Terry Gross

Poet, musician Dave Alvin, is best known for his songwriting and guitar playing for the Blasters and the influential punk band X, as well as his solo career. He has a new collection of his poems and writings called, "Any Rough Times Are Now Behind You." (Rebroadcast)

Hopper stars in the new film "Basquiat," about the American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. He plays international art dealer Bruno Bischofberger. Today's featured segment has the actor talking art and art collecting. Hopper made his feature film debut in "Rebel Without a Cause" in 1955. (Rebroadcast)

We return to our 1995 interview with former head of the FBI's Serial Crime Unit, John Douglas. He talks about his experience interviewing serial murderers.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Dietz has served as an expert witness for the prosecution in the murder trials of John Hinkley, Joel Rifkin, Jeffrey Dahmer and others. In each case he presented evidence against the defense of insanity, saying that these men knew that they were committing terrible crimes. In this interview, he explains how he determined Jeffrey Dahmer's culpability. (REBROADCAST from 12/12/94)

In this segment, we revisit two interviews about the psychology of murderers. First, an interview with John Douglas. For 20 years, Douglas investigated serial murders for the FBI, and developed techniques to get criminals to talk, and to lure them into capture. Next, psychiatrist James Gilligan. He's spent twenty-five years treating violent men, as former medical director of the Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, and director of mental health for the Massachusetts prison system.

Dr. Fred Sheftell is the co-founder of The New England Center for Headache and the co-author of the book, "Headache Relief." He's also co-authored the book, "Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain" He is President of ACHE. American Council for Headache Education. He talks to Terry about how headaches work.

Psychologist Mark Epstein's new book is "Thoughts Without a Thinker: Psychotherapy From a Buddhist Perspective" (Basic Books). He discovered both Buddhism and psychology in college and combines Eastern spirituality and Western psychology to help patients reach solutions to their problems. (REBROADCAST FROM 7/17/96)

Dr. David Spiegel is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. His groundbreaking study (1989) of breast cancer patients showed that women who had psychosocial intervention lived twice as long, after diagnosis, as those without that intervention. His book, "Living Beyond Limits" covers research on mind/body interactions, how to build sustaining support networks, control pain through self-hypnosis and detoxify fears of dying.

Dr. Andrew Weil is one of the world's leading authorities on health, healing and medicine. His latest book "Spontaneous Healing" came out in paperback in May. It explores how to discover and enhance our body's natural ability to maintain and heal itself. Dr. Weil is currently Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine at the University of Arizona. He also has a private practice, based at the Center for Integrative Medicine at Tucson, where he treats patients from around the world. (Rebroadcast)

Authority on complementary cancer treatments Michael Lerner. His book is called "Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer." Lerner believes that cancer patients are wise to use "whatever combination of conventional and complementary cancer therapies that makes sense to them." Lerner won a MacArthur Prize Fellowship for his work in public health in 1983.