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Sound School PodcastPlease Keep WCAI Right Where It IsWCAI, the public radio station for Cape Cod, has been told it needs to move -- to leave the home it broadcasts from. An actual home. A former captain's house. News that the house had been sold startled the station staff and the community. In this episode, Rob laments what would be a strike against the station's deep commitment to local service.
2024-11-1921 min
Rumble StripFishing with Jay
Jay Allison makes the kind of radio that made me want to make radio. It isn’t news and it doesn’t really have a beginning middle and end but it’s personal and surprising and you get to fall in love with strangers and that’s what I wanted to do. We got together and talked about getting old and irrelevant, because that’s what I think about a lot. We also talked about what radio stories can do in a time when people are inclined to hate each other, or what we really hope stories can do.
2023-01-0700 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sSeason Finale: Looking Toward the FutureGreg talks about some of his health issues, not because he wants a “pity party,” but so people will know just how much damage dementia does to the body as well as the brain. David and Greg talk about something that makes Greg happy – movies. Greg notes that talking about things that interest a person with dementia is a good strategy to get them to interact. Also, Executive Producer Sean Corcoran makes an announcement about the podcast’s future.
2022-04-2135 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sIsolating from FriendsDavid asks Greg to record the podcast without notes or prompts, but this creates tremendous anxiety for Greg. He says that these records are becoming more difficult, as he has less “cognitive reserve” to draw upon. That also is one of the reasons Greg is isolating from friends; he often doesn’t know what to say and becomes filled with anxiety. Also, Greg has another problem on an airplane as it become more difficult to control his rage.
2022-04-1435 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sLauren Miller RogenLauren Miller Rogen is an actor and screenwriter who, along with her husband the comedic actor Seth Rogen, is active in the Alzheimer’s community, fundraising and dedicating their philanthropic efforts to fighting Alzheimer’s disease and supporting others who do the same. Lauren speaks candidly with Greg and David about caring for her mother, who died in 2020 from early-onset Alzheimer’s. Greg and Lauren share stories about their moms and how they coped with the dementia.
2022-03-3132 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sWe Love Our MomsA doctor responds to Greg’s sense humor by teasing that he may need to be institutionalized. David and Greg talk about their writing process. The co-hosts talk about their moms, both of whom died after developing dementia. Greg’s mother taught him how to live with Alzheimer’s, Greg says. Like his Mom, Greg says he sometimes hallucinates, seeing people who aren’t there. And he remembers what his mom would say when she saw things.
2022-03-1734 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sMandy Moore Is a SuperfanGreg and David host musician and actress Mandy Moore, who reveals herself to be a Greg O’Brien superfan, telling Greg, “I love this podcast.” Moore has listened to every episode, she says, as she portrays her role Rebecca Pearson on the NBC show, “This is Us.” The character develops dementia as she ages from her mid-20s to mid-to-late-80s, during the six seasons of the show. Moore also is a strong voice in the Alzheimer’s community, working with the organization Us Against Alzheimer’s to share information about how women are impacted by dementia what people can do to prot...
2022-03-0335 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sNot the Same PersonGreg gives his thoughts on what his family tells him – he is a different person than he was years ago. His personality has changed, he says, and he is isolating himself more and more. Greg recently lost his sister to cancer, and she left him with an inspiring message. Greg’s loss of filter is evident during an interaction with nurses at the hospital.
2022-02-1728 min
Outside/InWindfall, Part 1: Sea ChangePicture this: thousands of wind turbines off the Atlantic coast, each one taller than the Washington Monument. Offshore wind is seen as an essential solution to climate change, and it’s poised for explosive growth in the United States. How did we get to a moment of such dramatic change?
Windfall is the story of a promising renewable technology and the potential of wind power in a changing climate. It’s a story about who has the power to reshape our energy future.
Featuring: Henrik Stiesdal, Bryan Wilson, and Bob Grace.
Part 1 of 5. List...
2021-06-2424 min
Well, Now What?!63. Lydia Keating - Tiktok Star, Comedian, Writer & Former DIV 1 RowerWonder what it's like to be a Tiktok Star or how people actually make a living off of Tiktok?
This week's guest is Lydia Keating. Lydia is an LA-based writer, performer, and digital creator.
Her writing has appeared in the LA Weekly, NPR member station: WCAI, and, most prestigiously, on her own personal Instagram page (@lydialoo12). She is also a former DIV 1 Rower from Yale University. This girl is EDUCATED, FUNNY & ATHLETIC.
One of Lydia's first videos that I found on Tiktok was vlog-style video where she prepping to run a marathon and s...
2021-05-0339 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sA Pandemic of UncertaintyThe Forgetting podcast: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s Greg and David swing from serious to jocular as they check in on each other during the pandemic. The two friends talk about people’s need for certainty in their lives. Dementia creates a lot of uncertainty, and the pandemic and the country’s politics have made it worse.
2021-02-0131 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sA Pandemic of UncertaintyThe Forgetting podcast: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
Greg and David swing from serious to jocular as they check in on each other during the pandemic. The two friends talk about people’s need for certainty in their lives. Dementia creates a lot of uncertainty, and the pandemic and the country’s politics have made it worse. Greg tells a story about trying to make his doctor laugh. And David gives some practical advice about nutrition and sleep. Greg also tells a touching story about a friend who fought Alzheimer’s-dementia, without even knowing it.
This e...
2021-02-0131 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sLiving In A MovieThe Forgetting podcast: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
David Shenk and Greg O’Brien talk about the challenges that come with dealing with Greg’s dementia during the pandemic. Movies – including the classic Jaws – have helped Greg during some tough times, but he still grows weary from the challenges of daily life while dealing with the disease. Greg gets some advice from a clergy member who also has dementia. And, it seems Greg still owes David one hundred bucks.
This episode was recorded Sept. 24, 2020
2020-11-1330 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sLiving in a MovieThe Forgetting podcast: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s David Shenk and Greg O’Brien talk about the challenges that come with dealing with Greg’s dementia during the pandemic. Movies – including the classic Jaws – have helped Greg during some tough times, but he still grows weary from the challenges of daily life while dealing with the disease.
2020-11-1300 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sBeyond the Same ThingThe Forgetting: Inside The Mind of Alzheimer’s
Greg O’Brien and David Shenk take to Zoom to record their latest podcast installment because the pandemic prevents them from getting together. Greg talks about the challenges that come with social distancing and quarantining, making every day feel like Groundhog Day. David reveals he almost wrote a book about the movie Groundhog Day. Meanwhile, Greg has a reveal of his own regarding a well-known actress and musician who will make a special appearance on a future installment.
This episode was recorded Sept. 3, 2020
2020-11-0222 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sBeyond the Same ThingThe Forgetting podcast: Inside The Mind of Alzheimer’s Dealing with Alzheimer's amid the pandemic has particular challenges for patients and caregivers. Greg and David talk about isolation, rage, and coping.
2020-11-0200 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sDementia in the Age of CoronavirusThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
The world is getting a sense of the isolation, frustration and fear that Alzheimer patients and the people who care for them live with every day. David and Greg discuss how everyone’s lives have changed during this pandemic. Their hope is that people can develop a better understanding and empathy for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia from this shared experience.
This episode was recorded March 27, 2020 and was previously released as a podcast Special Edition.
2020-10-1621 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sDementia in the Age of CoronavirusThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s The world is getting a sense of the isolation, frustration and fear that Alzheimer patients and the people who care for them live with every day. David and Greg discuss how everyone’s lives have changed during this pandemic. Their hope is that people can develop a better understanding and empathy for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia from this shared experience.
2020-10-1600 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sAll in the FamilyThe Forgetting podcast: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s Greg and David welcome special guest, actor David Hyde Pierce, who has personal experience with the disease, which touched both his father and his grandfather.
2020-10-0200 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sAll in the FamilyThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s
Greg and David welcome special guest, actor David Hyde Pierce, who has personal experience with the disease, which touched both his father and his grandfather. Greg and David share stories about being young and trying to understand what’s happening to family members they love. Greg makes the important point – we’re talking about “living with Alzheimers.” And David discusses the comfort that comes with knowing you’re not alone. It’s a touching episode, with many beautiful takeaways.
This episode was recorded Jan. 7, 2020.
2020-10-0247 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sGuardian AngelThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s, Season 2, Episode 3 Greg and David are both feeling melancholy as they talk about Greg’s problems keeping his balance. To add a bit of humor, Greg tells the story of falling off a treadmill and feeling like George Jetson.
2020-09-1832 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sGuardian AngelThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s, Season 2, Episode 3
Greg and David are both feeling melancholy as they talk about Greg’s problems keeping his balance. To add a bit of humor, Greg tells the story of falling off a treadmill and feeling like George Jetson. After one fall, a “guardian angel” comes to Greg’s aide, and she remarkably knows just what’s troubling him. Also in this episode, David asks some hard questions about Greg’s daily glasses of wine. And David knows what Greg is talking about when he says that sometimes he just wants to...
2020-09-1832 min
GroundTruthOn the Ground with Report for America: Woods Hole, MassachusettsFor most of us, it's hard to ignore the rising threat of climate change. But the sheer magnitude of the devastation it could cause is daunting. For those journalists trying to convey the sense of urgency to the public, it can become overwhelming. Living on Cape Cod, where towns and residents are trying to beat back rising tides with seawalls and sand, WCAI climate change reporter Eve Zuckoff is finding it difficult to build barriers of her own – between the existential threat she covers professionally and her life outside of work.
Learn more: https://gtruth.co/35kZh5Z
2020-09-1113 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sSoaking WetThe Forgetting podcast: Season 2, Episode 2 Greg and David welcome their special guest, Lisa Genova, the author of “Still Alice” and a Harvard-trained neuroscientist. Greg talks about welcoming a new grandchild to the family and how that has touched his life. Lisa tells a funny but revealing story about how she once met Greg for coffee and Greg arrived with his clothes soaking wet. And, as always, David and Greg express their love and admiration for each other.
2020-09-0438 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sSoaking WetThe Forgetting podcast: Season 2, Episode 2
Greg and David welcome their special guest, Lisa Genova, the author of “Still Alice” and a Harvard-trained neuroscientist. Greg talks about welcoming a new grandchild to the family and how that has touched his life. Lisa tells a funny but revealing story about how she once met Greg for coffee and Greg arrived with his clothes soaking wet. And, as always, David and Greg express their love and admiration for each other.
This episode was recorded October 9, 2019
2020-09-0438 min
ThoughtCast®Poet Robert Pinsky takes on King David on ThoughtCastNote: The WGBH sister stations WCAI and WNAN broadcast this interview, and it also received a 5 star review on PRX!
Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky tackles King David of the Bible – the shepherd, poet, warrior and adulterer – in his “Life of David.”
Is David a legend? A real, flesh and blood warrior who killed Goliath, and united the 12 Jewish tribes into one nation? Robert Pinsky delves into these questions, and into David’s story, with relish.
David’s story has been told many times, and the tale has changed with each telling. There’s the David of t...
2020-08-2228 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sStanding NakedThe Forgetting podcast: Season 2, Episode 1
Greg and David are back with season 2 of their conversations around Alzheimer’s disease. In this episode, Greg talks about how he often wants to be alone – more so than ever before. David asks Greg his thoughts on Joe Biden and accusations that Biden is battling dementia. And, a bare-chested Greg hits the wrong button on his cell phone, prompting an embarrassing moment with a bishop. But Greg, and the bishop, have a sense of humor about the situation.
This episode was recorded Sept. 17, 2019
2020-08-1432 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sStanding NakedThe Forgetting podcast: Season 2, Episode 1 Greg and David are back with season 2 of their conversations around Alzheimer’s disease. In this episode, Greg talks about how he often wants to be alone – more so than ever before. David asks Greg his thoughts on Joe Biden and accusations that Biden is battling dementia. And, a bare-chested Greg hits the wrong button on his cell phone, prompting an embarrassing moment with a bishop. But Greg, and the bishop, have a sense of humor about the situation. This episode was recorded Sept. 17, 2019
2020-08-1432 min
The Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sThe Forgetting: Dementia in the Age of CoronavirusThe world is getting a sense of the isolation, frustration and fear that Alzheimer patients and the people who care for them live with every day. David and Greg discuss how everyone’s lives have changed during this pandemic in this Special Edition of The Forgetting. Their hope is that people can develop a better understanding and empathy for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia from this shared experience.
Producer’s Note: Please watch for Season 2 of The Forgetting in the next several weeks, and follow us: @ForgettingThe
2020-04-0721 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sThe Forgetting: Dementia in the Age of CoronavirusThe Forgetting, A Special Edition: Dementia In The Age of Coronavirus Recorded March 27, 2020 The world is getting a sense of the isolation, frustration and fear that Alzheimer patients and the people who care for them live with every day. David and Greg discuss how everyone’s lives have changed during this pandemic in this Special Edition of The Forgetting. Their hope is that people can develop a better understanding and empathy for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia from this shared experience. Producer’s Note: Please watch for Season 2 of The Forgetting in the next several weeks, and follow us: @Forget...
2020-04-0721 min
Snap JudgmentBorders Between UsSaidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. had a complicated relationship with his mother. But after she passed, he traveled across the world to try and make things better.
This story comes from Transom.org and was produced by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and Jay Allison
Additional production by Pat Mesiti-Miller
Special thanks to Kadijatu Suma, Haja Suma, Fatima Rahman, Alimamy Conteh, Sheri Rickson, Lynn Levy and Gimlet Media. Thomas King, Brima Thomas, and Jartu Tejan-Thomas. Thanks also to Milo, Mason and Melissa Allison, Viki Merrick, Samantha Broun, Sydney Lewis, Rob Rosenthal, and WCAI and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole Massachusetts.
2020-03-2838 minSnap JudgmentBorders Between Us - full episodeSaidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. traveled across the world to heal a rift and save the memory of his mother. And Glynn's mom finds the devil in her house.
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Borders Between Us
Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. had a complicated relationship with his mother. But after she passed, he traveled across the world to try and make things better.
This story comes from Transom.org and was produced by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and Jay Allison
Additional production by Pat Mesiti-Miller
Special thanks to Kadijatu Suma, Haja Suma, Fatima Rahman, Alimamy Conteh, Sheri Rickson, Lynn Levy, and Gimlet Media. Thomas King, Brima Thomas, and...
2020-03-2848 min
Snap JudgmentBorders Between UsSaidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. had a complicated relationship with his mother. But after she passed, he traveled across the world to try and make things better.
