In a twinkle-lit pizza place in Provincetown, the regulars argue over measurements, trade facts about the side streets, and remember the houses that once stood there. One man’s claim of a “working knowledge” of the town becomes a meditation on the seasonal workers who keep the Cape running.

Researchers are exploring ways to tap into energy from tides, waves, and currents.

On The Garden Lady C.L. welcomed Horticulturalist Leslie Halleck, author of Home Greenhouse Revival: Growing Year-Round Foliage, Flowers, and Food. She opened the program with a postcard from biennials, and listeners called in with questions about timing for bulb planting, growing citrus indoors, growing plants under a Norway maple, and how to grow upright Nippon daisies.

A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.

“I'm just concerned because … there's a ton of seniors out here,” Anne Weirich of Brewster said. The change to a customs rule could impede mail-order prescriptions from international pharmacies, including those in Canada.

Human-caused fires, exacerbated by El Nino, have burned forests across Indonesia for months. Smoke from those fires has also reached cities like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur causing major air pollution.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with William Taylor, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, about President Trump's recent moves to support Russia and how that compares to past administrations.

Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine infections.