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.

John Basile checks in with Matt Haeffner of On the Water magazine on what's biting around the Cape this September. Freshwater ponds are getting restocked with trout as herring-fed bass fishing peaks, while saltwater anglers wait on bonito, albies, and the season's first big striper push.

A team from the Center for Coastal Studies reached the whale and found rope caught in its mouth and wrapped around its body multiple times.

A father and son filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming the boy — who is Black — was being "racially tormented" by classmates at Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans, leading to his attempted suicide.

President Trump downplays fears about AI risks, Supreme Court rejects Trump's efforts to enact mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, Kennedy Center says it's on the brink of bankruptcy.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Anthropic Co-Founder Jack Clark about the risks of artificial intelligence and possible solutions.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Stacey Vanek Smith, reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek, about the 10-year Treasury yield's brief rise to 5% Monday and how the Federal Reserve might react.