The Point

Mindy Todd sits down with Chandler Travis to talk about his new album "Bocce & Bourbon: The Comfortable Songs of Chandler Travis & David Greenberger", coming in March.
It's a compilation of 19 examples of Chandler's best work with Greenberger, his favorite lyricist. The lyrics share compassion, warmth, and inventive imagery, echoed in music that is gently but firmly idiosyncratic.

On The Point, a discussion of great classics in literature. Mindy Todd hosts Jill Erickson, Reference Librarian at Falmouth Public Library and Janet Gardner,  Cape Cod Writers Workshop Business Manager and former English Professor and Director of the Honors program at UMass Dartmouth.

Educators and students are learning the benefits of mindfulness. Calmer Choice, a program who's mission is to help young people lead lives of kindness and compassion towards themselves and others, began at Barnstable High School five years ago. They have since reached 5000 children across the Cape.

Extinct species left fossils, ancient humans left cave paintings and tools. What did the storms of centuries past leave behind? Sand.

WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran and local journalists review the top regional news stories of the week. Sean's guests this week include Gwenn Friss, an editor at The Cape Cod Times; Cape Cod Chronicle Editor Tim Wood; Nelson Sigelman, editor of the Martha's Vineyard Times; Sally Rose, editor of the Provincetown Banner; and New Bedford Standard-Times Editorial Page Editor Jim DeArruda.

Exercise and activity have many beneficial components, and modifications to sports gear is enabling more and more people to participate. For those living with disabilities after illness or injury, sports like wheelchair basketball, sled hockey, horseback riding, or skiing can help improve strength and a sense of independence while also building self-confidence, new life skills, and social connections.

Have you been hunkered down so long you have cabin fever? Are the kids starting to fray on your nerves? Psychiatrist Marc Whaley and Psychologist Michael Abruzzese discuss coping strategies and what research tells us about uncertainty.

A discussion of different faiths on The Point: the role of religion and spirituality in people's lives, thoughts on the afterlife, and some of the common threads that cut across all faiths, including music. Where do the different faiths converge and diverge?

If you want to protect New England's most iconic fish and still allow fishermen to catch them, it’s critical to know when and where they reproduce. The trouble is, we don't.