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Irish writer and journalist TIM PAT COOGAN. In the expanded edition of his twenty-some year old book, "The IRA: A History" (Roberts Rin , COOGAN explains the historical background of the Irish struggles. For hundreds of years the Irish Republican Army has been fighting for home rule in Northern Ireland...their latest attack was a massive bombing of London last April. "The IRA: A History," is being released for the first time in the U.S., thought it's been required reading for British and Irish Military officers alike. COOGAN is the author of four other books, including "The Man Who Make Ireland: The Life and Death of Michael Collins" (Roberts Rin

RICHARD PRICE wrote and produced the movie "Mad Dog and Glory," which stars Robert Deniro, Bill Murray and Uma Thurman. His most recent novel is the best seller, "Clockers," (published by Houghton Mifflin). Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times wrote "the signal achievement of "Clockers' is to make us feel the enormous power of these giants that are drugs, alcoholism, poverty." "Clockers" has just been published in paperback. PRICE also wrote the screenplays for, "The Color of Money," "Sea of Love," and Martin Scorcese's section of "New York Stories." (REBROADCAST FROM 3/

1 & 2: Foreign Correspondent for NPR, TOM GJELTON. He's been reporting from Bosnia. Terry will talk with him about what it's been like to cover the war in the former Yugoslavia. GJELTON just won the prestigious George Polk Award for his piece, "Massacre on the Mountaintop." The piece aired September 22, 1992 and described a massacre of 200 Bosnian Muslim men. The George Polk Award honors excellence in journalism. GJELTON also reported on the Gulf War and on the conflicts in Central America.(THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

GARY ORFIELD. He is a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director of its Project on School Desegration. His report, "The Growth of Segregation in American Schools: Changing Patterns of Separation and Poverty since 1968" was recently issued to the National School Board Association. In 1954 the United States Supreme Court found that the races in America's schools were segregated and the education was unequal. For awhile, integration was on the increase. But ORFIELD has found that today our schools have slipped backward. African American and Latino students are increasingly isolated by both race and poverty. ORFIELD argues that well designed school desegration programs can help.

2: ANNA QUINDLEN, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist for The New York Times. She often writes about issues and events as they affect women. She has a new collection of her work, "Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private."

Television critic David Bianculli reviews a new episode of "MTV Unplugged: Spoken Word", featuring a group of New York poets.

evin Whitehead reviews jazz fiddler CLAUDE WILLIAMS two volume set: "Live at J''s" (Arh

2: President of Spelman College, JOHNNETTA COLE. Spelman College is an all-women's college, that has historically been all-black. COLE was it's first woman president. Most recently, COLE was head of the Clinton transition team's education group, and was at one time considered as a possible secretary of education. She has a new book, "Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President."

Classical Music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews a new album of opera overtures played on wind instruments, "Overture" by the Harmonie Ensemble of New York, conducted by Steve Richman (on the Music & Arts Programs of America label: 510-525-4583).

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews the remake of "Born Yesterday," starring John Goodman, Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson.