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Singer, musician and folklorist, Mick Moloney, critic Lloyd Schwartz, country music singer Charlie Louvin, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air. Mick Moloney's album, McNally's Row of Flats, centers on theatre songs by an Irish songwriting team from the late 1800s.

Navy doctor Commander Richard Jadick, on this edition of Fresh Air. Commander Jadick earned a Bronze Star with a V for valor for his service during the Battle of Fallujah. He volunteered to go to Iraq and in November 2004 he accompanied the first Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment there.

ABC News Chief White House correspondent Martha Raddatz and Pulitzer prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., on this edition of Fresh Air. Martha Raddatz has been to Iraq twelve times since the beginning of the American invasion.

ABC news correspondent / former anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife Lee, and film director Marc Lawrence, on this edition of Fresh Air. On January 29, 2006 Bob Woodruff was nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq where he was reporting.

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.

Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada, his lawyer Eric Seitz, and attorney Eugene Fidell, on this edition of Fresh Air. Watada is the first American officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq on the grounds he thinks the war is illegal.

Historian Thant Myint-U and writer Emily Rapp, on this edition of Fresh Air.

Green evangelist Richard Cizik on this edition of Fresh Air. Richard Cizik is the Vice President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, a powerful lobbying organization that represents 45,000 churches.

Songwriting team Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, on this edition of Fresh Air. Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx have won Tony awards for their Broadway musical, Avenue Q, (Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical). There's a new companion book, Avenue Q: The Book, and you can't miss it at the bookstore. It's covered in bright orange fur.

Journalist Huda Ahmed and members of the band The Hacienda Brothers, Chris Gaffney and Dave Gonzales, on this edition of Fresh Air. Huda Ahmed is a female Iraqi journalist who's been covering the war in Iraq. She's been awarded the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship at MIT's Center for International Studies.

Former President Jimmy Carter on this edition of Fresh Air. Carter reflects on his work negotiating peace between Israel and Egypt while he was president and offers his suggestions for peace in the Middle East. His new book is Palestine Peace Not Apartheid. Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The View from Castle Rock, the new short story collection by Alice Munro.

TV and film director John Rich and former athlete and president of the World Anti-Doping Agency Richard Pound on this edition of Fresh Air. Rich has written a new memoir about directing some of the most well-known shows in TV history including The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gunsmoke, All In the Family, Barney Miller, Good Times, and Newhart. His film credits include Wives and Lovers and Roustabout starring Elvis Presley.

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.

Writer James Traub and remembering theater critic Richard Gilman, on this edition of Fresh Air. First, writer James Traub whose new book is The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power. Traub recounts the intertwined story of Annan, the United Nations, and American foreign policy from 1992 to the present. Traub is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. His other books include City on A Hill and The Devil's Playground.

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.

DJ and hip hop forefather Grandmaster Flash on this edition of Fresh Air. At the dawn of hip hop, he recorded with the Furious Five. Their hits included "The Message" and "White Lines (Don't Do it)". Nearly three decades ago, Flash created the 'Quick Mix Theory,' the process of blending one music break with another.

Journalists Bob Woodward, Mark Halperin, and John Harris, on this edition of Fresh Air. First, Bob Woodward, whose new book is State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III, a follow-up to his previous books, Bush at War and Plan of Attack. In the new book, Woodward examines how the Bush administration has avoided telling the truth about the Iraq war to the public, to congress, and to itself. Woodward is an assistant managing editor of the Washington Post.

Author Jonathan Kirsch and Islamic Society of North America President Ingrid Mattson on this edition of Fresh Air. Kirsch's new book is A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization. He writes about the how Book of Revelation has stirred some dangerous men and women to act out their own private apocalypses.

Writer and director, Todd Phillips, rock historian, Ed Ward, and film critic, John Powers, on this edition of Fresh Air. Todd Phillips' new film is called School for Scoundrels, starring Billy Bob Thornton as a cross between a self-help genius and a scam artist. Philips' other films include Old School, Road Trip, and Starsky and Hutch. Phillips is also credited for writing the story for the upcoming film, Borat.

Disaster science specialist Ivor Van Heerden, Monsignor Doug Doussan, and Sister Kathleen Pitman on this edition of Fresh Air. Van Heerden is the cofounder and deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes. His new book is The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina, the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist.