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KPTZ Fundraiser Show

(Airdate: October 14, 2024) KPTZ Board President Jon Pinnow talks with KPTZ General Manager Taylor Clark about our wonderful community radio station and why it is worthy of your support. This is an NPR quality episode, so listen in to hear how good your local radio station can sound.

Silk

(Airdate: October 15, 2024) We’re traveling south of Lanzhou and Linxia, and after a long, long bus ride we’ve finally arrived at Xiahe and to our destination, the Tibetan Buddhist complex of Labrang, one of the most important training centers outside Tibet.

#252 Nathan Barnett and the Haunted Bordello

(Airdate: October 15, 2024) Maryanne interviews Nathan Barnett, the creative force behind the upcoming “return of the Haunted Bordello.” The Halloween adjacent event is on October 25 and 26. It riffs on PT’s scandalous and blood-soaked history of bordellos and sailors. Nathan describes it as “a titillating tour of a time that never was.” Part burlesque and part horror show — participants start off at a villainous “spookeasy” called “The Billy Club” (aka Bridget’s Loft). The actors skimpy costumes are R rated — not X rated. Pre-covid there was a version of The Haunted Bordello at the Old Consulate Inn, which is owned by Nathan and wife Cindy. He’s also the mastermind of PT’s Steampunk Festival, For more info go to hauntedbordello.com.

Silk

(Airdate: October 15, 2024) Linxia is the area where much of the painted pottery in the Gansu Provincial Museum was unearthed. Until about a thousand years ago, Linxia, and not Lanzhou, was the major focus of Silk Road trade in this part of China….

County Connections

(Airdate: October 11, 2024) Co-Hosts Jim Burke and Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean talk with Epidemiologist Alyssa Wyrsch about the healthy youth survey regarding mental health and substance use.

Brewocracy Now ~ 10/10/24

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark talked with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro about what’s going on with the Fort Worden PDA, about the Port Townsend city budget process and a bit about ongoing road work projects.

Spaced Out

(Airdate: October 10, 2024 – Spaced out. Ray gets inspired to punch someone in the nose.

Booklovers’ Cafe – Conner Bouchard-Roberts, Field Companion

(Airdate: October 8, 2024) Cris Wilson welcomes Connor Bouchard-Roberts to Booklovers’ Cafe to talk about his book A Field Companion for Wandering. Connor has traveled widely and wandered far. He loves words and maps and art so he has crafted this book to slip into a back pocket or pack and pull out for a pause on the trail or to prepare one for a journey. From advice on how to pack and keeping a journal to a definition of daemon, this book is a thought provoking delight.

#692 Community Forestry on Chimacum Ridge, part 1

(Airdate: October 9, 2024) Community forestry? What is that? Find out as Nan Evans
meets up with Jefferson Land Trust staff and advisors on Chimacum Ridge to explore
what is happening there now that the Land Trust owns the property.