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19:29

Film Editor and Sound Designer Walter Murch.

Film editor and sound designer Walter Murch. He won an Academy Award for sound design for "Apocalypse Now." Some of the films he's edited and/or mixed are "The Conversation," "American Graffiti," "Apocalypse Now," "The Godfather (II, and III)"and "Crumb." He's written a new book about his work, "In the Blink of An Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing," (Silman-James Press, L.A.)

Interview
13:42

Robert Duvall Discusses His Life and Career.

Actor Robert Duvall. His roles include his film debut as Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," a crazy colonel in "Apocalypse Now," counsel to the mob in "Godfather" I and II, and a country singer in "Tender Mercies" (for which he won a Oscar). In all he's acted in more than 50 films. His latest is "A Family Thing," in which he co-stars with James Earl Jones.

Interview
21:01

Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie Discuss the "Blue Note Years."

Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Lourie are co-founders of Mosaic Records, a label committed to reissuing classic jazz recordings, many of them originally recorded by Blue Note. The two have also collaborated on the new book, "The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff," (Rizzoli International Publications). It includes 200 photographs taken by Francis Wolff from 1941-1965, who also co-founded the Blue Note label. Many of Wolff's photographs were used as Blue Note album covers.

21:03

"Ambivalent Zen."

Writer Lawrence Shainberg. His new book, "Ambivalent Zen: A Memoir," (Pantheon) is about his years practicing Zen Buddhism, and centers on Shainberg's relationship with his Zen teacher, Kyudo Nakagawa Roshi. "Both master and student live on in this hilarious, provocative account of what being a student of Zen has been." writes Gretel Ehrlich in her review.

Interview
34:27

The Future of Dying.

Medical ethicist Art Caplan. Director of the Center for Bioethics and Trustee Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. This is a continuation of yesterday's interview with Caplan. His most recent book is "Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences." (John Wiley & Sons).

Interview
17:22

Rock Musician Mark Eitzel.

Singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel is the former leader of American Music Club, which meshed blues, country, folk, R&B and post-punk rock. He's just released his first solo album, "60 Watt Silver Lining" (Warner Bros). He's backed by a jazz trio.

Interview
35:45

The Twentieth Anniversary of the Quinlan Decision: Karen's Parents Share their Story.

Joseph and Julia Quinlan. They are the parents of Karen Ann Quinlan. It's been twenty years since the New Jersey State Supreme Court issued it's landmark decision (March 31, 1976) allowing their comatose daughter to be removed from a ventilator. She then lived nine more years. The Quinlans wrote about Karen in the book "Karen Ann: The Quinlans Tell Their Story," (Doubleday-1977). In 1980 they used the proceeds from the book to open the Karen Ann Quinlan Center of Hope Hospice in Newton, New Jersey. (201)383-0115

15:31

The Twentieth Anniversary of the Quinlan Decision: The Ethics of Removing Life Support.

Medical ethicist Art Caplan. He's Director of the Center for Bioethics and Trustee Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. He'll talk with Terry about the ethics of death and dying and how the debate has changed since the Quinlan's first brought their case before the court. Caplan's most recent book is "Moral Matters: Ethical Issues in Medicine and the Life Sciences." (John Wiley & Sons).

Interview
21:18

Marga Gomez Discusses Her Comedian Father and New Show.

Comic and performance artist Marga Gomez. Her new show is "A Line Around the Block" a solo memoir performance about her father, New York Cuban comedian Willy Chevalier. In 1991 Gomez wrote and performed a piece about her mother a flamboyantly self-dramatizing Puerto Rican dancer, "Memory Tricks." Gomez is performing her new show at The Public Theatre in New York, this month.

Interview
04:05

A Consistently Funny, if Messy, Film.

Film Critic John Powers reviews "Flirting with Disaster." A comedy starring Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette and Tea Leona. It also features Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore and Lily Tomlin.

Review

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