As I thought about my donation to CAI this year, my mind hit an anxious wall. I’ve grown up with public radio’s excellent reporting, its deep news analysis and its friendly talk shows. I’ve especially valued Woods Hole-based CAI, with voices of people I know talking about places I know and issues that affect my life. Nevertheless, in recent months, I’ve seen CAI’s owner, GBH, become tone-deaf, transactional and deliberately unresponsive to local concerns.

It’s a long story. In one sense, it began in October 2024, when a CAI staff member discovered a real estate agent sizing up the Captain Davis House in the center of Woods Hole, where CAI had built its home base. Surprise! GBH had put the building up for sale without telling CAI’s staff or the Woods Hole community. A buyer’s offer had alr

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