(First airdate: January 22, 2019) Host Sheila Bender travels 9000 kilometers via Skype to interview William Powers at his home in Bolivia. Powers is a Senior Fellow at the New York City-based think tank World Policy Institute, and his new book is Dispatches From The Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres, and a Community’s Quest to Reinvent the World.
Podcasts
Olympic Pet Pals
(First airdate: January 22, 2019) Therapy Services Dogs that Bring Smiles. Everybody Can talks to Pam Kolacy and Carla Ellis of the Olympic Mountain Pet Pals – an organization dedicated to therapy outreach to seniors and students, as well as providing low cost spay and neutering services for our companion animals in Jefferson County. Learn how you can join this effort to reduce euthanasia in our shelters and bring smiles to those in our community who are unable to have a furry companion.
Compass for the Week of 1/21/2019
Port Townsend’s Glamour Girl tells us how she conquered some personal struggles, launched a highly successful business in town, and now helps others succeed in their own lives.
Blue Heron’s WITS Program
On the January 18, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus talked about Blue Heron Middle School’s WITS (Writers in the Schools) participants and hear them read their recent works.
Creativity in Aging
On the January 18, 2019 Tossed Salad show, Phil Andrus talked with Debbi Steele, Rob Birman, Mary Jane Knecht, Dr. Lee Burnside, MD, and Ann Hedreen about Creativity in Aging.
Nature Now #396
Pigeon Guillemot Research – Part 2
(Reprise airdate: January 23, 2019) Debaran Kelso hosts Frances Wood and Govinda Rosling of the Pigeon Guillemot Research Group on Whidbey Island to continue a discussion of the group’s work studying the island’s guillemot population for the past decade. Closing music is “Whidbey Island Blues,” performed by Seattle group The Maldives.
Nature Now #395
Counting Eagles
(First airdate: January 16, 2019) Counting eagles and tracking their food source on the edge of Dabob Bay, Peter Bahls and Jane Hall describe the data collected in their studies.
#127 Brenda Wildcat
(First airdate: January 15, 2019) BRENDA WILDCAT: A MOTHER’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Brenda Wildcat, the mother of a transgender child. Brenda survived a childhood in foster care, with multiple moves and schools. By the age of 21 she was a single mother with two kids to support. The brutal custody fights over her son culminated in her getting custody when he was 12 year old. He grew up, married and had a child of his own before coming out. A reality television show on TLC has documented his transition from male to female, including multiple surgeries. Brenda has struggled with questions. But, in the end, a mother’s love led to her acceptance if her child and the difficult decisions made.
Compass for the Week of 1/14/2019
This week, Compass focuses on the upcoming fire annexation proposal, which is to be addressed by the voters on February 12. To discuss the proposal we have Port Townsend Mayor Deborah Stinson and East Jefferson Fire Rescue Public Information Officer Bill Beezley, discussing the pros and cons of bringing city fire services under the East Jefferson Fire Rescue umbrella.
Nature Now #394 Climate Change and Life in the Sea
Nan Evans talks with Dr. Jan Newton, a biological oceanographer, about how climate changes are affecting life in the sea and how scientists are learning to predict these changes in different areas of the oceans. And what does that mean for human communities?
