Podcasts about feliks banel

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Tim Lillethorup, a filmmaker in Omaha, Nebraska whose father Galen Lillethorup was one of the geniuses behind the classic "Great Big Rollin' Railroad" 1970s TV commercial for the Union Pacific Railroad. The late elder Lillethorup also helped create the country artist C.W. McCall - a character with origins in a TV commercial for a regional bakery, who went to a series of hit songs - including the CB radio classic, "Convoy." Links to the TV commercials discussed have been posted at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory 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 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 presents an archival interview with legendary deejay, programmer and concert promoter Pat O'Day from March 2020. Mr. O'Day passed away in August 2020. In this interview, O'Day is asked about what it was like to be a popular deejay on Seattle radio station KJR during the era in the 1960s when teenagers "cruised Colby" - Colby Avenue in Everett, Washington - while many of them had KJR tuned in on the car radio. 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 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 Lee Reynolds, public affairs officer for the U.S. Army's Center of Military History, the part of the Army that funds and manages Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma. In this interview from Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Mr. Reynolds confirms that Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll will "any day now" adopt a plan to close Lewis Army Museum and 15 other Army museums. Reynolds responds to questions about the closure, including lack of public process, and the specific criteria that were used in selecting museums for closure. The effort to identify museums for closure or consolidation dates to 2024, Reynolds says, and the closures will save a total of $114 million over the next decade. The total of 16 closures represents about half of the museums funded and operated by the U.S. Army. Reynolds also explains that JBLM officials might choose to create a "heritage center" once the Army museum is shut down. Center of Military History website: https://history.army.mil/ Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll's website: https://www.army.mil/leaders/sa/ Lewis Army Museum official website: http://www.lewisarmymuseum.com/ Friends of Lewis Army Museum website: http://www.fortlewismuseum.com/ Jerry Cornfield's piece for the Washington State Standard: https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/01/battle-begins-to-keep-an-army-museum-open-in-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 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 Dave Wagers, president - and "Candyman" - of the Idaho Candy Company, makers of the famous "Idaho Spud" candy bar. In this interview from June 30, 2021, we go deep on the company's history and its place in the contemporary culture of the Gem State. Special thanks to Preservation Idaho for posting a photo on Facebook of the Idaho Candy Company's Boise, ID facility earlier today. That image inspired this trip into the CASCADE OF HISTORY audio archives. 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 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 “IN THE NEWS” EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sherri Eng for details about the upcoming visit to Seattle by the Coast Guard sailing vessel Eagle. The three-masted barque Eagle is on a West Coast tour during the summer of 2025 and will visit Seattle on Wednesday, July 9 and Thursday, July 10. The vessel will be open for public tours at Pier 66 on both days. In this brief conversation, U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sherri Eng provides details on the tours and shares some of the Eagle's history. More information about The Eagle's visit to Seattle: https://www.facebook.com/CoastGuardCutterEagle 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is musician Scott Sutherland, a deep thinker, historian and philosopher of American music and Northwest bands and culture. Going back to the 1980s, Sutherland played in Seattle bands including the Dwindles, Chemistry Set and Model Rockets, and has been a fan of British band Oasis since the mid 1990s. Sutherland saw Oasis play at the old Seattle Center Arena 30 years ago, and he's headed to Manchester later this month to see the band's much-heralded reunion tour, which kicked off in Cardiff, Wales on July 4. We also play an excerpt from a recent BONUS EPISODE featuring Ronald Holden and a rare piece of family audio from Europe during World War II. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 6, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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 speaks with James R. Walker, author of "Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio." Mr. Walker's book was published in 2015 by University of Nebraska Press. In this conversation from June 2019, he describes the early days of baseball broadcasting, and that special fit and distinctive connection that only the sport of baseball seems to have with the audio medium. 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 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 looks in the past and future of Freighthouse Square in Tacoma with Tacoma historian and historic preservationist Michael Sullivan, and with Sound Transit public information officer David Jackson. As reported last week by multiple media outlets in the Puget Sound area, Freighthouse Square is likely to be demolished or radically altered sometime in the next few years. The structure, originally built for railroad purposes by the Milwaukee Road, stands in the way of new facilities planned by Sound Transit, the agency working to bring a light rail connection to the City of Destiny in the next decade. 