(First airdate: June 24, 2017 On June 10th, Steve Evans and Marcia Perlstein interviewed a range of LGBTQ participants and straight allies. They also covered the rally at Haller Fountain emceed by KPTZ’s Ellen Bonjorno. Major organizers of the parade were Susan Brittain and Share DeWees.
(First airdate: June 27, 2017) Local volunteers Abi Katz and Robin Bailey step into booth to talk with Everybody Can host Sheila Ramsey about their volunteer experiences. Abi often works the KPTZ front desk and Robin Bailey is co-manager of the Saturday Food Bank.
(first aired June 21, 2017). Host Debaran Kelso talks with Dr. Fred Sharpe to explain eBird, the online database for birding enthusiasts. Closing music is “Towards The Sun,”, performed by E-Bird.
(Recorded June 22, 2017) Steve Evans, KPTZ News Director, spoke with Derek Kilmer on Thursday, June 22 about the recent shooting on the Congressional Baseball field, the President’s proposed budget, cuts on environmental and health programs, and citizen reaction on the attempts to revoke and replace the Affordable Care Act.
This week on the Compass, correspondent Martha Baskin reports on climate activists who are trying to stop the construction of the largest methanol manufacturing plant in the world at the port of Kalama WA. A failing culvert forces the closure of Highway 20 between Eaglemount Road and Anderson Lake Road for a week. And, as summer approaches, ranchers’ minds turn to relieving their livestock of their wool, so we revisit a story from several years ago: Shearing Day at the Rosebud Ranch and Fiber Studio.
(First airdate: June 20, 2017) FIGHTING FOR JOBS ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Brian Kuh, executive director of EDC Team Jefferson. Visitors have long fantasized about starting their own company here on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. But few manage to get past the daydream stage. Brian and his team at the Economic Development Council are working behind the scenes, helping entrepreneurs turn those dreams into reality.
(first aired June 14, 2017). Host Mary Robson talks with Christie Lassen of Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner and discusses what goes on in the brains of songbirds. Closing music is “If I Only Had a Brain,” sung by Natalie Merchant.
(first aired June 13, 2017). Host Sheila Bender interviews Port Townsend “hidden” poet and artist Marīa Moustakas.
(first aired May 30, 2017). Host Sheila Bender interviews via phone Seattle’s book maven, and now novelist, Nancy Pearl.
