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Interview TWO extended into this segment.

2:MICHAEL PALIN is best known for his comedy work with England's legendary Monty Python troupe. But Palin's new movie, "American Friends," is a romance based on the life of his great-grandfather. Edward Palin was a 35 year-old tutor at Oxford University when he met 17-year-old Brita, an American girl touring Europe. Oxford tutors in the Victorian era were sworn to chastity, so Edward Palin left his job to marry Brita. Michael Palin found the story in his great-grandfather's journal.

2: Interview with WOLE SOYINKA, continued.

Actor LARRY FISHBURNE. He was Cowboy Curtis on "Pee-wee's Playhouse," and at 15, he played a young GI in "Apocalypse Now." He recently played the musician Ike Turner in the filmed biography of Tina Turner, "What's Love Got To Do With It." His new film is "Searching for Bobby Fischer." REBROADCAST FROM 4/6/92.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews new CD''s by two country singers who go beyond their country-singer label: "Everytime You Say Goodbye," by Allison Krause, and "Culture Swing," by Tish Hinojosa (Ina-HOAS-ah). (Both on the Rounder label).

Chancellor of the New York City school system, JOSEPH FERNANDEZ. He's been a controversial figure: he's made condoms available in the public schools, and approved a multi-cultural curriculum, "Children of the Rainbow," that teaches respect for gays and lesbians. FERNANDEZ is Puerto Rican and grew up in Spanish Harlem. He was a gang member and a heroin addict. Later he joined the Air Force, where he kicked the habit, and attended college on the G.I. bill. He's got a new book, "Tales Out of School: Joseph Fernandez's Crusade to Rescue American Education" (Little, Brown & Co.).

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI previews the new cop show, Homicide, which premieres this Sunday night. It''s the latest project of Barry Levinson, the director of such films as Diner, Rain Man, and Good Morning, Vietnam.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews, "The Bridges of Madison County," by Robert Kincaid (Rant) and acknowledges the 100th anniversary of Dorothy Parker''s birth.

2: GEORGE ANNAS interview continued.

Journalist MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE. He writes regularly for "The Advocate," and "Out" magazine. He's also written for "The New York Times," "The Village Voice," and other publications. He has a new book, "Queer in America: Sex, the Media, and the Closets of Power," (Random House). SIGNORILE is a proponent of "outing" -- that is revealing the homosexuality of someone in power or position whether that person wants it known or not. SIGNORILE caused a controversy by

COKIE ROBERTS, Political Analyst for NPR and ABC. Her full name is Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts and she is perhaps the consummate "Washington Insider". The daughter of parents who shared a Congressional seat for a combined total of fifty years, Roberts' star in journalism is rising, covering the capital for NPR, and on ABC's "This Week with David Brinkley", as well as substituting for Ted Koppel on "Nightline" In a conversation recorded live before an audience, Terry asks her about covering Congress and how her political upbringing affects her reporting. (This interview continues into the second half of the show).

Palestinian-American NASEER ARURI. He's a professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusettes Dartmouth. He's the author of a number of books, his latest is"Occupation: Israel Over Palestine," in it's second edition (1989), which was selected by CHOICE magazine as one of the "Outstanding Books for 1984/85." ARURI has written many articles on human rights, the Palestine question, Lebanon, Islam, and U.S. policy in the Middle East in scholarly journals and weekly magazines. ARURI has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Middle East Watch, and Amnesty International-U.S.A. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE ARTS SEGMENT, AFTER THE ATC PROMO).