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Feliks Banel
Feliks Banel interviews authors, historians, archivists and others working to preserve and share the history of Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.
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Then” history column - was criticized by many, and even temporarily suspended by The Seattle Times for his role in the stunt.As you listen to Paul Dorpat's 2015 version of events, try to keep clam.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.
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On this BONUS ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with three-term Republican former Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed about the history and origins of voting by mail in Washington state. This conversation was recorded in September 2025.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 Trump Administration legislation before Congress which would effectively outlaw voting by mail - and, in addition, the US Supreme Court's expected decision in a case from Mississippi which might also impact Washington state - it was critical to listen again to Secretary Reed and learn the history and context for the practice in the state of Washington, and also look ahead to what might happen should the Trump 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.
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who shares his opinion on the latest tranche of FBI documents about the skyjacker, and we listen to some audio from the night of the hijacking from Minneapolis radio station (and CBS affiliate) WCCO recently shared by RadioTapes; plus we speak with Brad Holden, Seattle author and historian with a nose for vice, on his new project researching organized crime in Seattle in the years immediately after World War II - and how you can help with his research and quest for interviewees.More info about the Eric Ulis and D.B. Cooper:https://ericulis.com/More info about Brad Holden:https://bradholden.org/Links to more information about most topics discussed on the show are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 25, 2026 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.
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Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Janet Gallimore, executive director of the Idaho Historical Society on 2026 programs and exhibits; Ken Johnsen of Yakima Valley Trolleys on the ongoing effort to work with the City of Yakima to preserve the trolley tracks; historian and blogger Robin Adams on her search for mystery bridges crossing the Cedar River near Maple Valley, WA; Lloyd Lytle of the group working to save the Masonic Home of Washington in Des Moines, WA on their move to appeal the hearing examiner's decision and what comes next; Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, president of the Black Heritage Society of Washington on 2026 programs and an event at MOHAI on February 10, 2026; plus Jay of Jay's Radio Hour and DJ Professor Grumpy of History As Music/Music As History with some surprise vintage audio from Tacoma radio station KMO from January 1948.More info about the Idaho Historical Society:https://history.idaho.gov/More info about Yakima Valley Trolleys:https://www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org/trolley-angels/Robin Adams' Bat Gurrl Blog:https://batgurrl.net/2025/12/31/a-railroad-a-flood-and-a-water-pipeline-bridge/Lloyd Lytle's Masonic Home of Washington King County Appeal GoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-historic-masonic-home-of-des-moinesBlack Heritage Society of Washington MOHAI February 10 Event:https://mohai.org/event/america-250-the-verdict-is/Black Heritage Society of Washington:https://www.bhswa.org/wordpress/Links to more information about most topics discussed on the show are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 11, 2026 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.
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:Bomber Down: Part Twohttps://kslpodcasts.com/podcast/unsolved-histories/episode/bomber-down-part-two/Bomber Down: Part Threehttps://kslpodcasts.com/podcast/unsolved-histories/episode/bomber-down-part-three/Bomber Down: Part Fourhttps://kslpodcasts.com/podcast/unsolved-histories/episode/bomber-down-part-four/Project Recover's Search for the B-52 and Donation Informationhttps://www.projectrecover.org/project-recover-announces-new-mission-locate-us-air-force-b-52-and-aircrew-gone-missing-offshore-texas-coast-in-1968/CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
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episode hosted by Feliks Banel and broadcast LIVE from the now closed original Burgermaster location in University Village/Laurelhurst in Seattle on its final Friday of operation.Guests included Eugenia Woo from Historic Seattle; former journalist and Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden; Cynthia Brothers of Vanishing Seattle; author Taha Ebrahimi; historian Kent Sullivan; SPACE 101.1 FM founder Julianna Ross; and many, many others who shared their memories and observations. This Burgermaster location, near University Village/Laurelhurst in Seattle, closed down permanently on Sunday, February 23, 2025 after more than 70 years serving the public.More information about Burgermaster's remaining locations:https://burgermaster.com/This LIVE, LOCAL AND REMOTE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented from 11am to 2pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, February 21, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via www.space101fm.org from a booth just across from the main counter at the original Burgermaster flagship location 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.
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This BONUS ENCORE of CASCADE OF HISTORY was one of our LISTENER FAVORITES in 2025: the STAN BORESON-TENNIAL EDITION with radio personality Tim Hunter, Steve Wilson of Almost LIVE!, and Stan Boreson's daughter Ann Boreson. The occasion was 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 recalled and honored the Stan Boreson legacy - and played 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 www.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 and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.
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Frank Santaland:https://www.ohs.org/museum/exhibits/meier-and-frank-santaland.cfmLinks to more information about most topics discussed on the show are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 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.
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was filmed 40 years ago in Oregon. Rob Reiner, director of the film, was found dead along with his wife a few days ago. One iconic scene in the film involves a steam locomotive bearing down on a bridge over a body of water, while the young boy characters in the film are standing on the railroad tracks near the middle of the long span. Martin Hansen was the fireman on that steam locomotive when the iconic scene was filmed over several days in September 1985.CASCADE OF HISTORY spoke with Martin Hansen on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.For more information about Martin Hansen:https://www.facebook.com/martin.hansen.5895CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
a radio play written by Norman Corwin and originally performed on December 15, 1941 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. This live broadcast was performed before a live audience at Town Hall Seattle on December 15, 2025 - the 234th anniversary of the Bill of Rights.The 2025 cast featured Frank Abe; Enrique Cerna; Lisa Craze Brooks; Jim Dever; Mike Fuller; Heather Hirotaka; Naomi Ishisaka; Stephanie Johnson-Toliver; John Maynard; Dave Ross; Ken Workman; Bill Yeend; and Ken Zick. Live sound effects were designed and performed by Curtis Takahashi. Live music was arranged and performed by Silas Berlin. Sound engineering for Town Hall was by Rob Witmer. Town Hall production by Lillian Cantwell. Special thanks to Aisha Shah and all the staff, volunteers and donors who support Town Hall Seattle for agreeing to host this performance.Special thanks to SPACE 101.1 FM’s Eric Zappa, Mark Patterson and Mitch Etter for their support of live remote broadcasts such as this, and to Mitch, especially, for running the mixing board back at the station for this show. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 7:30pm Pacific Time on Monday, December 15, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via www.space101fm.org from historic Town Hall Seattle on First Hill on the edge of downtown.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 Jessica Stoller of the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce on how the Christmas capital of the Northwest is bouncing back from last week’s storms and how you can help; Maggie Cogswell of the Washington State Archives on efforts to digitize historic images and how you can help identify people and places pictured; Ken Johnsen of Yakima Valley Trolleys with an update on an impasse with the City of Yakima about delays in renewing his group’s operating agreement with the city; plus vintage audio of Jack Morton’s nautical-tinged “Night Before Christmas”; and vintage KING 5 News audio - and your memories! - from the Big Snow of December 18, 1990.More info about visiting and/or supporting Leavenworth, WA:https://leavenworth.org/More info about the Washington State Archives:https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/More info about the Yakima Valley Trolleys:https://www.yakimavalleytrolleys.org/More info about the live broadcast coming up on Mon, Dec 15 of “We Hold These Truths”:https://townhallseattle.org/event/we-hold-these-truths/Links to more information about most topics discussed on the show are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 14, 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.
often featured music by Canadian bands.The audio is from the “field tape” or raw recording of an interview shot on video as part of a feature for a local public TV station in Seattle. It’s been lightly edited – and the audio quality of the off-mic portion – of Feliks nervously asking questions – is not that great.Stuart McLean passed away in 2017 at age 68.More information about The Vinyl Caféhttps://vinylcafe.com/CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
News broke on Thursday, December 11, 2025 that the City of Des Moines, WA Hearing Examiner has denied the appeal of a coalition of groups working to halt the demolition of the Masonic Home of Washington. The Masonic Home is a sprawling hotel-like complex built in the 1920s south of Seattle as a retirement home for Freemasons in a park-like setting with a commanding view of Puget Sound. Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Lloyd Lytle, a leader of the grassroots group working to prevent demolition of the historic Masonic Home of Washington in Des Moines, Washington, and Chris Moore, executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. Both Lytle and Moore react to today's news, and talk about what comes next.Lytle’s group is called Citizens for the Protection of Des Moines Historic Resources. They formed a coalition with Des Moines Historical Society and the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation and filed an appeal of the demolition permit issued in August 2025 by the City of Des Moines to property owner Zenith LLC. CASCADE OF HISTORY previously reached out to two different companies associated with Zenith LLC to request an interview; we have never heard back.GoFundMe to Help Retire the Debt of Legal Fees from Lloyd Lytle's Group:https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-masonic-home-of-des-moines-support-our-appealLIVE BROADCAST from the street in front of the Masonic Home on September 14, 2025https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/ep-119Background via the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's List of Most Endangered Placeshttps://preservewa.org/most_endangered/masonic-home-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 many have been owned by prominent people, including American presidents going back as far as Harry Truman. With a retail price in 2025 north of $12,000, Diplomats tend to get passed down to descendants.We cover all of this and more in this conversation. CASCADE OF HISTORY spoke with Joe Wright on Thursday, December 11, 2025.For more information about Replogle Globes:https://replogleglobes.com/To hear the BONUS EPISODE tour of Metsker Maps in Seattle:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-metsker-mapsCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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 presents his archival interview from 2009 with the late Bryan Johnson, longtime KOMO Radio and TV journalist in Seattle whose passing at age 89 was announced on December 8, 2025.Just a few weeks ago, we featured a 2013 interview with Bryan Johnson about when he was on the radio in Seattle in 1963 breaking the news about the Kennedy assassination. With word of Mr. Johnson's passing, we went back into the archives for this conversation from October 9, 2009. The occasion was his unbelievable 50th anniversary at KOMO Radio and TV in Seattle, which would be officially marked the next day, October 10, 2009.This interview has been lightly edited. It was conducted for a story I wrote for the old CROSSCUT website, and we cover a lot of ground about Mr. Johnson's career and the people with whom he crossed paths. The audio quality is not great; I have, thankfully, since upgraded the gear I use for recording phone interviews. It was an honor and a privilege to interview Bryan Johnson on the eve of his 50th anniversary at KOMO. We had a lot of laughs, too. RIP.Link to earlier BONUS EPISODE with Bryan Johnson about covering the assassination of JFK:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-komo-jfkCASCADE 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.
community glue” that radio, in the right hands, can still do so well. The sound quality is not great, and during pregnant pauses, music from another station can be heard. The content is surprisingly raw, with both Slaton and one of the callers uttering expletives – which have been bleeped out after the fact (those expletives, remarkably, went out over the airwaves on December 8, 1980).CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
:https://townhallseattle.org/event/we-hold-these-truths/More info about Lt. Colonel Erik Flint (retired) :https://stephenambrosetours.com/historian/erik-flint/Candy Cane Lane Official Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/SeattleCandyCaneLane/Scott Sistek's Emerald City Weather Blog:https://emeraldcityweather.com/Frank Abe's RESISTERS Website:https://resisters.com/author/frankabe/Links to more information about all of these stories - and photos of Candy Cane Lane by Ken Zick - are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 7, 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.
project:https://www.instagram.com/p/DLnDJBbJirQ/To hear the BONUS EPISODE with Laurie Olin:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-laurie-olinTo see Laurie Olin's 1960 UW study of the Kalmar Hotel:https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/archps/id/1544/rec/8CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle's Montlake neighborhood. The festive play is a parody of American drive-time radio news, and features several well-known and highly talented local radio voices. It was originally broadcast live - and commercial-free! - on a commercial station in Seattle on December 5, 2024.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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 the south edge of downtown Seattle with Brian Lane, one of the many artists who have studio spaces inside the former U.S. government facility.Brian Lane is a printmaker and letterpress artist who's had a studio in the building for 12 years. He's an arts educator, and is deeply committed to his art, as well as to sharing the history of the old immigration facility - and especially how that history intersects with his work, with current events, and with the work of others artists who have spaces there.The non-profit group Friends of Inscape will hold the holiday season edition of their twice-a-year-only open studios event on Saturday, December 6, 2025 from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. Admission is free. The event features dozens of artists and crafts vendors offering their wares, thought-provoking history displays about specific elements and places within the former immigration facility, and peeks inside some of the most distinctive studio spaces in the Pacific Northwest.More information about Friends of Inscape Open Studios on December 6, 2025:https://friendsofinscape.org/news/inscape-arts-open-studios-winter-2025CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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 world-renowned landscape architect - and renaissance man - Laurie Olin.Laurie Olin has been associated with many high profile projects around the world, and taught at the University of Pennsylvania for decades. Earlier in his career, Olin studied architecture at the University of Washington, and spent several years in Seattle from the late 1950s to the early 1970s working with a range of architects and civic leaders, and later writing poetry. In those formative years for the modern city, he was part of a vibrant community of artists and scholars, and was involved with design projects and grassroots preservation efforts that still resonate today in 21st-century Seattle.In a long conversation recorded on December 1, 2025, Laurie Olin covered a lot of ground, and helped evoke many well-known people and iconic places from a heady era in a young Seattle of the 1950s and 1960s.For more information about Laurie Olin's teaching:https://www.design.upenn.edu/people/laurie-d-olinFor more information about Laurie Olin's work:https://www.theolinstudio.com/people#/laurie-olin/Laurie Olin's October 2025 letter for The Cultural Landscape Foundation regarding Gas Works Park:https://www.tclf.org/laurie-olin-threats-gas-works-parkCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
for KVI Radio (provided to CASCADE OF HISTORY by Benjamin Helle of the Washington State Archives); Candy Cane Lane recent-arrival Dave Kubiak on the year-round charms of the street also known as Park Road; and Nick Biermann with an update on saving the Ryan House in Sumner.Special thanks to members of the Roosevelt Caroling Club and Northwest Girlchoir who performed Christmas carols during the show; extra-special thanks to Joseph and Dana Manalang for hospitably allowing this live broadcast from December 2024 to originate from their front porch in the heart of Candy Cane Lane. This is what live and local radio is all about - community at its best!More information about Candy Cane Lane 2025 - which officially opens on Saturday, December 6, 2025:https://www.facebook.com/SeattleCandyCaneLane/This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY from Candy Cane Lane in Seattle was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 15, 2024. 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 Todd Scott, Preservation Architect and Planner with King County.In a BONUS EPISODE conversation earlier this year with Todd Scott (about the Masonic Home in Des Moines, Washington) he spoke briefly about rising property values creating additional historic preservation challenges in a few specific communities in King County – and plans were made to circle back and go a little deeper on the topic. One particular area where Todd Scott has noticed this trend is on the east side of Lake Washington in a few specific neighborhoods in the City of Kirkland.More information about the King County Historic Preservation Program:https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dnrp/buildings-property/historic-preservation-programCASCADE 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.
of Centralia, Washington. The Magic Radio Santa appeared for decades on radio station KELA in the southwest part of the Evergreen State from the late 1940s until the 1970s, reading Christmas letters and wish lists of presents from local children.The first part of this episode is from December 2018, when Banel produced a story for a Seattle radio station about a piece of vintage sound from 1950 – a giant, 16-inch diameter recording of a broadcast by Centralia’s “Magic Radio Santa.” The second part is from December 2022, when Banel presented an update to a search - described in part one - for the kids mentioned in the 1950 recording. The other voice alongside Feliks from the 2018 and 2022 audio is Dave Ross. The original 1950 recording came from John Jenkins at SPARK Museum in Bellingham, 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 and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.
Nelson, and the giant star on the Bon Marché.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 Eleanor Boba, a public historian based in Seattle who recently discovered that the large bronze commemorative plaque for the Interstate 90 Homer Hadley Bridge across Lake Washington is missing.Homer Hadley is the Seattle-based engineer credited with the idea for a concrete floating bridge, and for the design of the original 1940 Lacey V. Murrow Lake Washington Floating Bridge (which sank on November 25, 1990 while undergoing renovation). The bridge named for Hadley was opened to vehicle traffic circa 1990, though it was not officially dedicated to him until July 17, 1993.We've shared photos of the plaque - which the Washington State Department of Transportation tells CASCADE OF HISTORY they are not able to locate - and the now empty plinth to which it was attached for many years, at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page.https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryFor more information, please see Eleanor Boba's Blog Post:https://remnantsofourpast.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-beaten-path-tracing-i-90-trail-in.htmlCASCADE OF HISTORY has reached out to Homer Hadley's descendants to gather their reaction to news of the missing plaque, but as of Monday, November 24, 2025, we have not yet heard back.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.
announcer) Bill Kurtis on his 1971 coverage of the D.B. Cooper skyjacking; and Julie Green Lombardo -whose father Del Green was a member of long-ago Seattle barbershop quartet the Four-Do-Matics - for whom we play a vintage recording by the group on an old LP that she'd never heard before. We also shared sad news from Jean Sherrard about the passing of longtime Seattle historian and author Junius Rochester - to whom we will pay tribute in an upcoming broadcast.Links to information about all of these stories are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, November 23, 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.
