Terry Gross

His new book, Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis is the second volume of his biography of Hitler. It has been nominated for the Whitbread Prize. The first volume, Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris was an editors choice of the New York Times and is now available in paperback. Kershaw is a professor of modern history at the University of Sheffield.

Leila Ahmed is Professor of Women Studies in Religion at the Harvard Divinity School. She written extensively on feminism and Islam, and is the author of a new memoir about growing up in Egypt during the 1940s and 50s. It called A Border Passage: from Cairo to America - a Woman Journey.

Program Director for the International Center for Transitional Justice, Paul van Zyl. As such he helps emerging democracies to reckon with the human rights abuses in their past. Van Zyl is from South Africa and was the executive secretary of South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The center is now working with the U.N. to design a justice policy for post-Taliban Afghanistan. The International Center for Transitional Justice is located in New York City.

Ravi Shankar, the world's leading sitar player. In 1999 he published his autobiography, Ravi Shankar: Raga Mala. The book was edited and introduced by his friend George Harrison. Hell discuss his relationship with Harrison and how Harrison helped introduce the sitar to western audiences.

Vince Vaughn teamed up again with Swingers costar John Favreau in the movie, Made. The movie, written and directed by Favreau, follows two aspiring boxers who concoct a money laundering scheme. It just come out on video and DVD. Vaughn has appeared in several movies including Swingers, The Lost World, the remake of Alfred Hitchcock Psycho, and The Cell.

We learned today that former Beatle George Harrison has died. Well listen back to drummer, Ringo Starr who talks to Terry about the early life of the Beatles.

The star of the films Bonnie and Clyde, The French Connection, The Conversation, and Unforgiven. He's now starring in two films, with a third about to come out: Heist, Behind Enemy Lines and The Royal Tannenbaums which will be released December 14th.

Larry Goodson is associate professor of international Studies at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts. He the author of the book, Afghanistan Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban (University of Washington press). Goodson writes that Afghanistan has become the archetype of a failed state and a perfect example of how nonstate actors move into the vacuum created when a state fails. He also writes about the divisions in the Afghan population: ethnic, linguistic, regional, sectarian, racial, and tribal.

Bosnian filmmaker Danis Tanovic. His new film No Mans Land (United Artists) is about three soldiers trapped in a trench between enemy lines, during the war in Bosnia. During the war in early 90s, Tanovic was the Bosnian army's cameraman, documenting the war for the army archive. He also directed many documentary films about the war and his hometown of Sarajevo. No Mans Land won the Best Screenplay award at this years Cannes Film Festival. Its also been shown at this years Toronto Film Festival and the Sarajevo International Film Festival.

An interview with hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons.