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2: Painter LARRY RIVERS. He has a new autobiography, "What Did I Do?" (HarperCollins Publishers). RIVERS is known by art historians as "a great figurative painter," "the father of Pop Art," and is recognized as the first American artist to use vulgar objects in an artistic context. The book centers on his experiences as part of a loosely knit association of poets and painters who were young, poor and ambitious in New York in the 50's. RIVERS also was a jazz saxophonist, he appeared on camera and stage, did heavy drugs, and had an unashamed interest in sexuality that went from unconventional entanglements with both sexes to conventional participation in marriage and family life -- all of which he details in his new book. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 10

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Sons of Soul," the new hip-hop album by Tony Toni Tone.

Linguist Jeffrey Nunberg talks about the bicentennial of the French revolution.

1: DR. PAUL MAYEWSKI, chief scientist with the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2. The project archives tubes of ice extracted from Greenland which chronicle 250,000 years of the earth's atmosphere, and changes in the climate. From the ice, scientists can pinpoint the start of the industrial revolution, or the end of the ice age. Scientists hope, by looking at the ice, they can better understand rapid changes in the earth's climate. (REBROADCAST from 9/9/93) INT. 2: Children's book illustrator TED LEWIN (LOO-in). Lewin paid his way through art school in the 50's as a professional wrestler. His new memoir, "I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler," (Orchard Books) includes Lewin's paintings of wrestlers. (REBROADCAST from 8/17/93).

2: FRESH AIR producer AMY SALIT talks with PETER GARRETT, lead singer of the Australian rock band MIDNIGHT OIL...a band known for its environmental and political activisim. They have a new album, EARTH AND SUN AND MOON (Col

Rock critic Kevin Turner reviews the Breeders new album "Last Splash" (Elektra).

2: Israeli peace activist and novelist AMOS OZ (pronounced AH-mos not A-mos). He lived on a kibbutz for many years and is a veteran of the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973. OZ is a leading acivist for peace between the Arabs and the Israelis. His new book is called "Fima" (Harcourt Brace), he has written eleven novels in all. AMOS OZ received the German Publishers Peace Prize in 1992.

2: BETSEY LIEBERMAN, Executive Director of AIDS Housing of Washington which has built the country's first nursing home designed for people dying of AIDS. It's called the Bailey-Boushay House. The House also offers adult day-care services and activities for people with AIDS. The House has been in operation for a little over a year now. Since then more than 130 people have died there. A new book about the project has been published, "Breaking New Ground: Developing Innovative AIDS Care Residences." (published by AIDS Housing of Washington, Original Trade Paperback).

Record producer BOBBY ROBINSON. He recorded many classic blues and R&B sessions for his Red Robin, Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels, and has also produced rap. He recorded Elmore Jones, Buster Brown, and Gladys Knight and the Pips. A new boxed collection has come out, "The Fire/Fury Records Story." (Capricorn Records).

Professional New York house cleaner and NPR commentator, DAVID SEDARIS (seh-DAR-iss). Sedaris occasionally reads from his diaries on NPR; he started this year around Christmas time, when he recounted tales of being a Macy's elf named Crumpet during the holiday season. Other pieces have covered life with window hangers, the world of soap operas, and smoking on a bench in Central Park with a non-smoker. He's recently signed with Little, Brown for a book of short stories and a novel.