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Miss Lillian, More Than a President’s Mother

A film adaptation of the one-woman show, Lillian Carter—More Than a President’s Mother, is called “Miss Lillian, More Than A President’s Mother.” The docudrama is scheduled to be released September 28.  The film tells the inspiring story of LILLIAN CARTER, matriarch of Georgia’s storied Carter family and mother to Jimmy Carter, the oldest living United States President. Included in the film are interviews with former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, newsman Sam Donaldson, and former Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda, as well as friends and family in Plains, Georgia.  In the film, Carol Swarbrick, multi-talented veteran of film, television, Broadway, regional stage, portrays Miss Lillian Carter. KPTZ’s Chris Bricker chats with Carol about the film, which will screen at the Seattle Film Festival website on Friday, July 2 and Saturday, July 3. To view the film online both days, click here.

KPTZ Radio Port Townsend Day is May 14

At the May 3 Port Townsend City Council meeting, the agenda included Mayor Sandoval’s reading of the City’s Proclamation to establish May 14, 2021 as KPTZ Radio Day in Port Townsend. In honor of the station’s 10th anniversary of broadcasting at 91.9FM, KPTZ Programming Lead Ruby Fitch (upper left) joined the online Council meeting to accept the proclamation, expressing gratitude on behalf of everyone at the station. The archived audio below also includes an intro and outro from John Clise as well as Ruby’s acceptance of the Proclamation:

Mill Stories: In Their Own Words

Shelly Leavens, Jefferson County Historical Society Executive Director narrates this one-hour program featuring curated oral histories from the Port Townsend Paper Mill. This program was presented by KPTZ on March 30, 2021, in collaboration with the Jefferson County Historical Society.

Radio Forum: Listen Here

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On Tuesday, February 9, KPTZ presented a live broadcast dialogue on KPTZ about creating long-term solutions to homelessness locally with panelists Beulah Kingsolver of Dove House and Cherish Cronmiller of OlyCAP. The discussion was moderated by County Commissioner Kate Dean with the aim of advancing thinking and dialogue about homelessness locally so that future decision-making can be done with the community less polarized, more informed, more compassionate, and engaged in solutions.
KPTZ’s Forum on Homelessness is supported by our community partners in compassion and justice: Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Cunnington Dental, and Blue Wave Sanitization.

Community Read 2018

(First airdate: March 8, 2018) Community Read 2018 features Leif Whittaker’s My Old Man and the Mountain: A Memoir. PT Library Director, Melody Sky Eisler speaks about this year’s Community Read with Larry Stein, followed by a replay of Cris Wilson’s 2017 interview with Leif Whittaker about his book and his life in his adventurous family.

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In Memory of Marcia

KPTZ, our community and the world lost our beloved Marcia Perlstein on Sunday evening, February 25, 2018. Marcia was the host of the two radio programs Pleasures and Treasures (aka Treasures and Pleasures) and Under the Rainbow, and she was a lifelong activist for human rights and justice. She called herself “your friendly neighborhood interviewer,” and urged us all to “Go gently, or as gently as you can.” Marcia was a force for good, for humanity, for justice, for art, for love.

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Presentations from Economics of Happiness Conference

(October 27-29, 2017) Some of the most prominent thinkers, writers, and activists in the sustainability and localization movements came together at Fort Worden’s Lifelong Learning Center on the weekend of October 27-29, 2017 to “discuss, discover, and devise better systems for now and the future”, as the conference’s website puts it.

The Economics of Happiness Conference was organized by local activist Karen Wyeth and others from the Local 20/20 organization, but took its name from the film of the same name, produced by the Swedish visionary Helena Norberg-Hodge’s group Local Futures, which has hosted similar conferences around the nation and the world. Norberg-Hodge was among the speakers, as were Yes! Magazine co-founders David Korten and Sarah Van Gelder, Post-Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg, organic farming and urban agriculture pioneer Michael Ableman, Happiness Alliance communications officer and Affluenza filmmaker and co-author John de Graaf, local food movement pioneer Judy Wicks (founder of Philadelphia’s iconic White Dog Café), Community Sourced Capital co-founder Rachel Maxwell, Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Thought in Education John Lupinacci, best-seller Your Money or Your Life author Vicki Robin, and UW Center for Communication and Civic Engagement Rethinking Prosperity project manager Deric Gruen.

KPTZ News Director Steve Evans recorded many of the presentations during the weekend, and KPTZ is making them available here in the hope that listening will provide inspiration to our listeners to also help “discuss, discover, and devise better systems for now and the future,” as the conference’s website put it.

1. Envisioning the Future, with Helena Norberg-Hodge, Richard Heinberg, David Korten, and Sarah van Gelder

      

2. Envisioning the Future: Q&ampA

      

3. Song by Lawrence Cole, “Localization is Bubbling Up”

      

4. Richard Heinberg: From GDP to GNH

      

5. John de Graaf: From GDP to GNH

      

6. Rachel Maxwell: From GDP to GNH

      

7. John Lupinacci: From GDP to GNH

      

8. Q&A from GDP to GNH

      

9. Judy Wicks: The Bigger Picture

      

10. Helena Norberg-Hodge: The Bigger Picture

      

11. Sarah van Gelder: The Bigger Picture

      

12. Deric Gruen & John de Graaf: Rethinking Prosperity

      

13. Peter Lumsdaine: Rethinking Prosperity

      

14. David Korten: Rethinking Prosperity

      

15. Brandy Gallagher: Going Local

      

16. Deric Gruen: Going Local

      

17. Michael Ableman: Going Local

      

18. Vicki Robin: Going Local

      

19. Q&A from Going Local

      

June Conversation with Derek Kilmer

(Recorded June 22, 2017) Steve Evans, KPTZ News Director, spoke with Derek Kilmer on Thursday, June 22 about the recent shooting on the Congressional Baseball field, the President’s proposed budget, cuts on environmental and health programs, and citizen reaction on the attempts to revoke and replace the Affordable Care Act.

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Arts Funding: Karen Hanan & Rob Birman

(First airdate: March 8, 2017) Larry Stein talks with Karen Hanan, Executive Director of the Washington State Arts Commission, and Rob Birman, Executive Director of Centrum about the state of National, State and Local funding for the arts.

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Derek Kilmer Report for March 2017

(Recorded February 28, 2017) Listen to a new conversation with Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-6th). Derek talks about the town-hall meetings he hosted during February’s congressional break, and the current state of legislation in Congress.

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