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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The delay in distribution of SNAP benefits this month due to the government shutdown put a spotlight on food insecurity in communities across the country, including the Outer Cape. -
Alex Houston's residency at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and the government shutdown both began October 1. -
Kratom and its synthetic derivative 7-OH are sold at gas stations and convenience stores across the country. Some say it helps with pain. Others say it's addictive.
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Amid threats from the federal government, Outer Cape Health Services is no longer offering gender-affirming puberty blockers or hormone therapy for those under 19.
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With federal food assistance expected to run out of money at the end of the week due to the government shutdown, area food pantries are bracing for an increase in demand. -
Mashpee voters gave the town permission to borrow money for the construction of a system that will help reduce nutrient pollution in Mashpee-Wakeby Pond. -
The Cape Cod National Seashore is no longer testing Wellfleet's kettle ponds for water quality metrics.
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StationKeeper sends messages directly from shore to vessels. Equipment installed at participating lighthouses makes it possible to warn mariners to slow down when they're traveling through right whale habitat. -
The claims come amid a federal lawsuit in which the plaintiff says he was deprived of an education as a child in Orleans.
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In the heart of downtown New Bedford, a city forged by the diversity of its fishing, merchant and whaling history, stands the New Bedford Community Health center. Its commitment to the city’s complex, multilingual fabric is deep: it provides health care regardless of a patient’s immigration status, and its website offers translation in more than 200 languages.
