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TV news veteran Mike Wallace has just published a book about his favorite interviews, titled Between You and Me. He shares behind-the-scenes details from encounters with politicians, celebrities and criminals.

Former U.S. President JIMMY CARTER. He's written eight books since his presidency, including several memoirs. His newest book is a collection of his poems, Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems, (Random House). In this half of the show, Terry will talk with him about his diplomacy work, most recently negotiating agreements in Bosnia and Haiti. (This interview continues in the second half of the show, after the interview with ROSALYNN CARTER) (REBROADCAST FROM 1/17/95)Former First Lady ROSALYNN CARTER. She has a new book, Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers (Times Books). She talks with Terry about helping others and about her life since she and her husband left the White House. (REBROADCAST FROM 11/

She says she never encountered any other female jazz guitarists growing up. But then again, Mary Halvorson is no run-of-the-mill jazz guitarist. She demonstrates her unique, hard-edged attack with her trio on WNYC's Soundcheck.

U.S. automakers are facing many challenges, including foreign competition. But it's not just from Japan and Europe. There's fierce competition coming from South Korea too. And it's being felt in unexpected places, such as Alabama, where a billion-dollar Hyundai plant recently opened. Tonya Ott of member station WBHM reports. This story is the third in a series on the U.S. auto industry.

Ed Gordon talks with jazz saxophone ace Kirk Whalum about his religion, his music and his new CD, Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Song Book.

Jeff Lunden tells the story of "Oklahoma!" The musical, which premiered in 1943, and was expected to flop. But it didn't.

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, who died Tuesday of lung cancer. Updike was 76.

Novelist PATRICIA O'BRIEN. She spent twenty years as a reporter for the Chicago Sun Times. In 1988, she worked as Michael Dukakis' press secretary when he ran for president. She now writes novels about women on the inside of Washington power circles. Her latest novel is called "The Ladies Lunch," (Simon and Schuster) about a group of Washington women who meet weekly for lunch, until one of their group, the White House press secretary, dies a violent and mysterious death

Maureen Corrigan reviews Jayne Anne Phillips' Lark & Termite, a novel that weaves together the story of an American soldier fighting (and dying) in Korea in 1950, with that of his family struggling with their loss nine years later.

One of the best years for kids' music in recent memory includes releases from artists with feet firmly in both kid-friendly and adult-oriented worlds. Old favorites went in new directions, while emerging artists gave a glimpse of the future of a genre as diverse and unpredictable as kids themselves.

Blues and R&B singer ETTA JAMES. She was a teenager when she was discovered by bandleader/talent scout Johnny Otis, who helped her record her first single, "Dance with Me Henry." Her career took off in the sixties, until she battled a drug addiction at the end of that decade. Although JAMES mostly sang R&B, she has just released "Mystery Lady," (Private Music) on which she covers songs by her favorite jazz singer, Billie Holiday.

Ian McEwan talks about Saturday, which tracks a neurosurgeon over a single day. McEwan says the parallels to Virginia Woolf and James Joyce may seem obvious in limiting a narrative to 24 hours, but he was more influenced by Saul Bellow and John Updike.