Dec. 16, 2015 – Host Nan Evans speaks with Ken Balcomb, Executive Director and Principal Investigator for the Center of Whale Research in Friday Harbor, in an interview recorded in Seattle in October. They discuss the unusual number of births during 2015. Closing music is “Orca,” performed by Mythos.
Dec. 9, 2015 – Host Mary Robson interviews via phone Dr. Katherine Glew, lichenologist and researcher at the University of Washington. Closing music is “The Strangely Popular Lichen Song,” performed by Alan AtKissson.
Dec. 2, 2015 – Host Debaran Kelso interviews Dr. Fred Sharpe via phone and discusses all things relevant to humpback whales in our area. Closing music is “The Little Baby Humpback Whale,” performed by Brent Holmes.
Nov. 25, 2015 – Host Nan Evans welcomes Skip and Rebekah Cadorette to the KPTZ studio to perform three songs and talk about their original lyrics that entertain and educate.
Nov. 18, 2015 – Host Mary Robson interviews Jude Rubin about her Plant-A-Thon project and her persona as a “Bag Monster.”
Nov. 11, 2015 – Ecologist, writer and philosopher Dr. Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, is interviewed by Nan Evans, and discusses various aspects of animal behavior. Closing music is “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” performed by Peter, Paul and Mary.
Nov. 4, 2015 – Host Debaran Kelso continues her phone conversation with wildlife biologist Patrick Loafman in Part 2 of this interview, and looks further into our local amphibians and their habitat. Closing music is “The Double Life of Amphibians,” performed by Two of a Kind.
Oct. 21, 2015 – Host Debaran Kelso talks with wildlife biologist Patrick Loafman via phone and discusses local amphibians in the first part of this interview. Closing music is “Amphibians,” performed by Kristin Shout and Smoking Kitten.
Oct. 14, 2015 – Host Mary Robson talks with Mike Dawson, Water Quality Manager with Jefferson County Environmental Health, and discusses issues regarding all aspects of water quality in our area. Closing music is “Water, Water,” performed by Coco Kallin.
Host Nan Evans ventures out of the studio to field record with Suzie Learned of Friends of Chimacum Creek, and Carrie Clendaniel of Jefferson Land Trust, and learns more about the returning Hood Canal chum salmon. Closing music is “Out in the Woods” performed by Leftover Salmon.
