The Upper Cape Catch

Laws are meant to protect the public and ensure justice for victims. So what happens when those laws fail the people they were designed to protect? Producer Noelle Annonen takes a look at the cracks in the state legal system that survivors of domestic, intimate partner, and sexual violence often fall through. Domestic violence is happening around the country every few minutes, even in places like...

Happy Black History Month Upper Cape Catch listeners! This week on the podcast, join host and producer Gilda Geist in hearing stories of Black excellence, Black resistance, and community collaboration toward racial justice. Special thanks to Willinda Powell-Gray, Henry St. Julien, Tara Vargas-Wallace, and Gwyneth Packard. In the Enterprise: Emma M. Barrow: Falmouth's First Black Teacher, Princ...

Whether you live on Cape Cod, work here, or both, you've probably heard bits and pieces of information about the Bourne and Sagamore Bridge replacement project over the years. But where does that project stand now? How will it affect the town of Bourne? And while we're at it, has anyone thought about what can be done about the waking nightmare that is the Bourne Rotary during rush hour? In this la...

Domestic violence is happening around the country every few minutes, even in places like Cape Cod. ‘Intimate - an Upper Cape Catch Limited series,' aims to shed light on the often overlooked social problem of intimate partner and domestic violence and abuse. Upper Cape Catch producer Noelle Annonen sat down with Lysetta Hurge-Putnam, Executive Director of Independence House to talk about the true...

This week, co-producers Gilda Geist and Noelle Annonen take a look back at one of the Upper Cape Catch's first episodes, Swim At Your Own Risk. This episode covered the Upper Cape's lifeguard shortage in the summer of 2022, and this week, we're bringing you an update. Listen to find out how Falmouth's select board is tackling the lifeguard issue this year and whether what they did will be enough.&...

This week on the Upper Cape Catch, host, producer, and interactive map enthusiast Gilda Geist dives into the New York Times’ new neighborhood climate impact map to figure out which neighborhood on the Upper Cape is emitting the greatest amount of greenhouse gasses per household per year. Listen now to find out how your neighborhood compares to others around it, and what can be done to reduce emiss...

Alicia Conlin says that recovering from addiction is a 24-hour-cycle. No  matter how many days, weeks, months, years, or decades someone has been  sober, Falmouth resident Alicia says, people struggling with addiction  have to take it one day at a time. The growing problem of addiction and  substance use in Massachusetts reaches even to Cape Cod, despite its  status as a s...

The company Holtec International wants to dump one million gallons of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay. It sounds bad, and it might be, but there's a lot we still don't know. In this week's episode of the Upper Cape Catch, host and producer Gilda Geist talks to advocates, experts, and more to make sense of the laws and the science behind all the controversy surrounding this potential...

In schools around the Upper Cape, it seems like Covid-19 is effectively a thing of the past as students returned to in person classes with no masks or social distancing this year. Nevertheless, the impact of growing up during a worldwide public health crisis remains. In this episode, producer Noelle Annonen sits down with local education professionals to ask about the state of student mental healt...

The Sandwich Boardwalk is more than an iconic, historic landmark. It’s a beloved part of the community and culture of Sandwich. So when coastal storms tore it apart, the town had to act. This week on the Upper Cape Catch, host and producer Noelle Annonen takes a look at the work that is going into making the Sandwich Boardwalk sustainable and accessible, and the fight to preserve a piece of Sandwi...

You see me on roadways and sidewalks. You use me to hold food and water. You learn all about why people are voting on whether or not to sell me in grocery stores in today’s episode of the Upper Cape Catch. What am I? Join producer Noelle Annonen in a look at the impact of single-use-plastics and waste in Upper Cape towns, how residents are mitigating it, or not, and how the fate of a ban on the re...

Election day is just around the corner and a new generation is about to vote for the first time - or are they? Join producer Noelle Annonen in a look at how towns and organizations on the Upper Cape are working to engage the youngest demographic of voters in local and national elections. Music credit: "Hail to the Chief" - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

This week on the podcast, host and producer Gilda Geist takes a look at the Falmouth Theatre Guild’s upcoming production of the Bridges of Madison County. This will be the premier of the Tony Award-winning musical on Cape Cod, as well as the first time since before the pandemic that the Falmouth Theatre Guild will have a live orchestra pit. Links: More information on tickets and showtimes from the...

Police reform shaped departments across the country, and, in many  cities, widened the divide between cities and towns and their law  enforcement. Join producer Noelle Annonen in a look at how local police  and communities on the Upper Cape have weathered the changing times.

Health care professionals, suicide loss survivors, and community advocates are in agreement: we need to talk about suicide. This week on the Upper Cape Catch, host and producer Gilda Geist takes a look into the realities of this public health crisis and explores what we on the Upper Cape can do to combat it. If you are in crisis or are having thoughts of suicide, dial 988 at any time and you will...

A former catholic and two reverends walk into a room. Join host and  producer Noelle Annonen for three stories about religious trauma; how it  impacts people, and how people on the Upper Cape are trying to fight  the sins of the church from the within. Ambient sound credit: Sound Church Bells, Distant by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

When Samantha Bauer was growing up in Falmouth, she didn't feel like she belonged in her community. Now the president of her own nonprofit , Sam is working to make sure that no kids on the Upper Cape feel as alone as she once did. In this episode, producer and host Gilda Geist talks to Sam about how and why she started Cape Cod's first and only playgroup for trans and nonbinary children. Music: Re...

An unprecedented rise in book challenges sweeping through libraries and schools across the country has the Upper Cape Cod libraries preparing to defend the freedom of expression and the right to read.

Summer in Cape Cod looks a little different this year. Join host and producer Gilda Geist as she takes a closer look at the lifeguard shortage and how it's affecting beaches across the Upper Cape.

When the United States Supreme Court overturned the ruling on Roe v. Wade, shock waves were felt around the country. Join host and producer Noelle Annonen in an exploration of the activism, questions, and implications surrounding this monumental moment in the United States, from the perspective of the people of the Upper Cape.