(Airdate: September 15, 2025) Chris Bricker interviews Danielle McClelland, Executive Director of the PT Film Festival. Danielle shares the growth, challenges and priorities of the Festival now as we experience the 26th annual festival.
Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome Viet Nam combat vet John Hamilton. John is the chair of the County Veteran’s Advisory Committee, and Service officer for The Veteran’s Assistance Fund. John, Greg, and Jim discuss “The Wall That Heals,” a 3/4 replica of the Viet Nam Veteran’s Memorial which is on display 24 hours a day from Thursday afternoon 9/11/25 through 2pm Sunday 9/14/25 at The Jefferson County Airport. They also discuss the Veteran’s Advisory Board and the Veteran’s assistance fund. Tuesdays from 9am to noon John is at the Port Townsend Community Center to assist veterans signing up for benefits. For info on The Wall That Heals go to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial website. For veterans services, go to this link.
Taylor Clark was out ill today, so Karen Anderson filled in on the weekly conversation with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.
(Airdate: September 10, 2025) Join Nan Evans as she talks with Lynda Mapes, longtime environmental reporter for The Seattle Times, about how culture, economics and science have fundamentally changed how we use the timber resources and perceive our relationship with forests. Much of the conversation is driven by Mapes’ most recent book, The Trees are Speaking: Dispaches from the Salmon Forest. This is Part 2 of a two-part conversation.
Each month KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-hosts, Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek to bring you news, updates and stories surrounding our vibrant maritime community. For years, Bernie Arthur, retired maritime tradesman, has had the vision of creating a memorial for those of our maritime community lost at sea. In August of this year, as he had done for decades, beloved fisherman Joel Kawahara set out from his hometown of Quilcene for the fishing grounds. After a few weeks, Joel’’s commercial fishing troller Karolee was found adrift, without Joel aboard. But even in his passing, Joel Kowahara has once again become the catalyst for a vision come true.. Now, Bernie Arthur’s dream of a mariner’s memorial has come closer to a reality. The proposed sight is at the entrance to the Point Hudson jetty’s Boardwalk. In Joel’s honor, we’ll reprise the interview we did with him in April of 2022.
(Airdate: September 9. 2025) We’re at Yanguan Pass, 75 kilometers west of Danghuan. For centuries, the Chinese got their finest jade from the kingdom of Khotan, the capital of an oasis state on the southern branch of the Silk Road. The name of the place where the jade arrived became “Jade Gate Pass.”
(Airdate: September 9, 2025) Cris welcomes back Thor Hanson. In an era of global environmental challenges, Close to Home argues that hyper-local, hands-on efforts to connect with nature have never been more important. Hanson shows readers the myriad, simple ways to improve biodiversity. Moving and reverent, Close to Home provides a much-needed lesson in curiosity and community, one that reminds us to slow down and invest in the world waiting for us just outside our doors.
(Airdate: September 8, 2025) The Vietnam Memorial Wall is here in town for a visit from today until Sunday at 2pm. The Wall, a 300-foot-long three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is a traveling exhibit that honors the more than three million Americans who served in the Vietnam War. The Wall That Heals is hosted by the Port Townsend American Legion, Marvin G. Shields Memorial Post 26, and Port Hadlock VFW Post 7498.
(Airdate: September 5, 2025) This week, Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette welcome Superior Court Judge Brandon Mack. Part of Heather’s County 101 series, we learn about how the superior Court is set up in Jefferson County and how it serves the people: all the people. We also learn a bit about Judge Mack’s journey to the bench.
(Airdate: September 4, 2025 – Delusions of Grandeur)