This story comes fromTransom.org and was produced by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and Jay Allison
Additional production by Pat Mesiti-Miller
Special thanks to Kadijatu Suma, Haja Suma, Fatima Rahman, Alimamy Conteh, Sheri Rickson, Lynn Levy and Gimlet Media. Thomas King, Brima Thomas, and Jartu Tejan-Thomas. Thanks also to Milo, Mason and Melissa Allison, Viki Merrick, Samantha Broun, Sydney Lewis, Rob Rosenthal, and WCAI and Atlantic Public Media in W...
2020-03-2640 minThoughtCast®Tom Perrotta on Flannery O’Connor — a literary affinityNote: This interview was broadcast on the WGBH sister stations WCAI/WNAN, and also on KUT, in Austin, Texas!
Tom Perrotta, author of the novels Mrs. Fletcher, Little Children, Election, The Abstinence Teacher and The Leftovers, speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascinates, irritates and inspires him: Flannery O’Connor.
His relationship with her borders on kinship, and he admires and admonishes her as he would a family member, with whom he shares a bond both genetic and cultural.
When asked to choose a specific piece of writing that’s had a significant impa...
2020-02-0100 minThoughtCast®Alan Dershowitz on Preemption and the HezbollahNote: this interview was broadcast twice on WGBH radio in Boston.
It has also aired on WCAI/WNAN, WNED, KXOT and KYOU.
The controversial Harvard Law professor, author and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz talks with ThoughtCast about his book “Preemption: A Knife That Cuts Both Ways”, as well as his views on the Israeli-Palestinian-Hezbollah conflict, torture, human rights and our ‘war on terror.’ His premise: the world has changed, and international law must change with it. We need more tools, he argues, in the fight against terror networks whose recruits hold no fear of death or retribut...
2020-01-3129 min
From The Newsroom: Cape Cod TimesListen: Cape's top stories with WCAI/News RoundupCape Cod times reporter Ethan Genter sits in on the WCAI/News Roundup and talks about news stories from the week of Nov. 4, 2019.
2019-11-0818 min
From The Newsroom: Cape Cod TimesListen: Cape's top stories with WCAI/News RoundupCape Cod Times reporter Cindy McCormick joines WCAI's News Roundup segment to talk about the biggest stories on Cape for the Sept. 20 week.
2019-09-2013 minFrom The Newsroom: Cape Cod TimesListen: Cape's top stories with WCAI/News RoundupCape Cod Times reporter Cindy McCormick joines WCAI's News Roundup segment to talk about the biggest stories on Cape for the Sept. 6 week.
2019-09-0915 minThoughtCast®“Why Does the World Exist?” with Jim HoltNote: this interview was broadcast on the WGBH public radio affiliate WCAI, on the Cape and Islands!
In this ThoughtCast interview, science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingness, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle. The author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes, Holt lends his wit to a dissection of the puzzle of existence, which happens to be the topic of his book Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story! A frequent contributor to The New Yor...
2019-08-1900 minFrom The Newsroom: Cape Cod TimesListen: Times' Gwenn Friss joins WCAI for weekly news roundupCape Cod Times' Gwenn Friss, a features editor, joined WCAI's Kathryn Eident to talk about the biggest stories for the week of Aug. 16 including shark tagging and controversy with Cumberland Farms.
2019-08-1608 min
From The Newsroom: Cape Cod TimesCape Cod Times/WCAI weekly news roundup for Aug. 9Cindy McCormick, a reporter with the Cape Cod Times, talks about the most important stories this week on the Cape during the weekly news roundup with local radio station WCAI.
2019-08-0915 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sThe Forgetting: Season One FinaleThe Forgetting: Episode 13 In the finale of “The Forgetting Podcast: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s” Season 1, we learn that there will be a season 2, slated for release in the fall. We also hear from co-hosts Greg O’Brien and David Shenk about the response they’ve received since the podcast was released. Greg talks about his hero, Larry David, who sent Greg a gift. An 85-year-old woman asks Greg a question about his Jeep and probably regrets it. David talks about the recent loss of his own
2019-07-0544 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sWhere’s the Government?The Forgetting podcast: Episode 12 Special guest George Vrandenburg talks about his work pushing the federal government to spend more on research. George tells talks about the loss of his wife Trish to Alzheimer’s and how the disease impacted their family. Greg recalls an event in Los Angeles that reinvigorated him in the fight against the disease. Other topics: people need to talk about Alzheimer’s and dementia in order to demystify the disease; people need to look out for caregivers, who could
2019-06-1447 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sA Family DiagnosisThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 11 Greg reveals that he blacked out twice while going to a business meeting, but he did not tell anyone. David tries to surprise Greg with two mystery guests. The surprise fails. Greg’s two sons, Conner and Brendan O’Brien, join the podcast for an honest discussion about their dad and dementia’s impact on their lives. Greg and his family discuss a difficult conversation they recently had about the family’s financial future. This episode was recorded on July 27,
2019-05-3138 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sMoving Between Two WorldsThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 10 Greg and David are joined by Gloria Clayborne, the wife and caregiver to jazz icon Junior Mance, who has dementia. Greg talks about going into a rage and stepping out of a cab in Manhattan. Gloria discusses some of the strategies she uses to deal with her husband’s hallucinations and incontinence. David, Greg and Gloria talk about sex, and how some Alzheimer’s patients still have strong sex drives and a desire for intimacy. This episode was recorded on May 24,
2019-05-1747 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sFinding New PathwaysThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 9 Greg talks about the death of Trish Vradenburg, who, along with her husband George, helped create US Against Alzheimer’s – one of the most effective advocacy organizations in the Alzheimer’s world. Greg says his mind is telling him to do things he wouldn’t normally do, which makes him worry. David talks about the plan for how long the podcast will go on so that people can get the blunt truth about the disease. This episode was recorded April 27, 2017.