COOPER FIVE-OH” was produced and hosted live by Feliks Banel on a commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington on Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 2021 - 50 years to the night of the infamous skyjacking.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.
:https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/how-one-seattle-cobbler-explains-a-century-of-economic-change/Swanson's Shoe Repair website:https://swansonsshoerepair.com/Our interview with Danny Swanson is from CASCADE OF HISTORY’s “sister program” – a monthly live broadcast from the Wallingford Farmer’s Market in the summer of 2023 called “The Wallingford Local,” produced as a joint project with the non-profit Historic Wallingford and SPACE 101.1 FM. Danny Swanson was a guest at our July 26, 2023 live broadcast from Meridian Park in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood.The Wallingford Local Archival Podcast Page:https://soundcloud.com/thewallingfordlocalCASCADE 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 presents his archival interview from 2013 with Bryan Johnson, longtime KOMO Radio and TV journalist in Seattle. Johnson describes his early career at KOMO Radio in the late 1950s, and the morning he was on the job - Friday, November 22, 1963 - and had to break the news that President Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas. During the interview, we also listen back to a piece Johnson produced for ABC News' national radio feed about Seattle area reaction to the death of JFK.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.
is Walker Willingham, longtime Metsker employee and knowledgeable expert on maps and cartography. Mr. Willingham gives a tour of the store, tells about its history, and describes some of the maps, globes and books that make Metsker Maps one of the most distinctive retail establishments in the Pacific Northwest. He also shares his thoughts and philosophies on world map projections and the future of paper maps.PLEASE BE FOREWARNED: this 30-minute episode features a couple of SERIOUS map nerds.For more information about Metsker Maps' hours and location (as well as its online store):https://metskermaps.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.
parkId=5CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page for more info about upcoming events with Bill Willingham on December 7, 2025; January 10, 2026 and February 8, 2026:https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE 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.
from August 2023:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/coh-ep-33CASCADE 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 author and radio historian Michael C. Keith. He’s a retired academic, and prolific author and editor of fiction and non-fiction. Among his titles are the iconic text book THE RADIO STATION, and the collection of essays RADIO CULTURES: THE SOUND MEDIUM IN AMERICAN LIFE.Michael C. Keith also worked closely with the late Norman Corwin, American radio playwright and author, and the man responsible for WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS was a live broadcast on all four American radio networks on December 15, 1941 - just eight days after the attack on Pearl Harbor - marking the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights.CASCADE OF HISTORY will be presenting WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS live from, and in partnership with, Town Hall Seattle and live on SPACE 101.1 FM on December 15, 2025 at 7:30pm Pacific Time. We spoke with Michael C. Keith on November 13, 2025 in order to provide some history context in advance of the 2025 production.For more information about attending WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS at Town Hall Seattle:https://townhallseattle.org/event/we-hold-these-truths/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 presents an archival interview with the late Gene Casey from November 2015.It was late on the snowy night of November 17, 1955 when an aging DC-4 full of soldiers on their way home from Korea took off from Boeing Field in Seattle. Within minutes, the plane crashed and burned in a residential neighborhood in the community of Burien, Washington. Twenty-eight of the 74 people on board died in the crash. Propeller maintenance errors were later blamed. In 2015, Feliks Banel spoke with one of the survivors – a man named Gene Casey, who in 1955 was a 19-year-old soldier from Chicago.Though he was badly burned and had other serious injuries, Gene Casey helped another fellow soldier escape from the burning wreckage. Casey was promised a medal for his actions, but never received anything. Mr. Casey passed away in 2023 on the 68th anniversary of the crash. He was 87 years old.Feliks had tried to get the Defense Department to award Mr. Casey a medal, and reached out to officials in his home state of Florida and in Washington, DC – but he was not successful. Much of it hinged on finding the fellow soldier who Casey had helped rescue from the crash. Feliks believes he identified that soldier – but the man is long deceased, and his living relatives have never responded to multiple phone calls and emails.We’ve posted photos and more information about Gene Casey at the Cascade of History Facebook page. If you have any information about Mr. Casey’s actions in the November 17, 1955 crash in Burien, Washington, please get in touch by sending an email to: cascadeofhistory@gmail.comCASCADE 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 Danny Westneat of The Seattle Times on his column about Seattle's socialist mayor of a century ago - Edwin 'Doc' Brown - and Seattle's Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson; explorer and historian Matt McCauley describing his dives in Lake Washington on the wreck of the old Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge - which sank 35 years ago on November 25, 1990; and Lloyd Lytle of Save Des Moines Masonic Home, with an update on the legal effort to halt the demolition of the historic structure.Links to information about all of these stories are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, November 16, 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.
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For more information about the Duwamish Tribe:https://www.duwamishtribe.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 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 provides an update on a debate in Concrete about the future of the office building of the old Superior Cement Company, a historic structure on the west end of Concrete just north of State Route 20. A private business operator wants to buy the building and the real estate and restore the building for commercial use; some Concrete citizens want the city to retain ownership of the building and the real estate, which currently function somewhat like a public park. The issue was discussed at a city council meeting on Monday, November 10, 2025, and a public meeting will be held by the Concrete Chamber of Commerce at the Concrete Theatre on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6pm. In this episode, Miller reports on what happened at Monday's official meeting, and previews what may happen at Thursday's quasi-official meeting.For more information about the November 13, 2025 meeting taking place at 6pm at the Concrete Theatre:https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16hVqC6zcF/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.
from UBC Press:https://www.ubcpress.ca/uncededFor more information on the British Columbia Treaty Commission:https://bctreaty.ca/about-us/what-we-do/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 Mark Knutzen, president of the Burlington Historical Society in the Skagit County town of Burlington, Washington.In a far-ranging conversation, Mr. Knutzen describes the history of Burlington and Skagit County, as well as his group's effort to preserve and share artifacts and stories from Burlington and surrouding areas. The all-voluntter group is working with the City of Burlington, and hopes to create a history center within the city's old 1916 Carnegie Library.Until then, the Burlington Historical Society presents special programs at least twice a year, including a World War II homefront history event taking place on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 1pm to 4pm at the current Burlington Library at 820 East Washington Avenue. The event is free and open to the public, and will feature several speakers, including two who remember when the U.S. was plunged into World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor - and who were living in Skagit County at the time.For more information about the WWII homefront history event at Burlington Library on Sat., Nov. 15, 2025 from 1-4pm via the Burlington, WA Historical Society's Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cb1KMmiuA/CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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.
popcorn. Courtney Cooper Neese also broke some exciting news about the old Vogue Theatre in nearby Cle Elum, Washington.The Roslyn Theatre has participated in the State of Washington's Historic Theatre Grant Program, and Courtney Cooper Neese explains how grants have helped restore, improve and preserve the structure and ensure its continued viability.The next Historic Theatre Grant Program application deadline is coming up on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Historic Theatre 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 to the Historic Theatre Grant Program:https://preservewa.org/programs/grants/historic-theater-grant-program/For more information about The Roslyn Theatre:https://roslyntheatre.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.
and author Melissa Slager:http://melissaslager.com/contests-of-strengthCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via flagship station 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 Charlie Robin, CEO of The Capitol Theatre Committee, non-profit operator of the historic Capitol Theatre in Yakima, Washington.Charlie Robin joined CASCADE OF HISTORY to share the history of the 1920 Capitol Theatre, and to explain how the State of Washington's Historic Theatre Grant Program has helped support preservation of a facility and institution which is clearly treasured by the Yakima community.The next Historic Theatre Grant Program application deadline is coming up on Sunday, December 21, 2025. Historic Theatre 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 to the Historic Theatre Grant Program:https://preservewa.org/programs/grants/historic-theater-grant-program/For more information about The Capitol Theatre in Yakima:https://capitoltheatre.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 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.
at Indigo Books on Robson Street in Vancouver, BC on Saturday, November 22, 2025.https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/store-locator/vancouver-indigo-robson.htmlCASCADE 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.
