The Point

On The Point, we discuss the National Flood Insurance Program as it comes up for re-authorization by Congress. What are some of the potential changes and how might they impact us regionally? We hear about how towns on the Cape and Islands can earn reductions in flood insurance premiums for policyholders, through floodplain management practices.

In 1883, Frank Dubois was known i n rural Wisconsin as a hard-working man, married to a young woman named Gertrude Fuller. What drew national attention to his seemingly unremarkable life was that he was revealed to be anatomically female. In the new book True Sex, The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20 th Century, author Emily Skidmore uncovers the stories of eighteen trans men who lived in the United States between 1876 and 1936. Despite their “unexceptional” quality, the stories about

So many ships have piled up on the hidden sand bars off the coast between Chatham and Provincetown that those fifty miles of sea have been called an “ocean graveyard.” Between Truro and Wellfleet alone over 1,000 ships have been lost, according to the Cape Cod National Seashore. In 1717, the sailing ship Whydah was lost in that ocean graveyard, and legend had it she was laden with pirate treasure when she went down. Much has been written about the 1984 discovery of the Whydah and the artifacts

On The Point, we discuss some of the films in this year’s Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival with Richard Paradise, founder and executive Director of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and Tim Miller Features editor at the Cape Cod Times.

As part of the celebration of the Samaritans of Cape Cod’s 40 th Anniversary, c omedian Darrell Hammond will be in hosting an event in Barnstable later this week. In addition to performing some of the comedic impressions he became famous for on Saturday Night Live, he’ll share his story of addiction, recovery and his struggles with mental health issues. The event is at Barnstable High School Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Sept. 7th, and is to benefit The Samaritans on Cape Cod and the

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette; Andy Tomolonis of South Coast Today; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Addiction and overdose are among the most serious social and health issues facing our country today. Just this week Attorney General Jeff Sessions called drug overdose deaths “the top lethal issue” in the U.S. with preliminary data showing nearly 60,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2016.

Our book experts dedicate this month's program to ephemera. Jill Erickson, of Falmouth Library , and Ken Gloss, proprietor of Brattle Book Shop in Boston, join Mindy Todd in The Point studio to discuss collections of books and various ephemera. See a list of books we discussed here .

Peter Abrahams (a. k. a. Spencer Quinn) joins us on The Point to discuss his new novel titled The Right Side. It's the story of a female soldier, returning home injured from war in Afghanistan.

Anne LeClaire talks about her new novel The Halo Effect , exploring fear, hope, loss, and the complicated and often rocky road to forgiveness.