2019-05-0326 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sRealize What's ImportantThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 8 Greg loses his friend. Greg gets upset with people who do the “drive by.” An encounter of the 3rd kind. Greg tells a joke about Alzheimer’s, reminding us to keep our senses of humor. A discussion of the disease before symptoms. Greg has advice for his friend as he faces dying. This episode was recorded April 13, 2017.
2019-04-1234 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sLess JudgmentalThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 7 Greg talks about flipping off drivers on the way to the station. David and Greg discuss when it’s appropriate to correct someone with Alzheimer’s, and when it’s be best to just let things go. David surprises Greg by bringing on special guest Lisa Genova, the author of the novel, “Still Alice,” and a close friend of Greg’s. Once again, the conversation turns to suicide, with Lisa offering some valuable context and information. Lisa tells a story about ALS. This
2019-03-2939 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sIn a Place Like ThisThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 6 Greg talks about caregivers, and how it’s never just one person who has Alzheimer’s, but the whole family. Greg tells a story about being so filled with rage, he crossed a street without caring to even look for cars. Working out at the gym still helps Greg. And David asks Greg about why he continues to talk about “checking out,” and what he means by it. This episode was recorded February 2, 2017. Keywords: caregiver; rage; exit strategy; confession.
2019-03-1537 min
This Week in BusinessTurning Data Into Action - WCAI/Working Nation Town Hall Special Part ThreeBusiness Radio Special: Today we are featuring speakers from the recent Wharton’s Customer Analytics and Working Nation’s Town Hall, “The Future is Now: Closing the Data Analytics Skills Gap.” In this segment, we hear from the event's key speaker, Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn. Allen joins host Dan Loney to discuss how LinkedIn partners with Working Nation to help identify new types of data analytics job roles and share them across the platform's network in hopes of finding new workers to be trained across their own skills gap and into data analytics on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.co...
2019-03-1322 minThis Week in BusinessThe Rise of Data Analytics in Companies - WCAI/Working Nation Town Hall Special Part TwoBusiness Radio Special: Today we are featuring speakers from the recent Wharton’s Customer Analytics and Working Nation’s Town Hall, “The Future is Now: Closing the Data Analytics Skills Gap.” In this segment, we discuss how data analytics are solving today's real world problems. Ravi Kandikonda, SVP of Marketing and Strategy & Planning at Comcast, and Steve Kern, Deputy Director of Quantitative Sciences at the Gates Foundation, join host Dan Loney to discuss how their companies are using data to piece together solutions and strategic advances on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-03-1322 minThis Week in BusinessThe Importance of Data Analytics in Early Education - WCAI/Working Nation Town Hall Special Part OneBusiness Radio Special: Today we are featuring speakers from the recent Wharton’s Customer Analytics and Working Nation’s Town Hall, “The Future is Now: Closing the Data Analytics Skills Gap.” In this segment, we discuss how data analytics skills can be integrated into standard education. Wharton Marketing Professor and host of Wharton Moneyball Eric Bradlow and Melanie Harris, Chief Information Officer for the School District of Philadelphia, join host Dan Loney to discuss how we can encourage student to learn 'digital literacy' and data analysis on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-03-1324 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sWithout the FilterThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 5 Greg feels that he's becoming more like Larry David, blurting out his thoughts and feelings. Another problem at airport security: Greg throws a shoe. An outburst at the Harvard Club. Why humor helps. A discussion of Glen Campbell with his wife Kim, who talks about how her faith helped while caring for Glen through his Alzheimer's disease. This episode was recorded January 10, 2017. With special guest Kim Campbell.
2019-03-0143 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sBecoming GrandpaThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 4 Greg talks about how he often doesn't recognize people he knows. Greg gets upset when his first grandchild is being born, and his older sister sets him straight. Greg gets lost in his hotel. And while giving a speech, Greg senses a woman standing behind him on stage giving him support. This episode was recorded November 22, 2016. Keywords: faking it; alone on a bus; caregivers.
