Beloved New Jersey crossing guard Patrice Jetter is thrilled when she falls in love with Gary. The couple can't wait to marry. The problem? They both have disabilities, and if they decide to marry, their government benefits will be cut. A new documentary, "Patrice: The Movie"  follows the couple's attempts to fight back against these rules. Director Ted Passon and subject Patrice Jetter join us to discuss the film, which is available to stream now on Hulu.

A new documentary follows a couple who learn that three of their four children have retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable condition which means they will soon lose all of their eyesight. The couple decides to pull their kids from school and journey around the world, showing them all the things that soon they will no longer be able to see. Subjects and partners Edith Lemay and Sébastien Pelletier  and co-director Edmund Stenson join us to discuss the film "Blink,"  which premieres in theaters today.

We air highlights of the performance half of our September Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Erik Larson. Songwriter and author David Berkeley and songwriter and producer Ben Parker make up the band Sons of Town Hall. The 19th-century inspired duo perform timeless folk music under the aliases George Ulysses Brown and Josiah Chester Jones. We present our interview with Sons of Town Hall and a special live performance.

Get Lit is back! We kick off our fall season with best-selling author and historian Erik Larson. He joined us for a live, in-person event to discuss his latest history of the Civil War, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War.

Radiolab for Kids Presents: Terrestrials returns for a new season about tree stumps, squirrels, and more! Plus... an album! Producer Ana González and producer & "Song Bud" Alan Goffinski join us for a special listening party and talk about the new season, plus take calls from curious young listeners.

For this week's installment of Food for Thought Thursdays, hear flavor tips and recipes from a new cookbook from Sarah Kieffer, 100 Afternoon Sweets: with Snacking Cakes, Brownies, Blondies and More.

Before Roe v. Wade, Dr. Curtis Boyd decided to dedicate his career to providing safe, but illegal, abortions in Texas and New Mexico. It was at one of those clinics that he met his wife, Glenna Halverson-Boyd, who became a counselor to women seeking an abortion. The couple write about their decades of providing abortion care and advocacy in their new memoir, We Choose To: A Memoir of Providing Abortion Care Before, After, and During Roe. The Boyds join us to discuss as part of our political book series, Get Political.

Our book club for kids, Get Little, returns with award-winning multihyphenate filmmaker and musician Questlove! His new picture book, The Idea in You, celebrates creativity in young minds. Questlove joins us to talk about the book and take calls from kids.

To acknowledge the death of beloved Broadway actor Gavin Creel, we revisit his conversation with Alison about his one-man show "WALK ON THROUGH: Confessions of a Museum Novice," which uses music to document his journey to appreciate the art at the Metropolitan Museum.

Despite being a relatively small neighborhood, Greenwich Village has had an outsized impact on music history. A new book chronicles the rise and fall of the music scene in Greenwich Village. We speak with author David Browne about his book,Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital. He joins us for the hour, and we take calls.