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Reviewer Daisann McLane reviews "The Secret Museum of Mankind", a two volume compact disc compilation featuring rare ethnic music from the years 1925 - 1948. The man who compiled the collection has been acquiring 78s at thrift shops, yard sales, and estate sales for decades. "The Secret Museum of Mankind" is available through Yazoo Records, catalog number 7004. (7:30) (S

Former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Community Affairs Richard Holbrooke testified today at a hearing before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, which has begun hearings to determine whether the White House complied with federal law on covert activities in relation to the shipment of Iranian arms to Bosnia. Linda talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the committee's progress, and what the committee's findings might mean for American foreign policy.

Linda talks with Matt Coles of the ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project. He was one of the attorneys who argued the Gay Rights case in front of the Supreme Court and says that this ruling makes the constituition real for gays and lesbians. The ruling, he says, means that government can't disadvantage people simply because it doesn't like them.

Linda has an obituary for 1940's Western film star Lash LaRue. His death was announced earlier today.

Prosecutors in Lane County, Oregon tape-recorded a Catholic confession between a jailed triple-murder suspect and a jailhouse priest. Colin Fogarty of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that what was said has not been revealed, but prosecutors want to use the tape in court. Some Catholic leaders and civil libertarians are outraged; they say confessions are sacred and cannot be revealed.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports that the Clinton administration has taken a keener interest in the ongoing violence in Burundi, as fighting there between Hutus and Tutsis has escalated in recent weeks. Four senior administration officials have visited the central African nation in the past week, and the US is pushing at the United Nations for the creation of a peacekeeping force. Many fear that Burundi's conflict could escalate to the level of mass killing experienced in neighboring Rwanda two years ago.

Jacki Lyden talks politics with editors of three national newspapers. Bob Kittle with the San Diego-Union Tribune, Mindy Cameron with hte Seattle Times, and Tom Bray with the Detroit News. Bob Dole is the focal point of this conversation, and most of these editors say their readers feel Dole made the right move when he announced his resignation from the Senate this week.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on LSD guru Timothy Leary's progress toward cyberspace suicide.

Like many other cities, Philadelphia is dealing with a massive police corruption case. Six officers have already been convicted, but the most serious result of the case is the possibility that dozens of drug convictions could be overturned if the officers involved are convicted. NPR's Eric Westervelt, of member station WHYY, reports. CUTAWAY 1C 0:59 1D 8. TORNADOES -- Noah talks with Officer Richard Hardin of the Hillview Police Department in Hillview, Kentucky, where severe weather injured eight people and destroyed hundreds of homes outside Louisville. Officer Hardin was chased by a tornado yesterday, and tells about his experiences...and the damage left in the wake of the storms.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow on Russian President Boris Yeltsin's manuevers to improve his chances of re-election in next month's run-off. Yeltsin appointed former general Alexander Lebed ((LEH-bed)) to the Security Council. In turn, Lebed pledged his support to Yeltsin in the final round of voting. In the first round, Lebed came in third behind Yeltsin and Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov ((gen-NAH-dee zyu-GAH-noff)). Zyuganov had also wooed Lebed for his support.