Patrick Flanary
Fill-In Host, Morning EditionPatrick Flanary is a dad, journalist, and host of Morning Edition.
His reporting on music, mental health, politics, business, and equality has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, ProPublica, Quartz, and elsewhere.
Patrick spent a year reporting on the Cape Cod murder trial of former Coast Guardsman Adrian Loya. His prison interview with Loya was expanded into a feature for Psychology Today magazine, which explored how Loya’s range of psychiatric diagnoses revealed the difficulty of untangling mental fitness from criminal intent at trial.
For three years Patrick lived in Beijing, where he contributed an American perspective on China Radio International.
He lives in Hyannis Port.
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Oyster-shell recycling expands to four Cape Cod towns. -
"It's not just fluffing a pillow and making cookies." Throughout the pandemic, Cape Cod's B&B business has boomed. But with real estate values also up, some innkeepers are seizing an opportunity to sell.
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"Our goal is to divert these individuals from going to the emergency room or being arrested if they don't need to be," says Stephanie Rubel, the first full-time clinician assisting Barnstable police under the state's developing co-response model.
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For the first time, the native Blazing Star will be planted in Edgartown as part of coastal habitat restoration. The plant attracts bees and butterflies.
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Vernon “Silent Drum” Lopez was born in Mashpee, served with the Army in Normandy, and was raised as tribal chief 24 years ago. He'll retire this year.
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Cape Cod students received an average of $100 last month in federal assistance to cover missed meals. More is on the way.
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Supporters of responsible gun ownership were among the 150 people who rallied outside Town Hall on Saturday to demand an end to gun violence.
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Brazilian candidate will teach Portuguese as a temporary non-immigrant, a first for the district.
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The absence of one crew member on Memorial Day forced the Steamship Authority to cancel its evening ferry service between Woods Hole and Martha's Vineyard.
