(Airdate: December 17, 2024) On the way back to the town of Wuwei, we had stopped to gaze at the spire of a pagoda thirty-meters high, named after a Buddhist monk and famed translator named Kumarajiva. We learned last time how the Chinese General Luguang had been sent to subdue the Silk Road Kingdom of Kucha and bring back Kumarajiva. Upon returning to Wuwei, he found a new emperor on the throne, so he refused to return the monk and created his own kingdom with the dusty garrison town of Wuwei as its captal.
Leila Block
(Airdate: December 16, 2024) Host Jim Burke talks with Leila Block, filmmaker, ceramicist, and Education and Gallery Assistant with Northwind Art, about her art as well as the great things to see at the galleries this holiday season.
December 16-31 KPTZ Programming Highlights
For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for December 16-31. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.
Jason Ricci and Lorenzo Farrell
(Airdate: December 12, 2024) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark welcomed New Orleans-based harmonica virtuoso Jason Ricci along with keyboardist Lorenzo Farrell to Blues Journey. Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind were live at the Palindrome on December 13, 2024.
County Connections
(Airdate: December 13, 2024) This week on County Connections co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jefferson County Department of Public Works Director/County Engineer Al Cairns. They discuss the state of recycling, including the discontinuation of glass recycling here in the county.
Local News for 12/13/24
Brewocracy Now ~ 12/12/24
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Jeff Bohman of the Peninsula Trails Coalition. We talked about the history and future of his organization and of the Olympic Discovery Trail.
A Fool and His Banana Are Soon Parted
(Airdate: December 12, 2024) A Fool and His Banana Are Soon Parted.
Local News for 12/12/24
#701 – Wildlife Conservation Essays
(Airdate: December 11, 2024) Please join Nature Now this week as host Debaran Kelso speaks with author Betsy Howell about her recently published book of essays Wild Forest Home- Stories of Conservation in the Pacific Northwest. Betsy is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service and has been on our program several times over the past years speaking about her work on the Olympic National Forest, but this interview focuses on her personal experiences as a writer working in the forests she’s come to love.
