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Liane Hansen speaks with singer, songwriter and musician ictoria Williams about her new album, "Loose". (Matador/Atlantic Records)

2: Poet GARY SNYDER. He was part of the beat poetry scene in San Francisco in the late 50's. He appears as a character in several of Jack Kerouac's books. Snyder has since won the Pulitzer Prize. He continues to teach and write. In 1990 he published two books: "Dimensions of a Life" (Sierra Club Books) a collection of his essays, and poetry in "Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems" (North Point Press). (REBROADCAST from 9/20/90). SNYDER's latest book is, "No Nature: New & Selected Poems," (Pantheon, 1992).

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Despite promises in the "Contract with America" to cut back on overnment spending, some Republican members of Congress have fought to keep ersonal pet projects funded by federal dollars. NPR's Jon Greenberg reports hat there are an abundance of "pork barrel" programs that have escaped the fate f the Republican chopping block.

2: JAMIE HAMMERSTEIN, Broadway producer, director and past president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He has recently helped in the making of a new PBS tribute show about his father, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN.

ED GILLESPIE, co-editor of the book, The Contract With America and policy and communications director of the House Republican Conference. He believes the welfare reforms outlined in the Republican agenda are accurate assessments of what is needed to correct the current welfare system. Since 1985 MR. GILLESPIE has worked for Rep. DICK ARMEY .

NPR'S WENDY KAUFMAN IN SEATTLE REPORTS THAT MARTIN PANG, WHO HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF FOUR SETTLE FIREFIGHTERS, HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Mr. Payback," a new interactive film.

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2: "All Things Considered" host ROBERT SIEGEL. He has co-anchored the show since 1987. He opened NPR's London Bureau in 1979, and was appointed as director of the News and Information Department in 1983. SIEGEL has just edited "The NPR Interviews, 1994" (Houghton Mifflin). This interview was recorded last Thursday in front of an audience at the WHYY studios.

World music critic MILO MILES discusses how gnawa music has been "discovered" by mainstream groups.