There was once a time when newspapers ruled the news scene. Local papers had power, and influence, and money. Today, the news scene in America is vastly different, with newspapers shrinking or disappearing entirely, new online news startups coming on the scene, and social media growing exponentially. We’ll see how things have changed in Rhode Island. Three chefs in Rhode Island are nominated for the James Beard award, the most prestigious award a chef can win. We’ll introduce you to one of them. And we’ll hear about handicrafts from a group of Afghan refugees in New Bedford.

The Weekly Catch is a production of The Public’s Radio. This episode was edited by Mareva Lindo and produced by James Baumgartner. Our executive producer is Sally Eisele, and our CEO and General Manager is Torey Malatia.

Luis helms the morning lineup. He is a 20-year public radio veteran, having joined The Public's Radio in 2022. That journey has taken him from the land of Gators at the University of Florida to WGCU in...

Mareva joined The Public’s Radio in 2022 and oversees daily news production, writes our Daily Catch newsletter and edits two weekly productions, Artscape and The Weekly Catch. In 2023, Mareva received...

James produces and engineers Political Roundtable, The Weekly Catch and other special programming on The Public’s Radio. He also produces Artscape, the weekly arts & culture segment heard every Thursday....