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Nelson Mandela comments on the South African Parliament's steps towards eliminating apartheid and reflects on the time he spent imprisoned.
Richard Avedon, Photographer
Sports experts Bob Costas, Chuck Daley, Peter Vecsey, and Bob Greene comment on Michael Jordan's surprise retirement. Later, actor Nigel Hawthorne reflects on playing the title role in the film "The Madness of King George."
Martin Scorsese, Director
Maya Angelou sings pieces of the gospel songs that inspired her inaugural poem to President Clinton and talks about her latest book, "Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now." Paul Taylor talks about choreographing "Spindrift" and explains his theories about dance.
Biographer Nigel Hamilton discusses the early life of John F. Kennedy, detailed in his book "JFK: Reckless Youth." Robert Henderson, secretary general of the Bahá'ís of the U.S., explains the Bahá'í faith and shares their main principles, including family, unity, and equality. Comedian George Carlin talks about his process, the evolution of his career, and his political views. Artist LeRoy Neiman talks about his favorite sports to paint and his new book, "Big Time Golf."
Charles Barkley, Pheonix Suns
Michael Crichton, Author
Max Frankel, The New York Times
Jane Pauley, NBC News
Arthur Miller, Playwright
Those most influential in The Actors Studio discuss the evolution of the school, the impact that it's had in the acting community, and its new partnership with The New School.
Dennis Ross, Special Middle East Coordinator, Department of State/ V.S. Naipaul, Author "A Way in the World"/ David Denby, New York Magazine/ Janet Maslin, The New York Times
David Remnick, The New Yorker/ Reynolds Price, Author "A Whole New Life"/ Penelope Leach, Author "Children First"
Stephen Sondheim, Composer/Lyricist/ James Lapine, Librettist/Director
Nigel Hamilton, Historian/ Gerhard Weinberg, Historian/ Carlo D'Este, Historian/ Harry Parley, Former Combat Infantryman 116th Regiment/ Bill Lord, Former Paratrooper 82nd Division/ Quentin Aanenson, Former Pilot 366 Fighter Group/ George Stevens, Jr., filmmaker
Syed Iqbal Riza, Asst. SecretaryGeneral, Peace Keeping Operations, United Nations/ Mark Prutsalis, Refugees International/ Brian Atwood, US Agency for International Development/ Roger P. Winter, US Committee for Refugees/ David Rockefeller, philanthropist/ Bernice Kert, Author "Abby Aldrich Rockefeller"/ Victor Garber, Actor "Damn Yankees"
Bob Woodward, Author "The Agenda"/The Washington Post/ Stephen Carter, Yale University/ Craig Perry, producer "Coming And Going"
Sen. George Mitchell (D) Maine/ Senate Majority Leader
Henry Louis Gates, Jr./ Author "Colored People/ Harvard University/
Babaloo Mandel, screenwriter "City Slickers II"/ Lowell Ganz, screenwriter "City Slickers II"
Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets/ Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Editor & Publisher, Lubavitcher Reebe's Talks/ Ari L. Goldman, Columbia School of Journalism/ The New York Times/ Michael Kingsley, The New Republic/ Gavin Esler, BBC/ John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist
Dr Sherwin Nuland, Author/ Kay Kramer, Grief Counselor/Author/ Karen Orloff Kaplan, Exec. Dir., Choice in Dying/ Bob Costas, NBC Sports/ Bob Gibson, 1968 MVP/ Frank Robinson, Won Triple Crown in 1966/ Duke Snider, 1955 N.L. Player of the Year
Lord David Owen, European Negotiator for Peace on the Former Yugoslavia/ Brian Leetch, New York Rangers/1994 Playoff MVP/ Mike Richter, New York Ranger/ Sir Georg Solti, Conductor/ Jon Alpert/ Video Journalist
William J. Bennett, Author "The Book of Virtues"
Donald Gregg, Former US Ambassador to South Korea/ Les Gelb, Council on Foreign Relations/ William Clark, Former Asst. Sec. of State, East Asian & Pacific Affairs/ Senior Advisor on Asia, Center for Strategic & International Studies/ Sen. John Kerry (D) MA/ Foreign Relations Committee/ Spike Lee, Filmmaker "Crooklyn"/ E.L Doctorow, Author "The Waterworks"
Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School/ Susan Herman, Victim Services/ Frank Deford, Sportswriter/ David Margolick, The New York Times/ Sheryl McCarthy, New York Newsday/ Jeff Greenfield, ABC News
John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York/ Chuck Daly, Former New Jersey Nets Coach/ Harry Shearer, Actor/writer
Bob Herbert, The New York Times/ Jonathan Alter, Newsweek/ Dr. Ari Kiev, Psychiatrist/ Tia Powell, Psychiatrist/ Natasha Richardson, Actress "Widow's Peak"/ Gary Kasporav, Chess Champion/ Ann Taylor Fleming, Author "Motherhood Deferred"
