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Saxophonist/composer Joe Lovano and remembering the founder of the Mamas and the Papas, John Phillips, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Director Mike Nichols, on this edition of Fresh Air. Nichols directed the new HBO movie Wit based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning off-Broadway play about a college professor dying of ovarian cancer.

Hear interviews with three of the biggest names from this year's Academy Award ceremonies, winner for Best Director for Traffic , Steven Soderbergh, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee and star Michelle Yeoh.

Jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean. The legendary alto sax player began playing saxophone at the age of 15 in native New York City. Schooled in bebop at the start of his career, McLean names Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker as influences.

Screen writer and director Christopher Nolan and writer James Sallis. Christopher Nolan's new film Memento, is about a man who is unable to make new memories since the violent murder of his wife.

Journalist Michael Ray Taylor and writer Richard Bernstein on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael Ray Taylor's new book is called Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms.

Cofounder of the New England Center for Headache Dr. Fred Sheftell on this edition of Fresh Air. He's also Chair of the World Headache Alliance.

Classical pianist and conductor Murray Perahia on this edition of Fresh Air. He's been exploring the music of J.S. Bach in his recordings.

Joey Ramone, the lead singer of the punk band the Ramones, died earlier this month. He had lymphoma. From their start in 1974, the Ramones combined fast, deafening guitar with precise drumming to create a hurricane of sound. Their songs had titles like "Beat on the Brat," "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" and "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." This edition of Fresh Air features an archive interview with Ramone from 1988.

The Broadway musical The Producers has opened on Broadway, based on the Mel Brooks movie. It stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.

In 1945 the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific. Nearly 900 men ended up in the water, but after four days fighting hypothermia, dehydration, and sharks, only 317 crewmen survived.

The inner workings of the National Security Agency on this edition of Fresh Air.

The oldest son of Sante Kimes, the 66-year old con-artist and convicted killer, Kent Walker on this edition of Fresh Air.

Journalist Mark Bowden on this edition of Fresh Air. His new book is called Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the Worlds Greatest Outlaw".

Actress Laura Linney and Iranian filmmaker Bahman Farmanara on this edition of Fresh Air.

Studio drummer Hal Blaine and an archive interview with journalist James Fallows on this edition of Fresh Air.

Journalist David Cay Johnston on this edition of Fresh Air. Last month he won a Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting.

Actor Brad Whitford and film critic Henry Sheehan, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Documentary filmmakers Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim and astronaut Jim Newman, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Retired General Wesley K. Clark on this edition of Fresh Air. He commanded the NATO troops during the Kosovo conflict, the first and only NATO war. His new memoir is Waging Modern War. (Broadcast Date: May 23, 2001)