Podcasts about feliks banel

Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Steve Edmiston and Jason Mattson. Steve Edmiston is an entertainment lawyer, founder of Burien, Washington's Men in Black Birthday Bash Festival, and screenwriter of the short film “The Maury Island Incident.” Jason Mattson is Executive Director of the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis, Washington. The two are part of a team participating in a debate taking place in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico on Friday, October 10, 2025 called “ROSWELL VS. WASHINGTON.” The goal is to settle – maybe not for once and for all, but at least for one night – which part of the United States should rightfully be considered the de facto capitol and “O.G.” of the American UFO experience. Should it be Roswell, New Mexico – with its mysterious alien corpses and alleged U.S. Army cover-up - or should it be the Evergreen State of Washington – with its flying saucers and molten slag raining down from doughnuts in the sky, and those mysterious men in black? For more information about Roswell vs. Washington on October 10, 2025: https://www.quadrant45.com/roswell-vs-washington CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Michael Houser, longtime State Architectural Historian for Washington's Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP). In this interview recorded on Friday, August 29, 2025, Mr. Houser talks about the unique aspects of the job, which includes managing multiple critical programs in support of historic preservation in the Evergreen State. We also talk about changes in historic preservation over the years - Mr. Houser has served in this role for 24 years - as well as current and future challenges. For more information about DAHP and the online resource WISAARD (which Mr. Houser helped develop): https://dahp.wa.gov/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with First Nations visual artist and public policy expert Lou-ann Neel by telephone from, as she says, "the lands of the Lekwungen, also known as Victoria, BC" for history and context of Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The 2025 observance is taking place on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Ms. Neel talks about treaties, unceded lands and the destructive "residential schools" at the root of the observances taking place in across Canada on September 30 - which is also known as "Orange Shirt Day." According to the Canadian government, the day honors "the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities . . . [p]ublic commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process." There is no similar observance in the United States, where similar residential schools were also in operation for decades. Canada's official page for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html Special thanks to John Mackie for his assistance with this episode. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

In commemoration of Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we present a BONUS EPISODE with excerpts from a conversation recorded by Feliks Banel in summer 2021 with Shelly Boyd and the late Michael Finley of the Colville Tribe in North Central Washington. This was not long after the discovery near Kamloops, British Columbia of what appears to be hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school. In our conversation, we touched on many chapters of Northwest and British Columbia history, including residential schools in Canada and the United States – where countless Indigenous children were abused, and from which some never returned. The late Michael Finley was a tribal historian and former tribal chair, and served tribal liaison for the Washington State Historical Society. His cousin Shelly Boyd is a language scholar and co-founder of the Inchelium Language House, and authored the cover story for the autumn 2021 edition of COLUMBIA Magazine. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY are the organizers of the upcoming PLACES Conference in Gig Harbor, Washington, which begins on October 8, 2025. Carrianne Ekberg is Executive Director of the Gig Harbor Waterfront Alliance and Lydia Felty is Main Street Specialist for the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. According to the conference website, "PLACES is Washington's annual statewide conference focused on the continued care of place through historic preservation, placemaking, and economic vitality, brought to you by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. The PLACES Conference allows preservationists, planners, downtown development professionals, and anyone who cares about place to dive deep into creative ideas, build their network, and inspire new solutions." For more information about the 2025 PLACES Conference, October 8-10, 2025: https://preservewa.org/news-events/places-conference/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Clay Eals of Seattle Now & Then on this week's Seattle Times column about a "history mystery" involving vintage public art and how you can help; David Reynolds, board president of Bing Crosby Advocates on their upcoming commemoration of the centennial of Bing's departure from Spokane at the start of his career in 1925; and Knute Berger on the upcoming premiere of the new season of Mossback's Northwest on Cascade PBS - with a special event open to the public this Thursday, October 3, 2025. Links to information about all of these stories are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 28, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via www.space101fm.org from historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel digs into the "field