(First airdate: October 31, 2019) What King Tides Can Tell Us About Future Sea Levels. Coastal Café talks with Bridget Trosin, s a Marine Policy Specialist with Washington Sea Grant. She heads up the Washington State King Tides program which monitors king tides and the flooding they can cause in coastal Washington. She hosts king tide viewing events around the coast every winter when the tides come in, showing people what our shorelines may look like in the future with rising sea levels.
Coastal Café
Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner (Position 5)
Jill Reinstra and Cheri Van Hoover
(Airdate Oct 28, 2019) Charlie Bermant interviews Hospital Commissioner candidate Jill Buhler Reinstra and write-in candidate Cheri Van Hoover.
Nature Now #434
Robert Pyle, Part 1
(First airdate: October 23, 2019) Robert Michael Pyle, who is noted for observation and writing about nature from butterflies to Bigfoot, joins us to share his skills
Tossed Salad for 11/01/2019
Coming to the close of our Fall Fund Drive, Phil Andrus brings us a memorable Tossed Salad featuring:
12:00 – Shayann Hoffer-Pauley, Jefferson Teen Center yoga benefit
12:30 – Dare to Be Square, with Joanne Pontrello, Paul Denison and Dave Thielk
1:15 – David Michael and Joe Breskin
2:00 – Bob Rosen, South County Report
2:30 – Wes Weddell and Joe Jencks, the news in song
3:15 – Wayne Chimenti, Community Boat Project benefit
3:45 – Tres Piedras: Bonnie Zahnow – fiddle, Marla Streeter – fiddle, Bruce Reid – guitar, Pedro – vihuela
4:30 – Don White, reading
Jennifer Gold
(First airdate: October 2, 2019) Jennifer Gold aka Nicole Persun talks to Cris about her book “The Ingredients of Us”. Jennifer writes very believable, of the moment, books about women and their flawed relationships. This is a story about love, mistakes, second chances, and finding inner strength.
Dog Training
(First airdate: October 29, 2019) Marta Krissovich of Autism Service Dogs of America shares with Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can the experiences Marta encounters as she facilitates and transforms adorable puppies into well-behaved service dogs and in the process, significantly changes the lives of children with autism.
LWV Forum #5
Chimacum School District #2
(Airdate: October 28, 2019) KPTZ broadcasts the candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Society of University Women-Port Townsend, which was held Monday October 14 at Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. This show features candidates for Position 3: Steve Martin and Kristina Mayer.
LWV Forum #4
Chimacum School District #1
(Airdate: October 24, 2019) KPTZ broadcasts the candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Society of University Women-Port Townsend, which was held Monday October 14 at Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. This show features candidates for Position 2: Mike Aman and Mickey Nagy and for Position 4: Michael Raymon and Tami Robocker.
Tossed Salad for 10/25/2019
Phil Andrus is back with a Tossed Salad that brings you a touch of Halloween. So sit back and shiver with:
1:00 – Haunted Histories, with Shelly Leavens and Mari Mullen
1:30 – David Schroeder, mixed musics
2:30 – Amanda Milholland, PT Farmers Market
2:45 – Tom Jay “A Word and a Poem”
3:00 – Tigran Arakelyan, Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra
3:30 – Paul deBarros and Lanny Turay
4:30 – Heather Dudley Nollette, reading
#144 Jim Roberts, Expedition Club head
(First airdate: October 22, 2019) ROBBIE ROBERTS: THAILAND TEMPTS PT TEENS. Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Jim “Robbie” Roberts, head of the Expedition Club, which has sent over 300 local teens to Thailand for the past 16 years. Roberts was a fixture at Port Townsend high school for decades. He taught and, as Coach Roberts, supervised the athletic department though decades of wins and losses.. His crowning inspiration was to take teens to Thailand – to open their eyes to another culture and way of living. For most, it changes their lives profoundly.
LWV Forum #3
PT City Council Position 6
(Airdate: October 21, 2019) KPTZ broadcasts the candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Society of University Women-Port Townsend, the second of which was held Thursday October 10 at the Port Townsend Community Center. The second of the three candidate forums features candidates Bernie Arthur and Amy Howard, facing off in the race for Port Townsend City Council Position 6.
Local Election Advance Coverage on KPTZ
Be informed when you exercise your right to vote. To find out more about the candidates running for Port Townsend City Council and for the Port Commission, KPTZ has aired several interview discussions for broadcast ~ now available to hear, here on our website. Also online for streaming, we’ve got the League of Women Voters forums featuring Q&A with the candidates. All these recordings are available by clicking here.
Compass for the Week of 10/21/2019
This week on the Compass, we give you a taste of our live broadcast from the Great Shakeout, a worldwide event designed to help you understand how to cope with a massive catastrophe that is almost definitely going to happen someday.
Nature Now #433
Lucas Hart, Part 2
(First airdate: October 16, 2019) Host Debaran Kelso talks with Lucas Hart, Director of the NW Straits Commission, on their current projects. This is Part 2 of a two-part program; Part 1 aired last month.