Ted Wells, Criminal Defense Attorney/ Laura Brevetti, Criminal Defense Attorney/ Ed Hayes, Former Homicide Prosecutor/ Stephen Gillers, NYU Law School/ Ricky Jay, Sleight of Hand Artist/ Mrylie Evers
Martin Duberman, Historian/ Jim Fouratt, Contributing Editor, SPIN Magazine/ Barbara Smith, Publisher, Kitchen Table Women of Color Press/ Tony Kushner, Playwright/ Andrew Sullivan, Editor, The New Republic/ Bruce Bawer, Author "A Place At the Table"/ Donna Minkowitz, The Village Voice/ Sir Ian McKellen, Actor "A Night Out"
Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International/ Robert Brusca, Chief Economist, Nikko Securities/ Alec Baldwin, Actor "The Shadow"/ Kirk Douglas, Actor/Author "Last Tango in Brooklyn"
Matthew Cooper, US News & World Report/ Mara Liasson, National Public Radio/ Richard Brookhiser, National Review/ Tony Coelho, Former Majority Whip, House of Representatives/ Avodah Offit, Author/Psychiatrist/ Julian Dibbell, the Village Voice/ John Seabrook, The New Yorker
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, (R) New York City/ Mikal Gilmore, Author "Shot in the Heart"/ Andrew Bergman, writer/director "It Could Happen to You"
Felix Rohatyn, Senior Partner, Lazard Preres & Co./ James Stewart, Smart Money/The New Yorker/ Craig Bibb, Paine Webber/ Michael Dann, Broadcasting Consultant/ Paul Noglows, Variety/ Paul Rudnick, playwright "The Naked Truth"
Barry Slotnick, Defense Attorney/ David Lewis, Criminal Defense Attorney/ Pamela Davis, New York Prosecuter/ David Kaplan, Legal Affairs Editor, Newsweek/ Dr. Cyril Wecht, Forensic Pathologist/ Dr. Peter DeForest, Forensic Scientist/ Christopher Buckley, Author "Thank You for Smoking"
Gary Kasparov, World Chess Champion/ Peggy Noonan, Author/ Nathan Lane, Author/ Ernie Sabella, Author
Fred Graham, Court TV/ Judge Leslie Synder, NYS Supreme Court/ Gustave Newman, Defense Attorney/ Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker/ Raoul Felder, Attorney/ Phil Knight, Chairman & Founder, NIKE/ David Katz, Author "Just Do It"
Fred Graham, Court TV/ Alexi Lalas, US World Cup Soccer Team/ George Vecsey, New York Times/ David Hirshey, Esquire/ Ahmet Ertegun, World Cup Organization Committee/ New York Cosmoks CoFounder/ Sam Roberts, New York Times/Author "Who Are We:Portrait of America"
Martin Indyk, Sen. Dir. Near East & South Asian Affairs/National Security Council/ Hirsham Sharabi, Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine/ Judith Miller, New York Times/Twentieth Century Fund/ Raghida Dergham, Sen. Pol. Correspondent, AlHayat/ Ellis Cose, Newsweek/ Gerry Spence, Attorney
Greg Garrison, Former Special Prosecutor/attorney/ Anthony Dowell, Artistic Director, The Royal Ballet/Viviana Durante, Principle Dancer, The Royal Ballet/ Jim Rogers, Private Investor/Elaine Kagan, Author "The Girls"
Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State/ Melissa Etheridge, Musician/Songwriter/ Michael Wineripe, New York Times/Author "9 Highland Road"
Lawrence Pezzullo, Fmr. Special Advisor on Haiti, Clinton Administration/ Lally Weymouth, The Washington Post/ William Gray III, Special Advisor to the President on Haiti/ Harry Connick, Jr., Musician
Dr. David Kessler, Commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Administration/ Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Chairman & President, Center on Addiction And Substance Abuse/ John F. Banzhaf, III Law Professor, George Washington University/ Exec. Dir., Action on Smoking And Health/ Brennan Dawson, The Tobacco Institute/ Richard Klein, Author "Cigarettes Are Sublime"/ Congressman H. Martin Lancaster, (D) North Carolina
Sen. Bob Dole, (R) Kansas/Senate Minority Leader/Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, (D) New York/Chairman, Senate Finance Committee
John Tinker, Furman Selz Inc./ Bill Carter, New York Times/ James B. Stewart, Smart Money Magazine/ John Lippman, Los Angeles Times/ Rep. Michael Huffington, (R) California/Candidate, U.S. Senate/ Arianna Huffington, Author "The Fourth Instinct"/ Philippe Kahn, Chairman & CEO, Borland International
Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker/ Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr., Senate Finance Committee/ Sol Linowitz, Former U.S. Ambassador/Author "The Betrayed Profession"
Dr. Neil Tyson, Astrophysicist/Director, Education And Research, Hayden Planetarium/ Dr. Michael Allison, Astrophysicist/Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute/ David Levy, Amateur Astronomer/ CoDiscoverer of comet/ James Reston, Author "Galileo"/ Michael Lemonick, Time Magazine
