//podcastplus.net/feed/a-cape-cod-notebook-from-wcai~500cd31f A Cape Cod Notebook can be heard every Tuesday morning at 8:45am and afternoon at 5:45pm.It's commentary on the unique people, wildlife, and environment of our coastal region. Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:29:40 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2025/10/ccn-100725.mp3 Time now for a Cape Cod Notebook. This week, Wellfleet journalist Seth Rolbein talks about the restoration of wetlands in Harwich. Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:32:36 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2025/10/ccn-100725.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/06/cnn-060424.mp3 During the third week of May, when the oak leaves are still just pink flickers in the forest canopy, and the pitch pines had not yet begun painting the landscape with their dry yellow swaths of pollen, then the lowly huckleberry spreads its emerald scarves far and wide throughout the forest floor. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:33:11 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/06/cnn-060424.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/05/ccn-052824.mp3 A white postcard showed up in the mail the other day. I had been summoned to Barnstable Superior Court – for jury duty.My immediate response? Great! Hope I can do it! Tue, 28 May 2024 11:58:35 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/05/ccn-052824.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/05/ccn-052124.mp3 The other morning, I woke up early after a sleepless night. Luckily, we have reached the moment in the year where the days stretch on, if not quite forever, then pretty close to it. Tue, 21 May 2024 12:24:31 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/05/ccn-052124.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/05/ccn-050724.mp3 Over the past few weeks our local snowbirds have been returning from their annual winter sojourns in the south. Tue, 07 May 2024 11:37:22 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/05/ccn-050724.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/04/ccn-042324.mp3 Seen from space, it seems so obvious that Cape Cod is one. But we know better. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:07:13 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/04/ccn-042324.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/04/ccn-041624.mp3 Nantucketers take pride in our long history of stargazing and astronomy. Maria Mitchell, the first woman to work as a professional astronomer, was born here and discovered a comet in 1847 from the roof of the Pacific National Bank at the top of Main Street. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:23:25 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/04/ccn-041624.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/04/ccn-040924.mp3 People come to live on Cape Cod for a variety of reasons. I came because its landscape and history spoke to me in such a compelling manner as a subject for writing. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:06:42 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/04/ccn-040924.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/03/ccn-032624.mp3 People thought Luther Crowell was insane, but he wasn’t. He was the greatest inventor in Cape Cod history. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:11:48 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/03/ccn-032624.mp3 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/03/ccn-031224.mp3 This week Bob concludes his account of the stranding of a large fishing boat on the Outer Beach last month. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:11:31 +0000 https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s397/audio/2024/03/ccn-031224.mp3