(Airdate: September 25, 2020) Michael J. Grady, from the Death of Comedy podcast, talks about playing skits and talking about the death of satire.
Podcasts
It’s Showtime for KPTZ’s Newest Program
(Airdate: October 29, 2020) In this premier episode of KPTZ’s Critical Conversations, co-hosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail explore three major challenges to life as we know it, and they discuss how community resilience will be key to a future of adaptation. The next airing of this half-hour program will be on 91.9FM Monday, November 9 at 6:30pm, immediately following Climate One.
Compass for 11/07/20
Early in the morning on Thursday, November 5, Nordland General Store owners Tom and Sue Rose were awakened by an alarm ringing in the neighboring nearly 100-year old building that serves as a kind of unofficial community center for Marrowstone Island. This week on the Compass we visit with the Rose family at the beloved store in the aftermath of a mysterious fire that gutted the community institution as they contemplate the devastation and the store’s uncertain future.
Community Tides ~ 11/06
This week on Community Tides, Chris and Siobhan have a conversation with serial entrepreneur and problem-solver Ben Bauermeister, who was instrumental in starting one of the largest undertakings of his non-profit career – The Connected Student Initiative. The project’s goal is to ensure that students from low-income families find ways to connect to the internet. It’s a big challenge in rural regions with larger low-income populations. The times we live in have created the urgency to connect these students and their homes. The Initiative weaves the search for technological solutions with the resources of the community at large, with project volunteers, and with our school administrators.
Brewocracy Now with John Mauro ~ 11/05
Today, Tim Quackenbush and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend Executive Director, and Philip Morley, Jefferson County Administrator, to discuss the Intergovernmental Collaborative Group’s recovery and resiliency planning efforts.
Nature Now #487
Wonders of the Deep Abyss
(Airdate: November 4, 2020) Imagine the deep ocean with Nan Evans and her guest, oceanographer and deep sea ecologist, Dr. Christopher Kelley. What is life like in the deep ocean and how do scientists even explore those vast regions?
My-My-My-My Corona
Reflections about our own experience with COVID-19:
KPTZ DJ host Dick Keenan and his wife, Kate, a public health retiree, share their experience after Dick was diagnosed in August with COVID-19. They recount their surprise at the diagnosis, and why it’s important to know the symptoms of COVID-19 and seek medical advice. In addition, they worked with the Jefferson County Public Health nurses to inform their few contacts, and used technology to trace their whereabouts during the period when Dick may have been the most likely to spread the infection. Dick experienced a very mild infection and Kate tested negative, as did all their contacts.
While it takes a particular constellation of circumstances to become infected, we’re reminded that continued adherence to public health practices to keep us all safer through the winter, is worth the effort.
On Monday November 16, at 5:40pm, tune in to learn more about the Coronavirus pandemic, in this informative rebroadcast of reflections about this personal experience with COVID-19.
#164 – Sebastian Eggert
(Airdate: November 3, 2020) SEBASTIAN EGGERT: HISTORY AND WEDDING CAKES. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Sebastian Eggert, the founder of Rain Shadow Wood Works. Sebastian has a fascinating niche as a restorer of historic buildings. He has been involved in almost every restoration around town — including the Courthouse, Saint Paul’s Church, Fort Worden, and even a 51foot wooden sailboat. When he first sets foot into a crumbling historic building, Sebastian sees it as a wedding cake with the entire inside hollowed out. The mere outlines of the elaborate frosting remain. His job is to re-create the interior. He sets about preserving what he can and restoring things to their original splendor. Often he uses old labor-intensive methods of construction. He will use modern technology if absolutely necessary. But he prefers a seamless transformation, where you can’t tell the old from the new.
County Public Health Report ~ 11/02
At today’s Public Health Briefings for the Jefferson County Commissioners, Public Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke discussed:
• Schools open safely trade-off for low community spread.
• Rapid tests are more prevalent; these are most accurate when the viral load is greater.
• The divisive national conversation is making the situation worse; meanwhile we are in a good situation here in Jefferson County.
• Most all of the activities allowed under the current Safe Start Phase 2 restrictions are not 100% safe. Yet, it makes no sense to close down when there are activities in which no cases have been experienced.
Willie Bence’s briefing stated that DEM plans are in place for messaging over the winter, to sustain us through the expected surge in cases while continuing with limitations to lifestyle.
Compass for 10/31/20
A biography of the Doors’ lead singer Jim Morrison was entitled, No One Gets Out of Here Alive. And that’s true for you, me and every human being on the planet. But how we go out remains a big question. This week on the Compass, we talk with two local folks who have devoted themselves to ensuring that we all have a chance to go out in peace and comfort.
