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Stephan Micusc is a German musician who collects obscure instruments from around the world, and then learns to play them. He's been making records for twenty years, featuring lush combinations of instruments that, to his knowledge, have never been played in an ensemble before. His latest CD, The Garden of Mirrors, features a harp from Gambia, an Irish tin whistle, a Japanese flute, and steel drums from Trinidad, just to name a few of the instruments. Micus has multi-tracked his own voice to accompany his unique compositions, creating a choir that evokes the black township choirs of South Africa. Charles de Ledesma has a review of the disc. (4:30) The Garden of Mirrors, by Stephan Micus is copyright 2000, ECM Records.

Scientists have recovered cultivated wheat DNA from an 8,000-year-old submerged site off the British coast. The finding suggests hunter-gatherers were trading for the grain long before they grew it.

Arizona’s Republican attorney general says county officials can hand-count all ballots in at least five races from the Nov. 8 election.

Writer and humorist David Rakoff, who died Thursday at the age of 47, wrote with a perfect balance of wit and gravity about the cancer that would ultimately take his life. Fresh Air remembers Rakoff with excerpts from two interviews in 2001 and 2010.

On today's newscast: containment increases on the Dragon Bravo Fire, NAH rolls out a new plan, extreme heat in the Grand Canyon, universities examine aquifers, and more.

As part of NPR's 50th anniversary, we've asked listeners to submit the lessons they've learned in a half-century of life. Today, we hear from Sonia Bovio of Phoenix.

On today's newscast: The soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas first considered Grand Canyon West Skywalk, two Prescott lawmakers say a report tracking childhood deaths is an attack on the Second Amendment, the Horton Fire grew over a thousand acres yesterday, and more.

On today's podcast: A Flagstaff man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his wife; the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning through Tuesday for much of the region; and the Havasupai Tribe will receive a federal grant to fund a flood warning system and siren.

On today's newscast: County officials have found a temporary solution to the disruption of emergency services in Fredonia, the Prescott City Council will revisit a proposal for a multi-story boutique hotel on Whiskey Row, Gov. Katie Hobbs has given final approval to a new law that increases penalties for animal cruelty, and more.

On today's newscast: Prescott Unified School District leaders want more information on a switch to a four-day school week, New Mexico's governor has signed a bill to create a “turquoise alert" for missing Native Americans in the state, a conversation with Prescott Rep. Selina Bliss on why cities need more control over short-term rentals, and more.