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Writers Ian Buruma, Kitty Dukakis, and Larry Tye on this edition of Fresh Air. Buruma's new book is Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance. It's about the 2004 death of a popular media personality at the hands of a Muslim radical. Buruma found that underlying the brutal event are long-standing tensions between native born Dutch and Muslim immigrants. Buruma was brought up in Holland and Japan.

Turkish novelist Elif Shafak and author Dr. Michael Stein, on this edition of Fresh Air. Elif Shafak is the bestselling author in Turkey.

Singer, guitarist, and author Alex Kapranos and rock historian Ed Ward, on this edition of Fresh Air. Alex Kapranos is the frontman for the indie rock quartet Franz Ferdinand which is from Glasgow.

Entertainment expert Neal Gabler on this edition of Fresh Air. His new book is Walt Disney: The Triumph of American Imagination. Gabler was given complete access to the Disney archives to write a biography that begins when Disney was just a twinkle in his father's eye and ends at the entrance to the Walt Disney mausoleum.

Rhythm and blues legend Smokey Robinson and the great songwriting trio Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland on this edition of Fresh Air. Robinson has a new album called Timeless Love. Robinson sings hits from the American songbook, including "I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Baby)", "Night and Day", and "More Than You Know." William "Smokey" Robinson recorded dozens of top 40 hits for the Motown label as a solo artist and with The Miracles.

Songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen on his new volume of poetry, Book of Longing.

Actor, producer, director Danny DeVito on this edition of Fresh Air. Danny DeVito first became known to audiences for his role as Louie on the TV comedy Taxi, and he's gone on to be involved in a number of great movies. He directed War of the Roses, Hoffa, and Death to Smoochy, and produced Erin Brockovich and Pulp Fiction, among others.

Gambian attorney Fatou Bensouda, Kenya political activist Wangari Maathai, and book critic Maureen Corrigan, on this edition of Fresh Air. Fatou Bensouda is the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (the ICC). The court's first case concerns crimes involving child soldiers. The ICC was set up as a court of last resort to deal with genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Bensouda has been a prosecutor for 19 years.

Novelist Hisham Matar, journalist S. V. Date, and book critic Maureen Corrigan, on this edition of Fresh Air. Isham Matar's semi-autobiographical debut novel In the Country of Men was short-listed for the 2006 Mann Booker Prize.

Novelists Anita and Kiran Desai and classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz on this edition of Fresh Air.

Actor and Director Clint Eastwood, actor Ben Affleck, TV critic David Bianculli, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air.

TV producers David Shore, Mitchell Hurwitz, and Michael Patrick King and actress Lisa Kudrow on this edition of Fresh Air. Shore and Foster are from the FOX T-V series House. The show is nominated for 4 Emmys. The television awards show airs this Sunday night. Shore is the executive producer. David Foster, M.D. is the medical consultant and writes for the series. House, which airs Tuesday evenings, casts a medical malady as the villain.

New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins on this edition of Fresh Air. He wrote the cover story of this week's Sunday New York Times Magazine. The title is "Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi". Filkins writes that the war Chalabi "pushed for has not succeeded. He has no place in an Iraqi government he thought he would lead. He has some issues." Filkins was a correspondent in the Baghdad bureau of the New York Times from March 2003 to August 2006.

Rory Stewart is a British diplomat, journalist and former fellow at the Carr Center for Human Tights Policy at Havard's Kennedy School of Government. At the age of 29, following the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Stewart, walked alone across the country. The sometimes harrowing journey took him two years. He wrote about it in the memoir The Places in Between. Then, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Stewart was appointed a provincial governor.

Because Audible was not granted digital audio rights for today's Fresh Air broadcast, we bring you a great archive episode featuring the great singer and pianist Ray Charles, musician Quincy Jones, and saxophonist Hank Crawford. Ray Charles died June 10, 2004, at the age of 73. He was about to go back on tour, but died of complications of liver disease.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg and Army chaplain Ran Dolinger on this edition of Fresh Air. Linguist and Fresh Air commentator Geoff Nunberg's new book is Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, Sushi-Eating, Volvo-Driving, New York Times-reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show. Nunberg teaches at UC Berkeley's School of Information.

Because Audible was not granted rights to today's broadcast of Fresh Air, we present a great archive interview with singer, songwriter, and guitar player Robbie Fulks. His newest CD is called Georgia Hard. Fulks also has an XM Satellite Radio show called Secret Country on Channel 12.

Writer Robert Sullivan and journalist Bill Minutaglio on this edition of Fresh Air. Robert Sullivan's new book is called Cross Country: Fifteen Years and 90,000 Miles on the Roads and Interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a lot of bad motels, a moving van, Emily Post, Jack Kerouac, my wife, my mother-in-law, two kids, and enough coffee to kill an elephant. It's a chronicle of his family's cross country trips from Oregon to New York. He's joined by his two children Louise and Sam.

Journalist Juliet Eilperin on her new book Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the U.S. House of Representatives.

Plus book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Theft: A Love Story by Australian writer and twice winner of the Booker Prize Peter Carey.

Journalist Daniel Okrent on this edition of Fresh Air. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the first Public Editor, or ombudsman, for The New York Times. His new book, Public Editor #1: The Collected Columns (with Reflections, Reconsiderations, and Even a Few Retractions) of the First Ombudsman of The New York Times chronicles his tenure and provides a behind the scenes look at America's most respected newspaper. Note: Because of rights issues, this episode is 20 minutes long.