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SUSAN TALKS WITH OUR GARDENING CONSULTANT KETZEL LEVINE, AND WITH LESLIE POHL-KOSBAU (pole KOSS-bau), COMMUNITY GARDENS DIRECTOR FOR PORTLAND, OREGON, ABOUT THE GROWING POPULARITY OF COMMUNITY GARDENING.

John talks with NPR's Ketzel Levine about plants that do well in offices. While many plants will shrivel under fluorescent light, plants that are suited to irregular care and indirect light can thrive. Listeners can follow along on Ketzel's web site, Talking Plants. (6:30)

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.

Commentator David Levin says that if there's one clear winner of our current economy, a silver lining in this dark cloud of corporate gloom, it's the word "brand." Everything is branded -- and the hipness of a brand is a great distraction from the layoffs and quarterly earnings reports of the actual company.

The Doyenne of Dirt, gardening expert Ketzel Levine of Talking Plants fame, visits Weekend Edition Saturday and persuades host Scott Simon to get his hands dirty planting bamboo. We have photos to mark the event, plus plenty of advice for those who want to add bamboo to their gardens or yards.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner met with the special counsel's office for seven or eight hours and may now be out of the woods legally — or on his way.

Steve Inskeep's wide-ranging interview with President Obama covers recent executive actions on Cuba and immigration, race relations in the U.S., health care and extending democracy in the Middle East.

There are days when you head out to report a story, and you think you know where it's going. And then it spins in an entirely different direction. This is the story of one such day.

Susan Chira, New York Times senior correspondent and editor on gender issues; NPR's TV critic, Eric Deggans, and NPR editor, Ammad Omar discuss the headlines of the week.