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 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 Lt. Colonel Erik Flint, retired former director of Lewis Army Museum at JBLM - Joint Base Lewis McChord - near Tacoma, Washington. As reported by Jerry Cornfield for the Washington State Standard on July 1, 2025, the museum is on a list of similar military museums around the country now targeted for closure. According to Lt. Colonel Flint, questions - and controversy - surround the process by which Lewis Army Museum was added to the list by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Lewis Army Museum official website: https://lewisarmymuseum.com/ Friends of Lewis Army Museum website: https://www.fortlewismuseum.com/ Jerry Cornfield's piece for the Washington State Standard: https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/01/battle-begins-to-keep-an-army-museum-open-in-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 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, we present audio from a live reading of the Declaration of Independence held at the old MOHAI - Museum of History & Industry - in Seattle's Montlake neighborhood. When an original printing of the Declaration of Independence visited Seattle in August 2003, it was displayed for 11 days at MOHAI. The document was here as part of a national tour organized by Norman Lear, the TV producer who had purchased what's known as a “Dunlap broadside.” MOHAI presented a live reading of the Declaration of Independence with a cast of local current and former elected officials – with then-Evening Magazine host (and future Sammamish City Councilmember) John Curley as emcee. Among the voices reading the Declaration are late former Governor John Spellman, late former Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton, late former Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, Seattle's then-Mayor Greg Nickels, Washington's then-Secretary of State Sam Reed, future Attorney General Rob McKenna, future King County Executive Dow Constantine, and other well-known figures. The reading of the Declaration of Independence was produced by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of MOHAI, and was recorded before a live audience on August 26, 2003 in the McEachern Auditorium at the old MOHAI in Montlake. 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 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 Valerie van Heest of Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates about calling an end to the search for Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 of June 23, 1950. Ms. van Heest and her colleagues have spent two decades searching in Lake Michigan for the missing DC-4, which was bound for Seattle from New York City with 58 passengers and crew. Ms. van Heest's book about the flight and the search is called "Fatal Crossing." More information about Valerie van Heest: www.michiganshipwrecks.org 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY from the farewell event for Seattle High School Memorial Stadium include Clay Eals and Jean Sherrard of the Seattle Times' Seattle Now & Then; Northwest sports historian and collector David Eskenazi; and music historian Eric Magnuson. The 1947 stadium, deemed unworthy of landmark status, will soon be demolished and a shiny new stadium built in its place. The structure, designed by noted architect George Stoddard, was dedicated in 1947 to the memory of 800+ Seattle Public Schools alums who died in World War II. Apart from bidding farewell to the doomed (not "domed") stadium, discussion also included the recent passing of Bobby Sherman, who played Jeremy Bolt on "Here Come The Brides" - the 1969-1971 TV series set in 1860s Seattle, which also spawned the song, "(The Bluest Skies You've Ever Seen Are In) Seattle." This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 4pm Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, June 26, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from the rainy and nearly deserted parking lot in front of Seattle High School Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

The City of Seattle and Seattle Public Schools are inviting the public to say goodbye to Seattle High School Memorial Stadium this Thursday, June 26, 2025 from 4pm to 7pm. Memorial Stadium – built in 1947 - was deemed to be not worthy of landmark status in Seattle and will be demolished, while the 1951 wall engraved with names of Seattle Public Schools' WWII war dead was given landmark status and will be preserved. With the stadium's imminent destruction prior to construction of a new facility, Feliks Banel's focus on this BONUS ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is what's often called the "anti-nomination" process for potential landmarks. These "anti-nominations" are reviewed by the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods' Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board, and this unofficial term applies when a building's owner does NOT want the building designated as a city landmark. Consultants and attorneys join in a process that probably runs counter to how many people believe historic preservation programs should operate in the United States. On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board voted to designate only the 1951 memorial wall at Memorial Stadium as a city landmark, and to not designate 1947 Memorial Stadium. Through audio from the meeting and excerpts from email correspondence, we use Memorial Stadium as a case study to show how public resources are being devoted to processes that appear to be lacking some key elements of what might be called good government. This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast live at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 8, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Erik Lacitis, longtime journalist with the Seattle Times, to preview an upcoming story in the Sunday magazine. Lacitis put the call out last week for suggestions from readers - headlined “Riots, bad drivers, Dick's is overrated. Is this your Seattle? Tell us.” - asking for input about local places and products that tend to serve locals as well as tourists. The resulting piece, which will be something of an "unconventional visitor's guide," will be published in the magazine in the Sunday Seattle Times on August 3, 2025. More information about Erik Lacitis: www.seattletimes.com/author/erik-lacitis/ 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Yakima Valley Trolleys founder Ken Johnsen with an update on last week's Yakima City Council meeting; architect and former Seattle City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck on the University of Washington's plans for the ASUW Shellhouse - and the op-ed he wrote which appeared in the Seattle Times this weekend; and Mitsy Hunter of Spokane Preservation Advocates on preservation in the Lilac City and the group's upcoming programs. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 22, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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 speaks with Nina Wallace, media and outreach manager of DENSHO, the private non-profit based in Seattle which is dedicated to documenting and sharing the history of Japanese incarceration during World War II. Ms. Wallace describes DENSHO's work, and efforts to respond to a Trump Administration initiative focused on "restoring truth and sanity" to public sector depictions of American history, such as at the Smithsonian and at National Park Service sites. More information about DENSHO: www.densho.org 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 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 Doug Parton of Ironworker Local 97 in Vancouver, BC and with Lucien Lessard, the sole surviving survivor of the June 17, 1958 collapse of what's now called the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. The bridge crosses Burrard Inlet near Vancouver, British Columbia. Special thanks to CBC Vancouver for featuring Mr. Parton on the June 17, 2025 broadcast of The Early Edition, and for all their great coverage of British Columbia history on CBC Radio One in Vancouver. That's where the idea for this episode came from. 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Ken Johnsen, founder of the Yakima Valley Trolleys (YVT); Moira Nadal, preservation programs director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation; John Baule, retired former director, Yakima Valley Museum; Curt Wilson, Downtown Association of Yakima (DAY); YVT motorman Jim Moore; musicians Ken Toney and Palmer Wright; and roving correspondent - this time, reporting live from car #1976 moving through the streets of Yakima - Ken Zick. The broadcast originated from the 1911 Powerhouse on 3rd Avenue South in Yakima, Washington. Partner for this broadcast is the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, who recently added Yakima Valley Trolleys to their list of MOST ENDANGERED PLACES in the Evergreen State. Yakima Valley Trolleys website: https://www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org/history.html Washington Trust MOST ENDANGERED PLACES: https://preservewa.org/yakima-valley-trolleys-named-to-washingtons-most-endangered-places-list/ This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, June 15, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel's guest is John Berkowitz, who worked in the neon sign industry in Seattle in the 1980s and 1990s and had a hand in several iconic signs – including the 5 SPOT on Queen Anne Hill, and Ray's Boathouse at Shilshole Bay. 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Emily Venomen, research archivist at the Puget Sound Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives. We cover the basics of "Real Property Record Cards" - those tax assessor photos and other information that dates from the late 1930s to the early 1970s, and how historians and others may access collections of these documents from various counties around the Evergreen State. We also learn about a very special collection of very special images, which are now displayed at the Cascade of History Facebook page. For more information about the Washington State Archives and searching for Real Property Record Cards, please visit: www.digitalarchives.wa.gov www.sos.wa.gov/archives CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast live on SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space 101fm.org most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms. CASCADE OF HISTORY is produced in Seattle by Feliks Banel.

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present complete audio from a revival of the Seattle centennial history pageant “The Dream and The Deed.” It was originally written and produced in 1951 and 1952 by University of Washington drama professor Glenn Hughes. For the 50th anniversary of the pageant – which happened to also be the 50th anniversary of the old Museum of History & Industry in Montlake and the 150th anniversary of downtown Seattle – Feliks Banel, then MOHAI deputy director, produced a revival of the show. It was held in the old McEachern Auditorium, and was broadcast live on KBCS Radio on February 15, 2002. Arne Zaslove directed a cast of local all-star performers; MOHAI historian Dr. Lorraine McConaghy gave a brief introductory talk. Complete credits are read at the end of the live recording. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast live on SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms. CASCADE OF HISTORY is produced in Seattle by Feliks Banel.

