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TOM WINKLER
Doodie.com creator Tom Winkler is living proof that a computer and a modem can be a ticket to stardom. Find out how he turned a Web site about poopie jokes into a courtship with Hollywood. read the transcript..

SUPER TUESDAY
How did Gore and Bush sweep the biggest night in this election year? Find out from TIME's Jay Branegan and TIME.com's Mike Eskenazi -- read the transcript..

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington, once a darling of the conservative movement, lost a lot of friends when she started criticizing her Republican pals. In her new book How to Overthrow the Gov ernment she says the American political system is broken and it will take a mass movement to change it. Find out how -- read the transcript..

VISIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY: ROBERT THURMAN - WILL THE POPE BE A WOMAN?
Columbia University professor and author Robert Thurman, one of the West's leading Buddhist scholars, talks about religion and spirituality in the 21st Century. Read the transcript.

JESSYE NORMAN
Since her operatic debut, Jessye Norman has risen to the top of the opera world -- one of the few African Americans to gain that distinction. Her latest recording, I Was Born in Love With You, features the songs of Michel Legrand. Ms. Norman discusses her life and career, opera and popular music, and her work for charitable causes. Read the transcript.

FILMMAKER D.A. PENNEBAKER: DON'T LOOK BACK
Documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker's Don't Look Back caught an unplugged Bob Dylan in 1965, and now it's available on DVD. He talks about his work, Dylan and independent films. Read the transcript.

FILMMAKER FREDERICK WISEMAN: FROM TITICUT FOLLIES TO BELFAST, MAINE
Frederick Wiseman's latest documentary BELFAST, MAINE and his 30 groundbreaking films, including Titicut Follies, High School, Near Death, Welfare, Juvenile Court, and Public Housing earned him three Emmy Awards, a Ma cArthur Foundation Fellowship, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from Human Rights Watch. Read the transcript.

ICE CUBE
Ice Cube compares the worlds of acting and rapping and talks about his new movie Next Friday, sequel to the cult hit Friday. Read the transcript.

HURRICANE CARTER: THE INSIDE STORY
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter spent nearly 20 years in prison for murders he didn't commit. Meet two of the people who helped to exonerate him: Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton, authors of the new book, Lazarus and the Hurricane, a source fo r the new movie, The Hurricane. Read the transcript.

TIME'S WALTER ISAACSON ON THE PERSON OF THE CENTURY
TIME magazine's editors chose Albert Einstein as the Person of the Century. TIME Managing Editor Walter Isaacson discusses what went into their thinking and what considerations influenced the choice. Read the transcript.

TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com is the TIME Person of the Year for 1999.He chats about how he was inspired to found the company, what he sees ahead for e-commerce, and how the Internet will affect world economic development. Read the transcript.

DIRECTOR PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
Paul Thomas Anderson, director of Magnolia andBoogie Nights, talks about filmmaking, actors and his literary and cinematic influences. Read the transcript.

JOE TORRE
Joe Torre is using his fame as manager of the world champion New York Yankees to build public awareness of how to prevent heart disease, a scourge that has plagued his family: he lost a father and brother to it, and another brother has had a heart transplant. Read the transcript.

AUTHOR DOMINICK DUNNE
Dominick Dunne has seen it all. Now an author and contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine, once a Hollywood producer and member of Tinseltown's inner circle, Dunne knows glamour first hand. His new book. The Way We Lived Then, ch ronicles his life in the Hollywood of the 50s, 60s and 70s, and his expulsion from it, in words and photos. Read the transcript.

VISIONS OF THE MILLENNIUM
Richard Abanes is director of the Religious Information Center in Southern California and an investigative reporter who specializes in covering cults, the occult, world religions, and new religious movements. In his most recent book, End Time V isions: The Road to Armageddon, Abanes offers a wide-ranging analysis of groups and individuals throughout history who've said our time is up. Read the transcript.

RALPH NADER & PAT BUCHANAN
Tens of thousands of demonstrators came to Seattle to protest the meeting of the World Trade Organization. Ralph Nader and presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan were among the strange political bedfellows manning the b arricades. Find out why they are united in opposing the WTO's agenda for the global economy. Read the transcript.

Visions of the 21st Century
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> Rev. Billy Graham
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