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Host Liane Hansen is joined by the Chicago Tribune's larence Page and Fred Barnes, executive editor of the Weekly Standard agazine, to discuss some of the major issues in this past week's news. Topics nclude Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in both the Travel Office firings nd the Whitewater land deal, on-going attempts to balance the budget, and new merican Automobile Association guidelines for holding steering wheels.

SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BRUCE STEIN OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, HEAD OF A GROUP OF 500 SCIENTISTS WHO JUST ISSUED A REPORT ON THE NATION'S AT-RISK SPECIES.

SIMON/ ANTARCTICA: IT RAINED THIS WEEK AT MCMURDO SOUND, ANTARCTICA -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 24 YEARS!!! SCOTT GETS A WEATHER REPORT FROM ERIC CHANG AT MCMURDO. 2:45.

Danny talks with comedian Tracey Ullman about her new HBO series "Tracey Takes On..." which premiers Wednesday the 24th of January. In their conversation Tracey dismisses the idea that comedians are actually masking a great deal of personal pain. She says she loves what she does and entertains us with some of her favorite impersonations.

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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. (This week's on-air challenger is Chris aldwell, from Cypress, California. Her public radio stations are KPCC in asadena and KCRW in Santa Monica.)

Fifty years ago, folksinger Oscar Brand created and hosted a adio show for WNYC in New York called "Folkmusic Festival." It has been on the ir ever since. Liane Hansen speaks with Brand, who describes how the show tarted and some of the guests who have graced his microphones over the years, ncluding Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Josh White, Harry Chapin, Suzanne Vega and any, many others. They also discuss difficulties during the early 1950's, when rand and many of his peers were blacklisted. Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan are eard performing on the show.

ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALKS ABOUT THE LATE DEAN MARTIN, WHO WAS SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED AS A GREAT ACTOR.

Professional storyteller Renee Brachfeld brings the Hanukkah pirit to life with her tale of a Jewish beggar who is able to transform a imple crust of bread into traditional Hanukkah potato latkes (LAHT-kuhs). 5:10 . CUTAWAY -- LETTERS: We hear comments from our listeners.