(Airdate: September 25, 2024) Join host Nan Evans as she heads into a local forest with another Nature Now host, Jackie Canterbury. Jackie will help Nan and listeners learn to better identify birds by ear and understand some of their special behavior.
(Airdate: September 24, 2024) The Bingling Caves are filled with some of the finest Buddhist sculptures in China, dating back to as much as sixteen hundred years ago. Like the caves of Maijishan outside Tianshii, they’re spread across a cliff face—only this particular cliff face is in a gorge, two hundred meters from the Yellow River….
(Airdate: September 23, 2024) Eden Blooms and Gabe Van Lelyveld talk about their projects presenting the human cost of being unhoused – Eden’s Photo Voice and Gabe’s feature documetary. Then, Tracy Grisman and Tracy Grisman on their shared projects including A.I.R.E. (Artist In Residence Educational program at the transfer station.)
(Airdate: September 20, 2024) Co-hosts Commissioner Kate Dean and Jim Burke talk with Jefferson County Tax Assessor Jeff Chapman about how taxes are assessed on properties in the county.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark visited with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro and heard about the joint meeting of City Council and Planning commission last Wednesday. They took the “People, Planet and Prosperity Tour” of three sites around Port Townsend as they explored the impact of planning on our built environment with some experiential learning. You can take the tour too. Go to https://www.pt2045planning.org/ and click on the map for a copy of the guidebook. John also gave some shout-outs to city staff who have being going above and beyond dealing with some recent urgent repairs.
(Airdate: September 19, 2024) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can brings stories about nonprofits, volunteer opportunites and folks who take an out-of-the-box approach to giving back to community. Marie Yousefirad is one such person. Determined to take a tragic event and make a difference Marie Youssefirad pursued funding for the Fariborz Youssefirad Memorial Health Scholarship – a scholarship program dedicated to bringing nutrition education into the classrooms. Learn about how one person did it “In their Own Way”.
(Airdate: September 18, 2024) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we speak with Scott Brinton, co-founder and executive director of the CedarRoot School, about tracking and its importance to wildlife conservation. This is part 1 of a two-part program.
(Airdate: September 17, 2024) Maryanne interviews Karyn Stillwater, a veteran yoga instructor who is now leading groups who are routinely jumping in the Salish Sea. It’s called “cold plunging” and Karyn is a proponent of the medical benefits of regularly dipping into icy water. There’s no set temperature for your submersion but it has to be cold enough to be downright “uncomfortable.” Her group meets down in the water off Fort Worden three times a week. Karyn’s training is with Dutch master Wim Hof. She’s about to do additional training in Poland with Wim Hof and will soon be offering more foreign-based workshops. She’s already offering some foreign wellness workshops (website: karynstillwell.com).
(Airdate: September 17, 2024) We’re in Gansu Province and we’re visiting the Bingling Caves, 70 kilometers southwest of Lanzhou. After a two hour bus ride to the Liujiaxia Dam and Hydroelectric Station, we still had another three hour boat ride to the end of the Liujiaxia reservoir, filled by the Yellow River….
(Airdate: September 16, 2024) This will be the 25th anniversary film festival, held on Sept 19-22, 2024, with the Virtual Festival running the following week. Attention Please! host Larry Stein spoke with Christy Spencer, the Program Manager for the Festival. Christy shares her enthusiasm for film and our very popular festival with KPTZ listeners. We hear about special guest Catherine Hardwicke, who will attend the screening of one of her breakout films, Thirteen (she was also director of the first Twilight film). Many facets of PTFF are highlighted – free outdoor movies, Festival Forums on the film world, Highlights of the full program of Documentaries, Narrative, and Short films.
