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About the pandemic: the latest episode of The Pulse from WHYY

Tune in Sunday nights for Arts and Ideas. This week: Stories of finding hope, grace, and light, on the Moth Radio Hour which we produce in Woods Hole, archival music from the Smithsonian and how the U.S. could become lithium independent.

Attempts to solve extreme weather problems with engineering and technology

Mass Audubon to hold Conference on Cape Cod's Natural History

This week: It’s good news and bad news for fishermen, as those affected by Vineyard Wind have 90 days to apply for compensation. Also, Cape Codders ask critical questions about new housing proposed on Joint Base Cape Cod. And — women are challenging traditional gender roles in one of New Bedford’s oldest and largest Portuguese cultural events, the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament.

This week on Arts and Ideas: Stories of pioneering women architects, archival music from the Smithsonian, and poets against despair

Spring is in the air and there is a lot going on with our feathered friends: Many are preparing nests and looking for mates and soon we will see the return of osprey. Listen as Mindy Todd speaks with Mark Faherty of the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary about what to look out for.

Whiteness, Racism and the Path Forward

Inspiring Women in the Revolutionary War and in World War II

This week: President Biden signs bill that puts $350 million toward new Cape Cod bridges. A beachfront home on Nantucket has sold for just $600,000, a bargain considering last year’s median sale price on the island was just under $3 million. The only catch: it’s not clear how long it’ll last on a fast-eroding shoreline. And finally, a man walks away from a local diner — with a million dollar scratch ticket.