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Journalist STAN SESSER. A "Reporter at Large" in Southeast Asia for the New Yorker, Sesser has collected some of those pieces in a new book "The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia" (Knopf). Sesser discusses the recent elections in Cambodia; elections which featured violence, twenty political parties and massive voter turnout

Psychologist and writer CAROL TAVRIS. Terry will talk with her about two things: Her latest book, "The Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex." (Simon & Schuster). In the book, TAVRIS looks at the widespread but unacknowledged custom in the social sciences, medicine, law and history, of treating men as the normal standard and women as abnormal. TAVRIS shows that the real differences in gender are in power, resources, and life experiences. Also TAVRIS recently wrote a review of two books dealing with incest, "Beware the Incest-Survivor Machine," (The New York Times Book Review, Jan 3, 1993) in which she calls for a more reasoned, cautious approach to a very complicated issue. The review received a fire-storm of letters from readers (Feb. 14, 1993).

Law Professor CATHERINE MACKINNON. She's well known for her feminist take on legal issues, and she's just written a new book called "Only Words." (Harvard University Press) She argues that as long as sexual harassment, pornography and hate speech are protected by the First Amendment, equality will only be a word, not a reality. MacKinnon pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment as a form of sex discrimination. She now teaches at the University of Michigan Law School.

RICHARD PRICE wrote and produced the movie "Mad Dog and Glory," which stars Robert Deniro, Bill Murray and Uma Thurman. His most recent novel is the best seller, "Clockers," (published by Houghton Mifflin). Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times wrote "the signal achievement of "Clockers' is to make us feel the enormous power of these giants that are drugs, alcoholism, poverty." "Clockers" has just been published in paperback. PRICE also wrote the screenplays for, "The Color of Money," "Sea of Love," and Martin Scorcese's section of "New York Stories." (REBROADCAST FROM 3/

1 & 2: Foreign Correspondent for NPR, TOM GJELTON. He's been reporting from Bosnia. Terry will talk with him about what it's been like to cover the war in the former Yugoslavia. GJELTON just won the prestigious George Polk Award for his piece, "Massacre on the Mountaintop." The piece aired September 22, 1992 and described a massacre of 200 Bosnian Muslim men. The George Polk Award honors excellence in journalism. GJELTON also reported on the Gulf War and on the conflicts in Central America.(THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Classical Music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a new album of opera overtures played on wind instruments, "Overture" by the Harmonie Ensemble of New York, conducted by Steve Richman (on the Music & Arts Programs of America label: 510-525-4583).

Television critic David Bianculli reviews a new episode of "MTV Unplugged: Spoken Word", featuring a group of New York poets.

Irish writer and journalist TIM PAT COOGAN. In the expanded edition of his twenty-some year old book, "The IRA: A History" (Roberts Rin , COOGAN explains the historical background of the Irish struggles. For hundreds of years the Irish Republican Army has been fighting for home rule in Northern Ireland...their latest attack was a massive bombing of London last April. "The IRA: A History," is being released for the first time in the U.S., thought it's been required reading for British and Irish Military officers alike. COOGAN is the author of four other books, including "The Man Who Make Ireland: The Life and Death of Michael Collins" (Roberts Rin

KIM RICH. She's written a new memoir, "Johnny's Girl," (William Morrow & Co.) about growing up in Anchorage, Alaska during the oil boom years, the daughter of "one of the most notorious underworld figures in the city." Her father operated illegal gambling houses and massage parlors all over the city. RICH's father was eventually murdered

evin Whitehead reviews jazz fiddler CLAUDE WILLIAMS two volume set: "Live at J''s" (Arh

2: President of Spelman College, JOHNNETTA COLE. Spelman College is an all-women's college, that has historically been all-black. COLE was it's first woman president. Most recently, COLE was head of the Clinton transition team's education group, and was at one time considered as a possible secretary of education. She has a new book, "Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President."

2: ANNA QUINDLEN, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist for The New York Times. She often writes about issues and events as they affect women. She has a new collection of her work, "Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private."