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(Airdate: April 24, 2026) Commissioner Greg Brotherton joins co-host Jim Burke, remotely, from the PRTPO retreat. Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization (PRTPO) is responsible for ensuring on-going coordinated transportation planning amongst its members and identifying long-range issues or opportunities affecting the region. Guests include: From Kitsap Transit: Amna Parson, PRTPO Coordinator, and Edward Coviello, PRTPO Coordinator — Lead Planing Agency & Title VI Coordinator. Also joining in the convo: Thera Black, of 3P Transportation Services, and Marianna Hanefeld with Washington State Dept. of Transportation More info: https://www.prtpo.com/

Brewocracy Now ~ 4/23/26

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by State Representative Adam Bernbaum. We learned about the recently ended short legislative session and the Millionaire’s Tax’ (SB 6346) which was passed during the session.

Silk

(Airdate: April 21, 2026) Today we’re heading west to another set of ruins, in this case the Jiahe runs in the Yarnaz Valley, only 13 km away, and within bicycle range. It’s a natural fortress located atop a steep cliff on a leaf-shaped plateau between two deep river valleys, and it was an important stop along the Silk Road….

Friends of Fort Worden

(Airdate: April 20, 2026) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark welcomed the Friends of Fort Worden. Vicki Legman is a board member and the volunteer coordinator, while John Hall is a board member and the trail team lead. April is Money Muscle month for the Friends. Check their website at https://www.fwfriends.org/ to get involved.

#770 Mysteries of the Deep Ocean, part 1

(Airdate: April 22, 2026) Imagine life in the very deep sea – eternal darkness, no plant photosynthesis to form the base of the food webs, water temperatures hovering around freezing, pressures 1000 times greater than at the surface. Yet complex and diverse ecosystems exist; weird and sometimes very large creatures float and swim; and around 80% of this world remains unexplored. Mysteries and unknowns. Join Nan Evans and her guest, oceanographer Chris Kelley, as they consider life in deep ocean. This is Part 1 of a 3-part series.

County Connections

(Airdate: April 17, 2026) Commissioner Greg Brotherton joins co-host Jim Burke, remotely, from the PRTPO retreat. Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization (PRTPO) is responsible for ensuring on-going coordinated transportation planning amongst its members and identifying long-range issues or opportunities affecting the region. Guests include: From Kitsap Transit: Amna Parson, PRTPO Coordinator, and Edward Coviello, PRTPO Coordinator — Lead Planing Agency & Title VI Coordinator. Also joining in the convo: Thera Black, of 3P Transportation Services, and Marianna Hanefeld, with Washington State Dept. of Transportation More info at: https://www.prtpo.com/.

#769 What the Wild Still Has to Teach Us

(Airdate: April 15, 2026) Join Jackie Canterbury as she talks with Kurt Hoelting about his new book, Apprentice to the Wild.  Kurt’s work asks a timely question: what might the wild still have to teach us? Today we reflect on his life from early encounters with wildness to his embrace of Zen practice. At a moment when many of us feel increasingly disconnected from nature, from country, even from ourselves, wildness is a poignant topic.

Silk

(Airdate: April 14, 2026) We’re in Xinjiang Province, visiting the Astana Tombs, where the elite were buried fifteen hundred years ago. Since we remembered our flashlights we were able to visit the underground chambers. Most of the artifacts discovered there have been removed to a museum, but there are a number of well-preserved corpses and a number of wall paintings. One of the paintings in particular is worth mentioning….

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