(first aired January 31, 2018). Paul Ruben hosts environmental filmmaker Shelly Solomon in the KPTZ studio, and discusses the history of the pacific oyster and related topics. Closing music is “Oysters and Pearls,” sung by Jimmy Buffett.
Tossed Salad for 2/02/18
Hope you weren’t blinded by that lunar eclipse Wednesday morning!
Join host Phil Andrus and special guests this Friday from 1-5pm on 91.9FM ~ or stream live by clicking the Listen Live arrow at the top left of this window.
1:00 – Judith-Kate’s colleagues in song
2:00 – Peter Newland and Riley Parker of the Tarboo Ridge Coalition
3:30 – Cast members of KCPT’s “Spirit Awakening”
4:00 – Teri Nomura, on Carl’s going-out-of-business sale
4:30 – Deborah Kate Hammond, getting a head start on Valentine’s Day
Heart of Learning: Math Education
(First airdate: February 1, 2018) Heather McRae-Woolf hosts discussions about education in our region. On this episode she talks with Lisa Cartwright of the Port Townsend School District about Math Education.
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Compass for the Week of January 29, 2018
Each year in early February hundreds of school kids and their adult mentors descend upon a former farm in the Tarboo Valley armed with digging implements and rubber boots to take part in one of the most ambitious stream restoration and reforestation projects in the state. KPTZ Compass covered the Tarboo Plant-a-thon back in 2015, and because this year’s plant-a-thon is scheduled for this Saturday, the 3rd of February, we thought this would be a good time to reprise that show.
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In Conversation – Sarah Zale
(first aired January 23, 2018). Sheila Bender speaks in studio with Port Townsend Poet and activist Sarah Zale about her writing and the creation of a local community arts project.
Nature Now #346 Corvids and Avian Intelligence
(first aired January 24, 2018). Paul Ruben talks via phone with John Marzluff, Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington and author of several books on birds, to discuss corvids and the intelligence they possess. Closing music is “Magpie,” sung by Ian Tyson.
Tossed Salad for 1/26/18
Don’t let cabin fever get you down this January.
Join host Taylor Clark and special guests this Friday from 1-5pm on 91.9FM ~ or stream live by clicking the Listen Live arrow at the top left of this window.
1:00 – Jeanie Murphy presents the music of the late Alan Hart
2:00 – Bob Rosen, South County Report, with Sean Moss, Quilcene Schools principal
2:30 – Michelle Fox, suicide survivor (recorded, forty minutes)
3:30 – Judith-Kate Friedman, “Songs From the Sound”
4:30 – Don White, reading …
YMCA Building Futures in the New Year
(First airdate: January 23, 2018) The New Year offers opportunity to reflect on one’s legacy and impact. Everybody Can host Missy Nielsen talks with the folks at the Jefferson County YMCA Building Futures program, one such opportunity. Learn more about this program that matches local students with caring, supportive, and stable adult mentors. Though some of these students struggle academically, this is not simply a tutoring program. Dana Nixon, the coordinator for this program, illuminates us on the many ways one can engage, connect and impact students in our region. Happy New Year!
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Compass for the Week of January 22, 2018
This week the Compass takes to the streets, along with a sizable portion of the local population, as we cover a rally of support for immigrants that took place on Martin Luther King Day, and then attend the PT Womxn’s March, which may well have been the largest demonstration in the town’s history.
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Nature Now #345 COUNTS 2017—Results for Birds
(first aired January 17, 2018). Mary Robson hosts bird expert Gary Bullock for a return visit, discussing the 2017 Christmas Bird Count and what was found. Closing music is “Hazy Days of Winter,” sung by Simon & Garfunkel.