tape archives" for part one of his 2015 conversation with the late John Spellman, the Evergreen State's most recent Republican governor. John Spellman passed away in 2018 at age 91. John Spellman was a King County Commissioner in the 1960s, and then served three terms as King County's first County Executive. He was elected governor in 1980, and served one term during those tough economic times. This far-ranging conversation was recorded in downtown Seattle on June 8, 2015. In part one, we talk about being elected governor in 1980, running against Dixy Lee Ray in 1976, and against Booth Gardner in 1984. We talk about the Forward Thrust project, including the construction and ultimate demise of the Kingdome – and about Spellman's support for President Richard Nixon. Part two will be presented in an upcoming BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Bruce Ramsey, veteran business journalist and author of "Seattle In The Great Depression." The book was published in 2025 by WSU Press in Pullman, Washington. In our conversation, Mr. Ramsey explains how he came to write the book and describes his research methodology, and introduces some of the real-life characters who come to life in the pages of "Seattle In The Great Depression." Ramsey dug deep into newspaper archives as well as academic publications to craft a narrative aimed at a general audience. For more information on "Seattle In The Great Depression" by Bruce Ramsey from WSU Press: https://wsupress.wsu.edu/product/seattle-in-the-great-depression/ For more information on Mr. Ramsey's earlier title "The Panic of 1893: The Untold Story of Washington State's First Depression" from Caxton Press: https://caxtonnnn.myshopify.com/products/the-panic-of-1893-the-untold-story-of-washington-states-first-depression CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Mariana Imaz, program manager of the Speakers Bureau for Humanities Washington. The Speakers Bureau provides a range of topics and speakers covering arts, culture, history - and so much more - and non-profit groups and public agencies around the Evergreen State can submit applications to request speakers to appear in their communities. Humanities Washington just released the list of speakers and topics available for 2026-2027. Deadline for applications to request a speaker for First Quarter 2026 is November 15, 2025. Humanities Washington website for more information for groups requesting speakers: https://www.humanities.org/programs/speakers-bureau/host-a-speaker/ Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau 2026-2027 Roster https://www.humanities.org/programs/speakers-bureau/upcoming-speakers/ Humanities Washington Calendar of Upcoming Events: https://www.humanities.org/events/ Feliks Banel's 2026-2027 Presentation Description - All Over The Map: https://www.humanities.org/speaker/feliks-banel-3/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

CASCADE OF HISTORY learned late Monday, September 22, 2025 that Dr. Quintard Taylor, History Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, has passed away. Dr. Taylor contributed incalculably to Pacific Northwest history and to Black history. He was author of “The Forging of a Black Community: Seattle's Central District from the 1870s through the Civil Rights Era,” and founder of the website www.blackpast.org. CASCADE OF HISTORY's Feliks Banel spoke with Dr. Taylor in August 2020 for the old “Columbia Conversations” podcast for the Washington State Historical Society. Dr. Taylor had recently retired, and an updated edition of "Forging of a Black Community" had recently been released. For more information on Dr. Quintard Taylor: https://blackpast.org/blackpast-org-announces-with-profound-sadness-the-passing-of-founder-dr-quintard-taylor/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Josephine Tsai, a journalism graduate student in Brooklyn, New York. CASCADE OF HISTORY has been covering the threatened closure of the Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis McChord near Tacoma for the past few months. As we have reported, Lewis Army Museum is one of many U.S. Army museums targeted for closure around the United States and at bases overseas. While researching the threatened closure of the Army's Harbor Defense Museum at Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton, Ms. Tsai discovered what she believes is a pattern that reveals why some Army museums were added to the planned closure list and others were not. According to Josephine Tsai's research, it all seems to come down to one thing: local history. CASCADE OF HISTORY spoke with Josephine Tsai on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Earlier CASCADE OF HISTORY episode featuring Lee Reynolds of the U.S. Army's Center of Military History: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episodes-secretary-army CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Scott Schaefer, founder/publisher/editor of the B-Town Blog with news they broke today of the upcoming closure of the beloved Pancake Chef restaurant in SeaTac, WA; Nick Biermann with the latest from Sumner, WA in the aftermath of the destruction of the Ryan House by the City of Sumner; Al Mackenzie, member of the ASUW Shellhouse Community Advisory Committee with his analysis of recent developments in the effort to restore the historic "Boys in the Boat" hangar on the Montlake Cut at the University of Washington; and Eric Ulis, D.B. Cooper researcher and hunter, with a report following his ground search last week at Tena Bar along the Columbia River (near where part of the infamous 1971 skyjacker Cooper's cash was found in 1980). Links to information about all of these stories