(Airdate: January 21, 2025) Local singer/songwriter Brian Ledford delivers great work while being interviewed on Peter Robinson’s Out of Nowhere.
Brian Ledford on Peter Robinson’s Out of Nowhere
Podcasts
#258 Maggie Emery: Flying Off to College
(Airdate: January 21, 2025) Maryanne interviews Maggie Emery, a hometown girl just back for winter break from her very first semester at Smith College in Massachusetts. She was only four years old when her parents – a doctor and computer consultant – moved to Port Townsend. Think of it: the kids she met in preschool were the same kids she knew all the way through high school. Small circle indeed! Now she’s facing a much bigger world. And much smarter kids. In a small high school such as Port Townsend, it’s not overwhelmingly difficult to get good grades. She topped it off with being in ballet, on the robotics team, student government and even building a kayak as part of her Maritime studies program. Needless to say, she is now finding PT rather small. Can she handle the increased competition of a university?
Silk
(Airdate: January 21, 2025) When Westerners think of Chinese celebrations, they automatically think of the Lunar New Year, but the Lunar New Year doesn’t begin until two weeks later, with the first full moon. Public celebrations don’t take place until the moon proves once again that it knows how to become round and make things grow. In honor of this event, the Chinese indulge in public displays of likenesses of the moon such as lanterns and round sweet dumplings.
Potholes!
(Airdate: January 20, 2025) Today’s Attention Please! discusses the sad state of Port Townsend roads, how the problem started, and future steps to improve the situation. Port Townsend Mayor David Faber and Public Works Director Steve King discuss a new road improvement tax that starts the process, among other topics. Additionally, it appears that buying online actually benefits local road rehabilitation. Hosted by Charlie Bermant.
County Connections
(Airdate: January 17, 2025) This week Jim Burke welcomes a new co-host County Commissioner for District 1 Heather Dudley-Nollette! They welcome Judy Shepherd, Finance Manager for Jefferson County. Topics include the various revenue streams that contribute to the general fund, and PILT (Payments in Lieu of Taxes).
The Emperor Has No Pants
(Airdate: January 17, 2025 – The Emperor Has No Pants – That Fit)
Brewocracy Now ~ 1/16/25
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Port Townsend Mayor David Faber and Centrum Executive Director Rob Birman as we talked over the background and future of the Fort Worden campus in light of this week’s closing of Fort Worden Hospitality, the organization that has provided food and beverage and lodging services at the Fort. Hospitality has ceased operations effective yesterday due to the legal uncertainties surrounding the insolvency of the Fort Worden PDA and the court’s appointment of a receiver at the request of Kitsap Bank. Check out our Thursday Local News report for more details on this. Rob outlined Centrum’s plans to continue with their full 2025 season of intergenerational arts and music.
#706 Current Wildlife Research on the Olympic Peninsula
(Airdate: January 15, 2025) Please join host Debaran Kelso and our guest wildlife biologist Betsy Howell of the US Forest Service, as we review recent wildlife research projects being conducted on the Olympic National Forest.
Our Working Waterfront ~ 1/14/25
Each month, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins Co-hosts Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend’s Director, and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek, to bring you news and stories surrounding our vibrant maritime community. Around our working waterfront, you may have heard the phrase, “A man and his boat,” or “A woman and her boat.” How about “One man and two boats”? That’s not necessarily unusual either, but the tenacious owner of two old sailing vessels adds his own unique twist to that phrase. After Eron gives us this month’s Port update, we then turn to owner CJ Burleson as he recounts the comprehensive history and fascinating story of one of those vessels – the Elsita.
Margaret Mizushima, Gathering Mist
(Airdate: January 14, 2025) Cris Wilson welcomes mystery novelist Margaret Mizushima to Booklovers’ Cafe. She is the author of Gathering Mist, the 9th in the series of her Timber Creek canine mysteries. If you love criminal procedurals mixed with German Shepherd Search and Rescue you will love the stories of Mattie Wray and her sidekick Robo. Margaret has recently moved to Port Townsend from Colorado and she decided to set this book on the very “mysterious and foreboding” Olympic Peninsula.