Then” history column - was criticized by many, and even temporarily suspended by The Seattle Times for his role in the stunt.As you listen to Paul Dorpat's 2015 version of events, try to keep clam.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.
at the Polson Museum in Hoquiam, WA on Saturday, November 8. 2025:https://uwapress.uw.edu/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D189920853He will also be appearing at Orca Books in Olympia, WA on Thursday, December 4. 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.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.
Bevins, Lee Callahan, Chris Cashman, Pat Cashman, Tracey Conway, Jim Dever, John Maynard, and Dolores Rogers. Music was composed and performed by Rob Jones; live sound effects were designed and performed by Curtis Takahashi.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 regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.
received the Frances Fuller Victor Oregon Book Award in 2004. She serves as the conservation representative on the Oregon Department of Forestry's Independent Science and Research Team and lives on the southern flank of the Wallowa Mountains not far from Halfway, Oregon.For more information on “Living With Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of the Pacific Northwest” by Ellen Morris Bishop:https://www.osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/living-with-thunder-0Ellen Morris Bishop's website, with info about upcoming bookstore events:http://www.ellenmorrisbishop.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.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/oct/26/fort-colvile-washingtons-once-prolific-200-year-ol/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 Wes Walker with the City of Walla Walla, WA's Parks and Recreation Department. The City of Walla Walla manages historic Mountain View Cemetery - parts of which date to the 1850s - and has received multiple grants from the State of Washington's Historic Cemetery Preservation Capital Grant Program.Wes Walker joined CASCADE OF HISTORY to share some of Mountain View Cemetery's history, and to explain how the grant program has helped support Walla Walla’s efforts to restore and preserve the cemetery's World War I veterans' section.The grant application deadline is coming up on December 21, 2025. Cemetery Preservation 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 and about upcoming workshops:https://dahp.wa.gov/archaeology/cemeteriesburial-sites/historic-cemetery-grant-programCASCADE 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.
Then; and is joined LIVE by phone by Dawn Wynne of Spokane Preservation Advocates for a preview of their upcoming November 2, 2025 historic homes tour.Links to information about all of these stories are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 26, 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.
was produced, written and directed by CASCADE OF HISTORY host Feliks Banel. It was performed live at Town Hall Seattle before a live audience, and was broadcast live on a local radio station. The cast includes many well-known broadcasters and performers, including Lee Callahan, Tracey Conway, John Curley, Jim Dever, Tim Haeck, John Maynard, Dan Restione, Dave Ross and Tom Tangney. Music was composed and performed by Rob Jones; live sound effects were designed and performed by Curtis Takahashi.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 regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.
- is a sprawling hotel-like complex built in the 1920s south of Seattle as a retirement home for Freemasons in a park-like setting with a commanding view of Puget Sound. The land and buildings are owned by a private developer called Zenith whose plans for the site have not been revealed. CASCADE OF HISTORY previously reached out to two different companies associated with Zenith to request an interview, but we have never heard back.Preservation/Demolition Permit Appeal Fundraising Campaign from Lloyd Lytle's Grouphttps://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-masonic-home-of-des-moines-support-our-appealLIVE BROADCAST from the street in front of the Masonic Home on September 14, 2025https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/ep-119Background via the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's List of Most Endangered Placeshttps://preservewa.org/most_endangered/masonic-home-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.
by Jim Holyan:https://caxtonnnn.myshopify.com/products/i-was-a-middle-aged-wolfman-chasing-wolves-in-idahos-backcountryCASCADE 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.
This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 19, 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.
at the Burke Museum through August 2026:https://www.burkemuseum.org/exhibits/woven-wool-resilience-coast-salish-weavingCASCADE 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.
with people who've had long careers in media and/or history in the Pacific Northwest.Deborah Horne retired earlier this month after 34 years at one station in Seattle - KIRO TV - under three different station owners: Bonneville, Belo and Cox. She's been a consistent and trusted presence on TV news in Seattle since 1991, after beginning her career in print journalism and then TV in Providence, Rhode Island.This far-ranging and extended conversation was recorded on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.More information about Deborah Horne's upcoming appearance with the Seattle Symphony on October 18, 2025:https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2025-2026/25fam1CASCADE 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.
Then on this week's Seattle Times column about the old Hitt Fireworks factory in Seattle's Rainier Valley as well as the announcement that the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will give up its lease on the Egyptian Theatre; Chrissie Richardson of the Parkland Community Association about the Haunted Market at Parkland Community Center - historic Parkland School in Pierce County - on October 18, 2025 from 10am to 4pm; and Frank Abe on his experience at the 15-inning Game 5 of the American League Division Series (ALDS) in Seattle last Friday night.We also listened to audio from the most recent meeting of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board (LPB) as the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation (SPR) seeks permission to make significant changes at Gas Works Park. The LPB will meet on October 15, 2025 at 3:30pm Pacific Time to further discuss SPR's request. And, we marked the 63rd anniversary of the October 12, 1962 Columbus Day Storm with some vintage audio from radio station KGW in Portland, Oregon and from meteorologist Ted Buehner.Links to information about all of these stories are available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 12, 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 journalist and author John Dodge, in an archival interview recorded in September 2018.Dodge talks about his then-new book, “A Deadly Wind” from Oregon State University Press. It’s a look back at the October 12, 1962 Columbus Day Storm that devastated the Pacific Northwest and the lower mainland of British Columbia - leaving many deaths and millions of dollars of damage in its wake.For more information about "A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm" by John Dodge:http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/deadly-windCASCADE 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 BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Tom Tangney, retired former Seattle journalist and broadcaster, longtime local cinephile - and all around gadfly.The Seattle International Film Festival – or SIFF - announced on October 9, 2025 that they are ending their lease of the Egyptian Theatre on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. The theatre, which was built as a Masonic Temple around 1916, belongs to Seattle Central College. It’s unclear what’s next for the structure, which has not been officially recognized as a historic landmark. Still, it has served as a movie theatre for decades, and was key to growth of Seattle as a center of movie-going, and to the development of the SIFF. Tom Tangney worked at the Egyptian in the 1980s, and has paid attention to Seattle cinemas and cinephiles for decades.For more information about the history of The Egyptian Theatre:https://pauldorpat.com/2019/10/04/seattle-now-then-the-seattle-masonic-temple-now-the-egyptian-theatre-1916/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 BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is David Eskenazi, Seattle's preeminent sports collector and historian.Seattle is battling Detroit in Major League Baseball's American League Division Series. As this episode was being recorded on Thursday, October 9, 2025, the Mariners and the Tigers were on the eve of facing off in the decisive game of the best of five series. Game Five will take place in Seattle on Friday, October 10, 2025, and the winner will earn the right to face the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series.David Eskenazi shares the story of pitcher Fred Hutchinson, Seattle's first big baseball star. Hutch played for the Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League in 1938 right out of Franklin High School in the Rainier Valley. After a phenomenal season, he was "sold" to the Detroit Tigers, where he became a Major League Baseball star. Hutchinson is also the namesake of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.For more information about the David Eskenazi:https://www.sportspressnw.com/author/daveeskenaziFor more information about Fred Hutchinson:https://www.fredhutch.org/en/about/about-the-hutch/history.htmlCASCADE 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 BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Jeremy Dimick, Director of Collections and Curatorial for the Detroit Historical Society and Museum.Seattle is battling Detroit in Major League Baseball's American League Division Series. As this episode was being recorded on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, the Mariners and the Tigers were about to face off in Detroit in Game Four of the best of five series. A win for Seattle, and they move on to the American League Championship Series; a win for Detroit, and Game Five will take place in Seattle on Friday, October 10, 2025.With this baseball battle underway, Mr. Dimick shares his vast knowledge of Detroit's incredible sports history, and puts up with our goofy questions about sports connections between the two cities, including hydroplane racing in the 1950s, and the Seattle Seahawks losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl - held in Detroit - in 2006.For more information about the Detroit Historical Museum:https://www.detroithistorical.org/visit/detroit-historical-museumCASCADE 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, we present some recent vintage audio – a piece Feliks Banel produced for a Seattle radio station in October 2022 about the Seattle Mariners and their predecessors – the one-season-and-done Seattle Pilots of 1969 - as well as the backstory of the Milwaukee Brewers.The Pilots left Seattle and became the Brewers in 1970. Ever since the Brewers moved into the National League in the late 1990s, some people in Seattle have wished for the Mariners to face the Brewers in the World Series. It would be Seattle baseball now against Seattle baseball then. The living versus the ghosts. Slade Gorton . . . versus Bud Selig.As of this moment – on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 – both the Mariners and the ghosts of the Seattle Pilots (aka the Milwaukee Brewers) – are still alive in the playoffs, and the match-up remains more possible than it has ever been before.