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Coffee Table is KBBI's local interview program, now available after the show airs Wednesdays at 9AM as a podcast!To listen to Coffee Table episodes prior to October 13, 2021, visit https://www.kbbi.org/show/coffee-table

Jay Barrett


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 56m AVG DURATION
    • 99 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Coffee Table

    Kachemak Bay State Park does more with less

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 55:05


    A preview of Kachemak Bay State Park's summer volunteer opportunities

    Harbor expansion project update with the City of Homer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 53:56


    Harbor expansion project update with the City of Homer

    The Seward Prevention Coalition and the Icelandic Prevention Model for youth drug abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 55:13


    The Seward Prevention Coalition and the Icelandic Prevention Model for youth drug abuse

    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education grapples with their budget

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 56:41


    KPBSD Board President Zen Kelly and Seward Representative Virginia Morgan talk about school funding and the state budget.

    Dementia Awareness Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 54:22


    Dementia Awareness Week

    dementia awareness week
    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor, Episode Six - The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 61:03


    Episode six of Coffee Table's oral history of the harbor in Homer, Alaska

    Homer Opus violin program teaches music and resilience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 53:09


    The Homer Opus music program trains young violinists.

    Summer programs, federal funding and making The Pratt Museum digitally accessible

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 52:51


    Summer programs, federal funding and making The Pratt Museum digitally accessible

    Meet the candidates for Homer Electric Association District 3 Board of Directors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 64:10


    Meet the candidates for Homer Electric Association District 3 Board of Directors

    Results are in for the Seward Gross National Happiness Survey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 53:57


    An overview of the results of the Gross National Happiness Survey in Seward, Alaska

    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor Episode 5, 1978-88

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 53:03


    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor Episode 5, 1978-88

    Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 53:23


    Find out about ongoing research projects, programs, training and funding at KBNERR.

    Legislative Update with Senate President Gary Stevens and a scorecard of votes by your representatives in Juneau

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 48:54


    An interview with Senate President Gary Stevens, a review of bills sponsored and votes by Representatives Louise Stutes and Sarah Vance and an interview with Homer organizer, Sandy Garrity.

    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor Episode 4, from 1968 to 1978

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 56:37


    Comment now on Homer's Comprehensive Plan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 55:27


    A breakdown of the City of Homer, Alaska's Comprehensive Plan

    The State of Alaska's education budget and its effect on KPBSD with Superintendent Clayton Holland

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 72:13


    Host Kathleen Gustafson and Kenai Peninsula School District Superintendent Clayton Holland take questions from the listeners and talk about the education budget currently under discussion in the state legislature.

    What is there to do in this town? Find and support all ages activities through Where Can I Homer? and Planet Youth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 53:15


    Find and support all ages activities through Where Can I Homer? and Planet Youth on the lower Kenai Peninsula.

    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor Episode 3, Statehood to the '64 Earthquake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 57:54


    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer HarborEpisode 3, Statehood to the '64 Earthquake

    Homer Drawdown - Homer Energy Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 54:28


    KBBI Reporter Simon Lopez spoke with Satchel Pondolfino, Scott Waterman, and Colleen Fisk about the upcoming Homer Energy Fair.

    Meet the new executive director at South Peninsula Haven House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 53:25


    KBBI News Director Jamie Diep spoke with Haven House leadership, including Executive Director Lindsey Collins, CAC manager Meghan Pollack, shelter manager Leslie Scroggin, prevention coordinator Marcee Gray and board chair Britt Huffman.

    Cooking for the holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 55:10


    Local chefs share tips and tricks for holiday cooking.

    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor, Episode Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 63:35


    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer HarborThis is part two of a six-part series aired once a month to record our harbor's history told by people who lived and worked in Homer at the time, and their descendants.

    The Rally for Allies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 54:46


    With recent acts of violence and aggression across the peninsula, many people in the queer community don't feel safe. It is the responsibility of people who call themselves allies to step up and this show is an attempt at that.