2019-01-2830 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sThe No Fly ListThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 3 David takes away Greg's laptop. Greg talks about ongoing rage issues and how his anger almost put him on the federal no-fly list. Greg says that in some ways Alzheimer's has given him a purpose. Greg no longer has confidence in himself; but he has confidence in his soul and his heart. This episode was recorded June 1, 2016. Keywords: pity; being late; 100 bucks.
2019-01-2729 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sThe Mistaken KissThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 2 Greg talks about a humiliating experience that's becoming more common. He discusses how he tries to conceal his symptoms (what he calls "the train wreck"), because he doesn't want people's sympathy. Greg mistakenly kisses a girl he does not know. And Greg explains to David why he must blurt things out and talk over people when he has a thought. With special guest Dr. Rudy Tanzi. This episode was recorded November 20, 2015. Keywords: snowflakes; exit strategy;
2019-01-2629 minThe Forgetting: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer'sIntroductionsThe Forgetting podcast: Episode 1 In the first episode of The Forgetting, we meet Greg O'Brien and David Shenk. We hear about Greg's long history with Alzheimer's, including taking care of family members with the disease before his own symptoms came on. Greg's friends joke about him owing them money. And Greg makes a promise to his mother. With special guest Jed Levine. This episode was recorded September 10, 2015. Keywords: rage; humor; hope.
2019-01-2534 min
Twenty SummersAlysia Abbott and Joan Wickersham in ConversationTwenty Summers welcomed authors Alysia Abbott (Fairyland) and Joan Wickersham (The Suicide Index) to the Barn, who have both written critically acclaimed memoirs about the fathers they loved and lost too soon. The two authors discussed their memoirs, their writing lives, and their other work in this deeply personal and fascinating conversation. WCAI was a media sponsor for this event. This event took place on May 13, 2017.
2017-10-261h 19
Twenty SummersJunot Diaz and Jacqueline Woodson in ConversationAuthors Junot Diaz and Jacqueline Woodson join us for a conversation in the Barn that delves into the divisive politics of our age and what it means to be an American fiction writer of color today. Junot Diaz, whose work has been honored with a Pulitzer and a MacArthur, joins Jacqueline Woodson, whose books for readers of all ages have won prizes including a National Book Award and a Coretta Scott King Award. From his Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao to her Brown Girl Dreaming, from his activist work in the Dominican-American community to her stories for teenage...
2017-10-121h 18
Twenty SummersRichard Russo and Hannah Tinti in ConversationTwenty Summers was proud to bring together the accomplished and widely admired Richard Russo and Hannah Tinti, each on tour for a new book: Russo for Trajectory, a quartet of novellas; Tinti for her second novel, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, praised in the Washington Post as 'master class in literary suspense.' In addition to writing ten other books, including the Pulitzer prize-winning novel Empire Falls and the best-selling memoir Elsewhere, Russo is a veteran screenwriter. His novel Nobody's Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman and Jessica Tandy. Tinti is also the author of...
2017-10-051h 30ThoughtCast®Revered New York Review editor Robert Silvers, R.I.P.Note: this interview has been picked up by the public radio station WGBH, in Boston, and its sister stations WCAI and WNAN.
Sadly, Bob died in March of 2017. This interview was quoted in The New York Times obituary.
The venerable New York Review of Books was launched amidst a newspaper strike in the winter of 1963, and has continued unabated ever since. Devoted to intensive and nuanced coverage of politics, the arts, literature, science (and now movies and the Internet!), the paper, as it’s called, is considered to be the premiere journal of the Am...
2017-03-2300 min
Re:soundRe:sound #226 The Life Sentence ShowThis hour, the story of how an event affected one woman, her family and the criminal justice system.
A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother
by Samantha Broun and Jay Allison for Atlantic Public Media and Transom.org
In 1994, Sam Broun's mother, Jeremy Brown, was the victim of a violent crime. She was 55 years old and living alone. A stranger came into her backyard, attacked her from behind and five hours later, he left her lying on her bed — hands and feet bound with tape. Alive. She survived. This is a story of how the system failed and ho...
2016-08-2600 min
Converge: The Business of Creativity Podcast with Dane SandersJay Allison from The Moth on The New Public Radio
Radio legend Jay Allison joins Dane Sanders to talk public radio, new public radio and ways Jay and others are working to bridge the two in new ways.
Some of the topics covered:
How Jay first entered the world of public radio.
How radio has evolved from transmitters to internet broadcast and the differences.
Transom and its role in bridging public radio and the online community.
Jay Allison
Jay Allison is an independent journalist and leader in public broadcasting. He produces The Moth Radio Hour and has created dozens of documentary...
2015-09-1525 min
Write About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring the Southern Fried Poetry Slam Winners!This week we present the Southern Fried Poetry Slam Winners.
Southern Fried is a 23 year arts festival celebrating poetry, spoken word and slam. The name alone evokes a sense of home cooked meals and good ol’ Southern food, and Southern Fried shares the absolute best southern offerings-- hospitality, comfort and tradition.
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Southern Fried recorded in Little Rock, AR.