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, we present more context about Gas Works Park and the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation’s proposed removal of elements of the historic “cracking towers.”As heard in the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board's meeting of October 1, 2025, at the heart of the debate is what the late landscape architect Rich Haag – who had the radical idea to preserve the industrial elements that give the park its name and its character – intended for those industrial elements over time, and how and whether they would be cared for and maintained.First up are some key highlights and analysis from the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board meeting which took place on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. These highlights illustrate the crux of the debate about what to do to prevent injuries and death at Gas Works Park and what the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation is also responsible for when it comes to respecting the historic landmark aspects of the park and carrying through the intent of designer Rich Haag.Following the highlights and analysis, we present the entire October 1, 2025 Gas Works Park discussion audio from the Landmarks Board, with some minor editing to remove long silences and extraneous discussion of logistical issues.For additional context, please listen to these earlier episodes of CASCADE OF HISTORY.Interview with Patricia Fels of Friends of Gas Works Parkhttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-fels-oct-2Audio from the September 17, 2025 Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board Meetinghttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-gasworks-slpbFor more information about commenting in advance or as part of the October 15, 2025 meeting of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board:https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/historic-preservation/city-landmarksCASCADE 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 Jay of Jay's Radio Hour and DJ Professor Grumpy of History As Music/Music As History - in a special broadcast as part of SPACE 101.1 FM's 8th birthday celebration, the BIRTHDAY BLASTOFF!Jay tells the story of the origins of his show, heard at 9pm Pacific Time Sunday on SPACE 101.1 FM, and how he first came into contact with old 78rpm discs. DJ Professor Grumpy describes the "aha moment" when the idea for his show (heard at 7pm Pacific Time Sunday on SPACE 101.1 FM) was hatched.The BIRTHDAY BLASTOFF was also a fundraiser for SPACE 101.1 and your donations are still welcome! To make a tax-deductible contribution:https://www.space101fm.org/donate/This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 5, 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 Leonard Garfield, executive director of Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry or “MOHAI.” It was recently announced that Garfield will be presented with the 2025 Pacific Northwest History Award by the Pacific Northwest Historian’s Guild.The award recognizes individuals or organizations for significant contributions to the writing, preserving and promoting of Pacific Northwest history. The award will be presented on Friday, October 10, 2025 as part of the guild’s annual meeting and reception at the Mountaineers Center at Magnuson Park. The guild’s annual conference follows the next day at the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library downtown.With more than 26 years in charge of MOHAI, Leonard Garfield is now one of the longest-serving directors currently running a Pacific Northwest cultural institution. During his tenure and under his leadership, MOHAI grew from a sleepy yet beloved local treasure tucked away in a park near the UW campus, to a major cultural entity in South Lake Union, a bustling tech neighborhood on the edge of downtown.For more information about October 10, 2025 Meeting and Reception:https://pnwhistorians.org/guild/index.php/2025-reception/For more information about the 2025 Pacific Northwest Historian’s Guild Conference on October 11, 2025:https://pnwhistorians.org/guild/index.php/pacific-northwest-history-conference/2025-history-conference/For more information about Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI):https://mohai.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 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 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-washingtonCASCADE 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, we get the latest news on a plan by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation (SPR) to make significant changes to historic Gas Works Park on Lake Union in Seattle's Wallingford/Fremont neighborhoods.Conservation architect Patricia Fels is our guest. She took part in the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board (LPB) meeting on October 1, 2025, and listened in as the board members chose to "table" SPR's proposal to remove elements of the iconic "cracking towers" at Gas Works Park, rather than reject the request. SPR said they will revise their proposal and be back before the LPB as soon as the next meeting on October 15, 2025.Patricia Fels is a member of Friends of Gas Works Park, and worked closely with the late Richard Haag, noted landscape architect who designed the groundbreaking public space - which includes industrial elements from the "gas works" that previously occupied the site. Fels also wrote the landmark nomination for Gas Works Park, and knows its history and context better than just about anybody.Cascade of History asked Seattle Parks and Recreation for comment immediately following yesterday's tabling of their Gas Works proposal, but we have not yet heard back as of midday Thursday, October 2, 2025.For additional information and context, here's a BONUS EPISODE from earlier this week featuring audio from the September 17, 2025 meeting of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board and the Gas Works Park presentation by SPR:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-gasworks-slpbFor more information about Friends of Gas Works Park:https://fogwp.org/For more information about the Wednesday, October 8, 2025 2pm meeting of the Parks, Public Utilties & Technology and Committee of the Seattle City Council:https://www.seattle.gov/council/meetings/committees-and-agendas/parks-public-utilities-and-technologyFor more information about commenting on items before the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board:https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/historic-preservation/city-landmarks/public-commentCASCADE 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.
UPDATE AS OF 6PM WEDS, OCT 1, 2025 - THE SEATTLE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD VOTED TO TABLE SEATTLE PARKS' REQUEST FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO GAS WORKS PARK. BOARD MEMBERS WANTED MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT PARKS' PROPOSED WORK, A LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR THE PARK, AND DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT DESIGNER RICH HAAG INTENDED FOR THE STRUCTURES IN THE PARK IN THE LONG-TERM: DECAY OR MAINTENANCE. PARKS SAYS THEY WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE BOARD IN TWO WEEKS.UPDATE VIA CASCADE OF HISTORY FACEBOOK PAGE:https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FzqBbzzRs/On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from the September 17, 2025 meeting of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board.In a move that has gone largely unreported, the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation (SPR) is seeking permission to make significant changes to the historic structures from the old gas plant that give Seattle’s Gas Works Park its name and much of its character. Since 2008, several people have been injured and three have died while trespassing and climbing on the historic structures.Later today – Wednesday, October 1, 2025 – the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board seems poised to approve SPR’s request for a “CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL.” This would allow for removal of elements of the old "cracking towers" - giant, rusty pieces of equipment from the original gas plant.Gas Works Park is internationally known and is a beloved local destination on Lake Union in the city’s Wallingford and Fremont neighborhoods. It was designed more than 50 years ago by the late Richard Haag. Haag was a landscape architect whose vision of preserving the industrial elements and incorporating them into the design of the park was revolutionary at the time, and it has influenced other park designs around the globe.In an emailed statement on October 1, 2025, a parks spokesperson wrote:“The Mayor’s proposed 2026 budget adds $1.8 million to support safety improvements and remove certain appurtenances attached to the 'Cracking Towers' at Gas Works Park. Appurtenances have been used by trespassers and include catwalks, ladders, support framing, and select piping and valving, and pipe sections that currently extend beyond the security fencing. Improvements will also include the installation of security lighting to ‘up-light’ the towers from purposefully placed fixtures around the perimeter of the towers.”As part of the process seeking approval, Seattle Parks employee David Graves made a presentation to the Landmarks Preservation Board on September 17, 2025, and the board members asked questions, and discussed the project with Landmarks Board staff.Today’s meeting (Wednesday, October 1, 2025) begins at 3:30pm Pacific Time, and public comment may be made remotely online (see link below).The audio from September 17 has been lightly edited to compress periods of silence and remove a few A/V related logistical discussions.For more information about commenting in advance or as part of the October 1, 2025 meeting of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board:https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/historic-preservation/city-landmarksCASCADE 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.
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.
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.
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.htmlSpecial 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.
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 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/cascadeofhistoryThis 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.
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-depressionCASCADE 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 Rosterhttps://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.
