(Airdate: July 16, 2024) As we pulled out of the Baoji station heading west, we passed a couple of hobos in the train yard waiting for a freight train to do the same. Like hobos around the world, they were probably looking for work and couldn’t afford the bus fair to the next job….
Podcasts
Joel Martin
This week, co-hosts Jim Burke and Christine Rogers interview virtuoso guitarist and vocalist Joel Martin, a one-man band who, aided by effects and loops, plays very full versions of Grateful Dead songs. Joel played a 2-1/2 hour non-stop set at the Keg & I on Saturday 7/20/24. Assisting the interview was friend of Joel and former KPTZ news reporter Casey Dolan. See their group photo below. You can view Joel’s YouTube channel here.
Ten Small Men
(Airdate: July 22, 2024 – Ten Small Men)
Community Tides ~ 7/16/24
Alyssa deLeon, Centrum’s Program Manager for Creative Youth Development, joins us to talk about a very special Program called “Voices from the Field Arts Academy” which is offered each season here on the Fort Worden Campus. The Program provides outstanding arts experiences for middle school students in Washington State’s migrant education programs.
County Connections
(Airdate: July 19, 2024) This week Jim Burke and co-host Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Brotherton talk about some ongoing issues around the county and dovetail discussions with a limited playlist. Topics include: The Pool, LTAC (Lodging Tax Advisory Committee), Housing, and the Community Fire Protection Plan,
Crazy News
(Airdate: July 18, 2024) Crazy News, Including Poopy Protests, Corn Kernels On your Chest, and Animal incest.
Brewocracy Now ~ 7/18/24
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and co-host John Mauro were joined by Port Townsend Mayor David Faber. We spoke about the golf park, the city council’s upcoming strategic planning meeting, the upcoming comp plan gala (Monday at 5pm at the Cotton Building) and the effort to choose an additional city council member. Madeline Bartos Mauro also joined us and talked about the library summer reading program.
A Lens on the Local: Jefferson County Beacon
(Airdate: July 18, 2024) Nhatt Nichols and Derek Firenze, co-founders of the Jefferson County Beacon joins host Missy Nielsen to discuss this nonprofit news outlet- a digital news resource “managed by a board of your friends and neighbors”. The Beacon strives to provide a beacon of independent news, dedicated to impartiality and freedom from undue influence in reporting local news.
#680 Pigeon Guillemot Survey, part 1
(Reprise Airdate: July 17, 2024) Dr. Brenda Johnson is the leader of the East Jefferson Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey which is part of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. This network is a community science project that monitors breeding colonies of Pigeon Guillemots, an endemic seabird. Join Jackie Canterbury as she discusses the project with Dr. Brenda Johnson who will share reflections about this seabird and what we can learn about the birds’ role in a healthy coastal ecosystem.
Jonathan Evison and Lawn Boy
(Airdate: July 15, 2024) This week on Attention Please! we have a special show. Jim Burke is joined by co-host, DJ Christine and they interview NY Times bes-selling author Jonathan Evison, who talks about his banned book Lawn Boy and the Centrum Writers Workshops at Fort Worden, where he is teaching this week; and his rescue of a bear cub.
