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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

What to watch for in Monday's NCAA championship game

Jason Fuller, Rob Schmitz, Jeffrey Pierre

TNT Sports College Basketball journalist Adam Lefkoe talks about what's at stake in the NCAA Men's National Championship game on Monday night.
Pope Leo appeals for peace in Easter address

Claire Giangrave, Rob Schmitz

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter as pope on Sunday in Rome, and he called for world leaders involved in global conflicts to lay down their arms.

Show me the money: NPR staff share their favorite movies about money and the economy

Adam Raney, Marc Rivers, Wailin Wong, Adrian Ma, Rob Schmitz, Diantha Parker

NPR's Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong, host of The Indicator podcast, join Rob Schmitz to discuss their favorite serious and less serious movies about money and the economy.
Amid a high-profile scandal, Germany considers deepfake porn punishments

Rob Schmitz, Tinbete Ermyas, Jason Fuller

Congress passed the Take It Down Act in 2024, protecting victims of deepfake revenge pornography. Now, Germany is considering punishing the creators of deepfake porn, not just the distributors, for up to 2 years. NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Harvard Law Professor Rebecca Tushnet.
Will Hungary's far-right leader Viktor Orban be voted out of power?

Michael Levitt, Rob Schmitz, Sarah Robbins

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Zsuzsanna Vegh, program officer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, about what's at stake in the upcoming election in Hungary.