John Basile
Host of All Things Considered, ReporterJohn Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
He joined WCAI in 2019 after a long run as Managing Editor of The Register newspaper and other publications on Cape Cod.
A music lover, the author of a history of jazz on Cape Cod and a devotee of the history of baseball and popular culture, he often ponders the wonders of the vinyl LP and lives in West Yarmouth with his wife Kathryn.
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In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the discovery of a supernova in a galaxy not too far away. -
A new study details the first observation of an aging star swallowing a planet. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about what happened and what it means for our own planet.
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The Association to Preserve Cape Cod is calling on Gov. Maura Healey's administration to think about using part of Joint Base Cape Cod to build much-needed housing.
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Singer-songwriter Dawna Hammers and friends will perform a special Earth Day concert at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 22 at Marina Park on Scranton Ave. in Falmouth. Admission is free.
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Jupiter and its moons are the focus of a new European Space Agency mission. CAI's John Basile talks with Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about this new effort to understand a distant part of our solar system.
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A prototype undersea turbine being installed in the Cape Cod Canal may help clean energy developers find ways to harness tidal power.
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Two years ago, a Town Meeting article that would have banned the sale of small, single-use plastic water bottles failed by just nine votes. The article is back again this year, along with another one that would ban the use of plastic containers for take-out food in Yarmouth.
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In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about a recent discovery involving a near-earth asteroid.
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The first sighting of the season has been recorded of a mother and calf right whale in Cape Cod Bay. It's something whale experts wait for as a sign the species might yet survive.
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Lately the Northern Lights have been giving sky-watchers some spectacular nighttime shows. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about what's causing all this activity.