are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 21, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via www.space101fm.org from historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Bud Withers, longtime Northwest sportswriter and author of a new history about the Apple Cup - the annual cross-state college football rivalry game between the University of Washington Huskies and Washington State University Cougars. The first meeting of the two teams was in 1900, and this year will mark the 117th edition of the Apple Cup (it was cancelled a few times in the past due to wars and pandemics). Withers' book is called “Too Good to Be Through: The Apple Cup is Distinctive (and in Peril).” In this interview, he talks about the history of the game, and the recent conference realignment which has meant moving the game from late November to mid September, and which may mean it goes away entirely after 2028. This year's Apple Cup will be played on Saturday, September 20, 2025 in Pullman, Washington. Bud Withers spoke to CASCADE OF HISTORY on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. For more information on “Too Good to Be Through: The Apple Cup is Distinctive (and in Peril)” by Bud Withers: https://budwithers.com/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Jason Miller, publisher and editor of The CONCRETE HERALD newspaper in Concrete, Washington. Miller brought the beloved newspaper back to life in 2009, and made it essential reading all through the Skagit Valley in places such as Lyman, Hamilton and Rockport. Now, he's put the CONCRETE HERALD up for sale. In this interview recorded September 15, 2025, Miller discusses Concrete history, CONCRETE HERALD history, and the reason why he's looking for a new owner for the historic paper. For more information about the CONCRETE HERALD and Jason Miller: https://concrete-herald.com/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY from the Masonic Home in Des Moines, Washington include Moira Nadal of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation; Lloyd Lytle of the grassroots group working to stop the demolition of the historic building; neighbor George Pettibone; several other neighbors who took part in the DES MOINES HISTORY TRIVIA CHALLENGE; and the Noteworthy Quartet (Chris Cone – lead; Bill Esworthy – bass; Dave Foss – baritone; and Brad Lathrom – tenor). This marks the third birthday of CASCADE OF HISTORY and the start of the program's fourth season, and was presented in partnership with the Washingotn Trust for Historic Preservation. The broadcast originated from Marine View Drive South in Des Moines, Washington across the street from the historic Masonic Home of Washington. The City of Des Moines, WA has issued a demolition permit, and the Masonic Home was added by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation to its list of Most Endangered Places. A local grassroots group of concerned Des Moines citizens is leading a legal challenge which will be heard in court in October, and raising money to help cover legal costs. Washington Trust for Historic Preservation MOST ENDANGERED Listing for the Masonic Home: https://preservewa.org/most_endangered/masonic-home-washington/ GoFundMe in support of the legal challenge: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-masonic-home-of-des-moines-support-our-appeal This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 14, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via www.space101fm.org. CASCADE OF HISTORY usually broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Special thanks to Eric Zappa, Shane Burnett and Jay Burnett for in-studio engineering for the live remote; and special thanks to Lloyd Lytle for graciously hosting this broadcast. Extra-special thanks to roving correspondent and field producer Ken Zick. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Elisa Law, executive director of the non-profit Friends of Magnuson Park - a group supporting a variety of activities at Magnuson Park in Seattle, which happens to be home of CASCADE OF HISTORY's flagship radio station SPACE 101.1 FM. Ms. Law recently completed researching and writing a history of a nearly forgotten Japanese agricultural community which was once located in and near what's now Magnuson Park at a place called Pontiac. The illustrated history is now available to read and see online through the Friends of Magnuson Park website. For more information about Elisa Law's history of Japanese farmers at Pontiac: https://www.friendsofmagnusonpark.org/history/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Washington State Archivist Heather Hirotaka. Ms. Hirotaka joined the show from Spokane, where she had just escorted the original 1889 Washington State Constitution - on its first trip over the Cascades - for a special public event on Monday, September 15, 2025 from 3-5 p.m. at the Spokane Public Library in downtown Spokane. For more information the 1889 Washington State Constitution's Spokane Visit: https://www.sos.wa.gov/events/2025-09/constitution-viewing-spokane-public-library CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Howard Lovering, Founding Director of The Museum of Flight in Seattle, who also authored a history of the museum in 2016 called “For Future Generations.” Mr. Lovering will present a special program on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the museum. The Museum of Flight is marking its 60th anniversary this weekend with special events on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2025. Mr. Lovering previewed his history program, and went deep on the early days of the Pacific Northwest Aviation Historical Foundation which preceded the museum, and on the work he did – first as a Loaned Executive from Boeing in 1975, and then as the museum's first director in 1977. For more information about Museum of Flight 60th anniversary activities: https://www.museumofflight.org/exhibits-and-events/calendar-of-events/8265/the-museum-of-flights-60th-anniversary-celebration For more information on Howard Lovering's book "For Future Generations": https://www.museumofflightstore.org/for-future-generations-a-history-of-the-museum.html?srsltid=AfmBOorY5fZjiyhc9S6ikZ62aFM81DyI315xgz0GsqgVJdFDJkL6DkAT CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Rick Williams, co-author of “Managed Extinction: The Decline and Loss of Wild Salmon and Steelhead in the Pacific Northwest.” The book was published in 2024 by Caxton Press in Caldwell, Idaho. In our conversation - as in the book - Mr. Williams goes deep on the past and present of wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and Snake River, as well as the hope that he has for the future. For more information on "Managed Extinction" by Rick Williams and Jim Lichatowich: https://caxtonnnn.myshopify.com/products/managed-extinction-the-decline-and-loss-of-wild-salmon-and-steelhead-in-the-pacific-northwest CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Jake Rehm and Bill Youngs of Eastern Washington University on this past May's Mullan Road Conference and Mullan Road history; and Richard Blumenthal, author of the 2024 book "Maritime Names of Washington"; plus, a live bootleg from the Saturday, September 7, 2024 performance by The Sonics at MoPoP; and the first installment in our listen back to Stan Freberg's "Oregon, Oregon!" centennial musical from 1959. This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 7, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. The original live broadcast was presented on September 8, 2024. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Ariel Doumbouya, Cartographic Products Lead for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program. The USGS has just introduced a new and completely free custom map service aimed at hikers and others who depend on accurate maps for recreational purposes. The custom maps are available to anyone via an online application called topoBuilder. Link to topoBuilder: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program/topobuilder Ms. Doumbouya also shares the science behind more than a century of USGS maps, and defines many common terms used when discussing topographic maps in particular. We also talked about the huge online archive of USGS maps, also available in digital form, via the online application called Topo View. It's a priceless resource for historians, and also just fun to explore. Link to topoView: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS “HERITAGE BARN” EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Kristin Darrow, who shares the exciting story of how she recently restored a heritage barn near the Walla Walla County community of Waitsburg, Washington. Washington's Heritage Barn Grant program application deadline is coming up on October 19, 2025, and hundreds of heritage barns in the Evergreen State are eligible for matching grants up to $75,000. Heritage Barn Grants are a program of the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) and are administered by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information about eligibility and how to apply: https://dahp.wa.gov/historic-registers/heritage-barn-register/heritage-barn-grants CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with John Cox, bell ringer at Saint Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral in the Cascade neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Sometime early on Sunday, August 31, 2025, thieves got away with three bronze bells, and Mr. Cox and others are trying to track down the bells before they're melted down for scrap. The parish at Saint Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral dates to the 1890s, and the current building was constructed in the 1930s. The bells are much more recent, but would be very difficult to replace - given they were made in Russia as part of an acoustically matched set of seven bells (four of which remain at the cathedal), and because the Russian invasion of Ukraine makes importing anything practically impossible. If you have any information about the bells stolen from Saint Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral, please call the Seattle Police Department. Thank you to Jean Sherrard for his assistance with this episode. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with three-term Republican former Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed about the history of voting by mail in Washington state. Secretary Reed was in office from 2001 to 2013, and previously served as the elected auditor of Thurston County. In this earlier role, he was one of the first public officials to support efforts to adopt voting by mail in the Evergreen State back in the early 1980s. Washington became the second all-vote-by-mail state in 2011; Oregon was first a decade earlier. With recent talk from the Trump Administration of a federal effort to end voting by mail – which, on its face, is likely unconstitutional – it seemed like a good time to speak with Secretary Reed and learn some of the history and context for the practice in the state of Washington, and also look ahead to what might happen should the federal effort proceed. