A swim alone off Surfside on the Tuesday after Labor Day becomes the starting point for a meditation on scale: how a tiny island and an endless ocean can hold the same feeling as a highway through the desert. The season is turning, and this essay sits in that turn a while before letting it go.

We learn about snowy owls from an expert with 30 years of experience in the field.

Washashore Sandy Corr-Dolby. Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.

On The Garden Lady Brittany Clark, Propagator at Polly Hill Arboretum explained about how and why we should save seeds of native plants. Although C.L. Fornari's "dumb luck method" worked, Brittany talked about why cleaning the seeds and storing them properly might work even better. C.L. also answered listener's questions about red bud trees, powdery mildew, Cymbidium orchid flowering and leaf spot on Hydrangeas.

We round up the week's local news with our region's leading journalists.

For years, Turks have stashed their gold at home against a raining day, mistrustful of banks. Now the government says that tradition hurts the economy

Billions of dollars worth of gold is held in Turkish households outside the banking system. The government aims to convince citizens to put it into the mainstream financial system to help the economy.

Over the past week, fears of AI wiping out humanity are surging. But could it happen? And if so, how?