Dec. 2, 2015 – Host Debaran Kelso interviews Dr. Fred Sharpe via phone and discusses all things relevant to humpback whales in our area. Closing music is “The Little Baby Humpback Whale,” performed by Brent Holmes.
Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Amanda Mulholland, the new Director of the Jefferson County Farmers Market. Amanda grew up in PT, but it was her stint in Uganda with the Peace Corp. that focused her passion on safe, sustainable food. She’s had elaborate gardens and raised chickens at home. But running the Farmer’s Market gives her scope to broaden her mission, taking our Farmer’s Market to the next level.
Cris Wilson interviews Richard Jesse Watson, a locally based, and internationally respected artist, illustrator and author. Much of his imagery is based on local characters in Port Townsend, with a fanciful twist.
Nov. 25, 2015 – Host Nan Evans welcomes Skip and Rebekah Cadorette to the KPTZ studio to perform three songs and talk about their original lyrics that entertain and educate.
Sheila Ramsey interviews Ken Dane and Chester Prudhomme of Port Townsend’s Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization (ECHHO).
Host Sheila Bender interviews Port Townsend poet and blues musician Gary Lilley, and discusses his background and career.
Nov. 18, 2015 – Host Mary Robson interviews Jude Rubin about her Plant-A-Thon project and her persona as a “Bag Monster.”
Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Jessica Wall, a young, ambitious banker with First Federal. Wall says that banking is one of the few industries where you can start at age 18 with no degree (as she did) and work yourself up into the executive ranks. This single 20-something also manages find time to to play and party in Port Townsend.
This week on the Compass we reprise a program from last February about an artist and a scientist who collaborate to give a full picture of a community in Greenland, and a town meeting in which participants in the Marine Discoveries Intitiative give the program high marks.
This week on the Compass we take a look at the newly unveiled Climate Change Preparedness Plan for the North Olympic Peninsula, the product of two years of work by multiple agencies.