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY are a panel of expert local historians, researchers and authors who have been collaborating on a search for evidence of Peter Kirk's long-ago steel mill on Rose Hill, east of downtown Kirkland near the Costco. Matt McCauley, Kent Sullivan, Saundra Middleton (who is a descendant of Peter Kirk) and Michael Donnelly have been studying archives, maps, photos and other materials to paint a vivid picture of the partial construction of the mill in the 1890s, the specific whereabouts of various buildings and structures, as well as the ultimate fate of the site (and of Kirk's venture) in the early 20th century. More information: http://www.kirklandhistory.org/ We also played some vintage audio from Tony Ventrella, the beloved local broadcaster who passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at age 80. This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 31, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. The original live broadcast was presented on October 20, 2024. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this END-OF-SUMMER BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present archival audio from the August 2023 live broadcast of The Wallingford Local, a summer series broadcast live each month from May 2023 to September 2023 from the Wallingford Farmers Market at Meridian Park in Seattle, Washington. The Wallingford Local was produced by the CASCADE OF HISTORY team, and this episode was originally broadcast LIVE at 5:00 pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. Guests include Ben Chandler of the Seattle Farmers Market Association; Seattle City Council District 4 candidate Maritza Rivera; musical guests Unleashed (Russ Johnson, harmonica; Andrew DeNance, guitar/vocals; Leroy Henry, percussion/harmonies; Lisa Lusk, ukulele/harmonies); Annie Quinn from St. Benedict's Wurst Festival; Jack McLaughlin of Wallyhood.org with the Trivia Challenge; Sean Demirel of Neo Art; and "Vendor of the Week of the Month" Maddy Ruhoy of Purdy Good Pickles. The Wallingford Local was produced and hosted by Feliks Banel with production and technical assistance from Laura Scott and additional production support from Rhonda Bush and Sarah Martin of Historic Wallingford. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Steve Lentini, Principal Hydro Operations Engineer for Avista Utilities. Avista is the private company based in Spokane, Washington which operates the Post Falls Dam on the Spokane River. This is a follow-up to earlier coverage of the half-mile stretch of the Spokane River in Spokane Valley, Washington - east of the city of Spokane - that dried out completely earlier this week. For more information, please listen to this earlier episode featuring an interview with Katelyn Scott of the non-profit Spokane Riverkeeper: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-spokane-river CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Jared Webley, spokesperson for the private utility company Avista, operators of the Post Falls Dam on the Spokane River. This is a follow-up to yesterday's BONUS EPISODE about stretch of the river that dried out completely earlier this week. This is not a side channel that has gone dry - it's about one-half mile of the main channel of the Spokane River, which runs 111 miles between Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho and the Columbia River in Washington. The stretch of dry river is in Spokane Valley, Washington a suburb east of Spokane, Washington. Earlier episode with more details about the Spokane River: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-spokane-river CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Justin McElroy, municipal affairs reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - the CBC - in Vancouver, British Columbia. McElroy recently led a public process over the airwaves to identify a symbol that best represents the province of British Columbia. Through a bracket and more than 500,000 votes during several weeks in July and August 2025, the effort generated interest and debate from Vancouver Island to the BC interior, and a single "best symbol" ultimately emerged victorious. CBC website with information about the symbol: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/orcas-british-columbia-best-symbol-1.7609551 CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Katelyn Scott, Water Protector with the non-profit Spokane Riverkeeper, about a stretch of the Spokane River in Eastern Washington which went completely dry a few days ago. This is not a side channel that has gone dry - it's about one-half mile of the main channel of the Spokane River, which runs 111 miles between Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho and the Columbia River in Washington. The stretch of dry river is in Spokane Valley, Washington a suburb east of Spokane, Washington. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Paul Bannick, author and photographer of "Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of North American Woodpeckers." The book will be published September 1, 2025 by the Braided River imprint of Mountaineers Books in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Bannick is the author of several previous award-winning nature books. This new title is lushly illustrated with dozens of photos taken by Mr. Bannick. Meanwhile, the text elevates the fascinating story of woodpeckers to its rightful place at the center of any conversation – or any deep thinking – about how humans and wildlife share the earth. For more information about this book, author/photographer Paul Bannick other titles, and his upcoming author events: https://paulbannick.com/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Northwest railroad historian and author Martin Hansen about the fire on Monday, August 25, 2025 that appears to have completely destroyed a large and historic wooden structure belonging