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Journalist MARK BOWDEN His new book is called Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the Worlds Greatest Outlaw (Atlantic Monthly Press.) Its an investigation into the US government's role in bringing down Colombian cocaine kingpin and terrorist Pablo Escobar. BOWDEN will talk about Escobar, the world of drug trafficking and US/Colombia relations. MARK BOWDEN is a reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer. His previous book was the award winning bestseller Black Hawk Down. A film adaptation is in the works.

Actor GREG KINNEAR. His newest film is Someone Like You. He plays a soap opera star in the film Nurse Betty which is now out on video. Kinnear's other films include As Good As It Gets (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award) and Sabrina. Kinnear got his start as host and executive producer of "Talk Soup" on E! Entertainment. Later he hosted his own late-night talk show, Later with Greg Kinnear.

Film director Ang Lee. His film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is up for ten Academy Awards. The film stars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeow. Lee is best known for English-language dramas such as Sense and Sensibility, the Chinese-American themed Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet. In Crouching Tiger, Lee brings an art-house sensibility to the Hong Kong martial arts genre.

From the Library of Congress, Recording Sound Specialist, Samuel Brylawski and Acquisition Specialist Cooper Graham. The two compiled a collection of presidential speeches dating back 85 years Historic Presidential Speeches (1908-1993) (on Rhino/World Beat label). It begins with William Howard Taft, recorded during the presidential campaign of 1908. (REBROADCAST from 11

Singer and musician David Johansen was the lead singer for the 70s pre-punk punk rock band New York Dolls. Later he performed as Buster Poindexter, a pompadour tuxedo wearing lounge lizard swing bandleader of the band Banshees in Blue. Now he has a new roots-music band and a new album of straight blues, David Johansen and the Harry Smiths. (Chesky Re

The Car Talk guys, TOM & RAY MAGLIOZZI talk with Terry about their first garage and more. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the premiere of the new Comedy Central sitcom about life in the Bush Whitehouse, –Thats My Bush— by the creators of –South Park.—

NPR Music's resident viking shares his favorite albums and songs of 2021.

Victor Garber will star in the upcoming ABC drama Eli Stone. He has just finished a short run of Stephen Sondheim's Follies for the New York City Center's Encores! series. Viewers may remember him best as Jack Bristow on the hit TV show Alias. Broadway credits include Death Trap, Noises Off and Sweeney Todd.

Three new prime-time TV series premiere this week: scripted dramas on ABC and CBS, and a new quiz show on ABC. This week also brings the season finale of ABC's Dancing with the Stars, and lots of other activity involving first-run weekly television shows. Our TV critic says that all this action is related -- and little of it is cause for celebration.