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2: Actor, director & writer SIMON CALLOW. He's written a new acclaimed biography of Orson Welles, Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu (Viking). CALLOW has appeared on stage and in many films, including "Four Weddings and a Funeral." He's also written two books on acting and a biography of Charles Laughton. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES through THIS HALF

Actress/painter MARY WORONOV. She was part of Andy Warhol's "Factory" in the 1960s. She was discovered while still a college student and was in Warhol's film, "Chelsea Girls," about New York bohemian life. She has a new memoir about those years, Swimming Underground: My Years in the Warhol Factory (Journey Editions). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

Columnist for The Washington Post, E.J. DIONNE JR. He's the author of the book, Why Americans Hate Politics. His latest book is They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives will Dominate the Next Political Era (Simon & Schuster). He'll talk with Terry about the book and the results of the Iowa Caucuses. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Los Angeles prosecutor CHRISTOPHER DARDEN. He'd been a Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office for fifteen years before being selected to be on the team that prosecuted O.J. Simpson. He's written his memoir, "In Contempt," (Regan Books, written with Jess Walter. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Kevin Rothrock, who wrote the article, "The Kremlin has declared war on memes" for Global Voices and Quartz.

Rap vocalist Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC, which is disbanding after the death of Jam Master Jay, the group's MC. McDaniels is the "DMC" of the group. Run-DMC was the first rap group to earn gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums. The group is credited with bringing new fashions, new dances and new language to popular culture. This interview first aired May 19, 1997.

Los Angeles restaurateur Joe Pytka went to a charity auction in Italy and doled out $35,000. His purchase: a huge white truffle. It's believed to be the largest sum ever paid for such a fungus. Robert Siegel interviews chef Alain Giraud, who works at Pytka's West Hollywood restaurant, Bastide, about what he'll do with the truffle.

Television anchor and author ROBERT MACNEIL. He steps down tonight as co-anchor of the PBS news show The MacNEIL/Lehrer NewsHour. Terry talked with him this week. We'll hear that interview and one from 1985. His books include, Wordstruck, a memoir that explores the roots of MacNeil's fascination with language and the best-selling The Story of English.

Poet DONALD HALL. A year ago, his wife, poet Jane Kenyon died of leukemia. There's a new collection of her work, "Otherwise: New & Selected Poems" (Graywolf Press). HALL will read from the book, including the last poems she wrote, and discuss their life together. HALL also has a forthcoming book of poetry, "The Old Life," (Houghton Mifflin) to be published in June. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

In the second part of Robert's interviews with religious Jews about their political leanings for the upcoming elections, he visits the West Bank settlement of Betar (beh-TAR). The residents of Betar are mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews who look to their religious leaders for guidance in choosing candidates. He talks to the Greenwalts, a couple with four children, who say that they will probably vote for one of the religious political parties.