Terry Gross

The HBO show began its final season Sunday. Terence Winter says he wrote the Prohibition-era dram in part to work with Martin Scorcese. It has "something I couldn't possibly ... pass up," he says.

The New York Times Baghdad bureau chief Tim Arango has been reporting from Iraq for five years and has watched the rise of the Islamic State militants. He gives Fresh Air his take on the situation.

Bob Gaudio wrote most of The Four Seasons' hits, some of which are compiled in a new anthology. He tells Fresh Air about the band's history, including why its songs had some "anger" in them.