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Film critic Stephen Schiff on the new Robin Williams picture, "Being Human".

2: Actor HARVEY KEITEL. He is known for his roles in Martin Scorcese pictures like "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," and "Last Temptation of Christ." He played the sympathetic police officer in "Thelma And Louise" and the unsympathetic one in "Bad Lieutenant". REBROADCAST FROM 1-13-92 (Note language advisory

2: Interview with WYNTON MARSALIS continues.

Writer and playwright JIM GRIMSLEY. He is a writer-in-residence at the 7 Stages Theater in Atlanta, and the winner of Newsday's George Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Playwright in 1988. His first novel is "Winter Birds" (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), about a eight-year-old hemophiliac in a poor family, watching a violent fight between his parents on Thanksgiving. GRIMSLEY says the book is "autobiographical, but not an autobiography." He also has been HIV positive for 14 years, making him one of the longest survivors of the virus.

Country music singer and yodeler DON WALSER, "the best pure cowboy singer in the state" ("Houston Chronicle"). At age 60, WALSER has retired from his job as a Texas state internal auditor to concentrate on his music, and has just released an album, "Rolling Stone From Texas" (Watermelon Records). He is "a middle-aged man with a potbelly and glasses" ("Houston Chronicle") whose "yodeling is better than sex." ("Pla

2: CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY has just written a new political satire, "Thank you for Smoking" (Random House), which pokes fun at everything and everyone associated with the tobacco industry-- from anti-smoking advocates to tobacco company executives. BUCKLEY was George Bush's speechwriter from 1981-1983 when Bush served as Vice President. The son of William F. Buckley, he is the author of other political and social satires, including "The White House Mess" and "Wet Work." He is the editor of "Forbes FYI" magazine. (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 6/

JAMES FARMER, co-founder of CORE, the Congress On Racial Equality and its National Director from 1961-1966. CORE was one of the Civil Rights groups of the 1960's which followed Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance. CORE also helped organize the Freedom Rides -- multi-racial busloads of people travelling through the southern states making sure the Supreme Court's decisions on desegratiton were being enforced. FARMER's long life as an advocate of civil rights was detailed in in his autobiography, "Lay Bare the Heart" (Dutton). This interview was originally broadcast in 1985. BERNICE JOHNSON REAGON has sung freedom songs at civil rights marches and sit-ins, at organizing rallies, and in prison. She was a founding member of the Freedom Singers, who were affiliated with SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She's also a founder of the a cappella group "Sweet Honey in the Rock", which sings freedom songs, spirituals, and new songs that add to those traditions. She's currently the Host of NPR's African-American music program, "Wade in the Water". This interview was originally broadcast in 1988.

Character actor NED BEATTY. He spent 15 years in theater before making his film debut in "Deliverance." Since then, he''s played everything from a sinister executive in "Network" to a clownish sheriff in the Burt Reynolds film "Stroker Ace." In all, Beatty has acted in 37 feature films, and 44 television movies or series. (rebroadcast from 10/26/87). BEATTY is now a regular on Barry Levinson''s TV series "Homicide."

Author ROBB FORMAN DEW. In her novels--"Dale Loves Sophie to Death" (Harper Perennial) and "Fortunate Lives" (Harper Perennial)--DEW explored the ambiguities and intricacies of families. So she thought she understood the complexities of family love. But then her son informed her he was gay. DEW has written a new memoir about her son's coming out and the family evolution that followed. It's her non-fiction debut and it's called "The Family Heart" (Addison-Wesley).

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews six new box sets for the holiday season. The box sets are: "Early Ellington," Duke Ellington (GRP/Decca);"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923-1954," Louis Armstrong (Columbia);"The Complete Blue Note Recordings," Thelonious Monk (Blue Note);"The Complete Blue Note and Roost Recordings," Bud Powell (Blue Note);"The Complete Bud Powell" (Verve);"The Jazz Scene," Various Artists (Verve).