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Classical Music Critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews the new two-cd set of a 1962 performance of the opera "Susannah." It features the legendary American soprana Phyllis Curtin. The cd set is available on the VAI label. Schwartz is Classical Music Editor of the Boston Phoenix.

NPR's Ted Clark reviews the terms of the ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah guerrillas, which limits the recent attacks on southern Lebanon.

2: Film writer/director DAVID RUSSELL. He made his film debut with the prize-winning independent film, "Spanking the Monkey." His latest film is "Flirting with Disaster" starring Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette.

on the $35 million campaign the AFL-CIO is planning this year to defeat 75 House members -- almost all of whom are Republicans. Labor hopes to reassert itself as the important voting block it once was. But many union members voted Republican in the last election and getting them to follow the union leadership's guidance on election day is a formidable task.

Neal Conan talks with Victor Davis Hanson, Greek classicist, farmer, and author -- who feels the decline of family farming in America is a threat to our cultural legacy. His new book is titled, "Fields Without Dreams." (published by Simon & Sch

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 Phillip Davis reports on the battle in Congress over legalized gambling.

Robert reads from the latest batch of listeners' comments.

Robert speaks with Iris Chang, author of the book "Thread of the Silkworm." Chang relates how one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California was deported during the anti-communist 1950s to China, where he became the father of the Chinese missile program.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports that as the closure of the West Bank and Gaza strip continues, people are becoming frustrated and angry with Israel. Some say there could be a backlash against the peace process.