I cannot say I agree with Frank Deford's Morning Edition commentary about hacking a bunch of games from the baseball season, but I respect and admire the keeping of the sport in the national conversation at any cost.

Talk Of The Nation wasn't necessarily on the beat of traditional pop culture today, but it was certainly on the beat of culture generally — specifically, advocating for going to your high school reunion. (I've enjoyed mine, for what it's worth.)

Today's Fresh Air continued food week by revisiting interviews with Ruth Reichl, the Gourmet editor who's been known to dish about her experiences eating incognito.

All Things Considered had a strange and surprising story about a raid on the Gibson Guitar Corporation, which is being investigated for possible violations of the Lacey Act, which protects certain endangered plant species — it appears the wood in the company's guitars is at issue.

ATC also carried Melissa Block's chat with DC Comics co-publisher Jim Lee, which is linked from comics blogger Glen Weldon's discussion of the reboot (and the accompanying move to same-day digital publishing).

In music, Tell Me More remembered bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards, NPR Music asked musicians to pick their songs of the summer, and Hurricane Irene didn't stop the live recording of a D.C. show by a couple of hardcore bands.

In books, Dan Kois reviews Chad Harbach's debut novel The Art Of Fielding, and Fresh Air revisited (have we mentioned it's Food Week?) the book How To Read A French Fry.