This week on the Compass, as we approach National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a Port Townsend woman who was diagnosed with the disease undergoes an experimental treatment, and allows us to follow her every step of the way.
Heart of Learning: Summer Learning
(First airdate: September 6, 2018) In this episode of Heart of Learning, Heather McRae-Woolf interviews children about their summer learning experiences, including songwriting, birdwatching, and more.
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Nature Now #377
A Late Summer Reverie at the Pond
(First airdate: September 5, 2018) Mary Robson welcomes back Fidalgo Island author and nature explorer Bob Jepperson to discuss the effect of drought on beaver ponds and the activities of owls.
Tossed Salad at the Wooden Boat Festival 9/07/2018
Join Phil Andrus and Tossed Salad an hour early (right after the noon Weekend Calendars) this Friday for an afternoon of sea(food) salad. Live from the grounds of the Wooden Boat Festival! Stop by and see radio in the making.
12:10 – Barb Trailer, WBF Exec Director, interview
12:30 – Bertram Levy, bandoneon
1:00 – Greg Hatten, drift boats and national parks
1:30 – Tania Opland and Mike Freeman, instrumentals and maybe a song or two
2:00 – Kaci Cronkhite and Nancy Erley, women at sea
2:30 – Mike and Val James, folk duo
3:00 – Members of Team Sail Like a Girl: Aimee Fulwell, Anna Stevens, Haley Lhamon, Kelly Danielson
3:30 – Whateverly Brothers, two of ‘em, with instruments
4:00 – Mimi George, interviewed by Chris Bricker
4:30 – Steve Wystrach, producer and director of “Manry at Sea”
4:45 – Don White, reading a sea story
Local 20-20, Part 1
(First airdate: September 4, 2018) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can presents two of the action groups that are born out of the Local 2020 organization – Transportation and Climate Change – two very intertwined actions groups within the Local 20/20 effort. Hear how Cindy Jayne and David Thielk work to educate and inform the community on these two very critical topics impacting our community.
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In Conversation – Ellen Forney
(First aired September 4, 2018) Sheila Bender speaks via phone with book-length cartoonist Ellen Forney about her recent nonfiction graphic books concerning bi-polar disorder, and her cartooning and teaching career.
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Nature Now #376
Plastics in the Ocean and on the Beach – Part 1
(First airdate: August 29, 2018) Host is Nan Evans talks with Port Townsend Marine Science Center Executive Director Janine Boire about problems caused by the buildup of plastics in the ocean.
Compass for the Week of 9/03/2018
This week on the Compass, we catch up with a Port Ludlow couple who left home five months ago to hike from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail; they’re finally back home, and they have a story to tell.
Thor Hanson
(First airdate: September 2, 2018) The 2018 Huntingford Humanities Lecture is being given by author and conservation biologist Thor Hanson. Booklovers’ Cafe host Cris Wilson talks to Thor about his latest book Buzz: the Nature and Necessity of Bees.
Party on the Pier Is Almost Here!
Come visit KPTZ on Friday, August 31 from 4-8pm on Union Wharf (end of Taylor Street in Port Townsend). It’s our second annual KPTZ Party on the Pier concert and fundraiser! Dance music by Seattle-based, horn-driven band High Pulp, plus DJ Silace Amaro with all-vinyl funk music. All ages welcome! Beer, wine and cider available, 21 and over. Admission: $10 suggested donation.
