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KPTZ Welcomes THING!

KPTZ is playing “welcome wagon” at this weekend’s THING event at Fort Worden with a tent that we’re calling CAMP KPTZ.

In the spirit of welcoming a bunch of Festival-goers and concert-producers to our neck of the woods, we’re planning to join up with KEXP Seattle’s THING broadcast from Rainshadow Recording for 4 hours of primo radio programming both Saturday and Sunday, from 2 to 6 pm. It’s a simulcast!

Saturday’s broadcast will kick off at 2 with Orville Peck, then later in the day features Junius Meyvant. Sunday we’ll bring you, courtesy of KEXP, Calexico and Iron & Wine at 2, capping off with Jeff Tweedy ~ complete with interviews by KEXP’s Troy Nelson and DJ Morgan.

Stay tuned to 91.9FM for details!

Nature Now #425
Wolves in Washington

(First airdate: August 21, 2019) Mary Robson interviews wildlife biologists Lorna and Darrell Smith about the difficulties of protecting wolf populations, and other factors influencing the survival of ‘heritage’ carnivores.

Tossed Salad for 8/23/2019

Starting at 1pm this Friday, Phil Andrus brings us another Tossed Salad of local talent:
1:00 – Deep Squeeze invitation, with Paul Rogers and …
1:15 – Debbi Steele, Cheri Van Hoover, and Angela Gyurko: “Life Without Roe v. Wade”
1:45 – Presenters from Key City Public Theatre’s “Marching to Victory”
2:15 – Howly Slim, original songs of these times
2:45 – Musicians from the Olympic Music Festival for live music and conversation
3:45 – Judith-Kate Friedman, Songs from the Sound
4:30 – Don White, reading

John Delaney

(First airdate: August 20, 2019) Host Sheila Bender speaks in studio with Port Townsend resident John Delaney about his newest book Twenty Questions and how he’s seen poetry change since receiving his MFA in poetry in the nineteen seventies.

PT Film Festival

(First airdate: August 20, 2019) The Port Townsend Film Festival is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! Volunteer Coordinator Chuck Moses spotlights for Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can a few of the special opportunities to get involved with this signature Port Townsend multi-day event of over film, food and fun.

Compass for the Week of 8/19/2019

Teenage years are never easy, but in recent years an increasing number of troubled teens consider suicide as an option. Port Townsend has not escaped this. Four years ago 15-year-old Benji Kenworthy took his own life, which first shattered this community but then led to an option that can help save teenager’s lives. The Benji Project provides teenagers with stress management and emotional resilience skills to keep them from a drastic action that will affect everyone around them. On today’s Compass we talk with Cynthia Osterman, Benji’s mother, who has built the project into a valuable local resource.

PT City Council Position 6 Candidates

(Airdate: August 15, 2019) Port Townsend City Council Position 6 candidates Amy Howard and Bernie Arthur are interviewed by KPTZ’s Charlie Bermant.

Tossed Salad for 8/16/2019

Can’t stand the heat? Cool down, PT-style, with Phil Andrus and a lovely Tossed Salad for a mid-August Friday:
1:00 – Al Latham, Randy Rosens and Claudia Coppola, of Olympic Neighbors
1:15 – Daring Greatly, family vocal band from Ecotopia
2:15 – Al Bergstein, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
2:45 – Larry Morrell, Sound Defense Alliance
3:15 – Amanda Milholland, PT Farmers Market
3:30 – Baila Dworsky, music to surprise us all
4:30 – Heather Dudley Nollette, reading

Nature Now #424
Endangered Butterflies

(Reprise airdate: August 14, 2019) Debaran Kelso hosts a rebroadcast of show #207 “Endangered Butterflies and Prairie Restoration” with host Kate Dwyer and guest Ted Thomas, senior ecologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

#133 Wayne Chimenti, Community Boat Project

(First airdate: August 13, 2019) WAYNE CHIMENTI: CREATING SAILORS & SUCCESS STORIES. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Wayne Chimenti, director of the Community Boat Project and former skipper of the Adventuress. For years Wayne has been instrumental in helping to rescue troubled teens through maritime training. He calls that course “beautiful chaos”. But now he’s onto a new program called “Shelter From the Storm”. It’s designed to teach practical construction skills to young adults (18 to 25) who haven’t found their footing. Among other projects, they are building tiny homes. Most of them are what Wayne gently calls “housing insecure”, so being able to essentially build shelter is a huge step towards a productive and financially secure future.

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