to the Columbia & Cowlitz Railway in Longview, Washington. There were no injuries reported. The nearly century-old structure housed a machine shop and other maintenance facilities for the railway, which was founded by Weyerhaeuser in 1925. Columbia & Cowlitz Railway is currently owned by Patriot Rail. CASCADE OF HISTORY reached out to Patriot Rail for comment, and received this written statement: "On Monday, August 25, 2025, at approximately 4:00 p.m., a fire broke out at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company building in Longview, WA. The building housed Patriot Rail's Columbia & Cowlitz Railway warehouse and locomotive shop. The Longview Fire Department and Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue responded promptly to the scene. No injuries were reported. The incident remains under investigation at this time." CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel digs into the "field tape archives" for his 2017 conversation with the late Jerry Allison, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer for Buddy Holly and The Crickets, about the band's only visit to Seattle in October 1957. Mr. Allison passed away in 2022 at age 82. As Feliks says in the intro, "I confess, this is a bit of fan-boy interview, and the sound is on the somewhat sketchy side. The main goal was to gather Mr. Allison's recollections of the Crickets' one and only visit to Seattle in October 1957, but we also jumped around a bit, topically speaking. I like to think I'm a better interviewer now than I was in 2017. While that may or may not be true, I definitely have better recording gear." CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY include roving correspondent Ken Zick LIVE from the historic Rancho Super Car Wash (aka "Elephant Car Wash") in Rancho Mirage, California; railfan Dan Bolyard of Coulee City, Washington on tracking down a trackside photo of his younger self from more than 40 years ago; Cindy Staats, VP of Marketing for Shakey's USA on the history of that pizza chain (whose Renton, WA location closed in January 2025); and now former King County Executive Dow Constantine with his remembrance of filmmaker/”Twin Peaks” co-creator David Lynch. We also listened to Paul Robeson's 1952 Peace Arch concert recording of “Joe Hill.” This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 24, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. The original live broadcast was presented on January 26, 2025. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Dr. Scott McCorquodale, retired biologist and author of "Chasing Wildlife Secrets: A Biologist's Journey." The book was published in May 2025 by WSU Press in Pullman, Washington. "Chasing Wildlife Secrets" is a lively narrative about Dr. McCorquodale's four decades tracking elk, bear and moose around the Pacific Northwest – and about the people he met along the way, and where he found inspiration as a child and young man. For more information about "Chasing Wildlife Secrets" from WSU Press: https://wsupress.wsu.edu/product/chasing-wildlife-secrets/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Eric Ulis, D.B. Cooper expert, searcher and researcher about his upcoming "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" expedition to the banks of the Columbia River in September 2025. Mr. Ulis will be looking for evidence from the infamous November 1971 skyjacking. For more information about D.B. Cooper, you may be interested in this earlier episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY featuring Mr. Ulis: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/summer-encore-cooper CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Chase Doak, the Billings, Montana man who took some of the earliest hi-res photos of the infamous Chinese spy balloon when it appeared over "Big Sky Country" and rattled nerves in many more of the 50 United States of America in February 2023. His photos - shot with a massive zoom lens in his driveway - were spread around the world on social media and through news outlets. On the afternoon of February 1, 2023, Chase Doak was a former journalist and photographer who was working for a local public agency in Billings, Montana. While the next few hours and days that followed didn't exactly change his life, he was able to truly enjoy being in the right place at the right time, with the right kind of curiosity - and some handy photography skills. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Russell Holter of Cultural Reconnaissance and Tacoma historian Michael Sullivan for an update following the conclusion over the weekend of the 2025 Nettie Asberry Archaeology Field School in Tacoma, Washington. The pair reveal what artifacts were unearthed, what mysteries were solved (and which ones weren't) and what new questions were raised by the work done by students - under the guidance of professionals - at the Victorian home in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood. The 1887 house is owned by the Tacoma Association of Colored Women's Clubs (CWC) and they are working to preserve it as well as study and interpret its history. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. You may also be interested in this "audio postcard" from the first day of the Nettie Asberry Archaeology Field School: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-asberry-postcard Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Eric Ulis, D.B. Cooper expert, searcher and researcher with a virtual class we like to call 'D.B. COOPER 101,' and then roving correspondent Ken Zick, who joins us live from the monument at rainy and windswept Alki Beach in West Seattle to mark the anniversary of the arrival of The Denny Party, considered the city's founders. This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 17, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. The original live broadcast was presented on November 12, 2023. