Local NPR for Cape Cod, the South Coast, and Islands — CAI

Provincetown Independent

National Seashore demolishes cottage on eroding bluff in Eastham

Gilda Geist

Richard Nixon's White House counsel John Ehrlichman was staying at the Bartlett House when he made the call approving the White House plumbers' first mission.

Bloomberg Television

Local News

Trump administration to appeal court orders on offshore wind

Jennette Barnes

Aquinnah Police Chief Randhi Belain in front of his cruiser.

Sam Houghton, CAI

Local News

Considering a regional police force on Martha's Vineyard

Sam Houghton

In This Place

Black History Month

Gilda Geist

How do we talk about Black history when those in power are trying to erase it?
In This Place

Sourdough discard

Elspeth Hay

Sarah Reynolds North talks about how to take care of sourdough starter and what you can do with it.
In This Place

Shrikes

Mark Faherty

Northern Shrikes are rare, robin-sized, gray-and-white, black-masked songbirds of the open boreal forests and up as far as the Arctic from northern Quebec to Northern Alaska
In This Place

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Mindy Todd

This month's health program's focus is OCD
In This Place

Music as medicine

Mindy Todd

An interview with neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin on the curative powers of music.

The Point

Raquel C. Zaldívar

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New England News Collaborative

Local news roundup

Mindy Todd

A round up of local news headlines with our regions leading journalists.
Courtesy CarperCollins

Jessica Mitford: a fierce, unruly life

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Carla Kaplan has written a new biography of Jessica Mitford, a British aristocrat who became an American communist and advocate for social justice.
Courtesy Tracy Birmingham

The benefits of cold water swimming

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Right here on the Upper Cape there is a group who suit up for 30 to 40 minutes of open water ocean swimming, year-round.
Mark Faherty

Bird news

Mindy Todd

Our monthly talk with ornithologist Mark Faherty.

NPR Stories

Daniel Munoz

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AFP via Getty Images

American Jordan Stolz speedskates to a third Olympic medal -- silver this time

Pien Huang

U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz had a lot of hype accompanying him in these Winter Olympic Games. He's now got two gold medals, one silver, with one event to go.
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Bad Bunny and J. Cole rule the pop charts

Stephen Thompson

These days, the Super Bowl halftime show is a massive driver of the streaming, airplay and sales that fuel the Billboard charts. This week, Bad Bunny benefits from that influence.

Reporter's notebook: My Olympic Lunar New Year

Rachel Treisman

An NPR reporter covering the Olympics in Milan takes us on cultural side quests, to a hospitality house and a candy store.
Michael Pollan says AI may 'think' — but it will never be conscious

Terry Gross

"Consciousness is under siege," says author Michael Pollan. His new book, A World Appears, explores consciousness on both a personal and technological level.
The U.S. and Canada set to square off in Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal match

Becky Sullivan

Canada was long the top dog of Olympic women's hockey. But with a win Thursday, the Americans could do more than earn a third gold medal — they could prove the sport's balance of power has shifted.