Tossed Salad for 10/18/2019
Halloween is getting closer, the days are getting shorter, but Tossed Salad just keeps on getting better and better. Host Chris Bricker brings us a superb salad of:
1:00 – Johnsmith, Northwind Concert Series Artist
1:30 – Jeanie Murphy “Banjo Tunes, Tuning, and Lore”
2:10 – Kate Dwyer & PTeRider—Taxi Stories
2:30 – Libby Palmer, Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates
3:00 – Zach Parker, Songsmith
3:30 – Sea Stories: Crossing the Northwest Passage, by Olivier Huin
4:00 – Sea Stories: The Live-Aboard Life, by Peter Bailey & Heidi Snyder
4:30 – Catherine McNabb, Poets & Letters
AARP Tax Aid Program
(First airdate: October 15, 2019) Yvonne Starkey of the AARP Tax-Aide Program dispels the misperceptions of becoming a volunteer tax aide volunteer. Filing a tax return can be daunting to many of us and these folks are here to help. This organization offers an extensive IRS course in December and January to those interested in becoming a certified a tax aide volunteer. Tune in to Everybody Can to learn more.
Molly Tinsley
(First airdate: October 15, 2019) Host Sheila Bender visits via phone with Oregon author Molly Tinsley to learn about her new novel Things Too Big to Name, and to gain insight into her long writing career.
LWV Forum #2
PT City Council Position 3
(Airdate: October 14, 2019) KPTZ broadcasts the candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Society of University Women – Port Townsend, the second of which was held Thursday October 10 at the Port Townsend Community Center. The second of the three candidate forums features challenger Monica MickHager who seeks to unseat incumbent Deborah Stinson in the race for Port Townsend City Council Position 3. In full disclosure, KPTZ wishes to make known that candidate Monica MickHager is a current member of KPTZ Radio Port Townsend’s Board of Directors.
Compass for the Week of 10/14/2019
This week on the Compass we talk with Tibetan filmmaker Tenzing Sonam about the tragic plight of his people and homeland under Chinese occupation, and the wrenching feature film on the subject titled The Sweet Requiem he and his producing partner and wife Ritu Sarin recently brought to the Rose Theater.
Port Commission District 1 Race
On the October 11, 2019 Tossed Salad show, host Phil Andrus discusses current issues with Port Commission District 1 candidates Chuck Fauls and Pam Petranek.
Tossed Salad Segment
Port Commissioner Position 1
On the October 11, 2019 Tossed Salad show, host Phil Andrus discusses current issues with Port Commission District 1 candidates Chuck Fauls and Pam Petranek.
Tossed Salad for 10/11/2019
Fall is settling in with lovely rain. Coming soon will be the time change (aaah, an extra hour of sleep) and elections. That’s a lovely Tossed Salad right there. And here’s what Phil Andrus brings us this Friday:
1:00 – Port Commissioner candidates Pam Petranek and Chuck Fauls
2:00 – Daniel Macke and Trevor Hanson
3:00 – Al Bergstein, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
3:30 – TBD
4:30 – Don White reading “Our Town Today with Hank Fiset” by Tom Hanks
4:50 – Mari Mullen, PT Mainstreet, on a trembling downtown Halloween
Nature Now #432
Alex Gagnon
(First airdate: October 8, 2019) Host Nan Evans talks with Alex Gagnon, UW Chemical Oeanographer about Coral Reefs.
#143 Ian Jablonski, Water Resources Mgr.
(First airdate: October 8, 2019) IAN JABLONSKI: GUARDIAN OF THE WATER WORKS. Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Ian Jablonski, Water Resources Manager of the City of Port Townsend. Climate change is making us all think more about the earth’s resources. Even though we live in the so-called “Emerald State” we are not immune to water shortages. The summer of 2015 brought us every close to real problems. Ian and his team are responsible for making sure that the water that’s piped to us from the Big & Little Quilcine Rivers is pure and safe for drinking. Water-borne pathogens have killed in other parts of the country. He explains the elaborate system for making our water safe.
LWV Forum #1
Port Commissioner Position 1
(Airdate: October 7, 2019) KPTZ broadcasts the candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Society of University Women-Port Townsend, which was held Tuesday October 1 at the Port Townsend Community Center. For the first of the three candidate forums intended to inform voters about candidates running in November election local races, Chuck Fauls and Pam Petranek, Port Commission District 1 are featured.
Compass for the Week of 10/07/2019
This week on the Compass, in a reprise of a program originally aired in March of 2014, we take you on a guided tour through the mists of Port Townsend’s past on a visit to some of its most rarely seen hidden corners. (The Historical Walking Tour of downtown PT as part of the Victorian Festival, including a walk through the long-empty upper stories of the Hastings Building with Hastings descendant Heather Dudley-Nollette.)