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NPR's Susan Stamberg interviews brothers Justin and Jason Heimberg, two screenwriters who've come up with their own high-concept idea: a flip-book called the Movie Plot Generator.

William F. Buckley, Jr., died Wednesday. He was 82. Fresh Air remembers the founder and longtime editor of the National Review with excerpts from a 1989 interview.

Composer Darcy James Argue runs a jazz big band — but imagines its sound as if big bands had stayed current rather than faded away. The music's clarity, contrasts and rhythms are all impressive.

Todd Richissin recalls an interview with Wallace in which the hard-nosed journalist fought back tears when recounting the death of his son in 1962. Wallace died Saturday at 93.

Hi folks. When you hear this I’ll be boarding a plane for Pittsburgh to give a talk, and I’ll be missing a couple of days of the fund drive, though…

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews this weekend''s HBO miniseries, "Laurel Avenue," about a large working class African American family in St. Paul, Minnesota.INT. 2: Baseball legend Mickey Mantle. We''ll hear a 1985 interview with the Yankees slugger, whose father had his career in pro baseball planned before he was born. Mantle played his entire 17-year career with one team, the New York Yankees.INT 3: A 1986 interview with former Yankees pitcher JIM BOUTON. In 1970, BOUTON''s memoir "Ball Four" was published. Those who wanted to maintain major league baseball''s image as the home of heroes were scandalized by the book; others thought it was about time someone revealed that baseball is full of real people and real problems. "Ball Four" made an enemy for Bouton of baseball legend Mickey Mantle by reminiscing about Mantle''s on- and off-field drunkenness.

Associate Professor at Columbia University of Public Health DR. NAHID TOUBIA. She is from Sudan, and was the first woman surgeon in her country. TOUBIA is director of "Rainbo" a research and information organization dedicated to the health and human rights of women, particularly women's reproductive and sexual rights. They've begun a campaign against female genital mutilation. TOUBIA has written a report: "Female Genital Mutilation: A Call for Global Action." (for copies contact: Women, Ink., 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, (212) 687-8633.) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW) (REBROADCAST from 3/27/96)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00 Interview with DR. NAHID TOUBIA continued. Interview with DR. NAHID TOUBIA continued. 12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPYOn today's Fresh air -- the psychological, physical, sexual and cultural consequences of female genital mutilation. We talk with DR. NAHID TOUBIA, a surgeon from Sudan who heads a global campaign for eradicating this intiation rite practiced on young girls. That's coming up on Fresh Air.

Clinton has come under attack from journalists and Donald Trump for her failure to have press conferences. There's a strategy — and a historic context, too.

Edward Snowden gave an interview Wednesday morning to the South China Morning Post. He said he plans to fight any extradition attempt by the United States.

In an interview with 60 Minutes the president, citing the director of national intelligence, acknowledged that U.S. intelligence overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to fight the group.