Gilda Geist
Host All Things ConsideredGilda Geist is a reporter and the local host of All Things Considered.
Before coming to WCAI, Gilda was a reporter and podcast producer for the Falmouth Enterprise. Prior to that, she attended Brandeis University, where she double majored in English and politics and served as editor-in-chief of her college newspaper.
Gilda is originally from Silver Spring, Maryland and has lived in Falmouth since 2022.
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Federal immigration policy has had more than a few impacts on Cape Cod, but so far, it doesn't seem to be affecting the Cape's access to labor through visa programs.
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Bulgaria had parliamentary elections this month, and one of just 20 polling sites for Bulgarians living in the United States was here on Cape Cod.
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CAI has been following the trajectory of the Falmouth-based weather prediction startup Salient Predictions. We checked in recently with the company's president and co-founder Ray Schmitt.
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A youth-led climate activism organization led a rally on Falmouth Main Street this Earth Day.
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A prominent national association of journalists recently gave Massachusetts the "Black Hole Award"—a sarcastically and annually bestowed dishonor calling out governments that lack transparency.
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The program, called Skilled Purpose, aims to help people in recovery from addiction get job training.
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The Pilgrim House is a prominent hotel and entertainment venue in Provincetown. It's at the center of an escalating legal battle among current and former owners.
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State Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro says the Steamship Authority wasted millions of public dollars. He still thinks the ferry service could turn things around.
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Maria Soares represented Barnstable County in Governor Maura Healey's first youth advisory council.
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Town meeting voters also rejected a proposal to turn the public bathrooms near MacMillan Pier into gender neutral bathrooms.