(First airdate: September 7, 2016) Cris Wilson talks about sailing, swisher, R2K, and writing with Jim Lynch, author of Before the Wind, a book all about sailing.
Podcasts
Compass for the Week of September 5, 2016
This week on the Compass we pay a visit to the man who determines what your Jefferson County property is worth in a rapidly changing market. And Charlie Bermant considers the ways digital technology is transforming the transmission of musical traditions.
Nature Now #275 Shoreline Facts
(First aired August 31, 2016). Host Mary Robson with Part 2 of an interview with Cheryl Lowe of WSU Extension about what shorelines do and are. Closing music is “Shorelines,” performed by Cathy Winter.
#70 Steve Hiegel & Amy Recker
(First airdate: August 30, 2016) PADDLING AROUND WITH P.T. PADDLESPORTS. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Steve Hiegel & Amy Recker, the owners of Port Townsend Paddlesports. Stand-up paddleboards, kayaks and bikes are staples of summer fun down at Fort Worden. But Steve won’t let anyone get on the water without a life jacket and a stern lecture on safety. It’s fun, not fright.
In Conversation – Meg Files
(First aired August 23, 2106) Host Sheila Bender interviews via phone Tucson Meg Files and discusses her writing and teaching career.
Nature Now #274 Exploring the Low Tide at Salt Creek
(First aired August 24, 2016). Host Nan Evans is joined by Wendy Feltham and Lee Merrill to explore the rocky inter-tidal biological community at Salt Creek Community Park near Port Angeles. Closing music is “Low Tide,” by Michael Jerome Brown.
Compass for the Week of August 22, 2016
This week on the Compass, Mike Chapman, the man who captured the Millennium Bomber in Port Angeles tells us how it happened, and also tells us why he wants to be your District 24 legislator in Olympia. Then we reprise a 2013 visit with the Threshold Choir, a band of angels who sing to the sick or dying.
Nature Now #273 Fishers on the Olympic Peninsula
(First aired August 17, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso speaks in-studio with wildlife biologist Betsy Howell of the U.S. Forest Service to learn about small carnivore surveys on the Olympic National Forest. Closing music is “The Weasel,” performed by The Upbeat.
#110 All-County Picnic
(First airdate: August 16, 2016) Sheila Ramsey talks with Deborah Wilson, Danny Milholland, Deborah Stinson and Anna Lisa Barelli with a call for volunteers for the All-County Picnic. Build Community, develop resilience. Learn all about how to develop an Emergency Preparedness plan for your home and neighborhood. The All-County Picnic is on Sunday August 21st at H.J. Carroll Park in Port Hadlock.
#69 Liza Mathias
(first airdate: August 16, 2016) THE ARTIST AS DENTIST, WORKING IN PORCELAIN & GOLD. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Dr. Liza Mathias from Uptown Dental. Most people don’t consider dentistry an art form. But Dr. Mathias does. Her tiny, perfect crowns and bridges combine her technical skills as a dentist with her artistic talent and eye for perfection.

