Pulitzer Prizewinning American novelist, Russell Banks, is known for his portrayals of the interior lives of characters at odds with economic and social forces in novels such as Cloudsplitter, Affliction, and Continental Drift. He recently spoke with KGNU's Claudia Cragg about his latest novel 'The Reserve', as well as about his early life, about Hemingway's death, and about going to tea with Fidel Castro in Cuba.

The British-born and educated Elizabeth Kucinich is the wife of Dennis, the former 2008 Democratic Presidential Candidate and Congressman from Ohio. He may have now dropped out of the November race, but few doubt that Elizabeth was one of Kucinich's greatest assets. She spoke to Claudia Cragg on "Demoplicans and Republicrats" and to discuss impeachment, sustainable development, paper vs. electronic ballots, 9/11, her education, travels, life and love.

And, BTW, that Daily Show Titian Red skit took 3 hours in the studio to shoot, Kucinich says, because they were laughing so much....