Born blind in Hyannis and raised in Harwich, Paul Pena went from Perkins School for the Blind to the San Francisco blues scene, where Steve Miller turned his "Jet Airliner" into a hit. A shortwave radio broadcast from Moscow then led him to teach himself Tuvan throat singing and earn an Academy Award-nominated documentary.

We’re seeing the impacts of beech leaf disease in individual trees and in our coastal beech forests.

We talk with author David Gessner about his upcoming writing workshop.

PsyPact is an interstate compact that allows psychologists in participating states to treat patients across state lines. Forty-four states are part of PsyPact, and Massachusetts isn’t one of them. But that could soon change, pending the passage of state legislation.

The program begins with a postcard from Chrysanthemums. Kathy Tracy, co-owner of Avant Gardens, is C.L.'s guest and talks about her favorite mums for fall flowering. Listeners called in with questions about hardy cyclamen, plant recommendations for under trees, older Christmas Cactus and more.

Nonprofits fighting HIV used get direct funding from the CDC. Now that money is going to state health departments that may have other priorities.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with marine ecologist Jeff Seminoff about the first known natural sea turtle nesting on California's shores.

Cubans in the U.S. are growing frustrated with President Trump's immigration policies, which has resulted in their detention and the dismissal of protections that have benefitted Cubans specifically.