Daily Schedule

Today's show is an encore of one of our favorites from the summer. 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, 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.

Stewart Copeland, the drummer for rock superstars The Police, talks to Kurt about being the son of a CIA spy growing up in Beirut, and describes his tense relationship with Sting. David Maisel explains his photography exhibit "Library of Dust," in which he shows thousands of canisters containing human remains. And Hollywood just can’t get the Boston accent right, no matter how many times it tries.

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.

ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio. 

Listen to some new takes on traditional folk songs for this New Sounds programs.  Hear Nico Muhly's work "The Only Tune," from his record  "Mothertongue," a collection of works which began as he tried to reconnect with the folk music of my childhood.