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Hart reflects on the controversial jokes from his past that led him to step down from hosting the Oscars. Stiller's Showtime series Escape At Dannemora is based upon a real-life prison break.

FLOYD COCHRAN used to be a recruiter and public relations man for the racist, anti-Semitic Aryan Nations, based in Idaho. About two years ago, COCHRAN left the group and denounced it and its racist views. Now he travels the country speaking out against white supremacy movements, and the philosphy of hatred. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (Rebroadcast from 3.

Writer ALLAN BERUBE (bah-RUE-bay). He wrote the book, "Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women In World War II," (1990, The Free Press). For it, BERUBE spent ten years interviewing gay and lesbian veterans, searching out wartime letters, and consulting newly declassified government documents. He found that hundreds of thousands of gays entered the military despite a procedure for screening out homosexuals. Terry will talk with him about the ban on gays in the military and the hearings going on now, about whether it should be repealed.

FLOYD COCHRAN used to be a recruiter and public relations man for the racist, anti-Semitic Aryan Nations, based in Idaho. But about two years ago COCHRAN left the group and denounced it and it's racist views. Now he travels the country speaking out against the Aryan Nations. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

2: Actor and director KENNETH BRANAGH (rhymes with "Savannah"). BRANAGH and his wife, Emma Thompson are currently starring in the film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." This interview was recorded and originally broadcast (8/29/91) at the time of the release of their movie, "Dead Again," a psychological thriller. In 1989, Branagh made a film adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry the Fifth;" he played the title role. That movie was nominated for an Oscar as best film. Branagh studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and spent two years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as acting, managing, and directing other groups, and working on several BBC productions.

Professor and military sociologist CHARLES MOSKOS. He formulated President Clinton's new policy on homosexuals in the military which has been dubbed "don't ask don't tell" (enlistees would not be asked about sexual orientation nor would they declare it, once in the service). MOSKOS has done field research during every major army deployment over the last 30 years, most recently in Somalia to interview African-American soldiers. MOSKOS is also a proponent of a national service program for college students, which has caught the eye of President Clinton.

2: 1) LYNN MUNSON is former Special Assistant to Chairman Lynn Cheney at the NEA, under President Bush. She is now a Research Associate at the American Enterprise Institute, a Conservative Think Tank. 2) PAUL GOLDBERGER is The New York Times' Chief Cultural Correspondent. He is also a former architecture critic. (GOLDBERGER's interview continues after the ATC promo).

2: Two men influential in their communities: CORNEL WEST, professor of Afro-American studies at Harvard, and author of Race Matters, and MICHAEL LERNER, editor of Tikkun, a magazine of Jewish political and social commentary, and author of Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation. They have collaborated on a new book about the relationship between Jews & Blacks. It's called Jews & Blacks: Let the Healing Begin (Grosset/Putnam). (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE ATC

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