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Nick Biermann of Save Ryan House with a head-spinning twist in the legal battle to preserve Sumner's most historic structure; and Rebecca Stedman, member of the Advisory Board on the restoration project for the ASUW Shellhouse - home of the "Boys in the Boat" - which is embroiled in a preservation controversy; plus: audio of the only known eyewitness accounts of the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889 - recorded in Seattle in 1953. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, June 8, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with radio historian Liz McLeod about how American radio networks covered D-Day, the Allied landings in France of June 6, 1944. More than 25 years ago, McLeod ranked D-Day as the most significant event in old-time radio history for the many broadcasting firsts, the quality of the coverage, and the technical and organizational innovations that made it all possible. 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 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 Al Mackenzie and Ray Skoff, two members of the advisory board for the project to restore and preserve the home of the "Boys in the Boat" - a World War I seaplane hangar along the Montlake Cut at the University of Washington in Seattle. The two men say that the UW is seeking approval for changes to the structure which would harm its historic integrity, and they say they are not alone – others, they say, including donors to the project, also feel this way. The UW will seek approval to make those changes this coming Wednesday, June 4 from the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board. 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 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 'GO PACERS' EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present complete audio from a 25th anniversary commemoration of the Seattle Supersonics' one and only 1979 NBA World Championship. Panelists are the late John “J.J.” Johnson, a member of the championship team, plus the late ‘Voice of the Sonics' Bob Blackburn, as well as Greg Heberlein, the retired Seattle Times sportswriter who covered the team in 1979. This commemorative event took place in the McEachern Auditorium at the old Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle's Montlake neighborhood on June 1, 2004, which was the actual the 25th anniversary of the championship. The 1979 trophy was displayed on stage near the podium, and remains a part of MOHAI's collection. The panel was part of a series produced and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of MOHAI. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast live on SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS ENCORE EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY are FOX Weather meteorologist Scott Sistek, in a conversation recorded just after the 2021 Pacific Northwest "heatdome"; and longtime Seattle journalist Essex Porter reflecting on his career after his then-recent retirement from KIRO 7 News. Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host. This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 13, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from studios 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 Ken Johnsen, one of the founders of the Yakima Valley Trolley in Yakima, Washington. This historic interurban railway in Central Washington is the last of its kind in the United States. On May 27, 2025, the Yakima Valley Trolley was named to the Washington Trust for Historic Preservations' LIST OF MOST ENDANGERED PLACES. Ken Johnsen explains why the trolley line is potentially threatened by the City of Yakima, how you can help, and he explains how the Yakima Valley Trolley came to be preserved in the first place. 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 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 John C. Hughes on the eve of his retirement in a long and far-ranging conversation. Hughes has been a journalist and historian in the Evergreen State for six decades, including 42 years at his hometown newspaper - the Aberdeen World - and the past 17 years with Legacy Washington, collecting and publishing oral histories and biographies as part of the Washington Secretary of State's Office. Hughes talks about his career, his time in the Air Force, his mentor - the late great Murray Morgan - plus, the sung and unsung heroes Hughes has interviewed and profiled over the years, as well as the current state of American journalism and American democracy. 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 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 Alex Silverman, who recently left KNX News, the legendary commercial news radio station in Los Angeles. Silverman was serving as Director of News and Programming in January 2025 when a series of devastating wildfires struck Southern California. During that time, KNX provided its listeners with some of the best live and local radio coverage in recent memory for a stretch of nearly two weeks. While Southern California is outside of CASCADE OF HISTORY's typical geographic area, the lessons learned and advice Silverman offers is well worth a listen. Following the interview, we hear a sample of KNX coverage (which Alex mentions in the conversation) from reporter Nataly Tavidian. 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 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 Randy Dixon of the non-profit group in Pocatello, Idaho called Relight The Night - for Part 2 of a miniseries we like to call "The Mystery of the Giant Neon Baseball & Bat at Sicks Stadium." Mr. Dixon is our guide to a little-known world of neon collectors and experts in the United States, and offers his help to determine what might have become of the distinctive sign from the old baseball park in Seattle, which was last seen circa 1979. Be sure and visit the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page for photos of the amazing neon signs preserved and maintained by Relight The Night in the Gem State. