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.

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