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Hear David Chase, the creator and executive producer of the HBO hit series The Sopranos, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air. The last gasp of The Sopranos is Sunday night, when the final episode of its seven-year run is broadcast. (Original Airdate: 6/22/2000) Then, David Edelstein reviews Ocean's 13.

Actress Lisa Kudrow on this edition of Fresh Air. She stars in the new film Wonderland. Set in 1980s Hollywood, it's about a mysterious mass murder that took place on Wonderland Avenue. Porn Star John Holmes was involved somehow, but the crime was never solved.

Hear chess master and politician Garry Kasparov and actor Casey Affleck, on this edition of Fresh Air. Garry Kasparov is running for president of Russia in 2008 as the leader of an opposition coalition known as The Other Russia. He's also published a new book, called How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, From the Board to the Boardroom. In 2005, Kasparov formed the United Civil Front party, with the mission of working to preserve electoral democracy in Russia.

Writer Daniel Handler on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Daniel Handler is the author (under the name Lemony Snicket) of the children's books A Series of Unfortunate Events featuring the orphans Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. In each of the eight books so far, the orphans face increasing misfortune, from being pursued by an evil Count out to get their inheritance, to undergoing unnecessary surgery.

Singer/songwriters Barry Manilow and Tom Waits on this edition of Fresh Air. Barry Manilow made the pop charts in the 1970s and early 80s with love ballads such as "Mandy," "Looks Like We Made It," "I Write the Songs" and "Copacabana (At the Copa)." Before becoming a singer he was Bette Midler's accompanist and arranger.

Pioneering Bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley on this edition of Fresh Air. His "high-lonesome" vocals and claw-hammer bango picking are considered cornerstones of American bluegrass music. He and his older brother, Carter, were the Stanley Brothers until Carter's death in 1966. Recently Ralph Stanley came to wider popular acclaim when his music was featured on the triple platinum soundtrack of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?.

On this edition of Fresh Air, Terry Gross speaks with Bharati Mukherjee, an Indian-born writer who emigrated to the US as a college student. Her new novel is Desirable Daughters. It's about a traditional Brahmin family transformed by contemporary culture. Plus, and comic book writer Gerard Jones talks about why children need make-believe violence.

Novelist Pat Conroy on this edition of Fresh Air. He's the author of several books including The Great Santini, and The Prince of Tides which were both made into feature films. Conroy's new book My Losing Season is a memoir about how playing basketball for the Citadel Military College transformed his life.Conroy was point guard and captain of the Citadel Bulldogs.

Actor Michael C. Hall and director and screenwriter Hal Hartley on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael C. Hall plays David Fisher, the gay brother who co-runs a funeral home on the HBO hit Six Feet Under. The American Film Institute has nominated Hall for Best Male TV Actor-Drama for his role in the series. Hall comes to TV from the stage. Most recently, he was on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret. Prior to that role, he was in a number of off-Broadway productions.

Actress Angie Dickinson and Professor Gerald Early on this edition of Fresh Air. Angie Dickinson played an undercover cop in the TV series Police Woman from 1974-78. Her film roles include Dressed to Kill, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Pretty Maids all in a Row, and Ocean's Eleven which she made in 1960 with the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.

London Bureau Chief for the Boston Globe Charles Sennott on this edition of Fresh Air. Sennott covered the war in Iraq, but not as an embedded reporter. He traveled independently with a group of journalists. Sennott recently returned to Iraq.

Author Phil Patton and singer Linda Thompson on this edition of Fresh Air. Phil Patton is the author of Bug: The Strange Mutations of the World's Most Famous Automobile. It's a cultural history of the Volkswagen Beetle, the most produced and best known car of all time. Patton writes for the New York Times, Esquire, Wired, and ID. He also wrote Dreamland: Travels inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51. Linda Thompson's back performing after a long hiatus.

Writer Leslie Esptein on this edition of Fresh Air. His father and uncle were the scriptwriting team responsible for Arsenic and Old Lace, Casablanca, and many other Hollywood classics. Epstein grew up in a glamorous and troubled household.

Poet and memoirist Mary Karr on this edition of Fresh Air. In a follow-up to Liar's Club, what critics call "a hard scrabble childhood," Karr returns to East Texas to detail her adolescence in Cherry. The author relates anecdotes of rebellion, self-doubt, and sexual coming of age. The recipient of several literary awards such as the Pushcart Prize and the Bunting Award, she has published two volumes of poetry. She is the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University.

Irish writer Nuala O'Faolain and music legend Johnny Cash on this edition of Fresh Air. Her first novel, My Dream of You.

Journalist Orville Schell and Veton Surroi, publisher of the leading independent Albanian newspaper in Kosovo on this edition of Fresh Air. For centuries now, the mountainous and remote nation of Tibet has been the object of Western fascination. Today, Tibet is the subject of movies and Hollywood celebrities have taken on Tibetan Freedom as their cause. Schell talks about his new book Virtual Tibet, and about Tibet, real and imagined, and takes us through the history of the West's infatuation. He has covered China and Tibet for many years, and is the author of a number of books. Plus, Surroi, publisher of Koha Dotire has just received a democracy award from the National Endowment for Democracy, a U.S. non-profit bipartisan organization. During NATO's bombing of Kosovo, Surroi was in hiding and his newspaper was published underground.

Hear journalist and historian Burton Hersh, book critic Maureen Corrigan, and rock critic Ken Tucker on this edition of Fresh Air. Burton Hersh has chronicled the Kennedy family for over 35 years. His new book is Bobby and J. Edgar: The Historic Face-Off Between the Kennedys and J. Edgar Hoover that Transformed America. Hersh writes that, as attorney general, Robert Kennedy tried to keep his FBI director on a short leash.

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward and British actor Jeremy Northam on this edition of Fresh Air. Bob Woodward is assistant managing editor of The Washington Post. He's the author of eight nonfiction best sellers including All the President's Men, and The Final Days, about the presidency and The Brethren about the Supreme Court.

Hear actor Mark Ruffalo and rock historian Ed Ward on this edition of Fresh Air. Mark Ruffalo's new film is Reservation Road. He plays a divorced lawyer who accidentally kills a child and then speeds away. It's based on the novel of the same name. Then, Ed Ward reviews the Rhino Records box set Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk and Rockabilly.

Hear business columnist Gretchen Morgenson, TV producer Adam Fierro, intelligence expert (retired) Colonel Stuart Herrington, and human-rights advocate David Danzig on this edition of Fresh Air. Morgenson has covered the financial markets for The New York Times since 1988. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for her "trenchant and incisive" coverage of Wall Street. She is also assistant business and financial editor for the Times.