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(Airdate: October 21, 2025) We’re in Xinjiang Province, and we’ve just arrived In the town of Hami. Up to now we’ve seen people in every Silk Road Town wearing skull caps of various colors. Usually they’re white, and occasionally black or dark green. Such caps are part of the Muslims’ traditional dress. In Hami, the […]
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(Airdate: October 20, 2025) Attention Please! welcomes Key City Public Theatre’s Executive Artistic Director Denise Winter and the cast of Key City’s production of Misery, currently showing at the theatre. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
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(Airdate: October 17, 2025) Jim Burke and Commissioner Heather Dudley-Nollette are joined by Karen Affeld, Director of the North Olympic Development Council. They discuss what the Council does for Jefferson AND Clallam County business development and preservation of the environment (the built and the natural environment.) The area has a high number of unemployed among […]
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KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, as we reflected on his past four years as mayor, as his term ends at the close of the year.
The post Brewocracy Now ~ 10/16/25 first appeared on KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend.
(Airdate; October 15, 2025) What was that “pffit, pffit” sound? That small, triangular fin? A dolphin? But it doesn’twant to play in our boat’s bow wake. Ah, it is a Harbor Porpoise, the smallest cetacean found in the Salish Sea. What do we know about them? Not very much it seems. Scientists are just learning […]
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(Airdate: October 14, 2025) Maryanne interviews Ned Schumann, founder of Olympus.net. This show delves into some deeply personal issues surrounding the death of his wife, Kate, who suffered from dementia. Early in her downward spiral, Kate, Ned and daughter Carrie decided to go the path of VSED (that stands for Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking). […]
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Each month KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-hosts Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek to bring you news, updates and stories surrounding our vibrant maritime community. At the Third Annual Boatyard Salmon BBQ, fishermen, shipwrights and members of the community celebrated the return of the fishing fleet. Amid trollers, seiners, […]
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(Airdate: October 14, 2025) We’ve finally left the Gansu Province and entered Xinjiang. In a very real sense, we’ve left China. From here on out the Han Chinese would be in a minority. In fact they wouldn’t be here at all, had it not been for a tribe of rowdy barbarians…
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(Airdate: October 13, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark sat down with Dylan Quarles and Fred Obee, candidates for Port Townsend City Council Position 1 for a conversation about their campaigns.
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(Airdate: October 10, 2025) This week on County Connections, Jim Burke and co-host Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcome Jessica Lowe, who is the Director of the Jefferson County Children’s Advocacy Center. From their webpage: “In response to the needs of Jefferson County, efforts are currently underway by the Olympic Peninsula YMCA and community partners to develop […]
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KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro were joined by Coucil member Neil Nelson. They discussed the situation with encampment behind DHS and importance of helping unhoused city residents. The original unedited version of an opinion piece Neil wrote for the Leader is now available on their website here.
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(Reprise Airdate: October 8, 2025) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we speak with Scott Brinton, co-founder and executive director of the CedarRoot School, about tracking and its importance to wildlife conservation. This is part 1 of a two-part program.
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Each month KPTZ’s Chris Bricker joins co-host Siobhan Canty, president and CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, to explore new paradigms, new developments, and organizations that have sprouted from our County’s good people doing good work. There’s a movement afoot to reimagine dementia care by emphasizing engagement and support. In conversation with us today are Nikki […]
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(Airdate: October 7, 2025) We’ve finally left Gansu Province and Dunghuang behind and heading for Hami, the next oasis on the northern branch of the Silk Road. The size of the Oases along the Silk Road always surprised us. It took our bus almost 30 minutes to get past the fields and pastures, and then […]
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(Airdate: October 5, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark talked Stu Kerber and Matt Ready, candidates for Jefferson County Hospital Commissioner Position 3.
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For the October Public Health Report the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) led off with a proclamation for Mental Health Week. Dr. Allison Berry talked about vaccines and the scarcity of COVID vaccines for children, RSV is pretty rare at the moment. The latest COVID and Flu vaccines are available for adults and recommended, especially […]
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KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro welcomed Jefferson Historical Society Executive Director Tara McCauley to talk about changes at the museum. We talked about how history can shed light on current events and help us better understand our world. Tune in to hear about Tara’s favorite item from the collection. Also, […]
The post Brewocracy Now ~ 10/02/25 first appeared on KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend.
(Airdate: October 1, 2025) Please join Nature Now this week as we explore the world of science books for kids! Debaran Kelso speaks with celebrated author Melissa Stewart about her upcoming book From Bam! to Burp! A Carbon Atom’s Never-Ending Journey Through Space and Time and YOU!
The post #743 From Bam! to Burp! The Role of Carbon in Our World first appeared on KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend.
(Airdate: September 30, 2025) Maryanne interviews Joshua Bingham, aka “The Large Man of PT.” Joshua is indeed a very large man physically. He also likes helping people. He was employed as a caretaker for mentally challenged clients for a few years. But he was always available to help people move furniture and other bulky items. […]
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(Airdate: September 30, 2025) We’re in Gansu Province, and we’ve just watched the secret of silk leave china in a woman’s hairdo through Jade Gate Pass. From there the secret traveled through the Lop Desert on the southern branch of the silk road to the kingdom of Khotan, and from there on to India. But […]
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