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Milk Street Host Christopher Kimball invites a bevy of guests to Talk Turkey. Reporter Sandip Roy desperately seeks turkey in Calcutta; tea-rubbed maple turkey; The Sporkful's Dan Pashman on Thanksgiving anxiety; holiday call-ins with Sara Moulton; the myth of triptophan with Dr. Aaron Carroll; The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik on his first Thanksgiving in 1980 in New York; J. Kenji Lopez-Alt on make-ahead mashed; and wine expert Stephen Meuse says Burgundy wines are best for the holiday table.

Four in five Americans say they have gambled at least once in their lives. Almost every state in the country offers some form of legalized gambling. Once thought of as a compulsion rather than an addiction, research in the past two decades has dramatically improved neuroscience's working model of how the brain changes when an addiction develops.

It’s Thanksgiving week and the start of the season of giving. It’s also the time of year when nonprofits and community organizations make their annual appeal for donations. But giving isn’t limited to writing a check: there are a number of ways we can give back to community organizations, and enjoy the good feelings that result.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week, including: The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe goes to DC to press Congress for protections; a proposed regional middle school for the Dennis-Yarmouth School district is drawing plenty of scrutiny; and the Army Corps of Engineers announces a series of public meetings on what to do about the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. This week's guests include: Geoff Spillane of the Cape Cod Times, Bill Eville of

If you’ve spent time in Provincetown you’ve likely noticed a bright orange dory moored in the harbor. The boat belonged to a fisherman known to many in town, Eddie Ritter. Producers Marnie Crawford Samuelson and Shane Hofeldt bring us this appreciation of Eddie and his beloved dory.

In 2015 the Gay Head light on the western end of Martha’s Vineyard was moved 129 feet back from the eroding cliffs. It was an engineering feat to move the iconic 400 ton brick structure: a feat that captivated people both on and off island. Liz Witham and Ken Wentworth’s film Keepers of the Light uses the moving of the Gay Head light as a backdrop to explore the rich history of Aquinnah and the people who live there. Liz Witham joins Mindy Todd on The Point to discuss the film.

Black legged ticks and dog ticks are common in our region, but there’s a new tick in town: the lone star. Unlike other ticks, the lone star feeds primarily on deer blood, a concern for regions with large deer populations. On The Point, we discuss the health risks from lone star tick bites, and strategies to keep our yards and our bodies free from ticks.

It's time for our monthly Bird News, as we turn the corner into colder weather. Mike O'Connor of The Birdwatcher's General Store in Orleans is our guest in the studio. We talk about rat populations that can be attracted to our bird feeders, and how to control them without the use of rodent poison, which creates serious problems for birds, especially raptors who eat the rodents. Ornithologists have predicted an upsurge this year in evening grossbeaks: the hungry birds have left Canada because of

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week, including: big voter turnout for the election, but the incumbents remain, for the most part; a murder conviction is delivered in Barnstable Superior Court; and a bald eagle dies on the Cape after a likely poisoning.

There are numerous foods grown and produced on the Cape and Islands. Sea salt, chocolates, bread, not to mention the wide variety of vegetables and greens grown in our region. A decade ago as the local food scene began to take off, WCAI started the Local Food Report . On The Point, we sit down with the co-hosts Elspeth Hay and Ali Berlow, editor and producer Viki Merrick, and WCAI station founder and producer Jay Allison to discuss how the local food movement has grown and changed in the past 10