Terry Gross

A look at the U.S. elections from abroad. Foreign editor Lloyd Doyle of the British paper the Independent tells us what people outside the United States think about the current controversy.

We remember Lea Rabin, the widow of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. She died on Sunday at the age of 72. She had cancer. (REBRAODCAST from 4/9/97)

New York Times reporter and Prague Bureau Chief Steve Erlanger. He’ll talk to us about Serbia after the elections that ended the rule of Milosevic. And he’ll talk about the new president, Vojislav Kostunica. Erlanger will report to us from Belgrade. (

Film Critic Henry Sheehan reviews the new film “Men of Honor,” starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

World War Two combat veteran Robert Kotlowitz has written about his experiences in "Before Their Time: A Memoir" (Hardcover released in 1997, re-printed in 1999 on Anchor Books). Kotlowitz was part of a platoon that was ordered to charge the German front, an order that killed all but 3 men. His previous books included: The Boardwalk, His Master's Voice, Sea Changes, and Somewhere Else. (ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 7/27/99)

Former fighter pilots Ed Mechenbier (Mac-in-BYER) and Ron Bliss. During the Vietnam War they were both shot down, and became POWs in Hanoi. They are featured in the 1999 documentary "Return with Honor." The film was made by Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders, the team that made the Oscar winning film, "Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.” (ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 7/26/99)

Literary forensics expert Don Foster. Named the first literary detective of all time, he uncovered the identity of Joe Klein as the Anonymous writer of 1996’s “Primary Colors”. His new book is “Author Unknown: On the Trail of Anonymous” (Henry Holt, Inc.) which details the techniques he uses to identify writers behind anonymous books and documents. He teaches English at Vassar College.

Journalist S.V. Date is based in Florida where he is Tallahassee bureau chief for The Palm Beach Post. He’ll discuss the recount in Florida for the Presidential election. Date is also the author of the new novel “Smokeout” (Putnam)

Satirist Harry Shearer. He’s the host of NPR’s Le Show. He’s also the author of "It's the Stupidity, Stupid: Why (Some) People hate Clinton and Why the Rest of Us Have to Watch." (The Library of Contemporary Thought, The Ballintine Publishing Group) which came out earlier this year. Today he speaks on the outcome of the presidential election.

Journalist Dana Milbank. A senior writer for the Washington Post, he covered the presidential election for that paper. He talks about the outcome of the presidential election and recounts the pivotal moments in the parties’ campaigns.