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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH ANTHROPOLOGIST LEONARD LIEBERMAN OF CENTRAL NICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN. DR. LIEBERMAN SAYS THAT IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED AMONG THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY THAT RACE IS NO LONGER, AND HAS NEVER BEEN, AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF CLASSIFYING PEOPLE'S DIFFERENCES.

Danny speaks with writer Tina Rosenberg about her new book, called The Haunted Land: Facing Europe's Ghosts after Communism (Random House). They discuss how the people of the former East Germany and Czechoslovakia are dealing with their communist pasts.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT "ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS," A BRITISH TV SERIES CURRENTLY AIRING ON CABLE TELEVISION'S COMEDY CENTRAL.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH SENATOR JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ), MEMBER OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE LEE HAMILTON (D-IN), RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ABOUT THE DIVISIONS OVER U.S. POLICY IN BOSNIA.

Suzanne Stevens of member station WFAE reports on the erdict in the Susan Smith murder trial. Yesterday, a jury in Union, South arolina convicted Smith of First-Degree Murder. Smith had confessed to drowning er two sons in a lake. The penalty phase of the trial begins Monday.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers in itez, where British troops of the United Nations peacekeeper rapid reaction orce are preparing to move into the hills above Sarajevo. The UN troops hope to tem the seige by Serb rebels of the Bosnian capital city.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT "INDEPENDENT" FILMS.

SIMON/MOTHER TERESA: SCOTT SIMON REFLECTS ON MOTHER TERESA'S CURRENT TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT HER WORK AND HER ORDER THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY. (MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY - 335 EAST 145TH STREET - BRONX, NY 10451)

SCOTT SIMON READS SOME LETTERS FROM OUR LISTENERS.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH THEODORE "LOLO" BEAUBRUN, JR. AND HENRY JOSEPH PIERRE, MEMBERS OF HAITI'S BEST-KNOWN BAND BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS (BOOK-man ek-SPEAR-ee-ens), ABOUT MAKING MUSIC UNDER THE OFTEN UNAPPROVING EYES OF HAITI'S COLONELS. (ALL BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS ALBUMS ARE RELEASED ON MANGO RECORDS: 1ST, 1991 - VODOU ADJAE : 2ND, 1992 - KALFOU DANJERE: 3RD AND LATEST - LIBETE (PRAN POU PRAN'1!)/FREEDOM (LET'S TAKE IT!)