The Point

If a Pilgrim were to attend a contemporary Thanksgiving celebration, he or she would probably be stunned by today’s traditional foods. In this special episode of BackStory, a discussion of Puritan foods with historian James McWilliams. Also, religion scholar Anne Blue Wills reveals the surprising, 19th century origins of this national holiday. And we hear from legendary NFL quarterback Roger Staubach about what it was like to spend every turkey day on the football field.

A Thanksgiving with Mo Rocca, Amy Sedaris, and Robert Krulwich. Host Dan Pashman of The Sporkful podcast and Cooking Channel’s You’re Eating It Wrong presents "Thanksgiving is for Eaters."

A Thanksgiving week special. Host and raconteur Paul Holdengraber gathers guests in a roundtable discussion about how and where they celebrate the holiday, what they cook, with whom they dine, how the literature they love captures the essence of food, family and other things for which they are grateful.

It’s estimated that one in ten Cape Cod and Islands residents lack funds to purchase food for all household members. Local schools are reporting an increase in the number of children who qualify for federally subsidized student lunches, and we know seniors living on fixed incomes are also vulnerable to food insecurity. The good news is that there are a number of regional organizations on a mission to provide food and clothing, as well as assistance with shelter and other household expenses. On

WCAI's Brian Morris hosts a roundup of the week's local and regional news. Guests include Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; Mike Rausch of the Bourne Enterprise; and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

93-year-old Joann “Fifi” Burton of Falmouth enlisted as a Navy WAVE or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service during the second World War. Mindy Todd talks with her about the experience of being among the first women enlisted in the armed services.

Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts, coffee, cigarettes, and gum to American soldiers in England and France, she and her colleagues provided a touch of home—American girls with whom the boys could talk, flirt, dance, and perhaps find companionship. Usually the job was not hazardous—except when V-1 and V-2 rockets rained down on London—but it required both physical endurance and the skills of a trained

We hear about women secretly recruited to work as code breakers for the U-S government during World War II. Author Liza Mundy joins host Mindy Todd to talk about her newly-published book Code Girls: the Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II.

On The Point, psychologist and psychiatrist (Michael Abbruzzese and Marc Whaley respectively) discuss sexual misconduct, harassment and abuse. We hear about about different types of perpetrators, the #metoo campaign, and advice about how to be an upstander instead of a bystander. We discuss strategies and skills to defend ourselves against sexual harassment, and how to change the culture in our workplaces and elsewhere to create a safe and fair environment for all.

Colder weather is here! Birds have amazing adaptations to deal with winter temperatures. Migrations are still happening in November, but birders here on the Cape and Islands are also turning up some warblers that should have migrated, but got caught up in a northerly air flow coming up off of Florida, a reverse migration. If these birds can find enough insects and get fat enough, they might still make it to warm places like Columbia and Brazil. We hear about these topics and more on this month's