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2015-07-2300 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Tova Charles & Zai Sadler!This week we present Tova Charles and Zai Sadler.
Nova and Zai are from Austin, Texas. You can find them online at http://tovacharlespoetry.tumblr.com/ and http://zaispitstruth.bandcamp.com/
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Tova and Zai’s performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
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2015-07-1600 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Element 615!This week we present Element 615.
Hailing from Texas, he speaks in a cadence that does not break down across barriers of race, age or geography. Soulful stanzas echoing something between Coltrane and Cyrano, Element 615 is unapologetically romantic, devoid of pretension, and delightfully sensual. His work promotes thought as a natural bi-product of itself, while unambiguously uniting his audience with his honest, compassionate take on the human experience. Find him at http://element615.bandcamp.com
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2015-07-0900 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Button Poetry!This week we present Button Poetry.
Sam Cook, Dylan Garity, and Hieu Minh Nguyen are from Button Poetry. Button produces and distributes poetry media, including: video from local and national events, chapbooks, collaborative audio recordings, scholarship and criticism, and many other products. Find them at http://buttonpoetry.com
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Button's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
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2015-07-0300 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Neil Hilborn!This week we present poet Neil Hilborn.
Neil Hilborn is a College National Poetry Slam champion, and a 2011 graduate with honors from Macalester College with a degree in Creative Writing. His debut full-length book, Our Numbered Days, is now available, as well as his chapbook, Clatter. Neil was a member of the 2011 Macalester Poetry Slam team, which ranked first in the nation at the 2011 College National Poetry Slam. He co-coached the 2012 Macalester team, leading them to a second place finish nationally. He was also a member of the Minneapolis adult National Poetry Slam team in 2011, which placed 5th out...
2015-06-2500 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Pages Matam!This week we present poet Pages Matam.
Pages Matam is a Cameroonian artist residing in the D.C. metropolitan area. He is a Write Bloody author, Callaloo fellow, 2014 National poetry slam champion and winner of Beltway Poetry Quarterly's Best New Book of 2014. Pages is a proud gummy bear elitist, bowtie enthusiast, professional hugger and anime fanatic. When he takes stage – as a performer, educator, or activist for immigration and surviving sexual trauma – be prepared to be taken on an experience of cultural, socially conscious storytelling. Find more about him at: pagesmatam.com
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2015-06-1800 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Zach Caballero!This week we present poet Zach Caballero.
Poet. Organizer. Energy Enthusiast. Mover & Shaker. Professional Optimist. Bokononist. Co-Founder of Spitshine Poetry. Law Student South Texas College of Law. @CabbythePoet
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Zach Caballero's performance recorded at AvantGarden in Houston, TX.
Recorded and Arranged at WCAI in Woods Hole, MA
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2015-06-1300 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring Arati Warrier!This week we present poet Arati Warrier.
Arati Warrier was a member of the 2013 and 2014 They Speak Austin Youth Slam Teams and has been a member of UT Spitshine Poetry Slam since the fall of 2012. She represented UT, Austin at the national collegiate poetry slam in 2014, winning 1st place and the title of Best Poem and in 2015, where the team placed 13th and was awarded Best Writing for a Team. She has performed and led workshops across Texas. Arati is a third year English and Asian American Studies major and an aspiring English teacher. Her work is currently focused...
2015-06-0400 minWrite About Now PodcastWrite About Now featuring FreeQuency!This week we present poet FreeQuency.
Born in Kenya in 1991 as Mwende Katwiwa, FreeQuency is a spoken word artist living, loving and working in New Orleans, LA since 2009. The daughter of two lifelong educators, FreeQuency was raised believing in the power at the intersection of education, art, service and activism. Known for her social justice work and poetry, FreeQuency has been described as 'challenging', 'dynamic', and it has been said on numerous occasions that "the room isn't the same after hearing FreeQuency spit". You can find her at freequencyspeaks.com
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2015-05-2800 minThoughtCast®Black Bear Orphans and the Man who Reads Their MindsNote: This story was broadcast by the WGBH affiliate WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station and by KPIP in Missouri. It is also featured on NHPR.org.
You’re about to hear a story about the bear whisperer of Lyme New Hampshire, Ben Kilham, and the abandoned black bear cubs he has rescued, rehabilitated and released back into the wild. Some of these cubs have formed such strong bonds with Ben, that even when they’re fully grown, they still treat him as a member of the family, so to speak, and allow him special access to thei...
2013-09-1817 min
Will ColeyMetal Tuna Fish and Abstract DreamsSyd Ahlstrom makes realistic metal sculptures of sea life. His neighbors in Orleans are snapping them up. But Syd says he’d rather make another kind of art, something that’s a tough sell on Cape Cod. For WCAI’s Creative Life series, Will Coley reports.
2012-02-0704 minThoughtCast®An Afternoon at the Tufts Wildlife ClinicNote: The interview with Maureen Murray that follows aired on WGBH, while an audio version of the slideshow, below, was broadcast on WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR station!
