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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

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.

Larry Mantle and critics Lael Loewenstein of Variety and Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com discuss this week's new releases, including The Black Dahlia, The Last Kiss, Everyone's Hero, Haven, The Ground Truth, My Country, My Country, and The U.S. Vs. John Lennon.

What happened in California politics this week, a visit to the Valley Relics Museum, our picks for what to do this weekend in Southern California.

Silver Lake is considering banning vacation-rental website Airbnb. Are short-term rental sites safe for communities? Next, the Dodgers is on a winning streak and has won 40 out of their last 48 games. Then, can collaborative divorce make the process of ending a marriage better, and should the U.S. continue to send aid to Egypt? Also, can parents and child-free adults still remain friends? Lastly, we'll talk about the new exhibit dedicated to Junípero Serra and the California Missions at the Huntington Library.

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

Taxes; The History and Fall of the Dot Com Industry

Larry and critics Andy Klein, of CityBeat, Henry Sheehan of henrysheehan.com, and Charles Solomon, of amazon.com review some of the week's new feature films including Tropic Thunder, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Fly Me to the Moon, and Henry Poole is here, among others.