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Shawna Gandy, recently retired library director for the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) in Portland, Oregon. In this informal "exit interview" recorded on Friday, August 15, 2025, Gandy talks about changes in the history and heritage field over the past three decades, challenges facing archive-holding institutions, and differences between heritage organizations in Oregon versus those in Washington. Shawna Gandy's career at OHS stretched from 1996 to 2025. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. You may also be interested in these other recent “exit” interviews with Pacific Northwest heritage leaders: Washington State Historical Society Director Jennifer Saunders https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-exit-saunders Legacy Washington Director John C. Hughes https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-john-c-hughes Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY marking the 80th anniversary of V-J Day – the effective end of World War II on August 14, 1945 - we present a panel discussion from the archives marking the 60th anniversary 20 years ago in Seattle in 2005. Participants included several Seattle area residents who were in the military, the Red Cross, working in defense plants or otherwise supporting the Allied war effort as young adults in 1945. The panelists include: Edgar J. Allen https://bonneywatson.com/obituary/edgar-j-allen/ Bill Burnett https://www.funerals.coop/obituaries/bill-burnett Bea Jordan https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/unionleader/name/bea-jordan-obituary?id=19375229 Henry Kuharic https://genprideseattle.org/dr-henry-kuharic/ Kirby Walker https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/kirby-walker-obituary?id=32523548 The panel was part of a series curated and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience at the old MOHAI in Montlake in the McCurdy Gallery. This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms' quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. You may also be interested in the 2005 V-E Day 60th anniversary panel episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY: https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/ep-107 Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel's guest is Al Mackenzie, who shares an update on an important development in the University of Washington's effort to restore and renovate the old ASUW Shell House along the Montlake Cut in Seattle - aka the home of "The Boys in the Boat," the famous 1936 Olympic Gold Medal winners. A contentious point in recent discussion about the project - the future of two of four large hangar doors that preservationists say define the look and character of the historic structure - has been settled by the National Park Service, according to an email sent by a UW official to the ASUW Shell House Advisory Committee on August 12, 2025. Dr. Mackenzie shares the contents of the email and some other observations on the ASUW Shell House project, and tells of his long interest in rowing, rowing history, and the historic structure. For additional context regarding the ASUW Shell House and the recent controversy, please listen to these earlier episodes of CASCADE OF HISTORY: Trouble Behind the Scenes at the Home of The Boys in the Boat https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-trouble-behind-boat UW Responds to Concerns about the ASUW Shell House https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-uw-responds CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Mitsy Hunter of Spokane Preservation Advocates (SPA) about the round of applications just opened for SPA's Heritage Grants. Deadline for grant applications is October 1, 2025, and funds are available in support of a range of historic preservation and preservation-related projects - for home owners, and for groups and public agencies - within the city of Spokane and Spokane County Spokane Preservation Advocates website for more information: https://spokanepreservation.org/ Link to Heritage Grant info and application: https://wxw.tyg.mybluehost.me/heritage-grant-applications/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents an “audio postcard” from an archaeology field school being held in Tacoma, Washington at the Nettie Asberry house, a Victorian home in the city's Hilltop Neighborhood in August 2025. The 1887 house is owned by the Tacoma Association of Colored Women's Clubs (CWC) and they are working to preserve it as well as study and interpret its history. The archaeology field school is being led by a company called Cultural Reconnaissance in partnership with the Evergreen State College. They're getting help from several key figures in the Tacoma heritage community, including historian Michael Sullivan and the preservation group Historic Tacoma. The field school will continue on Friday, August 15 and Saturday, August 16, and the public is invited to visit the Nettie Asberry House on those days at 1219 South 13th Street in Tacoma. Tacoma City Association of Colored Women's Club (CWC) website: https://www.tacomacwc.org/ Cultural Reconnaissance website: https://www.culturalreconnaissance.com/ Michael Sullivan's website: https://tacomahistory.live/ Historic Tacoma website: https://historictacoma.org/ Aqua Terra website: https://www.aquaterracrc.com/index.html CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss an episode.

