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Host Renee Montagne talks to Terry Gross, who's marking her 25th year as host of the public radio program, Fresh Air, produced in Philadelphia. They discuss the finer points of conducting interviews.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports Fidel Castro plans to come to the United States to attend the United Nations summit next week. The Cuban government says it has requested travel visas for him and other Cuban officials to attend the meeting in New York. US officials have indicated they will issue the visas, but Cuban American leaders are urging that Castro be arrested if he sets foot in US territory. Such threats kept Castro from attending the WTO meeting in Seattle last year. But legal experts say he has probably concluded that his diplomatic immunity will protect him in this case.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled in favor of ballot language to reimagine the Minneapolis police department in the upcoming election. Early voting begins Friday.

President Clinton today announced he will defer to his successor on the nation's missile defense system. The president said he would allow research and development work on the $60-billion proposal to go forward. But Mr. Clinton also said he would defer construction and deployment decisions to the next White House resident. Steve Inskeep of NPR News has a report.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that a former federal prosecutor in the Branch Davidian case says he expects to be indicted on charges of making false statements to federal investigators and obstructing justice. Bill Johnston was an assistant U.S. Attorney in Waco, when he wrote a letter last year to Attorney General Janet Reno, alleging a cover-up in the Justice Department of evidence that federal agents used incendiary tear gas canisters on the morning that the Branch Davidian compound went up in flames. Johnston says the indictment is revenge for his going public with his allegations.

Host Renee Montagne talks with GQ Magazine author and columnist Peter Richmond about the upcoming National Football Season, which begins on Sunday.

Host Renee Montagne talks with Michael Kahn, the director of the Academy for Classical Acting, about a new program for working actors. It's a one-year Master of Fine Arts degree devoted exclusively to classical acting. It's the only such program of its kind.

Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports on an effort by some airlines to fly their jets at lower altitudes to avoid congestion in the sky and ease flight delays. The move has some risks and drawbacks but it is helping cut the number of costly delays.

Robert talks to Larry Jackson, a project engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board, who helped reconstruct TWA Flight 800 from pieces found in the ocean after the crash. The reconstructed plane is now in a hangar in Calverton, New York, waiting to be moved to an academy where it will be used to train crash investigators.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Associated Press reporter Jeffrey Collins about a series of crimes swirling around a powerful South Carolina family.