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2: EVAN MCKENZIE is the author of "Privatopia: Homeowner Associations and the Rise of Residential Private Government", (Yale University Press.) He is an assistant professor of political science at Albright College in Reading , Pa, and has represented homeowner associations as an attorney in California.

Former special assistant for National Security Affairs under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, MCGEORGE BUNDY. He's co-authored a new book with Admiral William Crowe, "Reducing Nuclear Danger," XXXX. Terry will talk with BUNDY about the threat that still exists of nuclear disaster from such countries as Iraq and North Korea.

Actor LESLIE NIELSEN. Perhaps best known for his comic roles in Airplane! and the Naked Gun films, Nielsen has been acting since the late forties, after he was taught radio broadcasting by Lorne Greene. He's just written a "fictional autobiography" called "The Naked Truth" (Simon & Schuster) a pun-encrusted look at nearly fifty years of showbusiness

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "True North," (Knopf) a sequel to Jill Kerr Conway''s autobiography, "The Road from Coorain."

(no arts review) INTERVIEW WITH JON KATZ CONTINUES.

We feature a performance by humorist and NPR commentator David Sedaris. He charms us with the complete "Santaland Diaries." This piece first ran on NPR's Morning Edition a few days before Christmas 1992. Even though Sedaris has achieved national fame and movie contracts for his humor writing, he still cleans apartments during the day, because, he says, he can only write at night.

Film Critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the new film "BackBeat" directed by Iain Softley. It is a reenactment of the early days of the Beatles . . . before they were stars.

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. PARK DIETZ. He has served as an expert witness for the prosecution in the murder trials of John Hinkley, Joel Rifkin, Jeffrey Dahmer and others. In each case he presented evidence against the defense of insanity, saying that these men knew that they were committing terrible crimes. DIETZ also has a consulting firm, Threat Assessment, which focuses on workplace violence. He is a consultant to the HBO special "Murder 9 to 5," which examines murder at work.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews, "In the Name of the Father," starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

2: Songwriter STEPHEN SONDHEIM. Last fall he gave a talk at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City. We broadcast that talk. SONDHEIM's latest work, "Passion," opens tonight.

Writer ANNIE LAMOTT tells us about her real-life nightmare defending single motherhood on national TV.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviewed "Kind Relations" by Robert Liddell (Dufour).