The Point

After a cool wet spring, gardeners are enjoying luxurious if slightly slower growth of their favorite perennials. Horticulturist Roberta Clark join our host Mindy Todd in The Point studio to cover the highlights of this season. We hear lots of tips for garden joy: from dividing and transplanting to safegaurding treasured cultivars from various pests, while encouraging beneficial species to thrive. Listeners from around the region join the discussion by calling in with questions and comments.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. This week's guests include: Cindy McCormick of the Cape Cod Times, Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, Ed Miller of the Provincetown Banner, George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times, and Andy Tomolonis of SouthCoast Today.

A conversation from Twenty Summers in Provincetown: Award-winning playwright J.T. Rogers and longtime foreign correspondent Rajiv Chandrasekaran talk about the intersection of politics, journalism, and art.

Fred Rogers was the host of the children’s program Mr. Rogers Neighborhood for over 30 years. His message of kindness, love, empathy and wonder were presented in slow and contemplative style. We discuss his impact on generations of children and why it still resonates with us today.

In June, the birds are busy raising young, and food is abundant. Insects and other creatures also feature on this program; they are all interconnected. Mark Faherty, ornithologist and naturalist at Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary , joins Mindy Todd and listeners from across the Cape, Coast, and Islands to bring us the latest bird (and other creature) news for our region. We also hear about a story of young ospreys, based on real life.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. This week's guests include: Geoff Spillane of the Cape Cod Times, Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, K.C. Myers of the Provincetown Banner, Jim Kinsella of the Enterprise Newspapers, George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times, and Andy Tomolonis of SouthCoast Today.

In collaboration with Twenty Summers , we air the first in our series of recorded conversations at the Hawthorne Art Barn in Provincetown. Inspired by Mendelsohn's acclaimed memoir An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, and Cunningham's fictional works that have paid homage to Woolf, Whitman, and even classic fairy tales, the two authors discuss how writers turn consciously to literature itself as a way of broadening their own horizons.

The Nantucket Book Festival returns this month with a host of authors, events, and presentations. On The Point, we speak with three authors from this year's event.

On The Point, Larry Tye joins host Mindy Todd to talk about his book Bobby Kennedy, the Making of Liberal Icon . Known as a civil rights leader and advocate for the poor, the lesser-known Bobby Kennedy worked for Joe McCarthy and employed questionable tactics to help his brother Jack get elected. We talk about the transformation of a privileged young man, ill-qualified for his early positions in government, into the principled, articulate and passionate candidate for President.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. This week's guests include: Cindy McCormick of the Cape Cod Times, Brittany Feldott of the Falmouth Enterprise, Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, Ed Miller of the Provincetown Banner, George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times, and Andy Tomolonis of SouthCoast Today.