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A Cape Cod Notebook

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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.

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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.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Fancy Fish Names

11/11/2025
Seth Rolbein talks about fish names

Duration:00:03:19

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Tale of tequila and a saxophone

11/4/2025
Tale of tequila and a saxophone

Duration:00:03:52

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Signs of Autumn on Nantucket

10/21/2025
In this week's Cape Cod Notebook, Mary Bergman talks about October on Nantucket

Duration:00:03:03

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In Between the Bathwater Set and the Bears

10/14/2025
I went in the water yesterday, a little slower than the day before, slower still than July when it was hot, hot, hot. The water now is not. A stiff breeze made for an embarrassing race to my towel to dry off, if anyone was watching. No one was.

Duration:00:03:18

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Restoration of Wetlands in Harwich

10/7/2025
Time now for a Cape Cod Notebook. This week, Wellfleet journalist Seth Rolbein talks about the restoration of wetlands in Harwich.

Duration:00:03:41

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Autumn in the Dunes

9/30/2025

Duration:00:03:35

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Five Minutes of Peace: A Morning at the Pond on Cape Cod

9/23/2025
On this week's Cape Cod Notebook, Susan Moeller shares five minutes of peace on Cape Cod.

Duration:00:04:12

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No Thru Traffic, Lovers Lane Closed

9/15/2025
In this week's episode of A Cape Cod Notebook, Mary Bergman shares how she finds light in the depth of winter.

Duration:00:02:19

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No Thru Traffic, Lovers Lane Closed

9/15/2025
In this week's episode of a Cape Cod Notebook, Mary Bergman shares how she carries the light of summer during the depths of winter.
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September’s Slow Roll

9/9/2025
On this episode of Cape Cod Notebook, Tom Moroney shares a piece about September on the Rail Trail.

Duration:00:04:03

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A brown-out, but no die-off, every 17 years.

9/2/2025
Cicada nymphs make incisions, but trees hold up.

Duration:00:02:36

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The High Point of Summer

8/19/2025
Cape Cod Notebook Episode by Mary Bergman

Duration:00:02:50

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Uncle Jou-Jou

8/12/2025
To arrive at the Bank Street beach in Harwich Port, one must pass through its small windblown parking lot, a trip made dozens of times in my youthful race to the water’s edge.

Duration:00:04:15

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Trespassing on the sand

8/5/2025
Now that the peninsula is filled to the brim once again, if you take a hike along the beautiful shore between high and low tides, beyond the confines of a public beach, be sure you have one of three things with you, or risk arrest for trespassing: A fishing rod, a gun, or a boat.

Duration:00:03:53

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Flea market finds

7/29/2025
Flea markets are where lazy people go when they want to go yard-sale-ing.No driving all over the place or trying to find parking in some snotty residential area that frowns on yard sales.

Duration:00:03:55

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Provincetown then, and now

7/15/2025
We are past the solstice, and I am trying not to get too down about it. The fog that rolls in each night is a welcome break from the heat.

Duration:00:03:39

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When Norman Mailer protected the Cape Cod Voice

7/1/2025

Duration:00:03:58

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The garden can wait when the beach is calling

6/24/2025
July is coming quickly, so it’s almost time for my gardening motivation to go into hibernation.

Duration:00:04:05

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Perpetuity and horseshoe crabs

6/17/2025
Isn’t everything we make temporary in the grand scheme of things? My day to day work is to promote historic preservation on Nantucket. We talk about preserving things in perpetuity. But on an eroding pile of sand, perpetuity is a relative term.

Duration:00:03:13

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The house that almost wasn’t

5/27/2025
As we drove off, disappointed, I said I don’t want to JUST be on Cape Cod. I want to feel like I’m here, really here, sand between my toes, waves crashing, gulls calling out for a meal.

Duration:00:04:10