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1970's singer/songwriter Jimmie Spheeris created a fantasy-carnival world on his four albums for Columbia Records. He won over devoted fans as he toured the U.S. But his sudden death in the early 1980s meant that all that lingered were echoes. That is, until an Internet designer named Andy Markley met the singer's former bass player, Johnny Pierce, over the internet. They began working together to bring Spheeris' music back. The fans rallied, and now, all of Jimmie's CD's, including an unreleased recording, Spheeris (Rain Records RR006), are in stores. Liane talks with Markley and Pierce, and we get to sample some of this long-unheard music.

Several states are moving to make it easier for homeowners to strike language in the fine print of home deeds that restricts sales to people of color.

NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the Libertarian convention held over the weekend. Harry Browne was nominated as the party's presidential candidate on a platform that believes government is not the answer to social and political problems.

Host Jacki Lyden talks to NPR science correspondent Chris Joyce about genetically modified foods. The U.S. government considers genetically modified foods to be safe, and doesn't require them to be labeled. But some people are concerned that the long-term health and environmental effects of the foods could be dangerous.

Wyoming Public Radio's Bob Beck reports that commercial coal methane drilling is causing some environmental problems, including flooding, high salt content in the soil, and other disturbances to land. Neighboring Montana has issued a moratorium on drilling for the gas, but Wyoming isn't likely to follow. Wyoming officials say coal methane development is too important to the state's economy.

Expressing concern that the Illinois State Board of Education might have overstepped its bounds by threatening to withhold funding from school districts that do not enforce its mask mandate, a legislative panel on Tuesday urged the agency to put its policies into formal rules.

Late-night talk show hosts, Saturday Night Live cast members and others are honoring the Canadian comedian, who died Tuesday.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maggie Nelson, author of the new book On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, about exploring what it means to be free in our interconnected world.

Conservative talk show host Larry Elder's long-shot bid to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom relies on the support of Salem Media Group, the right-wing network that employs him.

A mysterious attendee at Elizabeth Holmes' fraud trial derided the case against her to reporters. Turns out, he was not whom he claimed to be, but was the father of Holmes' partner.