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Since its national debut in 1987, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has been a highly acclaimed and much adored weekday magazine among public radio listeners. Each week, nearly 4.8 million people turn to Peabody Award-winning host Terry Gross for insightful conversations with the leading voices in contemporary arts and issues. The renowned program reaches a global audience, with over 620 public radio stations broadcasting Fresh Air, and 3 million podcast downloads each week. Fresh Air has broken the mold of 'talk show' by weaving together superior journalism and intimate storytelling from modern-day intellectuals, politicians and artists alike. Through probing questions and careful research, Gross's interviews are lauded for revealing a fresh perspective on cultural icons and trends. Her thorough conversations are often complemented by commentary from well-known contributors. Fresh Air is produced at WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and broadcast nationally by NPR., INT.1: CHRIS and BOB ELLIOTT. Bob has entertained generations as half of the legendary comedy team of Bob and Ray. Many of today's comics and television comedy programs find their roots of influence in the innovative works of Bob and Ray. His son Chris has spent the last seven years as a writer and performer for "Late Night with David Letterman," creating such characters as the Panicky Guy, and the Fugitive Guy, and impersonations of Morton Downey, Jr., NBC sportscaster Marv Albert, and Marlon Brando. His work with Late Night has won him four Emmy awards and a large following. Together, the two have written a memoir, Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father. REV.1: Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reports on the Boston Early Music Festival and Exhibition which concluded its week-long activities on Sunday. Two of the major performances were Monteverde's "Mass" conducted by Andrew Parrott and Mozart's "Idomeneo," conducted by Roger Norrington. Parrott and Norrington are two of the best known and most influential figures in Britain's Early Music revival. INT.2: Writer JILL KER CONWAY. Her new memoir, The Road From Coorain, describes her rugged childhood in the Australian outback, and her move to school in the big city of Sydney as a young woman. Later Conway left Australia to study in America, where she became a historian and the first woman president of Smith College. She is also the author of two books on the role of feminism in history. REV.2: Language commentator GEOFFREY NUNBERG has some comforting thoughts for people upset by the use of computer language to describe ordinary human activity. He claims that new technologies have always given people a model for discussing themselves, and that humans in turn have always personified their machines.