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Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska’s Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one: Leon Crane , a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for cover and an old Boy Scout knife in his pocket, Crane found himself alone in subzero temperatures. He knew, as did the crews who searched unsuccessfully for

Humans have expressed themselves through writing for thousands of years. But for many, writing is a creative outlet and accompanied by a desire to share with a larger audience. We talk with new and seasoned writers about the writing process, how to hone writing skills, and opportunities to share work.

Ring in the new year with laughter! We join the Capitol Steps , the performance group that puts the "MOCK" in Democracy, for their year-end edition of "Politics Takes a Holiday." T hey dig into the headlines and perform song parodies and skits which convey a special brand of satirical humor.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a special year-end news roundup looking back at the top local news stories of 2017. Joining him in the studio is Patrick Cassidy , News Editor at the Cape Cod Times.

In a new hour-long special, "Sexual Harassment: A Moment of Reckoning," Weekend Edition Sunday host Lulu Garcia-Navarro takes a deep dive into a national conversation that is growing louder by the day. It's a conversation that has been fed by scandals that have implicated powerful people from the entertainment industry to the media — including NPR — raising the possibility that we're seeing the beginning of a cultural shift.

For our monthly book show, our topic is funny books. Jill Erickson of Falmouth Library and Vicky Titcomb of Titcomb's Books join our host Mindy Todd to talk and laugh about the books on their lists. Click here for a list of the books we talked about on the show.

Twice a year, students converge in Woods Hole to learn the art and craft of radio storytelling. Many arrive having never held a microphone but graduate from the Transom Story Workshop with a ready to air radio piece. We talk with lead instructor Rob Rosenthal , and hear several of the pieces produced by classes from this past year.

If you’ve never heard of the LabLit genre, you’re not alone. Cell biologist and author Jenny Rohn went looking for novels about scientists and discovered there were only a couple hundred such books in existence. She now tracks fictional portrayals of scientists on her webzine LabLit.com , and she runs through some of this year’s best on Living Lab Radio.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include: Gwenn Friss of the Cape Cod Times, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, and Andy Tomolonis of South Coast Today.

For many families, the holiday season is one of the few times a year that family members from near and far gather together. Exchanging of gifts and sharing meals is on most people’s agenda, but we might consider adding something else to our holiday list: family discussions. Some topics might be difficult to talk about, but these conversations are very important. Our guests on the show help explain how.