(Airdate: April 20, 2026) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark welcomed the Friends of Fort Worden. Vicki Legman is a board member and the volunteer coordinator, while John Hall is a board member and the trail team lead. April is Money Muscle month for the Friends. Check their website at https://www.fwfriends.org/ to get involved.
(Airdate: April 22, 2026) Imagine life in the very deep sea – eternal darkness, no plant photosynthesis to form the base of the food webs, water temperatures hovering around freezing, pressures 1000 times greater than at the surface. Yet complex and diverse ecosystems exist; weird and sometimes very large creatures float and swim; and around 80% of this world remains unexplored. Mysteries and unknowns. Join Nan Evans and her guest, oceanographer Chris Kelley, as they consider life in deep ocean. This is Part 1 of a 3-part series.
(Airdate: April 17, 2026) Commissioner Greg Brotherton joins co-host Jim Burke, remotely, from the PRTPO retreat. Peninsula Regional Transportation Planning Organization (PRTPO) is responsible for ensuring on-going coordinated transportation planning amongst its members and identifying long-range issues or opportunities affecting the region. Guests include: From Kitsap Transit: Amna Parson, PRTPO Coordinator, and Edward Coviello, PRTPO Coordinator — Lead Planing Agency & Title VI Coordinator. Also joining in the convo: Thera Black, of 3P Transportation Services, and Marianna Hanefeld, with Washington State Dept. of Transportation More info at: https://www.prtpo.com/.
(Airdate: April 15, 2026) Join Jackie Canterbury as she talks with Kurt Hoelting about his new book, Apprentice to the Wild. Kurt’s work asks a timely question: what might the wild still have to teach us? Today we reflect on his life from early encounters with wildness to his embrace of Zen practice. At a moment when many of us feel increasingly disconnected from nature, from country, even from ourselves, wildness is a poignant topic.
(Airdate: April 14, 2026) We’re in Xinjiang Province, visiting the Astana Tombs, where the elite were buried fifteen hundred years ago. Since we remembered our flashlights we were able to visit the underground chambers. Most of the artifacts discovered there have been removed to a museum, but there are a number of well-preserved corpses and a number of wall paintings. One of the paintings in particular is worth mentioning….
(Airdate: April 14, 2026) Maryanne interviews John Mauro, PT City Manager. You see his name in the newspapers, he’s a regular on a weekly show on KPTZ. And he even has regular coffee sessions with community members. But do you have any idea who he really is? He studied Environmental Science and led hikes in the Himalayas. He won the prestigious Watson Fellowship which took him to Ghana, Nepal, Australia and Bolivia. He was in the Peace Corp. and later worked at an Environmental Center in Aspen, Colorado. When his wife found a job as a Professor at the University of Auckland it was off to New Zealand for seven years. That’s all before coming to PT. There’s more. Find out on Our Town.
On alternate weeks each month KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-hosts, Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek to bring you news, updates and stories surrounding our vibrant maritime community. After getting an update from Port Director Eron, Pam and Chris stop by and visit Captain Jeff Golden and his Purse Seiner f.v. Challenger. He’s the kind of guy that earns tremendous loyalty and longevity among his seagoing crew as well as his haul-out maintenance folk, as you’ll soon find out!
(Airdate: April 13, 2026 – The Wreck of the Clallam) – Offshore tragedy
(Airdate: April 10, 2026) Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissoner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jeremy Williammee, Director of Jefferson County Department of Community Development (DCD). They talk about the latest iteration of The Comprehensive Plan which is a twenty-year plan required by state law, and is updated every ten years. Learn more: https://co.jefferson.wa.us/1708/2025-Periodic-Update
