This week on the Compass we attend a public hearing on the final environmental review for a Master Planned Resort that has divided a tiny south-county community for more than a decade.
Podcasts
Compass for the Week of January 4
As we enter the New Year, Compass takes a look back at the major stories of 2015 and discovers that many of them had to do in one way or another with climate disruption.
Compass for the Week of December 28
This week on the Compass we talk with a group of seniors who are setting out to build a model community where they hope to help each other age in place.
#54 Frank DePalma and Heather Dudley Nolette
(Airdate: January 18, 2016) THE FLUID WORKPLACE OF THIS CENTURY. Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Frank DePalma and Heather Dudley Nolette, founders of The CoLab, a shared workplace for people who are “location independent.” Sometimes telecommuting from home or a coffee shop is not all that business-like. The CoLab is an innovative professional workspace serving a diverse community of entrepreneurs.
Ken Doctor
Host Sheila Bender interviews Ken Doctor, former newspaper publisher and executive and currently a nationally respected voice on the direction of media in the electronic age through his website, Newsonomics.
#243 Sea Wolves
Nature Now founder Kate Dwyer returns to host wildlife biologist Darrell Smith, who discusses sea wolves. Closing music is “The Cold, the Dark and the Silence,” performed by Sea Wolf.
C. Nielson Taylor
(Airdate: Jan 13, 2016) Host Chris Wilson talks to C. Nielson Taylor, author of Being Human, a young adult novel of a child raised by animals in the forest.
#98 YMCA
Sheila Ramsey interviews Dana Nixon and Sara Ybarra Lopez of the Jefferson County YMCA.
Buried Child
(First airdate: January 4, 2016) Cris Wilson interviews director David Hillman and actors Michelle Hensel, and Jason Noltemeier of Sam Shepard’s play Buried Child, presented at the Chameleon Theater by the One Time Players.
#242 A Winter Walk with Lichens
Host Mary Robson continues a December conversation with lichenologist Dr. Katherine Glew of the University of Washington and discusses lichens in winter. Closing music is “Authority Song” performed by John Cougar Mellencamp.