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streams via 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Hannah Combs and Joe Gibbs of the Bonner County Historical Society and Museum, and explorer/diver Chris McNaughton. The trio shares the story of the recent discovery of a sunken mystery boat in a river/lake in the Idaho Panhandle, and about diving on the wreck, and researching its history. In this interview, Ms. Combs reveals the latest theories about the possible identity of the long-hidden vessel. 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Bill Yeend and Andy Ludlum, who were both working for KIRO Newsradio in May 1980 when Mount St. Helens erupted; Bill was host of the morning news and Andy was managing editor, and they share their memories and recollections in this live conversation marking the 45th anniversary of the May 18, 1980 eruption. Then, Nick Biermann checks in with an update on the Ryan House in Sumner, and we hear audio from Feliks' visit to Westminster Abbey in London for the 80th anniversary of VE Day and his chat with 99-year-old veteran Robert Piper. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, May 18, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Howie Cohen, whose 40-year career at Seattle's beloved Bartell Drugs recently came to an end. Mr. Cohen shares four decades of Bartell memories, including the time he stirred up local pride (and little bit of controversy) with neighborhood-themed mugs; when he led the charge to create the mind-blowingly popular Fremont Troll Chia Pet; the origins of the culture of candy bag-stacking at Halloween; and much, much more. 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 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 ENCORE EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 25th anniversary commemoration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, which this year will mark 45 years since that momentous Sunday morning. Panelists include former public radio reporter Austin Jenkins, who (as a child) was rescued from an overnight camp near the mountain after the eruption; the late Grant Haller, photojournalist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who captured award winning images of the mountain; and Jeff Renner, former KING 5 meteorologist who, as a young science reporter, covered the run-up to the eruption and its aftermath for the Seattle TV station. The panel was part of a series produced 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 on May 18, 2005 in the McCurdy Gallery at the old MOHAI in Montlake. This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 11, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with David Eskenazi - the man who knows more about Seattle sports history and Seattle sports artifacts than anyone in the Universe - for Part 1 of a miniseries we like to call "The Mystery of the Giant Neon Baseball & Bat at Sicks Stadium." Be sure and visit the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page for rare photos of the giant neon baseball & bat shared by Mr. Eskenazi as part of the investigation. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streams via 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 Chris Moore, executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation (WTHP), for a look back at the recently concluded legislative session in Olympia - and the major impacts ahead affecting historic preservation in the Evergreen State. Moore also previews the WTHP's upcoming fundraising event, taking place in Seattle on Friday, May 16, 2025. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streams via 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 ENCORE EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 60th anniversary commemoration of VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe, from May 2005. Panelists include Tuskegee Airman William Booker; US Army veteran John S. "Jack" Carver; and US Army veteran and former POW Dr. James Warren (who was also the former MOHAI director). The panel was part of a series produced and moderated by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of Seattle's Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), and was recorded before a live audience on May 8, 2005 in the McCurdy Gallery at the old MOHAI in Montlake. This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 18, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this STAN BORESON-TENNIAL EDITION episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY include radio personality Tim Hunter, Steve Wilson of Almost LIVE!, and Stan Boreson's daughter Ann Boreson. The occasion is the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary entertainer and broadcaster Stan Boreson, born May 5, 1925. Stan passed away in 2017 at age 91. With new interviews with Mr. Hunter (who had the idea to celebrate Stan and got in touch with CASCADE OF HISTORY); with Steve Wilson (who produced Stan's holiday reunion special more than 45 years ago); and with Stan's daughter Ann, we recall and honor the Stan Boreson legacy - and play some old favorites from Stan's musical catalog, as well as a few audio surprises. This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, May 4, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. This podcast episode contains additional material beyond what was broadcast. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.

