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The Point
9:00am and 7:00pm
Hosted by Mindy Todd

CAI's award-winning public affairs program. Tuesday through Friday, Mindy Todd hosts a lively and informative discussion on critical issues for Cape Cod, the Islands and the South Coast. Every Friday is the News Roundup, Mindy Todd speaks with news editors and reporters from around the region.

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Latest Episodes
  • Local News Roundup
    A review of the top local and regional news of the week
  • Dr. Stollznow
    The Power of Words
    How words take on or lose meaning as language evolves, and what this tells us about cultures and society.
  • Tony Pasquale says a recipe like this sun-dried tomato paste is the perfect treatment for bluefish.
    Cooking with oily fish
    Cooking with oily fish is tricky. But when you get it right, it’s so good.
  • Solitary bees, clockwise, from top left: A blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) pollinating an almond blossom, a leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) pollinating a blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella), a long-horned bee (Melissodes sp.), and a pure gold-green sweat bee (Augochlora pura) on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa).
    Pollinators
    The importance of pollinators and efforts to conserve them.
  • May’s last hurrah
    Bird news for June
    Mark talks about how spring storms tend to bring migrating birds to our shores, including a migration fallout event documented in Provincetown on May 30.
  • The colored vertical lines show flight paths for hypothetical meteorites of varying sizes that could have fallen into Cape Cod Bay after the meteor explosion on Saturday.
    Weekly news roundup
    A roundup of local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
  • We say goodbye to May's tulips and watch for June's flowers to come into bloom.
    Gardening in June
    As we welcome June, Roberta will talk about what’s blooming now and how to assess your flower garden to keep blooms going all season.
  • Support for Alzheimer’s caregivers
    The Alzheimer’s Family Support Center is designed to get individuals and caregivers the help and support they need.
  • Eric Jay Dolin's newest book.
    The 1832 wreck of the Mentor
    Eleven surviving crewmen faced the miseries of shipwreck and the uncertainty of contact with the Indigenous people of the Micronesian archipelago of Palau.
  • State Rep. Kip Diggs spoke in favor of bringing commuter rail to Cape Cod. May 27, 2026.
    The local news roundup
    A roundup of this week's local news headlines with our region's leading journalists.