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Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. 7:20 This week's on-air puzzle player lives in Vero Beach, Florida and listens to QCS, Fort Pi

Is your signature on a petition public or private?; An update on water legislation in Sacramento; NPR's ombudsman hears from KPCC listeners; gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner; Miriam Pawel discusses the UFW, and her book "The Union of Their Dreams"; the director of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

GAIL GODWIN continued. Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Love Will Go All The Way" (MCG label) by Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's.12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next Fresh Air. . . writer GAIL GODWIN (GOD-win). Her new novel "Evensong" is about one woman's search for spirituality. That's all coming up on the next Fresh Air.

Himesh Patel stars as a struggling musician who awakens one day to a world where only he remembers the songs of The Beatles; Ann Sarnoff is named head of Warner Bros. studio.

Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) is Grace, a woman of few words and the aunt of Kemp, who—after 30 years—has traveled cross-country to be with her on her deathbed.

Master musicians Christopher O’Riley and Matt Haimovitz explore the lyrical and virtuosic properties of their instruments in a fresh mix of classical and pop genres from Bach to Radiohead to Stravinsky, performed respectively on piano and cello.

Following a noontime performance at California Plaza, the group Mariachi Rock-O returns to share the stage with Mariachi Mystery Tour, an audacious, bold, lively group from Albuquerque, NM that interprets Beatles classics through Mariachi music.

Moon exploration is in the midst of a renaissance! Bill Nye the Science Guy and Planetary Radio host Mat Kaplan joined us for the LIVE launch of the newest lunar explorer.

Today on AirTalk we examine this month's jobs report, learn about a bill that could help California food entrepreneurs, talk hockey with L.A. Kings announcer Bob Miller, bring in our critics for another round of FilmWeek reviews, and look at how fairy tales have been adapted to the big screen.

Keeping safe from fires on the Fourth of July, SoCal brewers are now adding THC to their beer, Comedian Jimmy O. Yang explains "How to American."