Fresh Air, Seymour Hersh, Barry Sonnenfeld, And Bryan Fuller, October 2, 2007

Hear investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, Pushing Daisies producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Bryan Fuller, and book critic Maureen Corrigan on this edition of Fresh Air.

Seymour Hersh is a regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine. He has written in depth about the Bush administration, and his article in this week's edition ("Shifting Targets") is about the administration's shift in position on Iran - a redefining of the war in Iraq as a strategic battle between the US and Iran. Hersh exposed the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in 2004, and published a series of articles on the scandal in the magazine early in 2005. He has been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, five George Polk Awards, two National Magazine Awards, and a dozen other prizes. He is also the author of eight books, including Chain of Command about Abu Ghraib.

Then, Barry Sonnenfeld and Bryan Fuller, who have produced the new comedy/drama Pushing Daises on ABC. The show combines romance, fantasy, and mystery, and is about a guy who can bring the dead back to life with a mere touch. Fuller created the series and also created the TV series Dead Like Me. He was also a writer and executive producer on Heroes. Sonnenfeld directed the Men in Black and Addams Family films, and he was executive producer of the TV show The Tick.

Finally, Maureen Corrigan reviews Run, the new novel by Ann Patchett. [Broadcast Date: October 2, 2007]