(first aired September 13, 2017). Host Mary Robson interviews Jude Rubin about the Youth Environmental Stewards (YES) program she founded.
In Conversation – Karen McClintock
(first aired September 19, 2017). Host Sheila Bender speaks with Oregon memoirist Karen McClintock about researching and writing her book, My Father’s Closet, that explored her married father’s secret long-term relationship with another man.
Compass for the Week of September 18, 2017
Over more than 45 years of cruising with her husband Larry, Lin Pardey has possibly logged more hours at sea than anyone else alive, and also probably done more to document those experiences in books, articles, and videotapes than any other. Pardey came all the way from her home in New Zealand to be at the 41st Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, where we interviewed her live during the four-hour remote broadcast from the Festival of Phil Andrus’s Tossed Salad on Friday afternoon. This week on the Compass, we bring you a lightly edited version of that live interview.
PT Film Festival 2017 Interview #3
(First airdate: September 13, 2017) Host Marcia Perlstein discusses Light of the Moon (a film about sexual assault and the aftereffects), and also interviews Chris McFaul, Festival tech manager.
It’s Port Townsend Film Festival Week on KPTZ
Pre-Festival Interviews:
* Tues Sept 12 @ 12:30
* Wed @ 5:30pm
* Thurs & Fri @ Noon.
Hear 3 podcasts of special festival guest interviews by KPTZ’s Marcia Perlstein and Larry Stein.
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#95 Teresa Hoffman
(First airdate: September 12, 2017) Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Teresa Hoffman, owner of the Port Townsend Athletic Club. She didn’t set out to own a fitness club. But thanks to hard work, determination and a couple of angel investors, she’s built the Athletic Club into a healthy and growing business. This mother of five spends part of her “off” time tending to eleven horses with her youngest daughter.
PT Film Festival 2017 Interview #2
(First airdate: September 12, 2017) Host Larry Stein discusses the films Angry Inuk (about Inuit culture and seal hunting) and Bending the Arc (about global health activism by Partners in Health).
PT Film Festival 2017 Interview #1
(First airdate: September 11, 2017) Host Marcia Perlstein discusses the films Good Fortune and Pulitzer at 100.
Kinetic Sculpture Race 2017
(First airdate: September 19, 2017) It’s Kosmic Kinetic time! Everybody Can host Sheila Ramsey talks with Janet Emery, President of the Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race. Lots of volunteers are needed – from passing out water bottles to participating in the safety flotilla on the water. This is a great weekend of creativity, craziness and community.
Compass for the Week of September 11, 2017
This week on the Compass, we talk with KPTZ Board President and General Manager Robert Ambrose about his past and the future of the station under his direction, and then we talk with the saviors of what is almost undoubtedly the world’s oldest surviving luxury yacht, which was recently in Port Townsend for repairs.

