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CAPE COD TIMES

Local News

Sam Houghton

Steve Heaslip says it's been a privilege being paid to cover local events as news photographer for the Cape Cod Times.

John Basile

Local News

John Basile

Provincetown Independent

Local News

Gilda Geist

In This Place

Designing your garden

C.L. Fornari

C.L. talks with Andrew Fisher Tomlin author of The Modern Professional Planting Designer and answers your calls.
In This Place

Local news roundup

Mindy Todd

The top news headlines of the week with our region's leading journalists.
In This Place

Catching the Codfather Part 1: Red Lobster

In 2015, when undercover federal agents offer to buy his business, Carlos Rafael opened his books.
In This Place

Lessons in nut processing from Appalachia

Elspeth Hay

Experimenting with acorn flour.
In This Place

The return of river herring

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Herring are making a slow, but definite, comeback.

The Point

Jennette Barnes

Trust remains high in local news, yet the industry is in peril

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

We discuss the importance of local journalism, why it’s thriving in our region despite the national trends, and why it’s important for all communities to have access to local news.
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The local news roundup

Mindy Todd

The top local stories of the week with our region's leading journalists.
Keeping pets healthy

Mindy Todd

We discuss best practices to keep your pet healthy and what you can do to curb unwanted behaviors.
Books about radio

Mindy Todd

Out monthly books show topic is: books about radio.

NPR Stories

Local culture shapes the Zairean liturgy

Emmet Livingstone

Easter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where congregants celebrate with the Zairean Rite, the only Vatican-approved liturgy shaped by local culture, alive with song, dance, and striking ritual.
German researchers set right the story of a 9,000-year-old shaman's grave

Rob Schmitz, Avery Keatley

When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in Nazi Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda. But new analysis shows that initial narrative was all wrong.

Coach 'Mo' led her team to the DIII women's basketball championship, while fighting cancer

Jason Fuller, Sarah Robbins

Denison University's women's basketball team won its first national championship this season, under the leadership of Coach Maureen "Mo" Hirt - who recently celebrated her own victory over Hodgkin's lymphoma.
British-Sudanese soul singer Elmiene talks about his new album, 'Sounds for Someone'

British-Sudanese soul singer Elmiene talks about his new album, 'Sounds for Someone,' making connections and how he was able to finally ask the key questions about his relationship with his father.
Covering global health as billions of dollars of aid are cut from programs

Linah Mohammad, Rob Schmitz, Fatma Tanis

NPR Global Health and Development Correspondent Fatma Tanis talks about digging into the impact of billions of dollars of US aid being cut from programs around the world.