(Airdate: March 10, 2025 – Kai Tai Prairie) – A precious remnant of what was,
Podcasts
County Connections
(Airdate: March 7, 2025) This week on A SPECIAL KPTZ March Gladness Fundraiser edition of County Connections Jim Burke spoke with his co-host Commissioner Greg Brotherton who was beaming in remotely from the Connectivity Summit at Chimacum High School. They talked about the many ways in which KPTZ is a vibrant conduit between the County and the community. They also spoke with Danny Milholland of the Production Alliance who are producing this 3-day event. Friday is 80 employers recruiting youth, Saturday there are 120 organizations from around the county looking for connection and support from the community, and there are IGNITE TALKS, 5-minute inspirational speeches on a range of thought provoking topics. For more information, go to www.theproductionalliance.org/events/connectivity.
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Brewocracy Now ~ 3/06/25
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and cohost Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked about the importance of building community and looking forward toward the future. In the second half of the broadcast we explored some details about the city’s budget in response to some of the things Taylor has been reading on social media about the budget not being balanced. Listen in to hear John’s explanation, it’s quite interesting.
State of the City
(Airdate March 5, 2025) KPTZ aired the 2025 Port Townsend State of the City meeting live from the Port Pavilion at Point Hudson with Port Townsend Mayor David Faber and City Manager John Mauro. ( We recognize there were sound quality issues due to the zoom feed, and we will be working to correct those next time we do a broadcast like this.)
#713 – Our Favorite Books
(Airdate: March 5, 2025) This week Nature Now hosts, Jackie Canterbury, Nan Evans, and Debaran Kelso, got together to share their best reads and top “wish list” books to read in the coming year. As naturalists, the choices include some great natural history picks. But their eclectic tastes range across poetry, philosophy, history, personal reflections of authors, and art. Tune in to hear their conversation and to share in the fun they all had doing this program.
Community Tides ~ 3/04/25
In this edition of Community Tides, Chris Bricker and Siobhan Canty visit with Ben Wilson, founder of Color of Sound and curator of Black Film in the Pacific Northwest, a weekend celebration of regional Black Cinema that takes place March 14 through 16. Port Townsend Film Festival is co-presenter with Color of Sound for this inaugural event at the Rose Theater.
Also joining our discussion will be filmmaker Anthony Tackett, Director of “June” and “Perspectives on Violence.” along with Port Townsend Film Festival’s Executive Director, Danni McClelland.
Silk
(Airdate: March 4, 2025) We’re in the town of Zhangye, and we’re now looking for something to do. We think it’s time for something different, so we decided to visit one of the small ethnic minorities along the Silk Road. It just so happened that 60 kilometers west of Zhangye is the county seat of Sunan, home of the horseback- riding, mutton-eating, milk-tea-drinking Yugu, living along the flank of the Chilean moutains.
David and Tracy Grisman – Rocket Surgery
On March 3, KPTZ 91.9 hosted David Grisman and Tracy Grisman at our Fort Worden studio for an interview and the performance of three original songs. Topics included his storied musical history and collaborations throughout his career. Other topics included his Acoustic Disc record label and his connection to Port Townsend. The songs included a tune written for his daughter for her wedding. Charlie Bermant conducted the interview. Chris Bricker managed the sound.
Democracy Now is Back
(Airdate: March 3, 2025) KPTZ is bringing back Democracy Now on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11am to noon. In this Attention Please! we talked about the reasons for making this change. We started with some information sent in by KPTZ Program Coordinator Karen Anderson (who was unable to join us on-air). KPTZ General Manager Taylor Clark was joined live by Founding Program Coordinator Larry Stein and Board of Directors President Jon Pinnow. Listen in to learn more about your community radio station.
Houses of Ill Repute
(Airdate: March 3, 2025 – Prostitution) Port Townsend notorious for its many brothels and saloons.
