(First airdate: December 26, 2016) This week on the Compass we talk with the Senior Editor of Wooden Boat Magazine about a very old tall ship that is the last of its kind, and whose history opens a window on a lost world.
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Nature Now #291 Bats of the Olympic Peninsula – Part 2
(first aired December 21, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso continues her discussion about bats on our peninsula with wildlife biologist Tom Butts. Closing music is “The Greatest,” performed by Kenny Rogers.
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#77 Dana Petrick
(First airdate: December 20, 2016) A DESIGNING WOMAN WITH AN EYE FOR BEAUTY & STYLE. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Dana Petrick, the owner of Dana Pointe Interiors in Port Ludlow. Interior design has always been her passion and she shares insights about getting rid of “debilitating clutter.” Petrick also thinks that the “ugly stepchild” of Jefferson County (the Tri-Area of Port Haldock, Irondale and Chimacum) is a glowing gem and could help solve our affordable housing crisis.
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Compass for the Week of December 19, 2016
(First airdate: December 19, 2016) This week on the Compass we take a tour of an award-winning local artisanal craft brewery that has garnered high praise for its unique herbal beers, and then we attend the ceremonial burning of a six-foot high basket sculpture. (Featuring interviews with Propolis Brewing proprietors Piper Corbett and Robert Horner, and Alaskan artist Mavis Muller about her sculpture titled Rising Times.)
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Nature Now #290 Sea Otters of the Washington Coast – Part 1
(first aired December 14, 2016). Host Nan Evans talks about sea otters with Jim Bodkin, Scientist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey, in Part 1 of a wide-ranging discussion of the animals on the Washington coast. Closing music is “Song of the Sea,” performed by Lisa Hannigan.
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In Conversation – Harriet Cannon
(first aired December 13, 2016). Host Sheila Bender speaks in studio with Port Townsend resident Harriet Cannon, co-author of the timely book Mixed Blessings: A Guide to Multicultural and Multiethnic Relationships.
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Compass for the Week of December 12, 2016
(First airdate: December 12, 2016) This week on the Compass we attend an open house at which representatives of the U.S. Navy face a pretty tough crowd in the roll-out of their Growler training expansion plans.
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Nature Now #289 Bats of the Olympic Peninsula – Part 1
(first aired December 7, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso interviews in studio Tom Butts, recently retired wildlife biologist, and talks about many aspects of bats on the Olympic Peninsula in part one of a far-ranging discussion. Closing music is “Die Fledermaus Overture (The Bat),” performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa.
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Mary Ellen Hannibal, Author of Citizen Scientist
Hear Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of Citizen Scientist.
Larry Stein interviews her Thursday at 12:05, Saturday at 12:30.
She appears at PT High School Salon Series on Friday afternoon and
at the Fort Worden chapel for the Marine Science Center on Sunday.
Listen to the podcast here.
Mary Ellen Hannibal
(First airdate: December 7, 2016) Larry Stein interviews Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of Citizen Science, in which she writes about the widespread activities that have been labeled “Citizen Science”, such as Birdwatchers, Tidepool tenders, backyard Bee enthusiasts – the many people who share their observations of our natural world with coordinated databases, and scientists who can use that data. She speaks in Port Townsend at the High School Salon Series on Friday Dec. 9, and at the Fort Worden chapel for the Marine Science Center on Sunday Dec. 11.
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