(Airdate: November 7, 2022) October was the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and host Jim Burke spoke with local activist Peter Lumsdaine, with Physicians for Social Responsibility. They discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis and the parallels to the current climate of distrust, saber rattling and threat of nuclear war between Russia, NATO and the United States.
(Airdate: October 31, 2022) With the Republican Party focusing on undermining Americans’ trust in the electoral process under the leadership of former president Donald Trump, host Steve Evans revisits a conversation he had in the run-up to the 2020 election with Jefferson County Auditor Rose Ann Carroll and Elections Coordinator Quinn Grewell about how the integrity of our mail-in elections in Washington State are assured.
(Airdate: October 24, 2022) This week, host Steve Evans delves into the KPTZ archives to bring you a program first aired in August of 2015 – and to take you far, far to the south, to perhaps the most biodiverse and critically endangered rainforest in the world – the one known as the Chocó.
(Airdate: October 17, 2022) In this edition of Attention Please!, the topic is the role of the Jefferson County Conservation Futures program in protecting precious lands in our county, with two case studies as illustrations: the preservation of Tamanowas Rock and of Tarboo Valley salmon habitat. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
(Airdate: October 10, 2022) Bee Redfield, the new Executive Director of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC), shares her personal history leading to this new position. She also talks with Larry Stein about her plans in moving forward with the ambitious expansion of the PTMSC in their new home at the Flagship Landing building on Water Street.
(Airdate: October 3, 2022) Jim Burke interviews Kathy Ryan of the Food Bank Growers and Shirley Moss, Manager of the Port Townsend Food Bank, about the Jefferson County Food Bank, local growers who provide fresh produce for the food bank, and the W.A.V.E. (what a Valuable Experience) fundraiser, on October 22nd.
(Airdate: September 26, 2022) Could it be that many of the world’s most dreaded diseases, from Alzheimer’s to cancer and heart disease, can be prevented or even cured by a simple change in diet? In this March 2016 Compass show, host Steve Evans talks to Dr. Sandra Poling, who tells us it could.
(Airdate: September 19, 2022) Frank Redmon, Quilcene School Superintendent, and Quilcene community members describe to Phil Andrus the failure of the school bond and how the community is responding.
(Airdate: September 12, 2022) Karen Anderson discusses the renovation of the former Jefferson Community School building and the move and expansion of Bazaar Girls knitting shop. Then Emillia Nunn, a recent High School grad who has done stories for us, talks about the District “marker sculptures”, specifically the commissioning and placement of them. This includes an interview with the artist, Jonah Trople.
(Airdate: September 5, 2022) Jim Burke hosts. The topic is Sims Gateway and the Golf Course redesign.
