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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The Washington Post, DAVID MARANISS. He's just completed a new biography of President Clinton, "First in His Class," (Simon & Schuster). In researching the book, MARANISS interviewed more than 400 people, including Clinton's friends, relatives, and colleagues. One reviewer writes, "the portrait of Mr. Clinton that emerges from this biography is not one of a visionary leader or statesman, but of an indefatigable, instinctual politician, driven throughout his life to seek the approval of friends and strangers alike." MARANISS won a Pulitzer for his reporting on Clinton's presidential campaign.

LISE FUNDERBURG is a journalist who has written for "Mirabella" and "New York Newsday." She is bi-racial, and recently wrote a book called "Black, White, Other," (William Morrow and Company, Inc.) exploring the identities of Americans from racially mixed families. Do they consider themselves white, black, neither, or both? On the show with Funderburg are two other people whose interviews are featured in the book

Guitarist Les Paul's 80th birthday is celebrated by featuring our 1992 interview with him. Les Paul has spent his life playing guitar, inventing guitars to play, and inventing devices to record himself on. He's often been called the "Thomas Edison of music."

Rock historian ED WARD explores some of the lesser known music from the Vietnam War era. INT. 2: Interview with LAURIE GARRETT continues. REV. 2: World music critic MILO MILES reviews "UDI Hrant" (oud-ee HA-rant) by Hrant Kenkulian (HA-rant Ken-KUL-i-an) It''s on the Traditional Crossroad label.

Filmmaker KEN BURNS is the director of "The Civil War" and "Baseball," the hit documentaries on PBS. The former was the network's highest rated series. BURNS' other documentaries include "The Brooklyn Bridge," "The Statue of Liberty," and "Empire of the Air," about the early history of radio. (This interview was recorded in front of an audience at the Flynn Theater on October 27, in a benefit for Vermont Public R

2: Journalist and former anchor of the CBS News, WALTER CRONKITE. Thirty years after Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, CHRONKITE questions whether African-Americans choose to integrate into society or socialize primarily with each other. CRONKITE's newest project "The Faltering Dream," questions whether integration is still a goal or if a "equal but separate" is a more appropriate approach to race relations. In "The Faltering Dream," CRONKITE interviews notable black leaders including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee. CRONKITE worked at CBS News for 31 years.

Member of the Exile Tibetans' Parliament, the Assembly of the Tibetan People's Deputies, TENDZIN CHOEGYAL (ten ZIN 'SHO gyel). He is the youngest brother of the His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Choegyal will be featured in the documentary "Shadow Over Tibet: Stories in Exile." The film will be nationally broadcasted on PBS on Thursday, June, 8, 1995 at 10PM ET/9PM CT. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

DR. FRED SHEFTELL is the co-founder of The New England Center for Headache and the co-author of the book, Headache Relief. He's also co-authored the new book, Headache Relief for Women: How You Can Manage and Prevent Pain (Little, Brown & Co.) (The New England Center for Headache is located in Stamford, Connecticut). (THIS INTERVIEW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

British musician STING was the bassist and lead singer for the Police, which from 1978 to 84 produced a creative and popular blend of jazz and rock. Since begining his solo career in 1982, Sting has released six albums. His latest "Mercury Falling," is scheduled for release in the United Sates on March 12. (THIE INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

Lessing's 1962 book was regarded as among the most important feminist novels of its time. She died Sunday. Fresh Air's Terry Gross interviewed Lessing in 1988 and 1992.