Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general, discusses the AIDS epidemic in America. A conversation about the effect of condom distribution in American schools. Wendy Wasserstein on her career as a playwright.

Journalists James Ledbetter, Nancy Collins, and Kevin Goldman discuss the shifting power in news and broadcast media. Choreographer Tommy Tune on his career in dance. Mauricio Obregon on the myths surrounding explorer and colonizer Christopher Columbus.

Shelby Steele talks about his book of essays, "The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America." Attorneys Judith Vladeck and Gloria E.A. Toote debate the legal issues in the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment case. David Halberstam on Major League Baseball and his 1989 book, "Summer of '49."

R. W. Apple of the New York Times comments on the current state of the Clarence Thomas hearings and the sexual harassment charges against him. The conversation about Clarence Thomas continues with former representative Bella Abzug, attorney Lynn Hecht Schafran, and journalist Tony Brown. Terrence McNally discusses his film "Frankie and Johnny," starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino. Holocaust survivors Abe Chapnick and David Yager and soldiers E. J. McConnell and Walter Woodson reflect on the day the camps were liberated.

Professor Catharine MacKinnon, an expert on sexual harassment and pornography, comments on the Clarence Thomas hearing and the "collusion" of the judiciary committee. NYC Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman and a panel of experts debate fact-finding procedures relating to Anita Hill's accusation of sexual harassment against Judge Clarence Thomas. Playwright Marsha Norman on her musical stage adaption of "The Secret Garden."

Governor Mario Cuomo discusses whether he will run for president in the '92 elections. Journalists Sam Roberts, Deborah Orin, Lee Miringoff, Michael Kramer, and Floyd Weintraub offer their opinions on whether Cuomo will run.