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CHADWICK/TALK RADIO: HOST ALEX CHADWICK SPEAKS WITH PUBLISHER AND EDITOR MICHAEL HARRISON OF "TALKERS MAGAZINE." MR. HARRISON SAYS THAT TALK RADIO WAS AWARE OF THE RESENTMENTS TOWARDS GOVERNMENT THAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE BOMBING IN OKLAHOMA CITY WELL BEFORE MAINSTREAM PRESS.

FROM LONDON, NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB REPORTS ON BRITISH AUTHOR MARTIN AMIS' NEW NOVEL CALLED "THE INFORMATION," WHICH LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND BUSINESS OF FICTION.

Novelist THOMAS KENEALLY. He's best known for his novel, Schindler's List which was put to film, by director Stephen Spielberg. His new novel, A River Town (Doubleday) is based on the story of his grandfather who left Ireland for Australia at the turn of the century to escape confining social codes. But in Australia he became the outsider, "a white nigger" he says. KENEALLY has written over 20 novels. He is a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.

President Clinton today announced the closing of a two-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue next to the White House. The decision was taken to enhance security at the executive mansion. Danny opens the show from Pennsylvania avenue, describing what the new space looks like, and talking to people there to get their reaction.

SCOTT SIMON VISITS A REHABILITATION HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO TO SPEAK WITH YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE BEEN PARALYZED BY THE KIND OF VIOLENCE THEY ONCE PERPETRATED. HE DISCOVERS THAT SOME GANG MEMBERS, LITERALLY STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS BY BULLETS, FIND INSIGHT AND NEW POSSIBILITIES IN THEIR WHEELCHAIRS.

SOME THOUGHTS ON GRADUATION AND COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSES.

We were curious about all the programs the House Republicans proposed be cut from the federal budget, so we read from the list of nearly 300 programs, agencies and departments.

Fresh Air TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI looks back at the 1994-95 TV season that just ended and the ratings that just came in.

2: Biographer BARBARA LEAMING. She's written a new biography of Katharine Hepburn, in which she places the actress' life in the context of her family's history: one of tragic and political importance. Katherine Hepburn's grandfather committed suicide, as did her brother. In fact Hepburn discovered the body of her 15 year old brother. Hepburn's mother was a major figure in the radical suffrage movement, and a friend of Margaret Sanger. Katharine Hepburn is published by Crown. Leaming is also the author of a biography of Orson Welles.

Book critic, MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews No Ordinary Time (Simon and Schuster) by Doris Kearns Goodwin and Babe (University of Illinois Press) by Susan E. Cayleff.