(Airdate: October 1, 2025) Please join Nature Now this week as we explore the world of science books for kids! Debaran Kelso speaks with celebrated author Melissa Stewart about her upcoming book From Bam! to Burp! A Carbon Atom’s Never-Ending Journey Through Space and Time and YOU!
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(Airdate: September 30, 2025) Maryanne interviews Joshua Bingham, aka “The Large Man of PT.” Joshua is indeed a very large man physically. He also likes helping people. He was employed as a caretaker for mentally challenged clients for a few years. But he was always available to help people move furniture and other bulky items. At some point it occurred to him that he could find more satisfaction and make a better income specializing in moving. So he started a company called The Large Man of PT. It’s a huge success with our senior population. Ten months of the year he’s here serving people who badly need help moving and/or downsizing. Here’s the twist: for two months of the year he goes to Tibet where he works with village elders to build schools or orphanages. Years ago he discovered that a lot of money donated to orphanages in Tibet never made it to the needy – the cash lined the pockets of many officials instead. Joshua’s a man of action so he decided to somehow get 100% of his funds to the needy.
(Airdate: September 30, 2025) We’re in Gansu Province, and we’ve just watched the secret of silk leave china in a woman’s hairdo through Jade Gate Pass. From there the secret traveled through the Lop Desert on the southern branch of the silk road to the kingdom of Khotan, and from there on to India. But most travelers avoided this branch of the Silk Road. Even today the road constantly gets lost among the constantly shifting desert sands. From Jade Gate Pass, most travelers took the route north, through the Malhuyen Desert, including the famous Chinese monk Xuanzang….
(Airdate: September 29, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark talked with Dylan Stanfield, superintendent at the Camas Prairie Park.
(Airdate: September 26, 2025) Commissioner Greg Brotherton and Jim Burke welcome Josh Peters, County Administrator and Drummer with Abracadabra Trip. They discuss a series of community meetings that have been happening at community centers throughout the county, and one that is coming up at the Hoh Tribal Center in the west end of the county on October 22 at 6pm. Go to co.jefferson.wa.us to attend virtually or get more information.
Reminder to listeners to ask questions of Dr. Berry or Willie Bence by writing to: [email protected] by Friday October 3 at 12 noon to be answered on Monday, October 6 at 9:45am during the BOCC public Health Report.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark co-hosted this week with Melody Sky Weaver, Community Services Director for the City of Port Townsend. We were joined by Jefferson County Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette and artist/muscian Alexandra Anagnostopoulos to talk about the Outsiders Street Art Project at Port Townsend’s Memorial Field. More info is available at: https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/all-news/artist-takes-on-bureaucracy-for-passion-project
(Airdate: September 25, 2025 – I Want to Live For Now)
