This week on the Compass, Dave Cunningham interviews climate conspiracy theorist Gene Farr, who believes that climate scientists worldwide are involved in a socialist plot to control the world’s population, led by an unnamed former director of the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and that global warming is actually beneficial–as evidenced by thriving plants and a rumored sighting of a family of fat and happy polar bears.
(First airdate: June 13, 2019) The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Hadlock teaches traditional wooden construction with a contemporary approach through a focus on craftsmanship. Coastal Café’s conversations with school instructors reveal how the school’s mission and curriculum are relevant and are responding to today’s maritime workforce demands.
(First airdate: June 12, 2019) Host Debaran Kelso hosts Part 2 of an interview with Dr. Geoff Hammerson, on the wonders of bird migration (this is part 2 of a 2-part show).
(First airdate: June 11, 2019) Camp Beausite Board President Dave Christensen is inspired each time he finds himself on the property that serves a broad range of differently abled folks. From summer camp to equine assisted activities for Veterans, Camp Beausite is a place where everyone has the opportunity to be all that they can be. Join Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can to learn more about this 55 acre magical place where folks of all ages and abilities have experiences of a lifetime.
(First airdate: June 11, 2019) Sheila Bender of In Conversation hosts Port Townsend poet Lauren Davis in the KPTZ studio to discuss her new poetry chapbook and her work in the literary hub of Port Townsend.
This week on the Compass we go with Jared DuFresne to a meeting of Port Townsend’s Boy Scouts of America’s first-ever all-girl scout troop. Listen as troop leaders Ron and Janette Linn, along with their daughter and scout patrol leader, Evelynn, as they discuss the benefits of this change. Then join Missy Nielsen as she discusses with Darlene Schanfald of the National Wastewater Residuals Grassroots Network, the little-known challenges of wastewater, and the biological waste material found in bio solids, creating major issues for life in and around the waters of Puget Sound.
On the June 7, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus presented Blue Heron’s jazz band with band instructor Kim Clarke.
(First airdate: 6/05/2019) Nationally known and beloved author Pam Houston talks to Cris about her new memoir Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country. This book is endlessly wise, funny, and full of heart, according to Tommy Orange author of There There.
(First airdate: June 4, 2019) There’s going to be hell to pay – one way or the other – in Port Ludlow.
(First airdate: June 4, 2019) Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Rae Kala Stier, who’s now an Occupational Therapist for Jefferson Healthcare. Her passion for dance once led her to West Africa. She incorporated some of those African movements into an innovative hospital program called “Dance With Parkinsons.” It’s a rare exercise therapy session accompanied by live music. Rae’s story includes years of living in Baja, Mexico on a school bus or sailboat with husband and two small children. But, interestingly, as the kids got bigger the boat got smaller. The kids began to crave a “regular” life with things like school and soccer practice. That’s when the small “hippie tribe” moved to Port Townsend.
