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(Airdate: July 29, 2026) Today we are speaking with Dr. Eric Wagner about his book Seabirds as Sentinels. The Pacific coast—often called the “Blue Serengeti”—is one of the most productive ecosystems on earth and an important region for seabird research. The book’s central theme is that seabirds serve as sentinels, or early-warning indicators, of the health of our marine ecosystems. Wagner takes us to two nearby islands; Protection and Destruction as we travel into auklet burrows under the cover of night.

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(Airdate: July 28, 2026) Booklovers Café host Cris Wilson welcomes Patricia Henley to the program. Patricia is an author, poet, playwright, and teacher. She is best known for her novel Hummingbird House, which was a National Book Award finalist. Today Cris is going to talk to Patricia about her new collection of stories, titled Apple and Palm. This is a strong collection of stories, reminiscent of Olive Kitteridge, with an emphasis on character and setting. Port Townsend listeners will fall in love with the artistic characters of the Tansy co-op.

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(Airdate: July 28, 2026) Despite the daily arrival of a few hundred day trippers, the one thing that hasn’t changed is that the slopes surrounding Heavenly Lake are still home to the Kazakhs, who’ve been grazing their sheep here for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. To supplement their income they rent out yurts to the handful of visitors who stay past sundown…

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(Airdate: July 27, 2026) Retired DNR forester Mike Cronin and Malloree Weinheimer, owner of Chickadee Forestry, talk of their professional relationship and the development of small-scale forest management in Jefferson County.  Hosted by Phil Andrus.

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KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined by Director of Public Works Steve King and they discussed the street construction going on around town. The city apparently does not know where each and every one of the potholes are and needs our help in reporting them. You can do your part by going to https://cityofpt.us/publicworks/page/report-concern-inquiry. (Note, if this link appears to invalid, that is, lined through, ignore that – it still works!)

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(Reprise airdate: July 22, 2026) Nan Evans talks with Thor Hanson, biologist and author, to explore the wonders of biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety of life on earth from genes and species to ecosystems. Biodiversity encompasses the interactions between all living things, animals (including humans), plants, fungi, microorganisms and the environments they inhabit and communities they create. Biodiversity has been attributed with holding the world together.

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(Airdate: July 21, 2026) Maryanne interviews Apple Martine, director of Jefferson County Public Health. Her parents were into what is usually called an alternative lifestyle. But Apple discovered a passion for learning. Her first degree was in zoology. Somehow that led her to healthcare and more specifically nursing. Many of us first became aware of our Public Health Department during the pandemic. But it does much more. Their underlying mission is to protect human life. The Health Department can literally close down restaurants that are not up to code. Also, as there is no Planned Parenthood office in Jefferson County, the Public Health Department helps bridge that gap. Lately, working with the “unhoused” has been a major priority.

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(Airdate: July 21, 2026) When the Chinese first noticed the Kazakhs, they were part of the confederation of tribes known as the Wusun. That was two thousand years ago. Over the succeeding centuries the Wusun confederation mingled with other nomad groups, including the Turks, the Uyghurs and the Mongols. And finally in the 15th century they formed their own independent tribe…

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(Airdate: July 20, 2026) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark got to talk with Annie Scott, the director of the Jefferson County Library about the role of libraries in the modern world and services and programs the Jefferson County Library provides.

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KPTZ’S Taylor Clark and Port Townsend CIty Manager John Mauro were joined by Mayor Amy Howard and we talked about last Monday’s Council all-day planning meeting setting priories for the 2027 work plan. Also, coming up, Mayor Howard let us know about a July 27 Special Workshop meeting where Council will be discussing leadership. John started today’s BrewNow by letting us know that while the Bambridge Island Council has offered him the job, he has not yet accepted.

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