Feliks Banel's guest on this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Bob Blackburn, Jr., son of legendary "Voice of the Sonics" Bob Blackburn. The elder Blackburn was born on October 14, 1924, and this special program was presented in honor of the centenary of one of the most beloved broadcasters in Pacific Northwest history. Bob, Jr. shared memories of his father, and played highlights from a treasure trove of vintage audio from his father's broadcasts of Portland Buckaroos hockey, Portland Beavers baseball, OSU football and, of course, the Seattle Supersonics (including a postgame interview from 1971 with Wilt Chamberlain). This SUMMER ENCORE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 10, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. The original broadcast was presented on October 13, 2024. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Chris McNaughton about a cool industrial artifact he recovered from a small lake in Eastern Washington on August 7, 2025. We've shared an image of McNaughton's discovery at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page. Chris has appeared on two previous CASCADE OF HISTORY episodes: Recovering a Rudder from a Sternwheeler https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-rudder Idaho Sunken Boat Mystery https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-mystery-boat CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Kenny Deans of legendary Seattle power pop band The Heats about their upcoming autumn mini-tour, and about the search for the photographer whose work graced the band's first hit single, "I Don't Like Your Face" - back in 1980. The mystery photographer's name is Colleen Chartier, and Kenny Deans wants to track her down regarding licensing the image used on the single - of a little white dog - to use on some Heats "merch" (as the kids say). We've posted the image at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page; please get in touch with CASCADE OF HISTORY or with Kenny Deans if you have any information to share. Maybe you'll get some free "merch" (as the kids say). For more information about The Heats' October 2025 Northwest tour: https://the-heats.com/ CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Jennifer Saunders, director of the Washington State Historical Society, as prepares to depart for a new job in New York after 14 years in Tacoma. Her last day in the office is this Friday, August 8, 2025. In this informal "exit interview" recorded on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Saunders looks back on her time leading one of the oldest institutions in the Evergreen State - which includes the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma and a number of statewide programs - and being the first woman to do so. She shares advice for her successor, and describes what she'll be doing at the New York State Museum in Albany, New York when she begins her new job there in September. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Katherine Caffrey, City Manager of Des Moines, Washington, for an update on the Masonic Home of Washington and background on the recent history, including the owner's seeking of a demolition permit. The Masonic Home - which has also more recently been known as "Landmark on the Sound" - is a sprawling hotel-like complex built in the 1920s south of Seattle as a retirement home for Freemasons; that is, members of that fraternal organization. After many years of sitting empty on a prominent piece of land near Puget Sound along Marine View Drive South, it's likely that a demolition permit will be approved by the City of Des Moines later this week. The land and buildings are owned by a private developer called Zenith whose plans for the site have not been revealed. City of Des Moines Masonic Home FAQ https://www.desmoineswa.gov/departments/planning_and_building/plan_development/current_projects/key_messages_and_f_a_q Background via the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's List of Most Endangered Places https://preservewa.org/most_endangered/masonic-home-washington/ Preservation/Demolition Permit Appeal Fundraising Campaign https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-masonic-home-of-des-moines-support-our-appeal Des Moines, WA City Council Meeting Details for August 7, 2025 https://www.desmoineswa.gov/workspaces/one.aspx?objectId=20806884&contextId=17555022 CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

On this BONUS EPISODE, Feliks Banel's guest is Lewis County Commissioner Scott Brummer with the latest on the sale of Claquato Church, southwest of Chehalis, Washington. The 1858 Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington declared surplus in July by Lewis County and put up for sealed bid auction. This took the community by surprise, until it was revealed that Lewis County had been in discussions about the future of the church with the nearby Claquato Cemetery. One bid was received last week by the July 31, 2025 deadline. The bidder is Claquato Cemetery, as was expected by many. Lewis County Commissioner Scott Brummer spoke with CASCADE OF HISTORY late Monday, August 4, 2025 to share the specifics of the bid – including the amount the Claquato Cemetery offered for the sale, and the promises made in the proposal to restore and maintain the Claquato Church. Preserving the historic structure is required by the buyer in a covenant attached to the property by Lewis County. Commissioner Brummer also addresses questions about the transparency of the process, and about perceptions of an unfair tilt toward the Claquato Cemetery's proposal – since they had months of additional time to prepare a proposal that other potential bidders did not have. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.