Taylor Clark and John Mauro welcomed Connor Bouchard-Roberts, the Poet Laureate of Port Townsend and we connected with the words.
Brewocracy Now ~ 4/11/24
Bishop Hotel
(Airdate: April 11, 2024 – Bishop Hotel) Before it was a hotel The Bishop had many lives.
Local News for 4/11/24
Modern Medicine
(Airdate: April 11, 2024) Modern Medicine.
#666 Plankton Worlds, part 1
(Airdate: April 10, 2024) Ancient bacteria, single cells and long strands of strange little plants, plus minute single celled animals and weird fantastical animal larvae – these are the members of the Earth’s massive and hugely important planktonic ecosystems. Come with Nan Evans as she talks with Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens about this strange world and its significance to global ecology and human well being. Consider eutrophication, the world’s biggest threat to water quality or cyanobacteria and one of the causes of toxic algal blooms such as the ones in our local Andeson Lake.
Local News for 4/10/24
Silk 13
(Airdate: April 9, 2024) We’re still in Xi’an, the ancient imperial capital of China (Chang’an), and during its heyday in the sixth to the ninth centuries it was the biggest metropolis in the world. More than a million people lived within its 50 Kilometers of stone walls. We’re at the starting point of the Silk Road.
Our Working Waterfront ~ 4/09
Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg gives us a report on the exciting happenings and latest news for the month of April. Then his co-hosts, Commissioner Pam Petranek and KPTZ’s Chris Bricker take students from the Port Townsend Maritime Academy out on the boatyard and marina to visit Rick Oltman, owner of F/V Cape Clear and PTHS graduate Eric Pokorny, who has recently earned his 100-ton Captain’s License. They visit the legendary shipwright Dave Thompson, and then young shipwright Pete Stein for a tour of his 10-person co-op – a shared space for independent shipwrights.
Booklovers’ Cafe – Tim McNulty, Salmon Cedar, Rock, Rain
(Airdate: April 9, 2024) Host Cris Wilson has the pleasure of talking with Tim McNulty about Salmon, Cedar, Rock, and Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. This book is a rich and vivid study of both Olympic Park and its surrounding peninsula, featuring stunning full-color photos alongside natural and human histories. The essays explore why the Olympics and its natural, cultural, and economic communities are worth understanding and why sustaining a resilient future benefits us all! This book includes contributions from indigenous leaders as well as an introduction by David Guterson. More info here.
Local News for 4/09/24
