(Airdate: August 6, 2024) We’ve been visiting one of China’s greatest repositories of Buddhist art, on a mountain called Maijishan. We returned to Tianshii, too late to find a room in town. But it was just as well, none of the hotels in town had hot water anyway, and we wanted a bath….
Podcasts
#247 Mary Irwin, Mediating Conflicts
(Airdate: August 6, 2024) Maryanne interviews Mary Irwin, Senior Mediator & Interim Executive Director of the Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center (CDRC). Getting a divorce? Have a nasty landlord/tenant problem? Dozens of such reasons might send you to the non-profit CDRC. It can be quite affordable and they don’t turn anyone away for lack of funds. Even after years of mediating case after case, Mary still finds the work immensely rewarding. Every childcare plan is unique and every dispute can raise new twists on fairly old situations. Most people think their divorce or their wrongful termination tops most other conflicts. Perhaps — but the basic theme is the same. Still, conflicts evolve. For example, mediation wasn’t really necessary for vaccination decisions until the pandemic. Mediation continues to be quite common.
Wooly Dogs
(Airdate: August 5, 2024 – Wooly Dogs)
Dacha Theater Company
(Airdate: August 5, 2024) Host Jim Burke talks with two actors (Emily Huntingford and Mike Lion ) and a Director (Leo Lion) from Dacha Theatre Company out of Seattle who are in Chetzemoka Park Friday through Sunday August 16-18 performing Midsummer “Dice” Dream, Shakespeare’s comedy with a twist. Also, a little reportage to start with about the Fiber Internet outage and Jefferson County Airport Day.
Brewocracy Now ~ 8/01/24
Guest host Jim Burke is joined by co-host John Mauro and Celeste Tell, Interim Executive Director of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority, and Anna Gill, S.W. Region Superintendent of Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. They discuss the future of Fort Worden and the dramatic step that Fort Worden PDA took on this date asking the City of Port Townsend to DISSOLVE the Fort Worden PDA.
#682 What Your Food Ate, part 2
(Reprise airdate: July 31, 2024) Join Nan Evans as she talks with scientists and authors, David Montgomery and Anne Biklé, about their recent book What Your Food Ate. This is part 2 of a two-part story.
Silk
(Airdate: July 30, 2024) We’re at the Buddhist caves of Maijishan, or “Wheatstack Mountain.” It’s not really a mountain. It’s a big monolith of red rock sticking out sticking out of the hills of the Qinling Mountains. But the calves are real, all 194 of them….
Formative Years – Our Youngest and Dearest
(Airdate: July 25, 2024) Formative Years – Our Youngest and Dearest. Gabrielle VanWert, Development Director of Jumping Mouse discusses this nonprofit’s challenges and successes as they come alongside children and their families who face the increasingly common needs for mental health services for our youngest and dearest.
Dr. Allison Berry
(Airdate: July 29, 2024) This week host Jim Burke is joined by Chief Public Health Officer for Jefferson and Clallam Counties Dr. Allison Berry. They discuss this summers Covid-19 surge, avian influenza, shellfish poisoning, potential smoke issues, and more,
Brewocracy Now ~ 7/25/24
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro talked with Chief Bret Black from EJFR and Michael Spears, Water Resources Operations Manager for the City of Port Townsend about the related issues brought on by dry conditions: wildfires and water availability. So mow your parking strips (in the morning, please) and look for conservation tips in the upcoming August city newsletter.
