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words that Defined the Clinton Presidency. From 1993 to 1999, Waldman was a special assistant and chief speechwriter to Bill Clinton.

The New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff and The Onion writers Robert Siegel and Carol Kolb on this edition of Fresh Air. Bob Mankoff's new book is The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Creativity. It's a how-to of cartooning and a collection of New Yorker cartoons, including many of Mankoff's own. Mankoff also runs The Cartoon Bank, available at www.cartoonbank.com.

Nigerian-born journalist Ken Wiwa on this edition of Fresh Air. He writes for the Toronto Globe and Mail. He's the son of the late Ken Saro-Wiwa, one of Nigeria's best-loved writers and vocal critics of the military rule. Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Nigerian military regime in 1995. Ken Wiwa has written the new memoir, In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son's Journey to Understand His Father's Legacy.

Writer Andrew Solomon on this archive edition of Fresh Air. His book on depression, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, won a 2001 National Book Award. The work came out of a 1998 New Yorker magazine article. He drew on personal experience as well as interviews with patients, physicians, philosophers and drug designers. (Original Broadcast Date: June 11, 2001)

Jon Stewart, co-producer and anchorman of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Jim DeRogatis, author of Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic, on this edition of Fresh Air. Stewart's show is an alternative take on the news.

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.

Former head of Ethics & Responsible Business Practices consulting services for Arthur Andersen, Barbara Ley Toffler and British filmmakers Dan Gordon and Nick Bonner on this edition of Fresh Air. Barbara Ley Toffler is the co-author of the new book, Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed, and the Fall of Arthur Andersen. Toffler writes about life inside the firm. She left before it collapsed in the wake of the Enron scandal.

Performance poet Sekou Sundiata and his manager Katea Stitt on this edition of Fresh Air. Sekou Sundiata's one of New York's notable spoken word artists. He blends lyrics of urban dwelling with music. Born in Harlem, Sundiata is a professor of English Literature at The New School for Social Research.

Actress Angie Dickinson and Professor Gerald Early on this edition of Fresh Air. Angie Dickinson played an undercover cop in the TV series Police Woman from 1974-78. Her film roles include Dressed to Kill, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Pretty Maids all in a Row, and Ocean's Eleven which she made in 1960 with the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.

Actress Ellen Burstyn and Tejano musician Ruben Ramos on this edition of Fresh Air. Ellen Burstyn's up for an academy award for her portrayal of the mother of a drug addict who is also an addict herself in the film Requiem for a Dream. This is her fifth nomination and could be her second win.

Journalist James Bennet on this edition of Fresh Air. Bennett has been in the Middle East covering how the crisis there is affecting Israelis and Palestinians. He's been reporting on both sides of the conflict for The New York Times. (Broadcast Date: March 19, 2002)

Hear singer Pegi Young and book critic Maureen Corrigan on this edition of Fresh Air. Pegi Young has just released a self-titled debut album after singing backup for her husband, Neil Young, for many years. Pegi wrote many of the songs on the album. Her main focus in life has been on the creation of the Bridge School for special-needs children, like her son, Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy.

Two reports from Iraq on today's Fresh Air with National Security Correspondent Jon Landay and The New York Times' John Burns. Jon Landay works for the Knight Ridder Newspapers. At the time of the conversation he was about 30 miles from the city of Kirkuk in Northern Iraq. But he's not one of the embedded reporters.

Because Audible was not granted digital audio rights to today's issue of Fresh Air, we have selected a great interview with record producer and songwriter Neil Innes and actress Joan Cusack for this edition of Fresh Air. Neil Innes is a founding member of the comedy-rock group "The Bonzo Dog Band". He's also a member of "The Rutles", the band that he and Eric Idle of Monty Python created as a spoof of the Beatles.

Terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna and writer James Gavin on this edition of Fresh Air. Rohan Gunaratna's new book is Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror. Gunaratna spent five years conducting interviews with Al Qaeda, doing field research and monitoring the group's infiltration in communities in North America and Europe. He is a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrew's, Scotland.

Professor of Islamic law Khaled Abou El Fadl and English professor Leo Litwak on this edition of Fresh Air. Khaled Abou El Fadl is the professor of Islamic law at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. He's also the author of a number of books including, Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam a collection of essays about the problems and challenges that confront Muslims in the contemporary world.

P.W. (Peter) Singer, security analyst at The Brookings Institution and writer and physician John Murray on this edition of Fresh Air. P.W. Singer is an Olin Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and Coordinator of the Brookings Project on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic World. He is also the author of the new book, Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry.

Sexologist Leonore Tiefer on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Tiefer's book, Sex Is Not a Natural Act, looks at our society's anxieties and ignorances towards sex. She also questions what is "normal" sex and how people are to know how to have sex if no one talks about it. Tiefer received a Ph.D. in physiological psychology with a dissertation on hormones and mating behavior of rats. But she came to realize she knew nothing of the social norms of sexuality and questioned how sexual norms evolved.