Associate Professor at Columbia University of Public Health Dr. Nahid Toubia. She is from Sudan, and was the first woman surgeon in her country. Toubia is director of "Rainbo" a research and information organization dedicated to the health and human rights of women, particularly women's reproductive and sexual rights. They've begun a campaign against female genital mutilation. Toubia has written a report: "Female Genital Mutilation: A Call for Global Action."
Co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, Noah Adams, has written a book called "Piano Lessons,"(Delacorte Press) describing his one year study of the piano after years of admiration and longing, amidst the busy schedule of a twelve-hour work day.
Rosanne Cash. The singer/lyricist has released nine albums. In 1985 she won a Grammy for "I don't Know Why You Don't Want Me." Cash is the daughter of Johnny Cash. She currently has a new album, "Ten-Song Demo" (Capitol Records) and her first work of fiction: "Bodies of Water" (Hyperion) a collection of nine short stories. One reviewer writes, "her talent as a lyricist translates beautifully into short fiction."
Filmmakers Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Freidman. They've produced a film version of Russo's book, "The Celluloid Closet." The documentary includes film clips and interview with actors, directors, writers and critics.
Film director Joseph Cates. His film "Who Killed Teddy Bear" was made in the mid 1960s. It starred Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse and Elaine Stritch. The film has recently been re-released. It's been described as a "smorgasbord of Hollywood taboos: voyeurism, pornography, masturbation, incest, child abuse, transvestism, lesbianism." "Who Killed Teddy Bear?" is playing at the Film Forum in New York City, March 8-14.
Writer Andre Dubus. Dubus' short stories earned him 1991's Bernard Malamud Award from the writers group, PEN. In 1986 DUBUS was crippled when he was hit by a car as he was trying to assist another motorist. His new collection of essays is "Dancing After Hours." (Knopf)
Film Critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert join Terry Gross on stage in Chicago for a "live" audience version of Fresh Air. This was recorded in February 1996. The duo began their TV collaboration in 1975 on Chicago Public Television station WTTW. After two successful season, the program became a national PBS show. In 1981 it moved to commercial television.Their show is now known as "Siskel and Ebert" and is heard in 180 markets. Gene Siskel is film columnist for the Chicago Tribune, and Roger Ebert is critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Editor of Consumer Reports Travel Letter (CRTL), Ed Perkins. He has spent 25 years in travel research and consulting He began editing CRTL, widely known for its objective consumer oriented research. He has a nationally syndicated travel column and has appeared as a travel expert on Good Morning America, The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather, and other TV and radio programs.
"New eras demand new voices." words from William Kristol defending the creation of his new conservative magazine "The Weekly Standard." Kristol talks with Terry Gross about why he feels vigorous debate among conservatives is needed if republicans want to lead the nation. Kristol is editor and publisher of the Standard which has been criticized for highlighting divisions within the Republican Party. Kristol has served as chief of staff for one time Secretary of Education William Bennet and for Vice President Day Quayle.
Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new two-disc set of historical recordings of the theater music of Kurt Weill: "From Berlin to Broadway," (Pearl Records)
One of the most respected historians of the media Erik Barnouw. He is the author of the three-volume "History of Broadcasting." Barnouw was the first chief of the Library of Congress' Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recording Sound Division." Barnouw has a new memoir about his life, "Media Marathon: A 20th Century Memoir." (Duke University Press).
Record producer Nick Venet. He has produced more than 300 albums in his career and has collected numerous Grammy nominations and awards. He is co-producer of a new Bobby Darin box set (Rhino). Venet was also Darin's producer and friend.
Journalist James Stewart. He won the George Polk award in 1988 and the Gerald Loeb awards in 1987 and 1988. He was the recipient of the 1988 Pulitzer prize for his articles in the Wall Street Journal on the 1987 stock market crash and the insider trading scandal. That same year he became the page one editor for The Wall Street Journal and held that position until November of 1992. Currently he is a contributor to The New York Magazine and an editor-at-large at SmartMoney magazine. He has a new book on the Whitewater scandal, "Blood Sport: The President and His Adversaries."
