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Robert Siegel talks with Alan Sokal, a professor of physics at New York University, about his parody of practitioners of "science studies." He tells how he deliberately wrote an article questioning the validity of measuring physical "reality" using nonsensical phrases, and submitted it to a well-respected academic journal. The editors published it as a serious treatise, not realizing it was written as a joke. (Sokal's article, "A Physicist Experiments with Cultural Studies," appeared in the May/June 1996 issue of Lingua Franca.

on the British government's decision to allow a Saudi Arabian dissident to remain in their country, and the possible fall out for Britain's defense industry.

PETE TOWNSHEND. In the 1960's he made waves as the lead guitarist in the British rock group The Who. He was world famous for smashing guitares during concerts. Now, years after The Who split up, TOWNSHEND is busy with solo projects.His newest CD is "ThebestofPeteTownshend," (Atlantic) (REBROADCAST from 11/23/93).

Timothy Leary died today of cancer at age 75. Leary was a Harvard psychology professor who began a series of controlled experiments with LSD and other psychedelic drugs in the early 1960's, exploring their use as a means of acheiving greater self-knowledge and awareness without the constraints of traditional medicine or religion. After his ouster from the college, Leary became a philosopher of the counterculture movement, popularizing the phrase, "tune in, turn on, and drop out."

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. (REBROADCAST from 3

SCOTT TALKS WITH ALL THINGS CONSIDERED COMMENTATOR AND AUTHOR DANIEL PINKWATER ABOUT THE ART OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN. HE'LL DISCUSS A NEW BOOK TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN. (10:00) -- "First, Second" by Daniil Kharms, translated by Richard Pevear, pictures by Marc Rosenthal. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 19 Union Square West, New York 10003.

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NPR's John Ydstie reports that Iraq's acceptance of a U.N. plan that would allow Iraqi oil producers to export 2 billion dollars' worth of oil likely won't bring an immediate drop in the world's oil prices. But experts say U.S. consumers can expect to see lower prices at the gasoline pump in coming months as a result of the plan.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that this week's release of secret State Department documents sheds new light on the U-S relationship with the Guatemalan military in the period following the end of the Cold War. The security forces in Guatemala were responsible for numerous cases of murder and torture, some of them involving American citizens, but the United States continued to maintain ties with the military there. The documents show that the CIA was working closely with the Guatemalan security forces at a time when the U-S government officially was distancing itself from those security forces.

Commentator Bob Garfield reflects on how fate and timing played a part in a near abduction. He was in the Virgin Islands when a gunman attempted to force his female companion into a car. The intervention of a hotel worker who wandered off the job and into the crime scene made the difference between certain violence and a happy ending.

Noah talks to photographer Mariana Cook about her new book