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Some reactions to the inauguration and thoughts about the new administration:1) Satirist HARRY SHEARER, creator/host of Public Radio's "Le Show," on which he often satirizes American politics, culture and social conventions. He's also the voice for a number of characters on "The Simpson's." Terry will talk with him about his reactions to Clinton's inauguration.2) Language Commentator GEOFFRY NUNBERG. Terry will talk with him about the language of Clinton's inauguration speech. 3) Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, GEOFFRY KEMP. He's also an expert on the Middle-East. Terry will talk with him about how he thinks the new administration will affect our relations with Iraq

2: Novelist and short-story writer CHARLES BAXTER. He has a new novel, Shadow Play," (W.W. Norton & Co.) about a Faustian contract a man makes with a former classmate. BAXTER has written several volumes of short stories. His stories have appeared in "The New Yorker," "Harper's Magazine," "The Atlantic Monthly,." One reviewer writes, "Baxter is a master at creating loopy, poetic, and meaningfully unhinged psyches."

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN looks at who won''t be performing at the upcoming inauguration activities, but who should be.

1) Lesbian, feminist comic KATE CLINTON. Last night she hosted a gay ball in Washington D.C., celebrating the inauguration. She tackles social taboos and politics without putdowns, name-calling, or abusive behavior. One of her jokes: "To me, the avant-garde means not knowing when to clap." She also often tackles touchy subjects like menstruation, men-bashing, and people in wheelchairs. She's been doing comedy since the early 1980s. Before that she was a highschool English teacher. And before that she was raised in a Catholic household. (She now calls herself a recovering Catholic).2) Producer ROGER KENDIS of Noisy Neighbors Productions. He's here in Philadelphia, and he's put together a rap recording with clips from Clinton's speeches. It's called It's About Hope

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews, "Snow Vrash," by Neal Stephenson.

Former Black Panther ELAINE BROWN. Her new book, A Taste of Power, (Pantheon), tells the story of Brown's rise to the head of the Black Panther Party in the mid-70s and her later break with the Party

Writer ANNE LAMOTT continues her chronicle of life with her young son, SAM. Lamott is the author of OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: A JOURNAL OF MY SON"S FIRST YEAR. (Pantheon).

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF, reviews "Mrs. Doubtfire," starring Robin Williams and Sally Field.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the second TV movie about the Texas mother who wanted to secure her daughter''s place on the cheer leading squad by conspiring to kill a rival student and her mother. This one is on HBO, "The Positively True Adentures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom." REV: MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Man with Night Sweats," a book of poems about AIDS by Thom Gunn.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new CD-box set, just right for the jazz-lover in your circle of family or friends "Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings," (on Rhino).