What makes Cape Cod a welcoming, meaningful, and substantive place to visit? The arts. Unfortunately, the region's housing crisis has made it increasingly more difficult for artists to live, work, and create here. State Senator Julian Cyr returns to the CX Podcast to discuss these challenges and how last year's landmark legislation, the Affordable Homes Act, will give Cape Cod and the Islands the tools to keep creatives here through the Seasonal Communities designation which prioritizes housing for artists.

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC,

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent,

TD Bank,

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5.

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Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

What’s the secret to life? For visionary designer Ken Fulk of Provincetown, it’s in the power of saying yes. As he shares with host Julie Wake in this episode of the Creative Exchange, “Yes is such a glorious, intoxicating, exciting place to live.” It’s what has led Fulk to new discoveries, incredible journeys, and unbelievable opportunities, all as he’s built a magical career that reimagines how the spaces we live, work, and play in should operate.

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC,

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent,

TD Bank,

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5.

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

Having grown up in a family filled with great cooks, it’s not surprising that food is the centerpiece of Rebecca Orchant’s first book, Simmering: A Kitchen Memoir, which came out earlier this year. In our latest episode of the Creative Exchange, the Provincetown purveyor of good eats – she and her husband Sean own Pop + Dutch on Commercial Street – dishes on everything from the role food plays in all aspects of our lives to writing to finding her authentic self on the Outer Cape to the sense of urgency with which she approaches life.

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC,

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent,

TD Bank,

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Wequassett Resort & Golf Club,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5.

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

The logical, rational side of neuroscientist Lisa Genova’s brain said not to write a book, but her heart said otherwise. Roughly two decades ago, Lisa listened to the latter, penning her first novel, Still Alice, a highly personal piece inspired by her grandmother’s struggles with Alzheimer’s. Following her true north has led Genova to writing four more books with another (More or Less Maddy) on the way in 2025. The New York Times best-selling author sits down with host Julie Wake to discuss taking that career risk, selling her first book out of the trunk of a car, and living a life with purpose. Website: https://www.lisagenova.com/

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC,

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent,

TD Bank,

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Wequassett Resort & Golf Club,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5.

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

Why make art? For Frank Anigbo, it’s in the act of creating — showing that everyone (and anything) he paints has value. In this episode of the Creative Exchange, Frank takes listeners on a powerful journey from his hometown in Nigeria to his studio (and home) in Barnstable Village, and how becoming a parent inspired him to put his passions into painting – where he explores the topics of poverty, the intrinsic value of all life, racism, and the anxiety of parenthood.

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC,

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent,

TD Bank,

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Wequassett Resort & Golf Club,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5.

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

As an artist, creating the work is half the battle. Just as important is how you convey your work to your audience – inviting them into your world so they want to learn more about you and your art. The Creative Exchange welcomes back painter, teacher, and writer Pete Hocking who shares his tips for how artists should talk about their work, and why silence, walking, and nature can be an artist’s best friend.

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Wequassett Resort & Golf Club,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

Terry Szuplat’s fascination with politics started with an album of JFK speeches his mom gave him as a kid. While his peers rode their bikes on the street near his East Falmouth home, Terry would listen to those speeches in his room – captivated by the cadence, the rhythm, and the poetry. It was then that the seeds for Terry’s dreams of one day becoming a presidential speechwriter were born.

After eight years fulfilling that dream as a speechwriter for President Barack Obama, Terry is releasing his first book, “Say It Well,” in which he shows how anyone (yes, you!) can use their words to inspire others and bring people together.

Today's sponsors:

William Raveis Real Estate, The official real estate company of the AFCC

South Shore Playhouse Associates - Also known as the Melody Tent

John K. & Thirza F. Davenport Foundation,

Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod,

Wequassett Resort & Golf Club,

Donald C. McGraw Foundation,

Eastern Bank,

Cape Cod 5

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!

At the beginning of this year when the Josh Cellars memes went viral, the popular wine brand’s founder Joseph Carr sat down with host Julie Wake to talk about the man behind the memes – his passion for producing wine, his drive, his love of the arts, and his vision for creating a wine that makes a positive difference, not only on the dinner table, but in the community.

Today's sponsors:

Cape Cod Foundation, Bank 5, The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod, John K. & Thirza K. Davenport Foundation, MassHire Cape & Islands Workforce Board, Rogers Gray, Cape Cod Melody Tent, and William Raveis Real Estate

Learn more about the Creative Exchange!

Learn more about the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

The Arts Foundation's mission is to support and strengthen a vibrant and diverse arts and cultural sector for everyone in the region. Get involved!