(first aired February 28, 2018). Host Nan Evans concludes an interview covering the effects of climate change on coastal geology with Dr. Eric Grossman, Research Geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Closing music is “Down by the Seaside,” performed by Led Zeppelin.
Podcasts
In Memory of Marcia
KPTZ, our community and the world lost our beloved Marcia Perlstein on Sunday evening, February 25, 2018. Marcia was the host of the two radio programs Pleasures and Treasures (aka Treasures and Pleasures) and Under the Rainbow, and she was a lifelong activist for human rights and justice. She called herself “your friendly neighborhood interviewer,” and urged us all to “Go gently, or as gently as you can.” Marcia was a force for good, for humanity, for justice, for art, for love.
#105 Johnpaul Davies
(First airdate: February 27, 2018) JOHNPAUL DAVIES – A TASTY MARITIME TRADE AT KEY CITY. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Johnpaul Davies, owner of Key City Fish Company. As a young man fishing in Alaska, Davies had no idea he’d end up running a successful fish (& meat) operation in Western Washington. His skills as a salesman meshed with his knowledge of how to cut, handle and display seafood. It’s a much more complex job than you might think. Even his nuclear physicist father was impressed.
Compass Honors Marcia Perlstein
Honoring Marcia Perlstein: A rerun of our coverage of Donald Trump’s Inaugural Women’s Protest in Port Townsend. On the evening of Sunday, February 25, much to the surprise of those who knew her tremendous life energy, KPTZ radio personality Marcia Perlstein passed from this plane to somewhere just beyond our reach. In her honor, KPTZ Compass is this week re-running the program she and Steve Evans co-produced at the Port Townsend Women’s March upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump, first aired on January 23, 2017.
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In Conversation – Harriot West
(first aired February 20, 2018). Host Sheila Bender talks with Eugene poet Harriot West to discuss her work in the Japanese poetry forms of Haibun and Haiku.
Nature Now #350 Navigating With Nature
(first aired February 21, 2018). Host Paul Ruben welcomes Nahja Chimenti to the KPTZ studio to discuss ways to navigate using nature, plus her involvement with local sailing programs. Closing music is “Stars,” performed by the Weepies.
Heart of Learning: Carol Light, Poet, Writing Teacher
(First airdate: February 22, 2018) Heather McRae-Woolf interviews Carol Light, writing teacher and coordinator of a pilot program from the UW Robinson Center. It happens March 24, and registration opened Feb. 15.
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Students for Sustainability
(First airdate: February 20, 2018) The PTHS Students for Sustainability hold a weekly power lunch to strategize on ways to impact our community and the environment. You can’t bottle up their enthusiasm as they work to create statewide change, authoring a Bottle Bill for legislative consideration. Check out this episode of Everybody Can, hosted by Missy Nielsen, to hear the great things these students are doing for our community and the global environment.
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Compass for the Week of 2/19/18
This week on the Compass we revisit a 2016 report on the Navy’s plan to stage mock midnight military raids on regional beaches and Marinas as a deadline for pubic comment on the plan approaches. And then we talk with a public health nurse about this year’s deadly flu epidemic.
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Nature Now #349 History of Birds on the Olympic Peninsula
(first aired February 14, 2018). Dr. Fred Sharpe visits host Debaran Kelso to provide historical information about the birds of our area. Closing music is “Fly Like a Bird,” sung by Boz Scaggs.
