Terry Gross

From the Library of Congress, Recording Sound Specialist, Samuel Brylawski and Acquisition Specialist Cooper Graham. The two compiled a collection of presidential speeches dating back 85 years Historic Presidential Speeches (1908-1993) (on Rhino/World Beat label). It begins with William Howard Taft, recorded during the presidential campaign of 1908.

Military affairs correspondent for the New York Times, Michael Gordon. He 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.

Two collections of Oliver Stone's films have been released on DVD, including the films: Any Given Sunday, JFK, Natural Born Killers, Heaven and Earth, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street, The Doors, Nixon, Talk Radio, and U Turn. The collections include extended scenes, trailers, and directors commentary.

Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman of the band, Le Tigre . Hanna was the lead singer of the 90s band Bikini Kill. Bikini Kill was part of the music/cultural/feminist movement know as Riot Grrl, which focused on the concept of girl power and young womens empowerment. The movement was based primarily in Washington, DC and Olympia, WA, and its members formed bands, wrote fanzines, and held meetings, protests and festivals. Hanna was a leader and spokesperson for the movement. Her first solo project after Bikini Kill was called Julie Ruin. She then formed Le Tigre.

Bundles is former Washington deputy bureau chief for ABC News, and an award winning producer. Her new book is a biographer of her great-great-grandmother Madam C.J. Walker, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker, . Walker was the daughter of slaves, and a widow at the age of 20. She built a business empire creating hair products for African-American women, and then turned her wealth into philanthropy. Her friends included W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington.

The topic is circumcision. Author David Gollaher. He is president and CEO of the public policy group, California Healthcare Institute and is the author of Circumcision: A History of the Worlds Most Controversial Surgery.

Crittenden is a former reporter for The New York Times. Shes the author of the new book The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued. In the book, Crittenden writes about the cost to mothers when their work is unrecognized and undervalued. For instance, because child care is not counted as labor, caregivers receive no Social Security credits, and as a result they lose out on retirement income. Crittenden spent five years research on her book talking to economists, socicologists, and to mothers.

Josephson tells us some of his favorite mohel jokes.

Cantor Philip Sherman is a mohel who performs the Jewish rite of circumcision on the eighth day of a baby boys life. In his twenty-two year career hes performed about nine thousand. His grandfather was also a mohel.

O'Farrill music combines American jazz with the rhythms of Cuban/Latin Music. The 79-year old's latest CD is called "Carambola"