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CYNTHIA LENNON, JOHN LENNON's first wife (REBROADCAST FROM 8

Journalist ROBERT KAPLAN. He's been a foreign correspondent for "The Atlantic," and "The New Republic." In the 1980s and early 1990s he was the first American writer to warn of the coming crisis in the Balkans. His latest book is about that region, "Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History," (St. Martin's Press) a political travel book that took him through southern Austria and Croatia, Old Serbia and Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece. One reviewer wrote of the book, it "provides a road map through the centuries-old ethnic hatreds and anti-Semitism that continue to erupt in Eastern Europe."

2: Journalist, professor, historian CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON. He teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. Last month the U.N. Security Council voted to create a new international tribunal to try those accused of war crimes in the Balkan conflict. SIMPSON has written a new book about the use of mass murder as an instrument of state power, beginning with World War I, "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century," (Grove Press). SIMPSON shows how those who commit such crimes are rarely punished, like high-ranking SS killers from World War II, who were allowed to escape the country with the help of CIA chief Allen Dulles.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Mad Dog & Glory," starring Robert Deniro and Bill Murray.

Writer DOROTHY ALLISON. Her most recent novel is called "Bastard Out of Carolina," about a poor South Carolina family's violence and incest, and it's largely autobiographical. She says that she doesn't like most abuse literature because it tends to eroticize abuse. Allison has also written a book of short stories called "Trash" and a book of poems called "The Women Who Hate Me." The idea for her novel came from a poem in "The Women Who Hate Me," called "To The Bone." ("Bastard" is published by Dutton.) REBROADCAST. (originally broadcast 9

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ on the new trend in Baroque music performance.

A CONCERT with the McGarrigle sisters, Kate and Anna. There's a new CD of their first two albums, released in the late 70s: "Kate & Anna McGarrigle" and "Dancer with Bruised Knees." The McGarrigles are known for their close and "subtle harmony." Their music is considered hard to categorize, although it sounds folky. The sisters absorbed an eclectic blend of music when they were growing up in Canada: Victorian ballads, blues, jazz, French-Canadian folk songs, Broadway tunes, and country music. They may be best known for their song, "Heart Like a Wheel," which was the title track on Linda Ronstadt's most successful album.

2: Actor JOHN TURTURRO. He co-starred in Spike Lee's film, "Do the Right Thing." He's a favorite of the Coen Brothers. They wrote parts specifically for him: He was Bernie the Schmatta in "Miller's Crossing," and the writer Barton Fink in the movie of the same name. He's just wrote, directed, and starred in the new movie, "Mac" based on his father. (This interview continues after the ATC promo).

2: MARY PREVITE (pronounced prev-eh-tee). She's the administrator of the Camden County Youth Center. Over the 19 years she's been at the CCYC, PREVITE has witnessed the increase of violence in our society, and its effect on America's young. PREVITE says that most of the kids she sees live in terror, knowing violence as the only way to express their emotions. Fourteen years ago PREVITE started a student newspaper called "What's Happening", establishing a dialogue between herself, the kids, and the community. (REBROADCAST from 12

Computer viruses are computer users' worst nightmare, but a mystery to many of us. Computer expert COREY SANDLER has written an easy-to understand article about viruses in the September issue of "PC Computing." In the article, SANDLER explains how viruses work and talks to virogens, the writers of virus programs.

GIOCONDA BELLI's first novel, "The Inhabited Woman," (Curbstone Press) is about a young architect whose body becomes inhabited by the soul of an Indian woman from the time of the Conquistadors. The soul urges the young woman to abandon her privileged lifestyle and join an underground movement against the dictatorship. BELLI is from an affluent Nicaraguan family. She studied English and advertising abroad, before returning to Nicaragua and joining the Sandinistas and playing a role in the overthrow of Nicaragua's dictator Somoza. Her book of poetry, "Line of Fire" won the Casa de las Americas Prize for poetry in 1979. "The Inhabited Woman" has been published in the US. Latin America, and Europe

Film director MILOS FORMAN (ME-loash For-man). Originally from Czechoslovakia, FORMAN is the director of such American films as "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," "Amadeus," "Hair," and "Ragtime." FORMAN began his film career in his native country, apprenticing with some of the country's best film makers for the Communist state-controlled film industry. He was part of the Czech New Wave cinema with films such as "Black Peter," "Loves of a Blonde," and "Fireman's Ball." FORMAN was orphaned during World War II; both his parents were seized by the Gestapo. Then he lived under Communism. FORMAN has a new memoir, "Turnaround," (written with Jan Novak, published by Villard Books). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND