The Point

We continue our election coverage on The Point with a debate between candidates for the 2nd Barnstable District State Representative Seat: incumbent Republican Will Crocker and Democrat Kip Diggs . Mindy Todd hosts.

On the November ballot, Massachusetts voters will be asked to weigh in on two questions. Question One is Motor Vehicle Mechanical Data, and Question Two is Ranked Choice Voting. On The Point, we talk with those in opposition and in support of the initiatives, and take listener questions and comments. Mindy Todd hosts.

It's a peak birding time of year, with so many migrants coming through our region as the weather changes. Although often more subtle in plumage, autumn birds are very abundant. Mark Faherty, wildlife biologist at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary joins host Mindy Todd on The Point to talk birds, and other creatures.

Parents and community members call for reinstating Barnstable High School’s principal. The proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod gets a public hearing. And the Steamship Authority wants to raise ticket prices. We have those stories and more on the local news roundup, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with some of the region’s leading journalists.

We know that changes in diet can control type two diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. There is new evidence that diet can also help with behavioral health disorders such as depression, PTSD, anxiety, and others. On The Point's healthy lifestyles program, we discuss the connection between brain and diet, and foods that support physical and cognitive health.

On the Point, we discuss diversity in children’s literature. There is wide agreement amongst educators that children benefit from books portraying diverse characters. Despite this, very few children’s books featuring protagonists of color are published each year. We talk about why diversity in books is important for children, and the efforts of authors, educators and booksellers to bring diversity to bookshelves.

On The Point, our series of debates continue: this week between candidates for the 5th Barnstable State Rep seat: Democrat James Dever and Republican Steven Xiarhos . Mindy Todd hosts.

How did we do? The Cape Cod Reopening Task Force has an assessment of the pandemic summer for businesses and tourism. Nantucket’s COVID spike continues. And a public hearing gets scheduled for the state’s first machine gun range , proposed to be right here on Cape Cod.

Conversations with speakers at the Marine Biological Laboratory's Falmouth Forum continue on The Point. This month Jung-Ho Pak , Artistic Director and Conductor of the Cape Symphony joins us to discuss Composing a New Future in a Changing World.

On The Point's monthly book show, we continue the conversation about books on color. Mindy Todd's guests are: Jill Erickson, reference librarian at Falmouth Public Library; and Laura Reckford, Executive Director of the Falmouth Art Center.