Terry Gross

Journalist Jim Crogan is a freelance writer with the L.A. Weekly and Newsweek. He covered the O.J. Simpson trial for the past 15 months, and the Los Angeles Police Department for several years.

Journalist Stephen Adler. He is former legal affairs editor of The Wall Street Journal and is now the paper's investigative editor. Terry will discuss with him the O.J. Simpson trial and the jury process. Last year Adler's book about what's wrong with the jury system and how it can be fixed, was published: The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom, (Times Books/Random House). Adler looked at the history of the jury system and how our attitudes about juries changed over the years.

Dr. Andrew Weil. He is one of the world's leading authorities on health, healing and medicine. His latest book Spontaneous Healing (Knopf) explores how to discover and enhance our body's natural ability to maintain and heal itself. Dr. Weil is currently Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine. He also has a private practice, based at the Center for Integrative Medicine at Tucson, where he treats patients from around the world. (Rebroadcast of July 13, 1995).

Satirist, columnist, one of the creators of and performers in the mock-rock group Spinal Tap, and host of the syndicated radio program, "Le Show," Harry Shearer. He also does several voices on "The Simpsons." Shearer has collected onto a CD his satirical pieces about the O.J. Simpson trial: "O.J. on Trial: The Early Years." (to order call, 1-800-YES-OJ-CD). These pieces originally were aired on "Le Show."

Writer Walter Mosley. This interview took place after the publication of his book, Devil With A Blue Dress, a hard boiled detective story about a black gumshoe, Easy Rawlins, up against white prejudice. It's just been made into a film starring Denzel Washington. (REBROADCAST from 6/8/90).

Actor and director Alan Arkin. He's currently co-starring, with Andy Garcia, in the new film, "Steal Big, Steal Little," Arkin began his career with Chicago's Second City improv group.

More from Walter Mosley. He followed up his first Easy Rawlins book with another, Black Betty. Betty's a shark of a woman who leaves dead men in her wake. Like the other books in the series, Black Betty has Easy in post-War, but pre-present South Central L.A.--this time the year is 1961. MOSLEY gained public attention when then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton said that MOSLEY was his favorite mystery writer. (REBROADCAST from 5/26/94)

Nicholas Pileggi discusses his book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. (Simon & Schuster Oct. 1995) It is based on the true story of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal and his account of how the mob controlled several casinos in Las Vegas in the 1970s and early 80s. Pileggi also wrote the screenplay for a movie based on "Casino." A film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci. Pileggi's best-selling book Wiseguy was used as the basis for the film "Goodfellas." Pileggi lives in New York City.

San Antonio Police officer Roger Mangum. In 1982, he shot and killed a man in the line of duty. Recently he and other officers set up a support group for officers involved in "critical incidents." The group is called, Police Officer Support Team (P.O.S.T.). In 1992 Mangum left the police force, and began teaching at the San Antonio Police Academy.

Music director and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. This month he took over the San Francisco Symphony. He's been conducting for 25 years. At the age of 24 years old he was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony, and began filling in regularly as conductor when the musical director's health began to fail. THOMAS was mentored by Leonard Bernstein. However, Thomas's roots are in the theater: His grandparents were Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who founded the Yiddish theater in New York. There's a new book about him, Michael Tilson Thomas: Viva Voce.