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On this edition of Fresh Air: a discussion of the war on Iraq and an interview with novelist Scott Spencer. To discuss Iraq: former New York Times Balkans Bureau Chief and Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Hedges talks about the mindset of being at war and human rights professor Michael Ignatieff discuss his reluctant support of a war on Iraq, and his concerns. Chris Hedges is currently living in New York.

South African journalist John Matisonn and psychologist Mary Pipher on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Matisonn is white and grew up in the suburbs in Johannesburg. His grandparents emigrated to South Africa at the turn of the century. Matisonn covered South Africa from 1986 to 1991 for NPR and worked in Washington, D.C. He's now the head of elections for the South Africa Broadcasting Company, SABC, (which before the end of apartheid, broadcast purely government propaganda).

Hear authors David and Nic Sheff, and critic at large John Powers, on this edition of Fresh Air. David Sheff and his son, Nic, have both written memoirs. David's new book is called Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. Nic's book is called Tweak. Nic became addicted to meth and was in and out of rehab. David and Nic join us to talk about doing drugs, getting over them, and the effect on family.

The New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff and The Onion writers Robert Siegel and Carol Kolb on this edition of Fresh Air. Bob Mankoff's new book is The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Creativity. It's a how-to of cartooning and a collection of New Yorker cartoons, including many of Mankoff's own. Mankoff also runs The Cartoon Bank, available at www.cartoonbank.com.

An expert in climate change research, Paul Mayewski and science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper on this edition of Fresh Air.

Former New York Times Balkans Bureau Chief and Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Hedges on this edition of Fresh Air. Hedges is currently living in New York. He's covered war zones in Central America, the Middle East, and the Balkans for more than 20 years and is the author of the new book, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning.

Hear soul singer Bettye Lavette and historian Allan Berube, on this edition of Fresh Air. Bettye Lavette has been singing for decades, though hasn't been well known. She recorded her first hit, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man," at the age of 16.

Jazz historian Will Freidwald and actor John Ritter on this edition of Fresh Air.

Hear Pulitzer prize-winning historian Garry Wills and epidemiologist Devra Davis on this edition of Fresh Air. Garry Wills' new book is about the separation of church and state written into the Constitution by our founding fathers, and the challenges to it through the rise of evangelical fervor over the years. His new book is Head and Heart: American Christianities. Wills says that, contrary to the popular notion, the separation of church and state is "the great protector of religion, not its enemy."

Hear Combatants for Peace co-founders Bassam Aramin and Zohar Shapira, and conductor/composer Lorin Maazel, on this edition of Fresh Air. Bassim Aramin and Zohar Shapira are the cofounders of the Combatants for Peace, a group of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were once involved in the cycle of violence in their area. Aramin was a member of the Fattah movement, and at the age of 17 began a seven-year sentence in an Israeli prison.

Hear filmmaker Brian De Palma and Army chaplain Rev. John Barkemeyer on this edition of Fresh Air. Brian De Palma's films include Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Casualties of War. His new film, Redacted, is about a U.S. Army squad who raped and murdered a 14-year-old girl in Iraq.

Doctors Quentin Young and Marcia Angell of Physicians for a National Health Care Program and economist Karen Davis on this edition of Fresh Air. Quentin Young and Marcia Angell advocate a single-payer health insurance plan, in which the government finances health care, but choice of provider remains mostly private.

Former Catholic priest Christopher Schiavone on this edition of Fresh Air. He talks about living as a closeted homosexual in the priesthood, finally having an affair with a man, going into therapy and then leaving the ministry. All this occurred by 1992, years before the sexual abuse scandal. Schiavone wrote about his experience in an article for the Boston Globe Magazine. (Broadcast Date: January 2, 2003)

Reverend Wanda Henry-Jenkins and author Michael Chabon on this archive edition of Fresh Air. More than 20 years ago, Reverend Wanda Henry-Jenkins' mother was shot and killed as she headed home after a late shift at a Chicago hospital. Since then, Rev. Henry-Jenkins heads the grief assistance program at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office. She offers survivors of homicide victims the guidance she says she never received after her mother's death.

Hear journalist Frances Harrison and TV critic David Bianculli on this edition of Fresh Air. Frances Harrison has been the BBC Tehran correspondent for the past three years. She tells us about increasing strictures in place under the ultra-conservative Islamic government.

Journalists Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck and veteran broadcaster and executive producer of 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt, on this edition of Fresh Air. Michel and Herbeck are staff writers for The Buffalo News. The two have collaborated on the new book American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing. Michel lived 20 minutes away from McVeigh's father, and over time, he developed a relationship with the elder McVeigh, which in turn helped him gain access to his son.

Journalist Philip Taubman on this edition of Fresh Air. His new book is Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage. During the Cold War, a small group of scientists, engineers, businessmen and government officials developed spy planes and spy satellites to collect information about Soviet arms. Taubman is the deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times.

Hear German writer and director Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, film critic David Edelstein, actor David Duchovny, and musician Ben Vaughn on this edition of Fresh Air. Von Donnersmarck's film The Lives of Others won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It's coming out on DVD August 21, 2007. It's a spy film set in the former East Germany in 1984.

Tammy Faye Messner and record executive Simon Cowell on this edition of Fresh Air. Tammy Faye Messner, along with her ex-husband Jim Bakker, built the Praise the Lord televangelist network. Record executive Simon Cowell is one of the judges on the talent show, American Idol, a spin-off of the show he co-created in Britian, Pop Idol.

Journalists Monica Yant Kinney and Tom Ginsburg of The Philadelphia Inquirer on this edition of Fresh Air. The two covered the protests during the Republican National Convention. They'll pick up the story since the convention, and discuss the lawsuits filed against the city on behalf of the protesters.