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, 2025Earlier CASCADE OF HISTORY episode featuring Lee Reynolds of the U.S. Army's Center of Military History:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episodes-secretary-armyCASCADE 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.
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 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/cascadeofhistoryThis 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-appealThis 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 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-libraryCASCADE 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 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 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-celebrationFor more information on Howard Lovering's book "For Future Generations":https://www.museumofflightstore.org/for-future-generations-a-history-of-the-museum.html?srsltid=AfmBOorY5fZjiyhc9S6ikZ62aFM81DyI315xgz0GsqgVJdFDJkL6DkATCASCADE 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-northwestCASCADE 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/topobuilderMs. 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-grantsCASCADE 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 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.
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.
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-riverCASCADE 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-riverCASCADE 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-1.7609551CASCADE 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/Information from "Woodpecker" publisher Braided River:https://www.braidedriver.org/woodpeckerCASCADE 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 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 EPISODE 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-cooperCASCADE 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-postcardSubscribe 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.
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 Saundershttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-exit-saundersLegacy Washington Director John C. Hugheshttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-john-c-hughesSubscribe 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. Allenhttps://bonneywatson.com/obituary/edgar-j-allen/Bill Burnetthttps://www.funerals.coop/obituaries/bill-burnettBea Jordanhttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/unionleader/name/bea-jordan-obituary?id=19375229Henry Kuharichttps://genprideseattle.org/dr-henry-kuharic/Kirby Walkerhttps://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/kirby-walker-obituary?id=32523548The 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-107Subscribe 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 Boathttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-trouble-behind-boatUW Responds to Concerns about the ASUW Shell Househttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-uw-respondsCASCADE 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 CountySpokane 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.htmlCASCADE 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 Sternwheelerhttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-rudderIdaho Sunken Boat Mysteryhttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-mystery-boatCASCADE 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 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 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 FAQhttps://www.desmoineswa.gov/departments/planning_and_building/plan_development/current_projects/key_messages_and_f_a_qBackground via the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's List of Most Endangered Placeshttps://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-appealDes Moines, WA City Council Meeting Details for August 7, 2025https://www.desmoineswa.gov/workspaces/one.aspx?objectId=20806884&contextId=17555022CASCADE 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 - the second episode today devoted to the Masonic Home of Washington in Des Moines, WA - Feliks Banel speaks with Todd Scott, preservation architect for King County, for history and context; and with Lloyd Lytle, a member of the citizens' group working to prevent the facility's demolition.The Masonic Home - which is also 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 in a park-like setting. After many years of sitting empty on a prominent piece of land near Puget Sound along Marine View Drive South, a demolition permit will likely be issued by the City of Des Moines, WA on Friday, August 8, 2025.The land and buildings are owned by a private developer called Zenith whose plans for the site have not been revealed. CASCADE OF HISTORY reached out to two different companies associated with Zenith to request an interview, but we have not heard back.Previous Episode featuring Des Moines, WA City Manager Katherine Caffreyhttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-masonic-homePreservation/Demolition Permit Appeal Fundraising Campaign from Lloyd Lytle's Grouphttps://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-masonic-home-of-des-moines-support-our-appealCity of Des Moines Masonic Home FAQhttps://www.desmoineswa.gov/departments/planning_and_building/plan_development/current_projects/key_messages_and_f_a_qBackground via the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's List of Most Endangered Placeshttps://preservewa.org/most_endangered/masonic-home-washington/Des Moines, WA City Council Meeting Details for August 7, 2025https://www.desmoineswa.gov/workspaces/one.aspx?objectId=20806884&contextId=17555022CASCADE 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 U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland, Democrat of Washington State's 10th Congressional District, for an update about the threatened closure of Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma, Washington. We also get an update from Erik Flint, retired former director of Lewis Army Museum.On June 30, 2025, Representative Strickland sent a letter to Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll with a number of questions about the threatened closure, and a request to hear answers to those questions by this past Friday. In this interview, Representative Strickland reveals what response she received.Last week, retired museum director Erik Flint saw correspondence between Army Museum Enterprise staff and the network of museums the Army operates, and in this conversation reveals what it said.For additional information and context, please see these earlier episodes:Interview with Lee Reynolds, Army Museum Enterprise Public Affairshttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episodes-secretary-armyInterview with Jerry Cornfield of The Washington State Standardhttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-cornfield-lewisCASCADE 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.
For this SUMMER ENCORE EPISODE on Seafair Weekend in Seattle, Feliks Banel presents a tribute to late Pacific Northwest DJ and pop culture renaissance man - and longtime hydro race announcer - Pat O’Day on this broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY. With a vintage aircheck and two long excerpts from an oral history recorded by WSU Professor Hugh Rundell in the late 1970s, we hear directly from Pat O’Day about his early influences and his peripatetic radio career around the Evergreen State (and a corner of the Beaver State). O’Day, born Paul Berg, made his Seattle debut on KAYO – and introduced his “Pat O’Day” deejay name – on February 1, 1959. O'Day passed away on August 4, 2020.This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, August 3, 2025 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. The original broadcast was presented on January 21, 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, we present audio of the public comment at the Sumner, WA City Council Meeting of Monday, August 4, 2025. This is the first such meeting held since the Ryan House was demolished. The historic structure was demolished, beginning after dark on July 24, 2025 (just over 10 days ago) by its owner, the City of Sumner.CASCADE OF HISTORY broadcast live from the Ryan House on two occasions this year, including on Sunday, July 27, 2025 – just a few days after the demolition. The community group – Save Ryan House – put up a sincere and transparent attempt to work with the City of Sumner to preserve and restore the 150-year old home, but the City Sumner appeared to never really listen to any of the proposed solutions and charged ahead.This audio was recorded from the livestream of the meeting via YouTube. You’ll hear a lot of familiar names and voices – and a lot of the passion and fire – that you might remember from our many broadcasts from and about the Ryan House.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 digs into the archives for his 2017 conversation with Western Washington University Professor Emeritus (and geologist and author) Don Easterbrook. Easterbrook and his late colleague David Rahm studied Mount Baker - just minutes away via air from Bellingham - during the Whatcom County peak's period of increased volcanic activity in 1975 - five years before Mount St. Helens blew its top.Easterbrook authored a book in 2016 called "Mount Baker Eruptions and Glaciations." He and Rahm are also co-authors of the essential 1970 text, "Landforms of Washington."For aerial images of Mount Baker shot by Easterbrook in 1975 while Rahm was flying their small plane, visit the Cascade of History Facebook page:www.facebook.com/share/p/1G4GXreyVA/Professor Easterbrook's page at WWU:https://geology.wwu.edu/people/dbunnyCASCADE 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 "THUNDERBOAT" EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents vintage audio from KIRO Radio from 2018 with the history of "street hydros" - those miniature plywood hydroplanes that Seattle area kids towed behind their bikes from the 1950s to circa 1980.Included in the story are observations and memories of street hydros from John Keister, Dave Dederer, Bill Wixey, Chip Hanauer and the late, great Pat O'Day (who also performs the play-by-play for an imaginary street hydro race).For images of many homemade street hydros, visit the Cascade of History Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16xYAfA23v/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 Randall Adams with an update on the saga of the City of Sumner, Washington - the same city that last week tore down the Ryan House - where city officials had announced a give-away of park benches, many with memorial plaques still attached.Tuesday, July 29, 2025 was bench and plaque give-away day, and Randall Adams was there, bright and early, at Sumner City Hall, wearing his SUMNER SPARTANS t-shirt and vintage SUMNER SPARTANS football helmet - all to make sure that the bench dedicated to his late friend Danny Crook would end up in a good home. Randall Adams shares the story of what happened in this bonus episode.CASCADE OF HISTORY reached out to City of Sumner spokesperson Carmen Palmer late on the afternoon of Thursday, July 24, 2025. She declined a phone interview and offered to try to answer questions via email instead. We also share some of her answers in this episode, too.