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C. Nielson Taylor

(Airdate: Jan 13, 2016) Host Chris Wilson talks to C. Nielson Taylor, author of Being Human, a young adult novel of a child raised by animals in the forest.

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#98 YMCA

Sheila Ramsey interviews Dana Nixon and Sara Ybarra Lopez of the Jefferson County YMCA.

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Buried Child

(First airdate: January 4, 2016) Cris Wilson interviews director David Hillman and actors Michelle Hensel, and Jason Noltemeier of Sam Shepard’s play Buried Child, presented at the Chameleon Theater by the One Time Players.

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#242 A Winter Walk with Lichens

Host Mary Robson continues a December conversation with lichenologist Dr. Katherine Glew of the University of Washington and discusses lichens in winter. Closing music is “Authority Song” performed by John Cougar Mellencamp.

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Mandy Smith

Host Sheila Bender interviews Portland memoirist Mandy Smith via phone, and discusses her recent memoir and her activism against childhood abuse.

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#241 Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count 2015

Host Nan Evans speaks in studio with Monica Fletcher, and discusses the whats and wherefores of the Christmas Audubon Bird Count of 2015. Closing music is “Counting is Wonderful,” performed by the Count from Sesame Street.

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#240 Parasitic Plants of the Olympic Peninsula

Dec. 23, 2015 – Host Debaran Kelso talks in studio with botanist Dr. Fred Weinmann and delves into everything to do with mistletoe and other parasitic plants. Closing music is “Under the Mistletoe,” performed by The Bashling Friends.

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Compass for the Week of December 21

This week on the Compass we talk with Port Townsend’s own delegates to the recent Paris climate talks, and then we attend a high school chemistry class where a common household cleaner is presented as the possible green fuel for the future.

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#53 Daniel Knudson

FEAST WITH YOUR EYES FIRST.  Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews culinary legend Daniel Knudson on the best and worst of holiday feasts. Knudson, who is currently a fixture at Key City Fish, reveals secrets to the perfect (or more perfect) holiday meal.

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#8 Drunken Fruit & Local Butchering

Mara shares her family recipe for drunken fruit, preserving food as a holiday gift. Local butchering of a pig raised by Janet Aubin on Finn River farm.

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