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Creator of the TV series Law & Order Dick Wolf and Actor Robert Downey, Jr. on this edition of Fresh Air. Dick Wolf's Law & Order is the longest running drama on network television. After more than 300 shows and thirteen years the "ripped from the headlines" half cop-half law show is still going strong. It's also inspired two other series: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Hear legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin and journalist David Barboza on this edition of Fresh Air. Jeffrey Toobin is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He is also a legal analyst for CNN. His new book, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, is about the internal wrangling on the high court. His other books include Too Close to Call (about the 2000 presidential election) and The Run of His Life (about the O.J. Simpson trial).

Former theater critic Frank Rich and producer-director Harold Prince on this edition of Fresh Air. Rich has published his memoir Ghost Light, in which he examines the influence of his childhood on his adult career: his parents' divorce and an early curiosity for theater. He was chief drama critic for The New York Times from 1980-1983 and has been an op-ed columnist for that paper since 1994.

Correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter John Allen and French film director Laurent Cantet on this edition of Fresh Air. John Allen covers the Vatican for the paper and has a regular column, "The View From Rome." This week American Cardinals are meeting in Rome to discuss the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church in the U.S. Laurent Cantet has made two feature films, both of which focus on the world of work, and the toll that work can take on our lives.

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.

Film director Martin Scorsese and historian Tyler Anbinder on this edition of Fresh Air. Martin Scorsese discusses his new film Gangs of New York set in pre-civil war New York City about the street warfare between immigrant groups. It's inspired by the book The Gangs of New York published in 1927 by journalist Herbert Asbury. Tyler Anbinder has written about the Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan which is the setting for Martin Scorsese's new film.

Celebrating Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre on this edition of Fresh Air. The Steppenwolf Theater celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The actor-driven theatre is known for its ensemble acting and cutting-edge acting style. It's members include John Mahoney (Martin Crane on Frazier), John Malkovich, Kevin Anderson, and four actors whom you'll hear from.

Journalists Mariane Pearl and Joshua Hammer on this edition of Fresh Air. Marianne Pearl is the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped then killed by militant Islamists in 2002. Before Daniel Pearl was abducted, the Pearls were both foreign correspondents, reporting from Pakistan.

Journalist Robert Kaplan and Peter W. Galbraith, former U.S. amassador to Croatia, on this edition of Fresh Air. Robert Kaplan is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His story in the April edition of magazine is "A Tale of Two Colonies." Kaplan traveled to Yemen and Eritrea to investigate how the war on terrorism is forcing the U.S. to be involved with each. Yemen is believed to have the largest Al-Qaeda presence outside of the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Historian and civil rights activist Roger Wilkins and writer Vernor Vinge on this edition of Fresh Air. Wilkins has written a new book Jefferson's Pillow. He considers our founding fathers and their conflicting attitudes toward race and how it affects his own sense of patriotism. Wilkins is a professor of history at George Mason University, a Pulitzer-prize winner, and former Assistant Attorney General under President Johnson.

Psychologist Daniel Schacter and journalist Michela Wrong on this edition of Fresh Air. Schacter is the author of the new book The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers. The book looks at memory loss and age, arguing that gaps in memory are normal if not necessary to a sharp mind. He's a professor of psychology at Harvard University. Wrong is the author of the new book In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo.

White House Correspondent for The Washington Post Dana Milbank on this Fresh Air. He covered the recent presidential campaign and the aftermath. He's written a new book about it, Smashmouth: Two years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush.

Co-directors/co-producers of Chicken Run Nick Park and Peter Lord, Dean of the New York Friars' Club Freddy Roman, and comic Jeffrey Ross on this edition of Fresh Air. Park is the academy award-winning creator of the much-loved animated British characters Wallace and Gromit. Lord is Chairman and co-founder of the clay animation studios Aardman, where Park created his short films featuring Wallace and Gromit (A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave.)

We celebrate the centennial of Bing Crosby's birth with jazz critic and writer Gary Giddins. His biography of Bing Crosby is called, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams - the Early Years, 1903-1940. From 1930s to the 50s, Crosby was a pop culture icon, dominating American entertainment with his hit records and movies.

Writer William Adler and jazz musician Bob Dorough on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Adler's first book, Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack, tells the story of the Chambers brothers. The brothers moved to Detroit from Mississippi in the mid-'80s in search of economic freedom and found it by setting up the biggest drug business in the city. It was run like a Fortune 500 company with quality control, discounts, employee bonuses and a dress code.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the film West Side Story, Fresh Air speaks with cast members.

They Might Be Giants band members John Linnell and John Flansburgh on this edition of Fresh Air. The wacky musical duo has just published a children's book (with companion CD) entitled Bed, Bed, Bed. Linnell and Flansburgh have known each other since childhood, and they started They Might Be Giants in Brooklyn, New York, where they still have a phone machine called Dial-a-Song.

Author Lorenzo Carcaterra on this rebroadcast of Fresh Air. Carcaterra was the managing editor of the CBS weekly series Top Cops. He is the author of two memoirs, A Safe Place and Sleepers, about growing up in New York's Hell's Kitchen during the 50s and 60s.

From the Library of Congress, Recording Sound Specialist, Samuel Brylawski and acquisition specialist Cooper Graham and former White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater on this edition of Fresh Air. The two compiled a collection of presidential speeches dating back 85 years Historic Presidential Speeches (1908-1993).

British journalist Peter Stothard and fashion journalists Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine on this edition of Fresh Air. Peter Stothard is the author of the new book, Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History. Stothard chronicles the thirty days between March 10 to April 10, 2003, in the days leading up to the Iraq war and the early days of the war.