Fascinating people tend to wash up on the shores of beautiful, isolated places like Kaslo, British Columbia. People like Pris Davis. Born in Indonesia, Pris went to college in the US, ran a boutique hotel near Interlaken in the Swiss Alps, worked in the UK, and ended up in Kaslo, and now runs a baseball concession operation out of a '68 VW van — like 'ya do! This is a fun listen — enjoy!

On today's show, it's all about Canadian music, featuring Buffy Ste. Marie, The Weeknd, Avril >Lavigne, Neil Young, Drake, Alanis Morisette, and Shawn Mendes. Quite the lineup of artists, who collectively have sold approximately 13 gazillion records, and counting. Enjoy!

Today's RADIO FREE KASLO, is all about winter. Appropriately, given all the snow that's pounded down on Alpine Nirvana this year. Host RG Morse shares some frosty anecdotes, tosses out a few pithy quotes, and plays tunes by John Denver, Trent Severn, Tom Waits, Bruce Cockburn, and Simon & Garfunkle. Enjoy!

There's a little story behind today's podcast.

For those of you who don't know, Kaslo is a tiny  (pop. 938 or so hardy souls) village tucked into a mountainous corner of southeastern British Columbia. It's both small and remote. Early in January we experienced an extraordinary dump of snow — we're talking feet, not inches. And now, down here at lake level (less than 2,000') things have suddenly gotten milder, and all that snow has started to melt — fast. Which among other considerations means that roofs are in jeopardy of collapse.

A couple of evenings ago, two youngish men showed up at our door and declared their intention to climb up onto the (flat) roof above our entrance deck and shovel off the approx. 20 tonnes of increasingly wet and heavy snow that threatened to crush it.

To be clear, they weren't doing this for money. 

Thanks to them, the roof was saved. We sat around afterwards, out on the now-safe deck and had a marvellous conversation — about nothing, and everything — you know, the best sort of conversation, right?

As we chatted, it occurred to me the rest of the world needs to hear these guys. They live well to the north of Kaslo — 50 or 60 km north — off the grid, in an area that for most folks in the world looks like a scene out of a Jack London or Farley Mowat novel. 

So I invited them — Alex Cox and Jaeden Woodland — to join me for an episode of Radio Free Kaslo. I think you'll enjoy our chat — especially if you live in a city... and wish you didn't.

On this first show of 2022, RADIO FREE KASLO host Randy Morse looks back on a string of disasters that befell British Columbia in 2021, and plays tunes by the likes of Buffy Sainte Marie,  Ella Fitzgerald, Dianna Krall, Dan Magnan, Bruce Cockburn, and the Spotted Owls. Enjoy!

On today's RADIO FREE KASLO, host RG Morse talks about the recent natural disasters in Kentucky and British Columbia (and lets listeners know how they can help), touches on being in jail over the holidays, and plays some fantastic tunes by Loreena McKennitt, BB King, The Secrets, Paul Kelly, John Prine, and the Wailin' Jennys. Enjoy!

The holiday season is upon us! Join Radio Free Kaslo host RG Morse as he introduces listeners to the Swedish tradition of Lucia — including lots of (Swedish) music (if you hate ABBA, don't listen!!).

RADIO FREE KASLO host RG Morse delves into what the world press is saying about the Omicron Covid variant, tells a story that suggests what we focus on may actually materialize, and plays some fine tunes on today's podcast (which aired live on Nelson, British Columbia's Kootenay Co-op Radio on December 3, 2021). 

On today's RADIO FREE KASLO, host RG Morse talks about recent trials in the USA that tell different stories about the current state of American society.  He reminisces about boyhood Thanksgivings, and takes listeners to a sunny vineyard patio in BC's Okanagan Valley where he talks sports over beers with two top young Canadian winemakers. 

On today's RADIO FREE KASLO, host RG Morse asks locals how they ended up in the tiny mountain village of Kaslo, British Columbia, then has a chat with Karen Pidcock, board member of the Hospice Society of North Kootenay Lake, about the Society's upcoming annual Tree of Remembrance initiative, and something called "green burial." Radio that takes you to the Great Wide Open!