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Stewart O'Nan's new novel, The Good Wife, is a story about life on the outside of the prison system — a story about patience and waiting.

2: Comedian BRETT BUTLER had an abusive marriage before getting on stage with her comedy act. She is now the star of the sitcom "Grace Under Fire," one of the top rated shows of the season. Her character is a single mother with three kids, and, like BUTLER, is divorced from an abusive husband.

Actor ALAN ALDA. The star of the TV show MASH (for which he won Emmys for acting, writing, and directing), as well as the movies "Same Time, Next Year," "The Four Seasons," and in Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Manhatten Murder Mystery," and "Everyone Says I Love You." He is currently the host of Scientific American Frontiers on PBS. The newest episode "Going to Extremes" airs this Wednesday, Feb. 19. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00 ALAN ALDA continued. Critic MILO MILES reviews the new collection by the Almanac singers, an early urban folk group that included Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Pete Hawes, Millard Lampell and Pete Seeger. The CD is "The Almanac Singers: Their Complete General Recordings" (on MCA)12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPYOn today's Fresh air -- actor ALAN ALDA. . .he recently sang and danced in Woody Allen's new film "Everyone Says I Love You," and this week he hosts the new episode of Scientific American Frontiers on PBS. . . And critic MILO MILES reviews a new collection by the early urban folk rock group, the Almanac Singers, which included Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. That's coming up on Fresh Air.

Melissa Groo's observations while researching elephants.

A half century ago, a beekeeper from New Zealand and a Sherpa from Nepal reached the top of Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. To mark next month's anniversary of the epic ascent, Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay return to Everest to retrace their fathers' legendary footsteps.

2: DR. ROBERT SHEETS is the director of the National Hurricane Center near Miami, Florida. The Center keeps a constant watch on tropical disturbances which may turn into hurricanes. He'll talk today about what causes hurricanes, and how people who live in regions with many hurricanes prepare for the storm season.

2: Actor BRIAN BENBEN recently co-starred in the movie, "Radioland Murders," as a radio scriptwriter trying to save his marriage. BENBEN also stars in "Dream On," the HBO comedy series. The FOX network recently started airing reruns from the series first season. "The New York Times" has called his "Dream On" character "an adult Charlie Brown," with "offbeat charm." (REBROADCAST from 10

In a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, scientists unearth the bones of a new species of human... a find that could rewrite the history of human evolution. About three feet tall when fully grown, Homo floresiensis resembles our most primitive ancestors, but lived as recently as 13,000 years ago.

2: Comedian and actor, JERRY STILLER. He's currently playing George Costanza's father on this season's "Seinfeld" show. STILLER got his start in standup comedy with his wife Anne Meara as The Stillers, the befuddled jewish guy and the heart-of-gold Irish girl. They performed for nine years on the Ed Sullivan Show, and did popular radio spots for Blue Nun wine and other TV shows and specials.

2: PHIL NIEKRO, Manager, and LISA MARTINEZ, pitcher for the new all female professional baseball team, the Colorado Silver Bullets. This is the team's inaugural season. The Silver Bullets are the first all-female team to be recognized by the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues and the first to compete only against men. Manager NIEKRO says, "Every time they make an error, they say 'I'm sorry.'"