Meet the patient, stoic Blanding’s Turtle, who arrived with a huge hole in her shell, yet managed to lay her eggs! And the red-tailed hawk who’s given a sonogram of its eyeball! Watch the satisfying release of another hawk, after it’s fully healed. And observe the staff of the Tufts University Wildlife Clinic, in Grafton Massachusetts, as they respectfully care for these wild animal...
2011-07-1500 min
NOVA | PBSNOVA Minute: Jonathan LososNOVA Minutes are a regular radio features that air three times per week on 89.7 WGBH-FM in Boston. In this episode, hear zoologist Jonathan Losos explain why small lizards outlasted the dinosaurs.
Produced by David Levin. Original audio courtesy WCAI-FM, Woods Hole, MA. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.
Learn more at pbs.org/nova/evolution
2010-09-0801 minBird NewsJuly birding -- July 15, 2009Vern takes a look at birding opportunities during the month of July. Vern Laux is an author and ornithologist who's been birding the Cape and Islands for nearly 40 years. He's the resident naturalist and land manager for the Linda Loring Foundation on Nantucket.
2009-07-1503 minBird NewsOwl Story - March 18, 2009A story about how a fishing boat crew far out at sea saved a lost owl.
2009-03-1403 minBird NewsBird NewsVern's encounter with the falcon known as "Quest" who, at least for now, calls Nantucket home.
2009-03-1203 minBird NewsDovekies - March 4, 2009Vern talks about one of his favorite birds on the Cape and Islands.
2009-03-0403 minBird NewsBirds returning for the season - February 25, 2009Many birds are beginning their return to the Cape and Islands for the season. Vern talks about some of them.
2009-03-0203 minBird NewsEarly 2009 Activity - Feb 18, 2009It’s already been a busy 2009 for birders on the Cape and Islands. Ornithologist Vernon Laux brings us up to date.
2009-02-1803 minBird NewsSliding Into Spring - February 4,, 2009It's winter intro spring. Vern says birds know that changes in the season are coming.
2009-02-0403 minBird NewsIvory Gull - January 21, 2008The two ivory gulls sighted this week - one in Gloucester and other other in Plymouth - may be the first seen in Massachusetts since the 1880s.
2009-01-2303 minBird NewsRobin Roost Extravaganza - January 14, 2009Vern talks about a roost of robins with thousands of birds seen in West Barnstable.
2009-01-0403 minBird NewsVineyard Bird Count - January 7, 2009Vern wraps up the annual end of the year bird counts with events on Martha's Vineyard from January 3, 2009.
2009-01-0404 minBird NewsBird Count I - December 31, 2008Vern talks about the rapid pace of annual Christmas Bird Counts. Nantucket - Dec. 27th, Buzzard's Bay - Dec. 29th, and Mid-Cape - Dec. 30th.
2008-12-3103 minBird NewsDovekies - December 24, 2008Vern talks about a small penguin-like bird that inhabits waters and shores of the Cape and Islands.
2008-12-2503 minBird NewsAnother snowy owl story - December 17, 2001Vern shares a listener's story of encountering a group of snowy owls.
2008-12-2203 minBird NewsDecember Birding - December 3, 2008Vern says annual holiday birds counts are almost upon us. Go to http://massbird.org/ for information on bird counts near you.
2008-12-0303 minBird NewsCrows and Owls - April 9, 2008E. Vernon Laux is an author and ornithologist who's been birding the Cape and Islands for nearly 40 years. He's the resident naturalist and land manager for the Linda Loring Foundation on Nantucket.
2008-04-0903 minBird NewsSpring Birding - April 2, 2008E. Vernon Laux is an author and ornithologist who's been birding the Cape and Islands for nearly 40 years. He's the resident naturalist and land manager for the Linda Loring Foundation on Nantucket.
2008-04-0904 minBird NewsBird News February 6, 2008E. Vernon Laux is an author and ornithologist who's been birding the Cape and Islands for nearly 40 years. He's the resident naturalist and land manager for the Linda Loring Foundation on Nantucket.
2008-02-0503 minBird NewsBird News, Jan 23, 2008E. Vernon Laux is an author and ornithologist who's been birding the Cape and Islands for nearly 40 years. He's the resident naturalist and land manager for the Linda Loring Foundation on Nantucket.
2008-01-2303 minThoughtCast®Lisa Randall, Harvard physicistWGBH broadcast this ThoughtCast interview, and also featured it on their “Science Luminaries” series, as part of “WGBH Science City.” It was also broadcast on WCAI/WNAN, public radio stations for the Cape and Islands.
Professor Randall is a theoretical particle physicist who sees past the rest of us to a world of extra dimensions and parallel universes. Hers is a world of warped geometry, sink-holes and branes — a world that fills glaring gaps in current thinking, and can finally explain why gravity is so ‘weak’!
Now while this might sound like so much Greek — just wait. Randal...
2006-04-1100 min