(Airdate: October 14, 2024) KPTZ Board President Jon Pinnow talks with KPTZ General Manager Taylor Clark about our wonderful community radio station and why it is worthy of your support. This is an NPR quality episode, so listen in to hear how good your local radio station can sound.
(Airdate: October 15, 2024) We’re traveling south of Lanzhou and Linxia, and after a long, long bus ride we’ve finally arrived at Xiahe and to our destination, the Tibetan Buddhist complex of Labrang, one of the most important training centers outside Tibet.
(Airdate: October 15, 2024) Maryanne interviews Nathan Barnett, the creative force behind the upcoming “return of the Haunted Bordello.” The Halloween adjacent event is on October 25 and 26. It riffs on PT’s scandalous and blood-soaked history of bordellos and sailors. Nathan describes it as “a titillating tour of a time that never was.” Part burlesque and part horror show — participants start off at a villainous “spookeasy” called “The Billy Club” (aka Bridget’s Loft). The actors skimpy costumes are R rated — not X rated. Pre-covid there was a version of The Haunted Bordello at the Old Consulate Inn, which is owned by Nathan and wife Cindy. He’s also the mastermind of PT’s Steampunk Festival, For more info go to hauntedbordello.com.
(Airdate: October 15, 2024) Linxia is the area where much of the painted pottery in the Gansu Provincial Museum was unearthed. Until about a thousand years ago, Linxia, and not Lanzhou, was the major focus of Silk Road trade in this part of China….
For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for October 13-31. 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.
(Airdate: October 11, 2024) Co-Hosts Jim Burke and Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean talk with Epidemiologist Alyssa Wyrsch about the healthy youth survey regarding mental health and substance use.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark talked with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro about what’s going on with the Fort Worden PDA, about the Port Townsend city budget process and a bit about ongoing road work projects.
