I'm also a Terry Gross fan, I've never heard a better all around interviewer. Her innate curiosity and ability to converse knowledgeably on so many subjects including history, politics, social issues, the arts and even sports is mind-boggling. Most important though is that, unlike many interviewers, she always seems to ask the pertinent (and tough) questions and I never come away asking "why didn't she ask him or her this or that?".

We're lucky here in S.W. Florida that we get Joshua' Johnson's 1A on our local NPR station. He took over the marvelous Diane Rehm's time slots on WAMU and uses a format similar to Diane's including the Friday News Roundup (1st hour domestic, 2nd international), [I'm typing this during breaks in the show]. His ability as an interviewer/discussion moderator rivals Ms. Rehm's.