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Author Nick Hornby on this edition of Fresh Air. Hornby's most recent book, A Long Way Down, is now out in paperback.

Legal scholars Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu and actor Jeff Goldblum on this edition of Fresh Air. Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu have co-written a book called Who Controls the Internet? Illusions of a Borderless World. It's about the Internet's challenge to governmental rule. They'll talk about recent controversies including Google in China and the government's role in policing eBay transactions. Jack Goldsmith is a professor of law at Harvard Law School.

Filmmaker Liz Mermin, beautician Shaima Ali, and comic Craig Ferguson on this edition of Fresh Air. Mermin's new documentary, The Beauty Academy of Kabul, is about a group of American female hairdressers who go to Afghanistan and open a beauty school to teach local women how to cut hair and apply make-up, thus making them financially independent. Ali was one of the teachers. She is an Afgan-American who returned to the country after fleeing over 20 years ago.

Journalist Seymour Hersh and film director Mary Harron on this edition of Fresh Air. Hersh speaks about the latest developments between Iran and the U.S. regarding Iran's nuclear power program. In the April 17, 2006 edition of The New Yorker magazine he writes that the Bush administration has clandestine plans for a possible major attack on Iran. Film director Mary Harron's films include I Shot Andy Warhol and American Psycho.

Journalist Michael Pollan and comedians Sean Altman and Rob Tannenbaum on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael Pollan's new book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, follows industrial food, organic food, and food that consumers procure or hunt for themselves, from the source to the dinner plate. It also examines the importance of corn in all of our food products. Pollan is a Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at University of California at Berkeley.

Rabbi Michael Schudrich and writer/director Mike White, on this edition of Fresh Air. Rabbi Schudrich is the chief rabbi of Poland. He is also a native of New York City. Schudrich moved to Warsaw in 1990 to help rebuild Jewish communities there funded by the Ronald S. Lauder foundation, a U.S. charity established to help rebuild Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. Schudrich's grandparents emigrated from Poland before World War II.

Actor Richard Gere and writer/director Jake Kasden on this edition of Fresh Air. Gere has almost 40 films to his credit, including Days of Heaven, American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, The Cotton Club, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Chicago. In his new film The Hoax, Gere plays a scam artist who gets a major book publisher to pay him a seven figure publishing deal.

Researcher and doctor David G. Nathan and novelist Moshin Hamid on this edition of Fresh Air. New cancer fighting techniques including the development of smart drugs which target and block the growth of cancer cells mean thousands of patients are surviving their cancer. Researcher and doctor David G. Nathan talks about his new book, The Cancer Treatment Revolution. Nathan is President Emeritus of the Dana Farmer Cancer Institute.

Journalist Jeffrey Rosen and retired CIA field officer Larry Devlin, on this edition of Fresh Air. Jeffrey Rosen is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine. In March 11 issue, he writes in the article "The Brain on the Stand: How Neuroscience Is Transforming the Legal System" about the emerging new field of study, neurolaw - which combines neuroscience and the law.

Writer Ishmael Beah, on this edition of Fresh Air. Beah has written a new memoir about his years as a child soldier in Sierra Leone.

Investigative reporter Lowell Bergman and musicians Pat Dinizio and Dennis Diken, on this edition of Fresh Air. Lowell Bergman is the producer of the new Frontline documentary, News War: Secrets, Spin and the Future of the News.

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer from New York and Republican Senator Jon Kyl from Arizona, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Journalist Zev Chafets, on this edition of Fresh Air. In his new book, Zev Chafets explores American evangelical support for Israel.

Rapper, producer and actor Andre Benjamin and singer Iggy Pop, on this edition of Fresh Air. Benjamin is also known as Andre 3000. He is half of the Grammy-winning hip-hop duo Outkast, best known for their hit single "Hey Ya!" from the double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below.

Authors Richard Powers and Alex Kuczynski, on this edition of Fresh Air. Richard Powers has just won the National Book Award for his novel The Echo Maker. And New York Times reporter Alex Kuczynski's new book is Beauty Junkies: Inside our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery.

Journalist Jim Newton and book critic Maureen Corrigan, on this edition of Fresh Air. Jim Newton's new book, Justice For All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made, looks at the life of the Supreme Court Justice who presided over such landmark decisions as Brown v. Board of Education. Then, book critic Maureen Corrigan on the best fiction books of the year.

Actor John C. Reilly on this edition of Fresh Air. John C. Reilly co-stars in the hit film Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby with Will Farrell. It's soon out on video. Reilly is probably best known for his association with writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson in the films Hard 8, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia.

Playwright Neil Simon on this edition of Fresh Air. Simon talks about being this year's recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain prize for American humor.

Actor Greg Kinnear, culinary expert Shirley Corriher, and linguist Geoff Nunberg, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Former Vice Presidential candidate and senator John Edwards and journalist Julian Dibbell on this edition of Fresh Air. During the election of 2004, Edwards resigned from the Senate. He currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and recently did a lot of campaigning for Democrats in advance of last week's midterm elections. He'll talk about politics, the Kerry-Edwards campaign, and his thoughts on his own possible presidential bid in 2008.