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Actor, singer, and drag queen Ru Paul and cartoonist Craig McCracken on this edition of Fresh Air. At 6'7", Ru Paul is even taller in heels and has fashioned for himself a supermodel persona. He attributes his mainstream appeal to his non-threatening sexuality and his "non-bitchy" drag queen personality. Ru Paul is appearing out of drag in the new comedy But I'm A Cheerleader.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on this edition of Fresh Air. He's written eight books since his presidency, including several memoirs. His newest book is a collection of his poems, Always a Reckoning. Terry will talk with him about his poetry, and about his diplomacy work, most recently, negotiating agreements in Bosnia and Haiti.

Writer Joyce Johnson talks about her relationship to Beat icon Jack Kerouac, and her new book, Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters on this edition of Fresh Air. In 1957, Johnson started a relationship with the then little-known writer Kerouac. Nine months later, Kerouac's Beat classic On the Road was published. Johnson will talk about her two-year, tumultuous love affair with Kerouac, how the publication of On the Road changed Kerouac, and she'll talk about what it was like being young and female and part of the Manhattan bohemian scene.

Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner and multi-ethnic author Greg Sarris on this 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. Sarris is part American Indian, Filipino, and Jewish, and was raised in both Indian and white families.

Filmmaker John Waters on this edition of Fresh Air. John Waters's latest film is Cecil B. Demented about an underground filmmaker and his cult following who declare war on bad cinema by kidnapping a starlet and forcing her to star in their own film. Waters other movies include, Pecker about a young amateur photographer who becomes the darling of the New York art world; Cry Baby, a juvenile delinquent love story set in the 1950's, which brought together such performers as Patty Hearst, Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, David Nelson, and Polly Bergen.

Epidemiologist Dr. Donald Francis on this archival edition of Fresh Air. In the mid 1970's he was in Sudan helping to contain the Ebola virus, which had then just been identified. Francis was also on the forefront of research on AIDS and the HIV virus. He was director of the CDC's AIDS Laboratory Activities, and worked closely with the Institut Pasteur to prove that HIV was the cause of AIDS. Francis is currently doing research to develop a vaccine for HIV.

NRA lobbyist Tanya Metaksa and journalist Osha Gray Davidson talk about the NRA on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Executive Director of the Institute for Legislative Action, Metaksa, the National Rifle Association's (NRA's) lobbying arm responds to criticism of the letter sent to NRA members calling federal agents "jackbooted Government thugs." Metaksa denies that the group has any association with paramilitary groups.

Writer Jim Knipfel on this edition of Fresh Air. Knipfel's first book, the acclaimed memoir Slackjaw, is his funny, irreverent account of loosing his sight and trying to take his life. In his new book, Quitting the Nairobi Trio, he writes about the time he spent in a psychiatric ward. The New York Times says Knipfel is "blessed with a natural, one might even say reflexive, knack for telling stories."

Playwright and actor Wallace Shawn and actor Andre Gregory on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Shawn and Gregory star in the film Vanya on 42nd St, directed by Louis Malle, screenplay adapted by David Mamet from Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. The two also co-wrote and co-starred in the 1981 film, My Dinner with Andre. They have since both worked on many other projects individually in television, theater, and film. Shawn was an obscure playwright until 1981, when his movie, My Dinner With Andre appeared.

Crime writer James Ellroy and poet Maxine Kumin on this edition of Fresh Air. Ellroy sets his novels in 1950's L.A., where he grew up. His series of novels, L.A. Quartet was a best seller. His latest novel is called Hollywood Nocturnes. When he was ten, his mother was murdered near their L.A. home. He wrote an article about returning to L.A. to go through the police files on his mother in Gentleman's Quarterly.

Associate curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Russell Ferguson on this edition of Fresh Air. Ferguson curated the exhibit "In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O'Hara and American Art." Frank O'Hara was part of a small group of poets in New York City in the 1950s and 60s, influenced by the Abstract Expressionist painters of that time, including Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. O'Hara died in 1966 after being struck by a jeep.

Writer and economist Denise Chong and actress Sarah Jessica Parker on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Chong is the author of The Concubine's Children. The book is a history of her family, beginning with her grandmother, May-Ying, a concubine brought to Canada by Chong's wealthy grandfather. May-Ying had two daughters in China, and Chong's mother in Canada.

Singers Teddy Pendergrass and Al Green on this edition of Fresh Air Teddy Pendergrass was a popular soul singer in the group "Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes.

Author Martin Amis on this edition of Fresh Air. Amis is considered one of the leading British writers of the late twentieth century and one of the most controversial.

Authors Dalton Conley and Niall Ferguson on this edition of Fresh Air. Dalton Conley is the author of the memoir, Honky, about growing up white in a predominately African American.

Musician Ravi Shankar, actors Vince Vaughn and Gene Hackman on this edition of Fresh Air. Today, we learned that former Beatle George Harrison has died.

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Near Easter Studies professor Bernard Lewis and Robert Jay Lifton on this edition of Fresh Air. Bernard Lewis, Ph.D is a Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Steven Soderbergh's latest movie is Traffic, starring Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Journalist Mark Bowden and film director Andrew Davis on this edition of Fresh Air. Mark Bowden wrote the best seller, Black Hawk Down.