Josh Hammer, Newsweek/ Alan Shepard, Astronaut
Tim Russert, Senior Vice President & Washington Bureau Chief, NBC News/ Moderator, "Meet the Press"
Andrew Hannah, Executive Vice President, Americares/ Ron Rosenbaum, Author, "The Spy Who Created the Cold"/Erica Jong, Author "Fear of Fifty"/ Carole King, singer/songwriter
Barry Slotkin, Criminal Defense Attorney/ Pamela Davis, New York Prosecutor/ Gerald Lefcourt, VP, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers/ Frank Gehry, Architect/ Michael Moore, Filmmaker
Fouad Ajami, Prof. Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University/ Judith Miller, New York Times/Twentieth Century Fund/ Richard Corliss, Time Magazine/ Janet Maslin, New York Times/ Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker/ David Denby, New York Magazine/ Nicholas Dawidoff, Author "The Catcher was A Spy"
Greg Garrison, Attorney/ Liz Tilberis, EditorinChief, Harper's Bazaar
Dr. John Sundin, Surgeon/ Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine/ Randall Robinson, TRANSAFRICA/ Richard Roth, CNN/ Susan Sarandon, Actress "The Client"
Michael Kramer, Time Magazine/ John Fund, Wall Street Journal/ Christopher Wood, The Ecocnomist/ Carl Bernstein, Journalist/ Joe Klein, Newsweek/ Whit Stillman, Writer/Producer/ Director
BASEBALL LABOR DISPUTE/SPORTSWRITERS ON BASEBALL
George Soros, Financier/Philanthropist/ Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League
E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post/ Ronald Brownstein, The Los Angeles Times/ Doug Bailey, Publisher, The Hotline/ Mary Matalin, CNBC/ Juan Williams, The Washington Post/ Willem Dafoe, Actor "Clear And Present Danger"
Howard Baker, Former Senate Majority Leader/ Former White House Chief of Staff/ Nicolas Cage, Actor "It Could Happen To You"
David Halberstam, Author "October 1964"/ Robert A.M. Stern, Architect/ Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Author "The Tribe of Tiger"
Edward Said, author "The Politics of Dispossession Culture"/Columbia University/ Dr. Jonathan Winson, Neuroscientist, Rockefeller University/ Dr. Matthew Wilson, Neuroscientist, MIT/ Allison Anders, Director/Writer "Mi Vida Loca: My Crazy Life"
Buck Showalter, New York Yankees Manager/ Dallas Taylor, Drummer/ Elizabeth Wurtzel, author, "Prozac Nation"/ Charles Kaiser, 60's Historian/ Michael Wadleigh, Filmmaker/ John Roberts, Promoter, Woodstock Ventures, Inc.
Elie Wiesel, author/ Chris Matthews, cohost "AT in Depth"/ Stephon Marbury, Lincoln High School Basketball Star/ Parade Magazine All American Basketball Team/ Don Marbury/ Bobby Harsteen, Lincoln High School Basketball Coach
Senator John Breaux (D) Louisiana/ Senator Bob Kerrey (D) Nebraska/ Senator Phil Gramm (R) Texas
Rep. Charles Schumer, (D) New York/ Rep. Bill McCollum, (R) Florida/ Joe Klein, Newsweek/ Michael Kramer, Time Magazine/ Dr. Bob Arnot, Health Correspondent, CBS News
Tony Coelho, Senior Advisor, Democratic National Committee/ Boyd Matson, Host, "National Geographic Explorer"/ Dr. John Mack, Harvard University/author "Abduction"
Oliver Stone, Filmmaker "Natural Born Killers"/ Tom Arnold, actor "True Lies"
Sen. William Cohen, (R) Maine/ Tim Weiner, The New York Times
Lloyd Cutler, White House Counsel/ R.W. Apple, Jr., Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times
George Soros, Financier/Philanthropist/ Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League
George Soros, Financier/Philanthropist/ Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League
Jane Pauley, NBC News
Richard Avedon, Photographer
Max Frankel, The New York Times
Michael Crichton, Author
James Levine, Conductor
Martin Scorsese, Director
Arthur Miller, Playwright
Charles Barkley, Pheonix Suns
Jose Carerras, Tenor/ Placido Domingo, Tenor/ Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor
A panel on the American Grand Slam tennis tournament; An interview with Michael Lemonick; An interview with Marilu Henner
A conversation with Joe Biden and Mike Castle
A discussion about the baseball strike with Bob Costas; A conversation with Fatima Mernissi; A conversation with Leonard Hayflick
A panel on Haiti; A conversation with Andrew Neil
A discussion about Haiti with Dan Rather; An interview with Doris Kearns Goodwin and Richard Goodwin; A discussion about the O.J. Simpson case with Ted Wells
A panel on Haiti; An interview with Jimmy Breslin
An interview with Mary Matalin & James Carville
An interview with Ken Burns
