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.
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Mandy Smith
Host Sheila Bender interviews Portland memoirist Mandy Smith via phone, and discusses her recent memoir and her activism against childhood abuse.
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#241 Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count 2015
Host Nan Evans speaks in studio with Monica Fletcher, and discusses the whats and wherefores of the Christmas Audubon Bird Count of 2015. Closing music is “Counting is Wonderful,” performed by the Count from Sesame Street.
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#240 Parasitic Plants of the Olympic Peninsula
Dec. 23, 2015 – Host Debaran Kelso talks in studio with botanist Dr. Fred Weinmann and delves into everything to do with mistletoe and other parasitic plants. Closing music is “Under the Mistletoe,” performed by The Bashling Friends.
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Compass for the Week of December 21
This week on the Compass we talk with Port Townsend’s own delegates to the recent Paris climate talks, and then we attend a high school chemistry class where a common household cleaner is presented as the possible green fuel for the future.
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#53 Daniel Knudson
FEAST WITH YOUR EYES FIRST. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews culinary legend Daniel Knudson on the best and worst of holiday feasts. Knudson, who is currently a fixture at Key City Fish, reveals secrets to the perfect (or more perfect) holiday meal.
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#8 Drunken Fruit & Local Butchering
Mara shares her family recipe for drunken fruit, preserving food as a holiday gift. Local butchering of a pig raised by Janet Aubin on Finn River farm.
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Compass for the Week of December 14
Mountain Spirit Herbals. This week on the Compass we visit a traditional herbalist in her forest home to talk with her about her battle with the federal Food and Drug Administration.
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Compass for the Week of December 7
This week on the Compass, we take you on a trip up the Duckabush River to learn how to be a Jefferson Land Trust Preserve steward.
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Compass for the Week of November 30
This week we take the Compass on the road–far, far to the south, to perhaps the most biodiverse and critically endangered rainforest in the world—the one known as the Chocó.
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