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Author Martin Amis on this edition of Fresh Air. Amis is considered one of the leading British writers of the late twentieth century and one of the most controversial.

Hear actor Steve Carell and music critic Milo Miles on this edition of Fresh Air. Steve Carell is starring in the new comedy film Dan in Real Life. Carell is best known for his role as Michael Scott in NBC's The Office. His other film roles include The 40 Year Old Virgin and Little Miss Sunshine. He rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he was part of the team from 1999 to 2004.

Paintings have been falling off of walls, a loud and loyal dog has gone missing, a gurgled message is being transmitted by walkie-talkie - strange things are happening all over the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. Called upon to investigate these suspicious incidents, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case. .

Hear Pulitzer prize-winning historian Garry Wills and epidemiologist Devra Davis on this edition of Fresh Air. Garry Wills' new book is about the separation of church and state written into the Constitution by our founding fathers, and the challenges to it through the rise of evangelical fervor over the years. His new book is Head and Heart: American Christianities. Wills says that, contrary to the popular notion, the separation of church and state is "the great protector of religion, not its enemy."

Hear writer and professor Carol Muske-Dukes and British singer-songwriter Bryan Ferry on this edition of Fresh Air. Muske-Dukes' new novel is Channeling Mark Twain. Fellow author Mary Karr described the book as "a riveting story about women in prison, with language that scorches the page and characters you won't be able to live without...She's given us a true hero in Polly, who's [as] unforgettable as Huck Finn."

Lyme Disease expert, Dr. Jonathan Edlow and chef Jeremiah Tower on this edition of Fresh Air. Dr. Jonathan Edlow is the author of the new book Bull's Eye: Unraveling the Medical Mystery of Lyme Disease. In the book he chronicles the emergence of the disease, how scattered clues led to the cause - bacterium Borelia burgdorferi, and then to the deer tick that spread it.

Hear actor Steve Carell, Curb Your Enthusiasm executive producer/co-star Jeff Garlin, and actress Susie Essman, on this edition of Fresh Air. Steve Carell is best known for his role as Michael Scott in NBC's The Office. His other film roles include The 40 Year Old Virgin and Little Miss Sunshine.

Hear music-comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, singer songwriter Nellie McKay, and musical group Los Straitjackets. Emaine Clement and Bret McKenzie are with the group Flight of the Conchords. They join us in the studio for a concert. Clement and McKenzie hail from New Zealand and were named Best Alternative comedy Act at the 2005 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. They star in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, which begins its second season in 2008.

Hear rapper Percy Carey, AKA MF Grimm; wrestler Mary Lillian Ellison, AKA The Fabulous Moolah; film director Ruth Leitman; and film critic John Powers, on this edition of Fresh Air. MF Grimm is in a wheelchair, after surviving several murder attempts. He's just published an autobiographical graphic novel entitled Sentences: The Life of MF Grimm. He's also released a new album, his sixth: The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man.

Actress Amy Sedaris and writer Clifford Wright on this edition of Fresh Air. Sedaris is the star of the comedy series Strangers with Candy that airs on Comedy Central. She plays Jerri Blank, a 47-year-old ex-con, ex-prostitute, lesbian high school freshman. She's the sister of David Sedaris, a humor writer who has been on Fresh Air several times.

An expert in climate change research, Paul Mayewski and science fiction writer Sheri S. Tepper on this edition of Fresh Air.

Actor Christopher Walken, Reverend Louis Sheldon and Winnie Stachelberg, political director of the Human Rights Campaign on this edition of Fresh Air.

British actor Colin Firth on this edition of Fresh Air. Firth is co-starring in the new romantic comedy/holiday feel-good film, Love Actually. Firth is probably best known for his role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC/A&E production of Pride and Prejudice. The film turned him into a heartthrob.

Son of televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay Bakker and remembering code breaker Leo Marks on this edition of Fresh Air. In 1989 Jay Bakker's father, Jimmy, was convicted of defrauding his followers at the Praise The Lord ministry, and sent to prison. Then his parents divorced. Bakker was 13 years old at the time.

Actor and comedian Denis Leary and writer Daniel Harris on this edition of Fresh Air. This Sunday, Leary gets roasted by Comedy Central. He's also starring in the new film The Secret Lives of Dentists. Last year, he starred in the ABC comedy series, The Job.

Hear former Vice President Al Gore, book critic Maureen Corrigan, lead singer and songwriter of Radiohead Thom Yorke, and film critic David Edelstein, on this edition of Fresh Air. Al Gore has just been given the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, along with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for fighting global warming. His Academy Award-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, aims to get the message out to the masses.

Actor Patrick Warburton and composer Aaron Jay Kernis on this edition of Fresh Air. Patrick Warburton's best known for his recurring role on Seinfeld as Elaine's laconic boyfriend, Puddy. Though he only appeared in nine episodes, he became one of the show's favorite characters. Warburton currently stars in the new FOX show The Tick. He could also be heard as the voice of Joe on Fox's animated series The Family Guy.

Actor Michael C. Hall and director and screenwriter Hal Hartley on this edition of Fresh Air. Michael C. Hall plays David Fisher, the gay brother who co-runs a funeral home on the HBO hit Six Feet Under. The American Film Institute has nominated Hall for Best Male TV Actor-Drama for his role in the series. Hall comes to TV from the stage. Most recently, he was on Broadway as the emcee in Cabaret. Prior to that role, he was in a number of off-Broadway productions.

Hear guitarist and vocalist Jack White and drummer Meg White of the band the White Stripes, film critic David Edelstein, and actor Brian Cox on this edition of Fresh Air. The White Stripes' new album is called Icky Thump. It's their sixth release. The duo has tried to keep their relationship a mystery, claiming to be, variously, brother and sister or husband and wife.

Hear writer/director Judd Apatow, actor Seth Rogan, rock critic Ken Tucker, and book critic Maureen Corrigan, on this edition of Fresh Air. Judd Apatow wrote and directed the new comedy Knocked Up, and Seth Rogan stars in it as a slacker who becomes a father after a one-night stand.