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Morning Edition host BOB EDWARDS. He's written a new book about his weekly conversations with the former sportscaster Red Barber. EDWARDS talked with Barber each Friday for 12 years. Barber died a year ago. Terry talks with EDWARDS about Red Barber and Morning Edition. EDWARDS's book is "Fridays with Red: A Radio Friendship" (Simon & Schuster). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF

This documentary by Peabody award winning producer David Isay is an oral history of Iolene Catalano, a woman who lived with drug abuse and prostitution, and who died last year of AIDS. Isay recorded more than 30 hours worth of interviews with Iolene, who wanted, before her death, to let the world know that she was something more than an addict or criminal, that she was a poet and singer. Please note the content and language advisory at the top of this DACS.

Journalist ROBERT KRULWICH. He's correspondent for the PBS series Frontline. His documentary "High Stakes in Cyberspace" airs Tuesday, Oct. 31 (at 9 PM). KRULWICH explores the growing industry of advertising in cyberspace, and its social and cultural impacts. He interviews software designers who are creating the new programs used by advertisers, and also the advertisers themselves, who are counting on the information superhighway as an arena where they can keep track of the buyers' behavior, and where they can also successfully market their products

Daniel interviews pianist Leon Fleisher. In the 1950's and 60's, Fleisher was performing on the concert circuit with some of the best orchestras. But then in 1965 his performing career came to a halt when his right hand stopped functioning because of a repetitive motion injury. For the past 30 years, he's been teaching piano at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and occasionally performing and recording piano works for the left-hand. Recently, he started performing again with both hands - and he performs for us at his Baltimore practice studio.

Soulful singer Sam Smith swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday night. Melissa Block interviewed Smith about his album "In the Lonely Hour" in 2014.

Noah interviews Virginia State Trooper Mike Scott about a weekend assault on cars traveling down Interstate 95 by monkeys armed with pieces of fruit. Scott was hailed to the scene by a motorist who said a monkey had thrown a banana at her car. When they returned to the scene together, a trio of spider monkeys was tossing crab apples from an oak tree alongside the highway. Scott says he has no idea where they got the apples and bananas, nor where they came from.

Artist ANDRES SERRANO. His 1987 photograph, "Piss Christ," showed the figure of Christ on a cross, in a pool of urine. It was one of the controversial art works which provoked a storm from the political-right that ended up in the halls of Congress. His work was denounced on the Senate floor by Senator Jesse Helms who then began a crusade against the National Endowment for Arts. SERRANO has a new exhibit of photographs taken of bodies in a morgue. (This interview continues into the second half of the

When the hit rap song "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five came out 20 years ago, many rappers regarded it as an inspiration as well as a political message. Now "The Message" has been selected as one of the greatest songs of all time by the Library of Congress, and has been added to the National Recording Registry. Melle Mel was the original vocalist on the song. This interview first aired August 4, 1992.

We feature a 1999 interview with singer/Hollywood legend Rosemary Clooney. She starred in the 1954 film White Christmas. She talks about her life as a singer and performer. We will also listen to songs from throughout her career. Her 1999 autobiography, Girl Singer, reads like a who's who from the golden age of Hollywood. She also released a CD companion to the book. Its called Songs from the Girl Singer. (ORIGINAL BROADCAST: 12

The Car Talk guys, TOM & RAY MAGLIOZZI talk with Terry about their first garage and more. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).