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Jazz guitarist Russell Malone. The 35-year-old self-taught guitarist is widely acknowledged as one of the most versatile and complete jazz guitarists of his generation. Malone has played with a diverse group of artists including vocalist/pianist Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr., Clarence Carter, Little Anthony and Bucky Pizzarelli. He also fronts his own band. His new CD is called Look Who's Here (Verve).

Wiener spent 14 years fighting to gain access to the FBIs secret files on John Lennon. Wieners Freedom of Information case went all the way to the Supreme Court before the FBI decided to settle. His book Gimme Some Truth outlines and reproduces the most important pages of the file, revealing that the Nixon administration plotted to deport Lennon in 1972 and silence him as a voice of the anti-war movement. Wiener is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, and also author of Come Together: John Lennon and His Time.

Film director Ang Lee. His new movie is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. He also co-produced the film. Lee is best known for his English-language dramas such as Sense and Sensibility, the Jane Austen novel adaptation, as well as 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.

She covered Iran for some 20years for Newsweek and the New York Times. Her new book Persian Mirrors:The Elusive Face of Iran (Free Press) was just released last month. It illustrates the culture of Iran: its press, its movie industry, its restaurants and homes. She speaks today on Irans political position during the Middle East crisis. She is a Senior Writer at the Washington bureau of the New York Times. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Robert Moog is the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, an electronic keyboard which makes unworldly sounding electronic music. He invented it in 1965. Moog didn't invent, but he does manufacture the Theremin, the first electronic instrument. It was invented 70 years ago by a Russian, It has been used on many science-fiction films because of it's eerie, wavering tones. Moog wrote the forward for the new book Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage (Universitiy of Illinois Press) by Albert Glinsky . (ORIGINAL BROADCAST 2/28

Pastor joins us to talk about possible election reforms in the American system after this presidential vote. Pastor is a professor of Political Science at Emory University, and in his former role as a Carter Center Fellow, he helped create international election monitoring teams. He has monitored 20 foreign elections. Pastor is the author of 10 books on subjects such as U-S foreign policy, international trade and democratization.

Now the host of The Tonight Show, Leno talks about his struggling years as a stand-up comic (with other comics like Robin Williams, Andy Kaufman, and Steve Martin). He also talks about taking over The Tonight Show. He is author of the book Leading with my Chin. Leno appears in Comedian, the Jerry Seinfeld documentary in theaters now. (REBROADCAST from 10/21/96)

Political commentator David Frum. From January 2001 to February 2002 he was a special assistant to President Bush for economic speech-writing. He held the position during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and he's the man who put the axis in the oft-repeated Bush term "axis of evil." Frum is the author of the new book, The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush, an inside account of the White House.

Cake has five albums to their credit. The band includes trumpeter Vincent DiFiore, bassist Gabriel Nelson, and guitarist Xan McCurdy. The popular alt-rock group combines caustic lyrics with pulsing guitar music and is influenced by many different styles: rock, funk, synth-pop, mariachi and cuban. Sometimes they shoot for a cheap, lo-fi sound, says McCrea. Their new CD is Pressure Chief.

NPR presents "The Man and His Music," a special two-hour edition of Jazz Profiles, plus on-demand audio of the swinging Count Basie Centennial Concert featuring the Jon Faddis All-Stars and recorded live at the 2004 Caramoor Festival in Katonah, N.Y.