On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Cassandra Tate, historian and journalist, and author of "Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West," published by Sasquatch Books in 2020.

For more information about Tate's book:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604178/unsettled-ground-by-cassandra-tate/

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with the teen filmmakers whose archival photo and film-rich documentary, "Freeing the Elwha: Setting the Standard for Breaking the Nation's River Barriers" won numerous History Day awards in 2020. Featured are Jacob Gannon, Ivy Pete and Alexis Schallock.

To watch the film on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/vyIQmWB1yVw

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Lenora Whiteman, author of the new historical novel "Snowbound Stagecoach" -- based on years of research, and set during the extreme Oregon Country Winter of 1861-1862.

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with University of Washington History Professor Emeritus Dr. Quintard Taylor, author of an important history of Seattle's Central District, and the founder of BlackPast.org.

For more info about Dr. Taylor's work:

www.blackpast.org

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Maggie Wetherbee, new Head of Collections for the Washington State Historical Society and the WSHS effort to collect pandemic-related artifacts and stories.

For more info on donating COVID-19 artifacts to WSHS:

http://www.washingtonhistory.org/research/collections/yourCOVIDstory/

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Julie McDonald Zander, author of "Washington Territory's Grand Lady: The Story of Matilda (Glover) Koontz Jackson," and important figure in 19th century Lewis County. The book is based on archival research Ms. McDonald Zander conducted as part of her history consulting business called Chapters of Life.

For more info on the book:

www.chaptersoflife.com/?page_id=1325

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Lynette Miller, who retired from the Washington State Historical Society as Head of Collections in February 2020. Miller was with WSHS for 23 years, and is a specialist in Native American basketry. She looks back on her career and the changes in museums and collecting that she's witnessed over the years, as well as the enduring power of genuine artifacts to tell important stories.

To donate an artifact to the Washington State Historical Society:

www.washingtonhistory.org/research/collections/collections-donation/

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Ron Judd, staff writer for The Seattle Times’ Pacific NW Magazine on what we can learn from the history of Seattle and the Northwest during 1920s that might come in handy in the 2020s. Ron’s piece is called “Studying Seattle’s Roaring ’20s history might help us get through this next decade.” It appeared in the print edition of the Sunday Seattle Times of January 12, 2020.

For Ron's piece in The Seattle Times:

www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/studying-seattles-roaring-20s-history-might-help-us-get-through-this-next-decade/

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Rick James, author of "Don't Never Tell Nobody Nothin' No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running" from British Columbia's Harbour Publishing. The Autumn 2019 issue of COLUMBIA magazine features an excerpt from James's book.

For more info on the book:

http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/DontNeverTellNobodyNothinNoHow

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Jennifer Mortensen of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation about the Heritage Barn grant program that the WTHP administers for the Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. The grant deadline is coming up at the end of October 2019; get more information at www.preservewa.gov.

For more information or to subscribe to COLUMBIA Magazine:

www.washingtonhistory.org

Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.