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 ruins of the Ryan House in Sumner, Washington include Nick Biermann of Save Ryan House, Nancy Ryan Dressel (descendant of the builder of the Ryan House), Tina Patton Burnett and other grassroots historic preservationists and lovers of local history who have been working for nearly two years to try to save one of the oldest structures in the Evergreen State. It was part vigil, part wake, part celebration of life, and an attempt to process a serious amount of collective grief.The broadcast originated from 1228 Main Street in Sumner, Washington where the historic Ryan House stood for 150 years - until late this past Thursday night when it was demolished by the City of Sumner, against the wishes of one of the most engaged groups of citizens Sumner has seen in decades.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 27, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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 Mark Patterson for in-studio engineering for the live remote; and special thanks to Save Ryan House volunteers for graciously hosting this broadcast.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 Randall Adams about the City of Sumner, Washington's surprising plan to give away park benches from the town's Heritage Park, many with memorial plaques still attached. The give-away is scheduled for Tuesday, July 29, 2025.A plaque on one of those free-for-the-taking benches says:In Loving MemoryDaniel Stewart CrookSept. 30, 1955 May 5, 1974We Lost Someone Very SpecialRandall Adams knew Danny Crook, and Mr. Adams is upset that the City of Sumner appears to have not made any effort to find Mr. Crook's relatives, who still live in the area.CASCADE OF HISTORY reached out to City of Sumner spokesperson Carmen Palmer late on the afternoon of Thursday, July 24, 2025. She declined a phone interview and offered to try to answer questions via email instead. We sent questions right away, but have not yet heard back.This is a developing story and will likely generate additional BONUS EPISODES of CASCADE OF HISTORY.More information about the City of Sumner, Washington's memorial bench give-away:https://sumnerwa.gov/notice-bench-giveaway-tuesday-july-29th/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 Superintendent Tracy Fortmann of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.A new visitor center film called "Where We Converge" premieres at Fort Vancouver next Wednesday, July 30, 2025 and the public is invited. Superintendent Fortmann also gives a preview of the Fort Vancouver Bicentennial Commemoration coming up on Saturday, August 16, 2025.Information about the film premiere on July 30, 2025https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8F56DBFF-9F38-743D-729C062BF3CE4A09Information about the Fort Vancouver Bicentennial Commemoration on August 16, 2025https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=1930BAD9-9934-8E3F-B366845A594C8B3CCASCADE 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 Jerry Cornfield of The Washington State Standard for an update about the threatened closure of Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma.There have been a number of developments in the story in the past few days, including a letter sent by U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, to Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll. Senator Murray is seeking answers to questions about the threatened closure and has given Secretary Driscoll until August 11, 2025 to respond. U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland, Democrat of Washington's 10th District, which includes JBLM, sent a similar letter on June 30, 2025 giving Secretary Driscoll until August 1, 2025 to respond.Meanwhile, Army Museum Enterprise and Center of Military History public affairs officer Lee Reynolds told CASCADE OF HISTORY on July 18, 2025 that a presentation about the closure initiative will be given to Congress on August 4, 2025. Reynolds declined to answer several questions posed earlier by CASCADE OF HISTORY – seeking specific details about the closure process and the Lewis Army Museum in particular – until after the August 4, 2025 presentation.Reynolds also said that he expects Secretary of the Army Driscoll to sign the closure plan before the end of July. “The approval of the plan and the [AUGUST 4] presentation are not connected," Reynolds wrote in an email. "The approval is working its way through a [HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY] staff review, and we are hoping to have it approved before the end of the month.” For additional information and context, please see these earlier episodes:Interview with Lee Reynolds, Army Museum Enterprise Public Affairshttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episodes-secretary-armyInterview wity Erik Flint, retired former director of Lewis Army Museumhttps://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-lewis-army-museumCASCADE 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 City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Officer Reuben McKnight about two upcoming workshops and a public hearing focused on changes to Tacoma's Historic Preservation Code. Some of the changes are required by legislation adopted in the Evergreen State earlier this year, and others are specific to Tacoma's preservation program.For more information about the City of Tacoma Historic Preservation Code workshops on Thursday, July 24 and Saturday, July 26, 2025:https://tacoma.gov/news/historic-preservation-code-update-community-information-sessions-on-july-24-and-26/For more information about the City of Tacoma Public Hearing on the Historic Preservation Code on Wednesday, August 6, 2025:https://tacoma.gov/news/public-hearing-on-2025-historic-preservation-code-updates-august-6/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 spoke with Matt McCauley from the airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado Sunday night as McCauley was headed back home to Seattle. McCauley was at the National Museum of World War II Aviation on Saturday witnessing the first public flight of the now-restored HELLDIVER he pulled off the bottom of Lake Washington in Seattle more than 40 years ago.For the complete story of the HELLDIVER, be sure and listen to this earlier BONUS EPISODE:https://soundcloud.com/cascadeofhistory/bonus-episode-lake-to-skyWe've posted photos and video of Saturday's flight at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE 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 Coupeville Mayor Molly Hughes; Port of Coupeville Executive Director Chris Michalopoulos; Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's Moira Nadal; Meg Olson from Kingfisher Books in Coupeville; the Shifty Sailors, led by Jim Lightner; Lynn Hyde of Historic Whidbey; Kyle Walker of the recently merged Island County Historical Society/South Whidbey Historical Society; Josh Pitts of Ebey’s Reserve; and Ed Brown, historian for the Virginia V. Special thanks to Jules James, Alicia Barnes and Lucy Walker from the Virginia V, too.The broadcast originated from the 1905 Coupeville Wharf in historic Coupeville, WA on Whidbey Island's Penn Cover. Partner for this broadcast is the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, who in 2024 added Coupeville Wharf to their list of MOST ENDANGERED PLACES in the Evergreen State - partly because of the long-term threats from climate change.Coupeville Wharf website:https://portoc.org/coupeville-wharf/Washington Trust MOST ENDANGERED PLACES:https://preservewa.org/most_endangered/coupeville-wharf/This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 12:30pm Pacific Time on Saturday, July 19, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via 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 Mitch Etter for in-studio engineering for the live remote; and special thanks to Port of Coupeville staff and volunteers for graciously hosting this broadcast.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.
This is YET ANOTHER BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY devoted to the Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington.As mentioned in the short episode posted earlier today, it now appears that Lewis County intended all along for the private, non-profit Claquato Cemetery to bid on and then purchase the Claquato Church through the auction process now underway.On this episode, we speak with Brett Mitchell, chair of the board of the Claquato Cemetery about their interest in the church, and their participation for the past few years in discussions about it with Lewis County. These discussions and negotiations were not revealed to the public in this past Tuesday's Lewis County Board of Commissioners meeting. We then speak with land use attorney David Bricklin, who took a look at the covenant Lewis County prepared for whoever buys the church; Mr. Bricklin points out some potential weaknesses that could endanger the historic aspects of the church in the future. Both of these interviews were recorded on Thursday, July 17, 2025.CASCADE OF HISTORY reached out to Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock earlier on Thursday to follow up on yesterday’s conversation, but we have not yet heard back.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.
