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Ketzel Levine speaks with clematis collector Brewster Rogerson, who has worked in relative obscurity for three decades amassing a rare legacy of this flowering vine (pictured at left). Now 81, his eyesight is failing -- and he's anxious to secure the future of his collection.

Her mother's been waiting for her to start cooking for years, but it took a guy to make her do it. Talking Plants own Doyenne of Dirt, Ketzel Levine, brews Scott Simon a few gallons of compost tea on Weekend Edition Saturday.

The textbook description of schizophrenia is a listing of symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior. But what does schizophrenia really feel like? NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a virtual reality experience that simulates common symptoms of the mental illness. Hear and see samples of one of the simulations.

Walt Harrington, a former Washington Post writer and self-confessed city slicker, discovered the joys of hunting late in life. As Harrington tells NPR's Eric Weiner for All Things Considered, he came to embrace a sport he once viewed as "archaic" beginning one Thanksgiving when his father-in-law gave him a 12-gauge Browning shotgun.

The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album Higher Ground features the singing group working with a full band and covering popular tunes flavored with their distinctive gospel style. On Weekend Edition Sunday, a talk with founding member Clarence Fountain.

For hundreds of years, an ancient part of Kabul called Kharabat Street was synonymous with Afghan music. But these days, Kharabat Street is in ruins, the music silenced by decades of war. Morning Edition's Renee Montagne reports on efforts to bring back the music in the final segment of NPR's series "Re-Creating Afghanistan."

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Jennifer Egan about her latest novel, The Candy House.

When Russian forces took over neighborhoods in Ukraine, it was difficult to evacuate people. Project Dynamo helps get people out.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to attorney Peter Zeidenberg about his client, Feng "Franklin" Tao of the University of Kansas, who was convicted of fraud in the Trump-era "China Initiative" probe.

Workers at a northern Virginia Starbucks explain why they're seeking a union, and what they hope membership will bring.