Showing results by narrator "Terry Gross" in All Categories

The United Nation's high commissioner for human rights, Mary Robinson on this edition of Fresh Air. Robinson is also the former president of Ireland. She discusses the murders last week of three U.N. human rights workers in West Timor. (Broadcast Date: September 13, 2000)

Singer Vernel Bagneris and writer Gary Paulsen on this edition of Fresh Air. Vernel Bagneris wrote, directed and starred in the 1979 hit show, "One mo' Time." It's being revived and opens on Broadway this week at the Longacre Theater. The setting is a hot, sultry night at New Orleans' Lyric Theatre in the 1920s. Bagneris performs Charlestons, rags, cakewalks, and other songs of the Vaudeville age, including "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," "Down in Honky Tonk Town," and "Everybody Loves My Baby."

Anti-violence activists Rochelle and Anthony Yates on this archival edition of Fresh Air. On July 18, 1988 the Yates' five-year-old son Marcus was killed in gun crossfire between two drug dealers fighting for turf in a corner store. There were 11 children in the store playing video games, two others were shot but survived, one of them was Marcus' six year old brother.

Filmmaker Jamsheed Akrami is a scholar of Iranian film. His two documentaries are Dreams Betrayed and Friendly Persuasion: Iranian Cinema After the Revolution. Together, they explore Iranian filmmaking before and after the 1979 revolution. In Iranian films, male and female characters are not allowed to touch, ever, and women must be veiled at all times. Despite these and other limitations, Iranian cinema has garnered international critical acclaim.

Once Were Warriors director Lee Tamahori and star Rena Owen, and Dr. Jody Heyman on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Once Were Warriors is a critically acclaimed film that takes a front-line look at an urban Maori family plagued by poverty, violence and alcoholism. The movie was the top grossing film in New Zealand history.

Singer Brenda Lee and authors Jane Farrell-Beck and Colleen Gau on this edition of Fresh Air. Brenda Lee is one of the early rock 'n' roll singers, with hits such as "I'm Sorry", "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", and "Break It To Me Gently." She's just been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, class of 2002. She's also in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta. At the age of 13, in 1957, she made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.

Founder of the Federal Witness Protection Program Gerald Shur and journalist Pete Earley on this edition of Fresh Air. They've collaborated on the new book, WITSEC: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program. Shur started the program in the 1960s after realizing that many witnesses would not testify because they were afraid of being killed as a result. WITSEC assigns a new identity and relocates witnesses and their dependents.

Journalist Steven Waldman and former Congressman Timothy J. Penny on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Waldman's book The Bill: How the Adventures of Clinton's National Service Bill Reveal What is Corrupt, Comical, Cynical - and Nobel - about Washington, follows Bill Clinton's plan to revamp the college loan system, from idea to implementation.

The economics of motherhood and the history of circumcision on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Economics journalist Ann Crittenden is a former reporter for The New York Times. She's the author of the new book The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued. In the book, Crittenden writes about the cost to mothers when their work is unrecognized and undervalued.

Writer Evelyn Lau and defense analyst Michael Klare on this edition of Fresh Air. In 1989, Lau became a best-selling author with her first book: Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid, a memoir of her years on the streets as a suicidal drug-addicted teenage prostitute.

On this edition of Fresh Air, host Terry Gross speaks with Mamoun Fandy, Professor at the Near-East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. He's written for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and regularly for The Christian Science Monitor. His latest book is Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent. Plus, classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reflects on what music he has and has not been listening to.

On this edition of Fresh Air, host Terry Gross speaks with Nicholas de Torrente, the executive director of the USA division of the French medical relief organization Doctors without Borders. During August, he was in the Northern Territory of Afghanistan checking on the work of the organization. Doctors without Borders had to negotiate with the Taliban to do their work. After the terrorist attacks, the organization evacuated all foreign workers from the country, leaving their Afghani staff behind.

Syndicated columnist and biographer Richard Reeves and Pakistani novelist and New Yorker writer Moshin Hamid on this edition of Fresh Air. Richard Reeves' most recent book is President Nixon: Alone in the White House. He's also written books about Presidents Reagan, Kennedy, Clinton, and Ford. Reeves lived in Pakistan during the 1980s.

Director of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Liz Thompson and Film Forum Director Bruce Goldstein on this edition of Fresh Air. The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council brought art, dance, and performance to World Trade Center Plaza. They had offices in WTC building five; a number of their artists had studio space in tower one. One of their artists, sculptor Michael Richards, was killed in the attack. Liz Thompson was at a meeting in tower one when the attack took place.

Journalists Monica Yant Kinney and Tom Ginsburg of The Philadelphia Inquirer on this edition of Fresh Air. The two covered the protests during the Republican National Convention. They'll pick up the story since the convention, and discuss the lawsuits filed against the city on behalf of the protesters.

Screenwriter/actress Polly Draper and jazz pianist Michael Wolff on this edition of Fresh Air. Polly Draper and jazz pianist Michael Wolff have co-produced The Tic Code.

Reporter Melinda Henneberger and British actress Brenda Blethyn on this edition of Fresh Air. Henneberger, Washington Correspondent for The New York Times, is writing a series of biographical profiles on Al Gore. Blethyn is starring in the new comedy Saving Grace about a middle-aged widow whose irresponsible husband left her in huge debt. She decides to start growing marijuana in her greenhouse instead of orchids. Blethyn's other films include her Oscar nominated role in Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies and Little Voice. (Broadcast Date: August 14, 2000)

Volcanologist Dan Miller on this edition of Fresh Air. Volcanologist and resident geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey Dan Miller also heads the Survey's Volcano Disaster Assistance program which helps developing countries in the event of volcanic eruption.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, religion scholar and former nun Karen Armstrong, the religious leader of the Islamic Center of America in Detroit, Iman Sayed Hassan Qazwini and American Muslim Asma Gull Hasan on this edition of Fresh Air. Thomas Friedman covered the Middle East for many years, work that won him two Pulitzer Prizes. He's also the author of the book, From Beirut to Jerusalem.

Psychiatrist and director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj and Psychiatrist, peace activist and feminist, Dr. Ruchama Marton on this archive edition of Fresh Air. The Programme is a non-profit Palestinian, non-governmental organization, formed to help families cope with the aftermath of torture and violence. El-Sarraj is well known in the occupied territories and Isreal as Gaza's first practicing psychiatrist and for his efforts to foster co-existence between Arabs and Jews.