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We’ll learn how to build a roof farm from two people who've done just that in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Then, James McWilliams discusses the conflicting and confusing messages about how to eat an ethical diet, from buying local produce to eating farmed fish. Also, David Mitchell, named by Time magazine as one of the most influential novelists in the world, talks about his latest work, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Plus, watch out for ticks, because our latest Please Explain is all about Lyme disease!

The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.

This week, it feels like the 1970s all over again. Eastern European spies grab headlines and flamboyant disco stars top the charts. Kurt Andersen talks with Alan Furst, author of the new thriller Spies of the Balkans. And a professor explains how disco changed music and American society way more than we think. Plus, the experimental bands Matmos and So Percussion get together, and music happens when they break out a cactus and a bucket of water.

Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.

In this hour, a severely stuttering child years later becomes the world's premier jaguar expert. Plus, a Texas tale of moon pies and bedazzlers; the surprising story of a Harlem man who ends up at a rodeo in Oregon; and one father's way of coping with a son who ...

Listen to unusual covers of Beatles songs for this edition of New Sounds, including versions by vocalist Ann Dyer, trombonist Josh Roseman, viola da gamba player Roy Weldon, and more.