KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Rick Jahnke, who is the chair of the Port Townsend Planning Commission. The topic was the Comprehensive Plan, a critical document currently being updated, which outlines a vision for the next 20 years of our town, driving city policy.
(Reprise airdate: July 2, 2025) Please join us on a field trip to explore the world of wild edible and medicinal plants! Debaran Kelso hosts this edition of Nature Now, as we are invited to the wild gardens of herbalist Nancy Slick to speak about some of her favorite medicinal plants. Part 1 of a two part program.
(Airdate: July 1, 2025) Cris welcomes John Blomgren, the newest owner of our much beloved independent Imprint Bookshop to Booklovers’ Cafe. John continues the tradition of bringing books specifically chosen for our highly bookish population! He talks about his decision to move to Port Townsend with his partner Garrett Jones and pays homage to previous owners Samantha Ladwig and Anna Quinn. Find out what he plans for the future and just what does “Bibliosmia” mean?
(Airdate: July 1, 2025) We’re in Gansu Province at the Mogao Caves, east of Dunhuang. Among the first caves on our list is Cave 17, located behind the north wall of Cave 16’s hallway— the well-known Library Cave. Tragically, after the discovery of this rich trove of literature and manuscripts at the turn off the century, from 1900 to 1915 one foreign expeditioner after the other clandestinely purchased nearly 40,000 documents, scriptures, and other cultural relics found there….
Welcome to this edition of Community Tides. Each month, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and co-host Siobhan Canty, President and CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, explore news, new paradigms and stories from the good people who pursue our community’s Common Good. We’re bringing you the reprise of a program we aired last May about Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy and its founders, Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson, who both possess a lifetime embodiment of plant knowledge and a long history of cultivating and conserving rare plants, right here in Port Townsend. Thanks for joining us on a tour!
(Airdate: June 30, 2025) Phil Andrus explores Dragon Tracks with Sara Mall Johani and Dru Jay.
(Airdate: June 24, 2025) We’re 25.kilometers southeast of Dunhuang, just outside the Mogao Caves and their repository of Buddhist art. It all began in the second century BC when the Chinese chased the Huns out if the Gansu Corridor and made Dunhuang the western most outpost of their empire. Dunhuang was where the two main branches off the Silk road met, one from the central Asian kingdoms of the northwest, and the other from the northern Indian kingdoms to the southwest. The city grew rich from the trade that passed through it’s gates….
(Reprise airdate: June 25, 2025) Nourish your curiosity about the natural world around us. Join Nan Evans as she talks with Kelly Brenner, Seattle author, artist and urban naturalist, about projects and experiments you can do around your home to explore the hidden worlds of life that share our spaces.
(Airdate: June 23, 2025) Taylor Clark talked with Danny Milholland, Director of Operations for The Production Alliance about Preparedness Day, which is this Saturday, June 28 at Finn River, from 9am to 4pm. More information is available at http://preparednessday.org/
(Airdate: June 20, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcomed Justin Matheson from the Halfway House Restaurant and the Chair of the Brinnon Fire Commission and they talked about the 2025 Shrimpfest which is happening Saturday, June 21 in Brinnon. Spot Prawns for all!
