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Israeli journalist David Horovitz and Palestinian journalist Ghassan Khatib on this edition of Fresh Air. David Horovitz is the editor of The Jerusalem Report. He'll discuss how Israelis are responding to the September 11th attacks, the war on terrorism, and the continued violence in the Middle East. Horovitz is the author of A Little Too Close to God. He was the recipient of the B'nai B'rith International Award for journalism in 1994.

Emmy-award winning sportscaster Bob Costas and editor Robert Kimball on this edition of Fresh Air. Since 1980, Bob Costas has been affiliated with the NBC network covering Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the NBA. He was the prime-time host for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 2000 Sydney Games. He's won numerous Emmys including one for his now defunct late-night TV interview program Later with Bob Costas.

An expert on chemical/biological weapons proliferation and arms control, Dr. Jonathan Tucker and former special adviser to Secretary of the Treasury, William Wechsler on this edition of Fresh Air. Dr. Jonathan Tucker is Director of the Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Tucker is also author of the new book, Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox.

Former New York Times Balkans Bureau Chief and Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Hedges. In the past few weeks, he's been covering terrorist cells in France and Belgium. He recently published a piece in Harper's Magazine called "A Gaza Diary". He currently is a correspondent for the paper and lives in New York. Conductor and Pianist Christoph Eschenbach. He becomes the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2003.

In this edition of Fresh Air, host Barbara Bogaev speaks with author Hanif Kureishi about his new novel Gabriel's Gift. It's the story of a 15-year-old boy and his struggles with his artistic soul and restless parents. Several of Kureishi's earlier novels, My Beautiful Laundrette, and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, were made into films. Dancer Garth Fagan is the Tony Award-winning choreographer of Broadway's The Lion King.

Journalist Charles Sennot on this edition of Fresh Air. The Boston Globe reporter Charles Sennot has just returned from Afghanistan, where he traveled with the Northern Alliance. He is also the author of the new book, The Body and The Blood: The Holy Land's Christians At the Turn of a New Millennium. Sennott was The Globe's Middle East bureau chief, and is currently The Globe's European bureau chief. He lives in London.

In this encore edition of Fresh Air, host Terry Gross speaks with engineer Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl. Astaneh is a member of a team assembled by the American Society of Civil Engineers to investigate the World Trade Center site. His findings will be used in engineering studies to help improve the structural integrity of buildings. Astanneh also has done research on bomb-resistant designs, following the bombing of the Oklahoma Federal Building.

Writer Samuel Freedman on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Samuel Freedman wrote a book about the state of the American Jewish Community called Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry. Freedman believes that three fundamental questions are rending the American Jewish community today: "What is the definition of Jewish identity? Who decides what is authentic and legitimate Judaism? And what is the Jewish compact with America?"

Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner and multi-ethnic author Greg Sarris on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Congress has decided to conduct a study of the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in the post-Cold War world. The agency suffered a shake-up following the discovery of the double agent Aldrich Ames. Weiner, who writes about the CIA for The New York Times, talks about what changes may take place in the agency as a result of the investigation.

Actress and playwright Anna Deveare Smith and writer, director and exotic dancer Julia Query on this edition of Fresh Air. Deveare Smith is best known for her one-woman plays based on hundreds of interviews she did with diverse people who experienced a crisis in their community. They include Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 about the Rodney King verdict, and Fires in the Mirror about the Crown Heights disturbances.

Former US Senator from Maine, George Mitchell on this edition of Fresh Air. After leaving the Senate he chaired the Northern Ireland peace talks. His book Making Peace, is about his work on that negotiation. He recently headed an international panel examining the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians. (Broadcast Date: October 9, 2001)

Author James Reston, Jr. and film director Jules Dassin on this edition of Fresh Air. James Reston, Jr.'s new book is Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. It's the story of the battle for the Holy Land in the late 12th century. It begins as a dual biography of Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt, Syria, Arabia and Mesopotamia, and Richard I, King of England, known as the Lionheart. The two men led the battling Islamic and Christian armies.

On this archive edition of Fresh Air host Terry Gross speaks with historian Jay Winik about his new book, the best seller April 1865. He writes that April 1865 is a month that "could have unraveled the American nation. Instead it saved it." During that month the Civil War ended with Lee's surrender, Lincoln was assassinated, and the rebuilding of the nation began.

On this edition of Fresh Air, host Barbara Bogaev speaks with architect and critic Anthony Vidler. He'll discuss urban planning and architecture in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Vidler is Dean of the Cooper Union School of Architecture and professor of art and architecture at UCLA. Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews the new novel London Bridges by Jane Stevenson. Director Ric Burns discusses the last two episodes of his film series New York: A Documentary Film.

On this edition of Fresh Air, host Terry Gross talks with Iranian born novelist Salar Abdoh, author of The Poet Game. It's a fictitious account of an Iranian secret agent sent to New York City to investigate rumored terrorist plots, in the wake of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Plus, FBI special agent Christopher Whitcomb. He was part of the bureau's hostage rescue team. Whitcomb participated in the missions at Waco, Ruby Ridge and Kosovo.

Comedian and actor Tim Meadows and journalist Robert Sullivan on this edition of Fresh Air. Meadows was a regular on TV's Saturday Night Live for some 9 years. Leon the Ladies Man, a swingin' politically incorrect radio love doctor that he played on the show, is now featured in the new film The Ladies Man.

AIDS researcher Timothy Wright, his brother, criminologist Richard Wright, and reporters Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn on this edition of Fresh Air. In 1995, Timothy Wright was in Bolivia conducting AIDS-related research. During Mardi Gras festivities, Wright was assaulted and robbed, and suffered a severe brain injury.

Journalist George Packer and television producer John Sacret Young on this edition of Fresh Air. George Packer grew up in a family with a very strong liberal tradition; his grandfather was a populist congressman from Alabama in the early part of the century; his father was a Jewish Kennedy-era liberal who was a professor at Stanford.

Kent State shooting survivor Dean Kahler and founder of National Empowerment Television Paul Weyrich on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Dean Kahler was wounded in the Kent State University shootings. 25 years before this broadcast (May 4th, 1970), the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of students at Kent State University demonstrating against raids into Cambodia.

Film director Joel Schumacher on this edition of Fresh Air. Joel Schumacher's films include St. Elmo's Fire, The Client, A Time to Kill, and Batman Forever. Schumacher's new film, Tigerland, focuses on a group of army recruits in training who are about to be shipped off to Vietnam.