Terry Gross

Postlethwaite played the incarcerated father of Gerry Conlon in "In the Name of the Father." Currently he can be seen in the new film "The Lost World," Steven Speilberg's sequel to "Jurassic Park," and "Brassed Off" a film about how members of a brass band respond to the economic decline of a small mining community in Yorkshire, England.

Frank Capra, Jr. and Tom Capra, the sons of film director Frank Capra, whose films include "It Happened One Night," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and "It's a Wonderful Life." The two have produced a new documentary about their famous father, "Frank Capra's American Dream." This year marks the 100th anniversary of Frank Capra's birth.

Moody's work has been compared to Cheever and Updike. His latest novel is "Purple America" (Little, Brown & Co.). His previous novel "The Ice Storm" has been made into a film which just won the best screenplay adaption award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Journalist and College Professor Anne Matthews talks about why college tuition is skyrocketing, and how campus culture and student expectations have changed over the years. Her new book is called "Bright College Years."

The University of California at Berkeley Professor of Sociology has a new book called "The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home & Home Becomes Work." It's about how work has become the refuge for harried Americans who find the demands at home more difficult than those at work. It's based on her research, interviewing employees for three years at a Fortune 500 company.

Rap vocalist Darryl McDaniels of RUN-DMC talks about the group's success. McDaniels is the "DMC" of the group. They were the first rap group to earn gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums. Their most recent album is "Down with The King" released in 1994. But RUN-DMC is expected to release their next album later this year. The group is credited with bringing new fashions, new dances, and new language to popular culture.

In honor of Fresh Air's 10th anniversary as a national show, musician Dave Frishberg performs an original song, commissioned by the show's staff.

Last year in Philadelphia, in a well publicized match, Kasparov beat IBM's Deep Blue, which was considered the most competitve chess computer to date. He is currently in the midst of another match with a more powerful Deep Blue. (REBROADCAST from 11/26/96)

Krakauer was with the group of climbers who were climbing Mt. Everest May 10-11,1996 when a storm hit. Eight climbers were killed. Krakauer was covering the climb for Outside Magazine. Terry talked with him last year right after he returned home from the climb. Later, she calls him to see how he's doing a year later. Krakauer now has a book about the climb, "Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster."

Carlin has written a new book "Brain Droppings" which is published by Hyperion. In this archival interview, he talks about his famous "seven dirty words' routine. (REBROADCAST from 6/1/90)