    Fathoms Deep: An Oral History of Homer Harbor, Episode One

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 58:45


    Episode one of Coffee Table's six part oral history of the harbor in Homer, Alaska

    Local organizations Share the Spirit of the holiday season

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 55:00


    A breakdown of how and where to give and get aid this holiday season in Homer and Anchor Point.

    Q & A with Homer's new mayor Rachel Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 47:41


    Q & A with Homer's new mayor Rachel Lord

    District 6 Candidate Forum for Alaska House of Representatives

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 58:45


    Recorded live at the Homer Public Library on Tuesday, October 29, 2024

    Alaska Public Health Check with Nurse Lorne

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 55:52


    An overview of pubic health issues with Nurse Lorne Carroll, Public Health Nurse at the Homer Public Health Center

    KBBI's Fall Membership Drive needs your support

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 58:43


    Support your public radio station now at kbbi.org.

    The Pratt Museum in Homer, AK welcomes two new curators.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 54:43


    The Pratt Museum in Homer, AK welcomes two new curators.

    CoastWalk cleans Kachemak Bay's beaches and collects critical data on marine debris in Alaska.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 54:51


    The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies CoastWalk program cleans beaches and collects data on marine debris and environmental impacts.

    Meet the three candidates running unopposed for Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 58:45


    Meet the three candidates running unopposed for Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

    Proposition 1: Breaking down the $38 million bond on the Oct. 1 municipal election ballot

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 55:54


    Proposition 1: Breaking down the $38 million bond on the Oct. 1 municipal election ballot

    September is Recovery Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 56:34


    District 5 Alaska House of Representatives Candidates: Leighton Radner and Louise Stutes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 55:15


    District 5 Alaska House of Representatives Candidates: Leighton Radner and Louise Stutes

    Dawson Slaughter: Candidate for Alaska State House District 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 43:31


    Dawson Slaughter: Candidate for Alaska State House District 6

    Brent Johnson Candidate for Alaska State House District 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 52:52


    Brent Johnson Candidate for Alaska State House District 6

    Alana Greear Candidate for Alaska State House District 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 56:35


    Homer, Alaska and Teshio, Japan: 40 Years as Sister Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 56:56


    Meet the new director at Kachemak Bay Campus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 53:37


    Borough Voter Turnout Group makes their report to the Assembly

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2024 55:49


    A point by point review of the recommendations from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Voter Turnout Work Group

    June is Pride Month on the Kenai Peninsula and All Over the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 57:12


    Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiative

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 53:16


    Data Mapping Wild Spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 55:01


    Remote sensors and satellite and drone data gather data about impacts of climate change in Homer Alaska.

    Raising the Roof at The Pratt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 57:20


    KBBI's Kathleen Gustafson checks in with artists and administrators at The Pratt Museum about summer programs, current exhibits and fundraising for a new roof.

    The Homer Foundation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 51:04


    This week's guests came from The Homer Community Foundation to discuss the Foundation's progress, community initiatives, and the various functions the Foundation serves.

    Share the Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 58:43


    Representatives from Share the Spirit discuss upcoming programs and events in Homer.

    Homer Centered Community Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 51:53


    Today's Coffee Table program is a pre-recorded discussion held at the Homer Public Library on the state of Homer's housing, population, economy, development, and future.

    Homer Community Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 52:51


    This week's show focuses on community health needs, vaccines, and health opportunities, with representatives from the Alaska Department of Public Health and South Peninsula Hospital.

    Semester By The Bay

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 55:41


    Semester by Bay students, along with Dr. Debbie Tobin, join host Josh Krohn to discuss the program.

    From Wheelhouse to Wheelchair with Pat McBride

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 80:51


    Pat fished Alaska waters from 1978 to 2010 when he was injured and had to leave his beloved vocation. He has stories about giant waves, ice, girl overboard, rare birds, giant creatures, boats, crew adventures, storms, flipping his skiff, an airplane rescue, and much more! Wednesday's Coffee Table hosted a few of his pre-recorded stories and adventures.

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