The Point

Tips and tricks for getting the most out of your late summer garden, whether you grow vegetables or flowers. WCAI's Kathryn Eident hosts entomologist and garden expert Roberta Clark , and takes listener questions.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include Chris Lindahl of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette; Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ed Miller of the Provincetown Banner; and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

On The Point, an interview with Dr. Frances Jensen , who offers a new look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths, and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers. Her book is called The Teenage Brain- a Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults . Heather Goldstone hosts.

On The Point, we hear about the highlights of the season in the world of birds. From hummingbird feeders to the night calls of migrating songbirds, Mark Faherty , ornithologist and science coordinator at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, gives us the monthly update. Heather Goldstone hosts.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include Geoff Spillane of the Cape Cod Times; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times, Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ed Miller of the Provincetown Banner; and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

On The Point: a new novel by Paul Theroux might feel familiar to people from big families. Motherland is about an elderly matriarch, her seven adult children, and the battles they’re still fighting from childhood. The novel includes several episodes that happened in Theroux’s life, but the book is fiction, he says. At least partly. Elsa Partan sits in for Mindy Todd.

What if you had the freedom TO work rather than the freedom FROM working? What kind of work would you do? Many approaching retirement age are considering a second career focused more on their passions and interests. On The Point, we talk with the founder of Encore , an organization supporting the pursuit of second careers for the greater good, and also with John Kerr, who retired from a career in public broadcasting and became a park ranger in Yellowstone.

Most people who aren’t professional gardeners can’t be sustainability purists. With limited time, energy, and budgets, it’s necessary to make compromises. In her new book The Sustainable-Enough Garden , author Rebecca Warner offers an honest account of her struggles to achieve her environmental gardening goals without giving up her day job or breaking the bank. In doing so, she offers a road forward that balances idealism with practicality in making choices that work for each individual’s own

Practitioners have long professed the positive impacts of mindfulness and meditation-reduction in stress, improvements in memory and an overall enhancement of well-being. We’ll talk about the latest research into meditation and mindfulness and how we can benefit. Also, we get an update on the work of Calmer Choice in Cape Schools. Guests include author and psychologist Dan Goleman. His forthcoming book is titled Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body ,

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include Cindy McCormick of the Cape Cod Times; Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.