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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.

PAST EVENT: Watch archive video. A photograph taken in 1986 of a mother and daughter walking down 7th St. is the inspiration for this conversation with special performances by Empress Of.

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.

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.

“Imaginatively twisted and fearless…” -- that’s how the Los Angeles Times describes Sandra Tsing Loh and her latest book "The Madwoman in the Volvo."

Measure W; FilmWeek

In these two programs, Michael W. Twitty, the acclaimed African American Jewish food writer, culinary historian, and TED Fellow, explores race, culture, food, faith, and history through what he calls “Kosher/Soul.” Map the historical and cultural connections between the African and Jewish diasporas through food. In this talk and cooking demonstration, Michael W. Twitty explores the ways African Americans and Jews have used food to reconcile otherness and oppression, illuminating the global stories offered by diasporic foodways.