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Executive producer and actor Jeff Garlin and actress Susie Essman discuss the hit HBO comedy series. Garlin plays Larry David's affable best friend and agent. Essman plays Garlin's wife — with a no-nonsense attitude and a foul mouth. This interview originally aired on Sept. 6, 2007.

Carell, best known for his role in NBC's "The Office," talks about his recent film, Dan in Real Life. Carell also starred in The 40 Year Old Virgin and Little Miss Sunshine. He rose to fame on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." This interview originally aired on Oct. 24, 2007.

At 80, Carroll is still performing. She's released a number of CDs this year. Her latest is Live At Birdland. For many years, Carroll performed at Bemelman's Bar at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan. This interview was originally broadcast on June 9, 2003.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new DVD box set of The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons. It's a compilation of interviews and performances on the late-night talk show by some of the leading musicians of the 1960s and '70s, including Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin and Stevie Wonder.

In an interview for All Things Considered, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor talks about Lazy B, the new book she wrote with her brother, and how the straightforward values she learned on the family ranch helped shape her destiny. (7:30) The book is published by Random House. ISBN # 03755

During the Great Depression, the U.S. government began an unprecedented effort to record the sights and sounds of American folk life. Producer Barrett Golding uncovered a wealth of music and interviews from Florida in the 1930s, reflecting the culture of the Jim Crow South.

An estimated 20,000 children live on the streets of Romania. Some of them live underground in the subways of the capital, Bucharest. In the second part of our series of interviews with documentary filmmakers nominated for an Academy Award this year, Korva Coleman speaks with Edet Belzberg about her movie, Children Underground. The film, which follows five homeless Romanian children, airs on Cinemax in July. (8:30)

Actor Dominic Chianese. He plays Uncle Junior on the hit HBO series The Sopranos. He's had roles in TV shows such as Kojak, Law and Order, and films including Dog Day Afternoon, and The Godfather Part II. At the age of 70, he launched a singing career. His recent album is called Hits. He brings his guitar to the studio. This interview first aired August 22, 2001.

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Judy Gail, daughter of recording producer Hecky Krasnow, about the popular children's recordings her father put out in the 1940s and 50s. His hits included "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman."

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Tobias Wolff, author of Old School. Set in a prep school attended by many young, would-be writers, the work raises themes of personal identity and literary integrity. It's the first full novel from the author of This Boy's Life.