Feliks Banel's guests on this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are authors (and brothers) Brian Antonson and Rick Antonson. Their book, “Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend and a Curse,” is co-written with Mary Trainer, and is just out in a revised and expanded third edition from Canadian publisher Heritage House. The book details the more than 50 years the trio has spent exploring the mystery and mythology of Slumach, an Indigenous man who was executed in the 1890s in British Columbia - who many believe left behind a treasure . . . as well as a curse. 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 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 Ted Van Dyk, who had a long career in politics and journalism, including working for Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and who grew up in Whatcom County. He also had breakfast one day back in the 1950s with Edward R. Murrow. 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 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 for Independent Bookstore Day 2025, Feliks Banel speaks with Tacoma-based historian and author Michael Sullivan about the 1941 Works Progress Administration (WPA) guide to Washington, the Evergreen State. Sullivan is a major admirer of the book - he has many personal copies! - and has studied its origins and archival history at the Washington State Historical Society. 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 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, we present archival audio from a panel discussion called "Evergreen Radio LIVE: The Past, Present and Future of Radio in The Pacific Northwest." The panel took place on April 25, 2015, which was the 107th anniversary of the birth of Edward R. Murrow. It was held on the campus of WSU in Richland, Washington. Panelists include broadcasters and broadcast executives from around the Evergreen State: Ricardo Garcia, Jeff Hansen, Tom Mara, Sabrina Roach, Dave Ross and Kerry Swanson. The moderator is Feliks Banel, and co-producer is Olivia Weitz. The event was a project of the Murrow College at Washington State University, with funding from Humanities 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this SECRET DRIVE-TIME TEST EDITION episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Clay Eals on his NOW & THEN column in this coming weekend's Seattle Times about the April 29, 1965 Seattle earthquake; a listen back to Edward R. Murrow's report on the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp from April 15, 1945; B.J. Thurlby of the Washington State Fruit Commission/Northwest Cherry Growers on the coming cherry season and the impact of tariffs on the agriculture industry; and Shane Riley, historian and blogger based in Pierce County, on the history of the deteriorating and now permanently closed Fairfax Bridge near Mount Rainier National Park. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 4pm Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, April 24, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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.

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with musician Scott McCaughey of legendary and influential band The Young Fresh Fellows about their upcoming shows (late April 2025) in Seattle and Portland, but mainly to get to the bottom of the famous "Beer Money" 45-rpm 7"-vinyl single, which was originally released in 1987. We also listen to a bootleg recording from April 1986 of the Fellows covering The Pleasure Seekers' "What A Way To Die" (with improvised lyrics in praise of famous regional beers). 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 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 Neil Hubbard, who was 19 years old when he and a friend produced a concert by New York protopunk band The Ramones at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle in March 1977. We go deep on the context, details and myth-like backstory of those distant years when Seattle was full of middle-class kids and was something of an incubator of organic music and other creative endeavors. Special thanks to Erik Lacitis, whose Seattle Times' article, published on the 40th anniversary of the show at the Olympic Hotel, is essential reading: https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/the-ramones-rattled-seattles-staid-olympic-hotel-exactly-40-years-ago/ 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 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, we present archival audio from a television program broadcast from the observation deck of the Space Needle on April 20, 2022. "SPIRIT OF '62: Celebrating the Seattle World's Fair" was produced and hosted by Feliks Banel for the Seattle Channel, and features an all-star roster of special guests, including the late Louis Larsen, fair executive; the late C. David Hughbanks, fair staffer and longtime Seattle Center employee; Junius Rochester, who worked at the fair and whose father Al Rochester is credited with the idea of holding a fair in the first place; Seattle Times photographer Greg Gilbert; plus then-Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis and Downtown Seattle Association CEO Jon Scholes - as well as a musical finale with Dave Ross, Lisa Brooks and Bob Antone. 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 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 Scott Daniels, Reference Services Manager for the Oregon Historical Society (OHS), about upcoming introductory research library workshops being offered at OHS in Portland in April and May. For more information about the upcoming OHS workshops, please find links at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streams live via 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Jean Sherrard on his NOW & THEN column in this coming weekend's Seattle Times about the Cadillac Hotel/Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park; plus archival feature with the late Edward Saylor of Enumclaw, member of the famous Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942; and a conversation with Dr. Lindsey Swindall of the Stevens Institute of Technology on the May 18, 1952 concert by Paul Robeson at Peace Arch Park. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 4pm Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, April 17, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org 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 Dr. Kenneth Landry, a retired dentist and naval officer. As a young man in the early 1970s, Dr. Landry made pen-and-ink drawings of many buildings in downtown Seattle, including the Virginia Inn – which reportedly will close later this month. 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 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.

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY include roving correspondent Ken Zick with a live report from the soon-to-close Virginia Inn, and Nick Biermann from Save Ryan House with an update on preservation efforts in Sumner. We also hear highlights from recent bonus episode interviews with Albert Fisher on Seattle World's Fair Bubbleator history, and Justin McElroy, journalist from British Columbia and diehard baseball fan, with thoughts on how the current political upheaval will affect the Canadians who would typically visit Seattle for next month's three-game series pitting the Mariners against the Toronto Blue Jays. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, April 13, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org 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.