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2: MARIN ALSOP is the music director of the Colorado Symphony. One of the few woman conductors in the world, she has also served as music director of the Lond Island Philharmonic, and has been the guest conductor for many orchestras, including the St. Louis Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Boston Pops Orchestra. ALSOP founded Concordia, a 50-piece chamber orchestra whose repertoire combines classical and jazz music, and String Fever, a swing band for which she plays violin. ALSOP has recorded three CD's: "Fever Pitch," by String Fever, and "Blue Monday" and "Victory Stride" by the Concordia Orchestra.

JERROLD LADD is a 24-year-old writer, who has just published an autobiography, "Out of the Madness." (Warner Books) In his book, he writes about growing up in the Dallas housing projects, with his mother who was a heroin addict. He describes how he struggled to educate himself and eventually became a writer. His book started out as an article, written when he was 20, and published in "Dallas Life." This article won him the prestigious "Sunday Magazine Editors Association National Essay of the Year Award." LADD currently writes for the "Dallas Morning News," and attends college.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America," by Jackson Lears (BasicBooks).

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the Academy Awards presentation, which aired last night on ABC.

Banjo player, TONY TRISHKA. He's been called the "premier banjo madman of our time." TRISHKA incorporates jazz and rock and roll into his style, with bluegrass at the heart of his music. TRISHKA's new album, "World Turning" (Rounder Records), is a "loose history of the banjo" with everything from an African banjo tune to banjo Dixieland style. He has a number of albums out on the Rounder label.REV:Maureen Corrigan reviews Wendy Lessers book, "Pictures at an Execution," looking at why we are fascinated with murder.

DR. FRED SHEFTELL. He's founder and co-director of the New England Center for Headache and National President for the American Council on Headache Education. In "Headache Relief" (Simon & Schuster), which SHEFTELL co-authors with Alan Rapoport, the authors argue that chronic headache sufferers have suffered further from the stigma that they brought it on themselves and that headaches are not a genuine illness. "Unlike the pain of ulcers or colitis, the pain caused by a headache has no easily visible source. This relects more on the state of medical knowledge than on the reality of the condition." FOR LISTENERS' INFO: The American Council on Headache Education is 875 King's Highway, Suite 200, Woodbury, N.J. 08096; phone: 1-800-255-ACHE.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews new PBS sitcom "The Steven Banks Show."

2: Actor RAUL JULIA. His films include "Kiss of the Spider Woman," "Moon Over Parador," "Tequilla Sunrise." and "Romero." He also starred in "The Addams Family" series, as Gomez, the patriarch. He had a long career in musical theater as well, including "The Three-Penny Opera," "Nine," and "Man of la Mancha." JULIA died this morning, after a stroke last week. (REBROADCAST FROM 8

2: Writer and professor JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of "Fatheralong: A Meditation on Fathers and Sons, Race and Society" (Pantheon), which explores WIDEMAN's relationship with both his father and his son. WIDEMAN's earlier book, "Brothers and Keepers," tells of his relationship with his brother, who, like his son, was convicted of murder. WIDEMAN is also the author of novels and short stories, and is a professor of English literature.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "You Can''t be Neutral on a Moving Train," by Howard Zinn (Beacon).