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A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Air France Concorde jet crash eyewitness Jaime Ritchie; British Airways pilot John Hutchinson on the Concorde; President Bill Clinton after the conclusion of the Camp David summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat; Tiger Woods, upon winning the British Open, his fourth Grand Slam championship; Cary Sherman, senior general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America on the music-swapping website Napster; Napster's attorney David Boies; Governor George W. Bush of Texas announcing his selection of former Defense Secretary Richard Cheney as his running mate.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on the showing of Slobodan Milosevic in last Sunday's election in Yugoslavia; Gloria Feldt, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Laura Echevaria of the National Right to Life Committee on the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill RU-486; Senator John McCain and Jim Gianopulos, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee on marketing violent media to young people; Senator Richard Bryan (Democrat, Nevada), Attorney General Janet Reno, and Senator Richard Shelby (Republican, Alabama) at a hearing on the government's handling of the Wen Ho Lee case; Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore.

Robert talks to Jacob Weisberg, Chief Political Correspondent for the on-line magazine Slate, about political advertising throughout the campaign, and the BIGGEST political ad of them all, the four-day convention. This year's GOP convention has been highlighted by music and video and packaged presentations. There's been a look and sound from the stage unlike any other GOP event before, with lots of minorities. And Weisberg notes the inclusion of performers like Brian McKnight, an R&B artist, whose song Monday night seem to baffle a lot of the audience who weren't used to hip-hop at a GOP event. There have also been video presentations of past Republican presidents. Another recurring theme: the live feed of the candidate, George W Bush from the campaign trail every night, making his way to Philadelphia.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including EPA Administrator Christie Whitman on the Bush administration's decision to uphold new regulations on toxic lead; Randy Eddy of La Crosse, Wisconsin and Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum; Greg Stewart, who led a campaign to keep Mississippi's current state flag which features the Confederate battle emblem and Blake Wilson, Director, Mississippi Economic Council, who supported removing the emblem; Jim Glassman, Senior Economist, J.P. Morgan; demonstrators clashing with police at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada; President George W. Bush; Jordan's Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), discussing a raid he led, 32 years ago, in which about 13 Vietnamese civillians were killed; Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joseph Allbaugh and Davenport, Iowa, Mayor Phil Yerington; Representatives Nancy Johnson (R-Conn.) and Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.); Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, on the Navy's decision not to seek a court-martial of Commander Scott Waddle; Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Quiye, speaking through a translator, and President George W. Bush.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Roger Adams, pardon attorney at the Justice Department, on the pardons of Marc Rich and Pincus Green; Captain Tom Kyle, deputy chief of staff of the US Pacific Fleet, on the collision of the USS Greeneville with a Japanese fishing trawler; Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before the Senate Banking Committee; William H. Gates, Sr. and Representative Jennifer Dunn (Republican, Washington) on the possible elimination of the estate tax; Lieutenant General Gregory Newbold, of the US Marine Corps, on Friday's air attack of Iraqi defense installations; and President George W. Bush during his visit to the ranch of Mexican President Vicente Fox.

In Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook chef Fuchsia Dunlop spotlights recipes from the Chinese province of Hunan, the home of Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution.

Scientists keep track of nearly 20,000 pieces of space debris, from the size of an apple to that of a school bus. A visualization from the Royal Institution lets you watch the orbiting trash pile up.

Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG comments on Microsoft''s new on-line magazine and wonders whether traditional journalistic forms will work on the Web.World music critic MILO MILES reviews new collections and a reissue of Curtis Mayfield''s work: "People Get Ready!" (Rhino) and "Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: The Anthology 1961-1977 (MCA), and the reissue "Curtis Mayfield''s Chicago Soul," (Columbia Legacy).

Lloyd Schwartz reviews some classic Hollywood musicals now out on DVD: The 1946 film The Harvey Girls, starring Judy Garland and Ray Bolger; the 1954 A Star is Born, starring Judy Garland and James Mason; the 1930 film The Blue Angel, starring Marlene Dietrich; Singing in the Rain; the 1947 film New Orleans (on Kino video), starring Louie Armstrong and Billie Holiday; the 1947 Edgar Ulmer's Carnegie Hall featuring Jascha Heifetz; The Big Broadcast of 1938, starring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope; 42nd Street, the Busby Berkeley film.