(Airdate: December 6, 2023) Nan Evans talks with Jim Bodkin about what scientists have learned about otter ecology and conservation since they were nearly forced into extinction by fur hunters – specifically how important sea otters are to healthy, diverse and resilient ocean ecosystems. How do we know if and when the sea otters have been restored to pre-hunting conditions? Is there a relationship between climate change and healthy sea otter populations?
(Airdate: December 6, 2023) Remembering What I Forget – Thinking is Over-Rated.
Hosts Chris Bricker and Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, join Port Townsend Education Foundation board member Rebekah Minarchek, Salish Coast Fourth Grade teacher Christine Keiley, and Blue Heron School eighth grade student Eliot Minarchek, to discuss how the Foundation enables teachers who are looking to fund more interactive and diverse projects during the school year, and about some interesting projects that the students have already enjoyed.
(Airdate: December 5, 2023) Joining Cris Wilson to talk about her writing career and her latest book is Rachel Fordham. Rachel’s latest novel is titled The Letter Tree. It is set in Buffalo, New York in 1924, a place Rachel knows well, and it shows. She writes with an open mind discovering where her characters will lead her, always asking What if? In the novel Laura Bradshaw is the heir to the Bradshaw Shoe Company and since her mother died she has been isolated by an overprotective father. He is consumed by his business and his feud with his competitor, the Campbell Shoe Company. Laura is forbidden to associate with anyone from the Campbell clan and she eases her isolation by exchanging letters with a mysterious friend. Part romance, part mystery, this is a book to relax your mind in troubled times.
(Airdate: December 4, 2023) In the second of three (or more) shows on Chimacum, you will hear: Crystie Kisler on the past, present and future of Finnriver Farm; Simon Walter-Hansen on his new endeavor, the Chimacum Cafe; and Holly Hughes on the poetry and prose of Empty Bowl Press. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
(Airdate: December 1, 2023) Guest host Taylor Clark spoke with Mark McCauley, Jefferson County Administrator and Judy Shepherd, Jefferson County Finance Manager about the county budget process. The biannual budget will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners this Monday, December 4. This is the end of a process that began in October. Listen in to find out more about how the budget is created.
Co-hosts Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City manager John Mauro had a wide-ranging and relaxed discussion on a variety of topics including the new roundabout, Discovery Road, the new test patch paving on Lawrence, and the upcoming contract for the Port Townsend Golf Park. Apparently it is going to include frisbee golf!
(November 30, 2023) Which Came First: Third World Toilets, Chubby Checker, or a Chicken or an Egg.
(Reprise airdate: November 29, 2023) Host Nan Evans interviews Research Wildlife Biologist Jim Bodkin in Part 1 of a 2-part discussion of sea otters.
Part Two of a special tour of Port of Port Townsend’s Boatyard with students and faculty of the Williams College/Mystic Connecticut Seaport Coastal & Ocean Studies Program. This episode is all about “the Catch” – fishing and life on the water. Hosts Chris Bricker and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek visit Brian Dafforn, skipper and owner of the Polaris, one of the twenty remaining historic vessels of the Longliner Fleet; Captain Ozzie Anderson, owner of the fishing tender Sunnyvale: and Rick Ottman, captain and owner of schooner Cape Cleare, along with crew member Kaila Janders.