It's time for one more BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY devoted to the Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington.On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks once again with Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock about the process to find a buyer, via sealed bid auction, for Claquato Church - a process which Lewis County now all but admits is tilted toward the private, non-profit Claquato Cemetery. The cemetery has had months (or perhaps even years) to ready a proposal, while other potential buyers only learned of the opportunity on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 and have until July 31, 2025 to prepare and submit something.At one point in this interview, Feliks Banel says to Commissioner Pollock, "It seems like that opportunity [of bidding on Claquato Church] should have been offered to everybody in the same time frame, with the same amount of time to prepare a decent proposal."To this statement, Commissioner Pollock responds: "I would agree with that."Lewis County newspaper The Chronicle, whose Brian Mittge broke the news of Claquato Cemetery's involvement in the behind-the-scenes process in a social media post on Wednesday, published a detailed piece on the paper's website Friday, July 18, 2025:LINK: https://www.chronline.com/stories/a-plan-to-restore-historic-claquato-church,384204CASCADE 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 "AS THE CLAQUATO CHURCH TURNS," the rapid-fire developments in Lewis County, WA just keep-a-comin'!!It turns out that Lewis County was secretly working with the private, non-profit Claquato Cemetery to transfer the Claquato Church to their ownership (the cemetery is just down the road from the church) by way of a public auction. Why, exactly, Lewis County Board of Commissioners had to be so secretive is unclear - but it appears that Lewis County declared Claquato Church surplus and put it on the market in hopes that ONLY Claquato Cemetery will bid on it. They also gave themselves the option of being able to choose the "highest and BEST" bid - probably just in case somebody with financial resources wanted to overbid to secure the property.When I interviewed Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock on July 16, 2025, there was no mention of Claquato Cemetery as the likely buyer, and no mention of the behind-the-scenes negotiating that led to all the confusion and which upset community members this past week.In this episode, we read aloud a Facebook comment also from July 16, 2025 made on a post about the Claquato Church on the Lewis County History Museum's page; the comment is from Brian Mittge of The Chronicle - the newspaper in Centralia/Chehalis - who has an article all about this coming out on Saturday, July 19, 2025.CASCADE OF HISTORY has reached out to Mr. Mitchell of the Claquato Cemetery Board to ask for his version of how this all unfolded - and we've also reached out to Commissioner Pollock for her comments as well. Backroom, secretive stuff is never a good thing for local governments, but if it results in the preservation of Claquato Church, is that a good thing? That's the big philosophical question!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 digs deeper into the controversy brewing in Lewis County, WA where a decision by the Board of County Commissioners - with little or no public input to sell a historic building with a two-week bidding process - has caught many residents off guard, and upset some who care about history and historic preservation.The Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington was built in 1858 and is one of the oldest structures in the Evergreen State. Lewis County Commissioners approved a plan on July 15, 2025 to auction it off as surplus property; the deadline for bids is July 31, 2025. Criteria for the winning bid is described as "highest and best" - as far as who can guarantee preservation of the building - but the process and the way it's described in official documents strikes some as a little unclear.In this episode, we hear public comment from the Board of Commissioners meeting of July 15, 2025 when the plan was adopted; we speak with Lewis County Commissioner Lindsey Pollock in an interview from July 16, 2025; and another interview from later the same day with descendant of the original church builder, Marla LeFevre.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.
This is a special BONUS ON THE ROAD BREAKING NEWS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY with Feliks Banel. The Claquato Church in Lewis County, Washington was built in 1858 and is one of the oldest structures in the Evergreen State. Lewis County Commissioners approved a plan on July 15, 2025 to auction it off to the highest bidder. CASCADE OF HISTORY is working on a story, but wanted to provide this update.Story from The Chronicle of July 15, 2025:https://www.chronline.com/stories/lewis-county-to-sell-historic-claquato-church-property,384072CASCADE 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 two interviews with Matt McCauley, a local explorer and diver who will this weekend see a plane he pulled from the bottom of Lake Washington 41 years ago take to the skies of Colorado.In the first conversation from April 2024, co-host Lee Corbin and Feliks Banel speak with Matt McCauley about his adventures retrieving sunken aircraft from Lake Washington. This was originally broadcast live as part of the world flight centennial festivities at Magnuson Park.On July 19, 2025, an old Navy plane McCauley and Jeff Hummel pulled from the lake 41 years ago – which has been restored – will take to the air in Colorado for its inaugural post-restoration flight. After the 2024 interview, we hear a quick update from Matt as he prepares to travel to witness the flight. This update originally aired on the live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY on July 13, 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 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 Dr. Megan Nishikawa, fellow of the Friends of the Lewis Army Museum, with an update on the threatened closure of the museum; Phil Massie, Northwest "history hunter" who deeply researches abandoned places and then searches with his metal detector, on some recent finds; and Matt McCauley, who this coming Saturday in Colorado will witness the first flight of a vintage U.S. Navy plane he retrieved from the bottom of Lake Washington more than 40 years ago.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 13, 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 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/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE 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/CoastGuardCutterEagleCASCADE 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, we present audio from a live interview with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle's Lake Union Park on October 11, 2013.Host and emcee is MOHAI director Leonard Garfield, who introduces then-Governor Jay Inslee. Then, Garfield and Bezos engage in a far-ranging conversation about innovation and Bezos’ philosophy. The occasion was dedication of the Bezos Center for Innovation at MOHAI. Mr. Bezos and then-wife Mackenzie Bezos had earlier gifted MOHAI $10 million toward the project.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.orgCASCADE 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.
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.
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.
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.orgCASCADE 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.htmlWashington 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.govwww.sos.wa.gov/archivesCASCADE 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.
In a follow-up to last week’s BONUS EPISODE and to this past Sunday’s broadcast about the ASUW Shellhouse – best known as home to the “Boys in the Boat” - Feliks Banel speaks with two officials from the University of Washington about their work to preserve and update the beloved structure along the Montlake Cut. We also hear the UW's response to recent concerns expressed by some advisory board members that the project is not turning out as some donors and advisory board members had wanted, as far as historic preservation is concerned.Guests are Kristine Kenney, Executive Director, Campus Architecture and Planning for UW Facilities and Asset Management, and Kathryn Rogers Merlino, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Director of the Center for Preservation and Adaptive Reuse, and a member of the ASUW Shellhouse Advisory Board. They spoke with CASCADE OF HISTORY via Zoom on the morning of Thursday, June 12, 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 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 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, we present very personal vintage audio from Seattle food writer Ronald Holden, and a conversation with Mr. Holden about his late Aunt Marga. Her full name was Margarete Pauline Isaac, and in 1941 she lived in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation.Marga recorded a one-minute audio disc and mailed it to her sister – Ronald Holden’s mother – in Oregon, nearly 85 years ago.For more details, read Ronald Holden’s blog post about his Aunt Marga and the audio:https://forkingseattlecom.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/a-voice-from-the-past/Special thanks to Shane and Jay Burnett – the father and son behind Jay’s Radio Hour, heard Sunday nights at 9pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM – for their invaluable and enthusiastic assistance in transferring the audio, and to Ronald Holden for sharing this priceless and very personal audio artifact.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 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 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 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.
On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY Feliks Banel presents portions of a rare aircheck from KIRO Newsradio 71’s May 18, 1990 broadcast from atop Mount St. Helens. The tenth anniversary of the 1980 eruption inspired the station to mount an ambitious and expensive production, the likes of which aren’t seen much on the radio landscape these days.As described on the May 18, 2025 broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY by Bill Yeend and Andy Ludlum, the pair broadcast from the edge of the volcano’s crater from 5:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with a mixture of live and pre-recorded reports. Yeend and Ludlum were joined in the broadcast tent by KIRO Newsradio 71’s managing editor Karen Anderson and broadcast engineer Norm Graham. Among other voices heard on this recording are Paul Brendle, John Chelminiak, Dave Dolacky, Rebecca Hale, Gregg Hersholt, Dave Stone, Kathleen Warren and former Governor Dixy Lee Ray.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 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.
On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a presentation made by the late Daniel J. Evans, former governor and U.S. senator for the Evergreen State. The presentation took place in the McCurdy Gallery at the old Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle's Montlake neighborhood on June 14, 2001.Governor Evans was invited to share his views and ideas about what stories should be included in what ultimately became MOHAI's new home at Lake Union Park in Seattle. This presentation was one of several where MOHAI invited noted people to share their ideas and take questions from the audience of civic leaders as part of the process to design the new museum. Governor Evans passed away in 2024 at the age of 98.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, we present audio from the Flight 293 monument dedication ceremony at Tahoma National Cemetery from June 3, 2023. Flight 293 was a military chartered Northwest Airlines DC-7C that disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska on a flight from McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Washington to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. There were 101 souls aboard.There remains future chapters to the Flight 293 story yet to be told, including the path of the Flight 293 Remembrance Act - bipartisan federal legislation introduced by Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington and Republican Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska in February 2025 - and new interviews and new research shedding more light on the missing DC-7C and those left behind. Going forward, those chapters will be shared here on CASCADE OF HISTORY.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.
THE STAN BORESON-TENNIAL fun continues with this BORESON BONUS EPISODE, courtesy of Tom McArthur, who produced this circa 1981 half-hour show featuring an interview with Stan plus lots and lots of deep cuts from the Boreson catalog.When Mr. McArthur shared this audio with CASCADE OF HISTORY, he wrote:“KPLU had a weekly arts magazine show, at the time - FM88 ArtsPlace - they were always looking for content. As a part-time work-study employee, I suggested shows on Stan Boreson, the Irish Rovers, and others - and they let me do them! I remember borrowing the KPLU station field recorder and riding the bus up to Seattle to interview Stan in his office. He was amiable, kind, and more than generous with his time. Those were the days of old-school audio editing with grease pens and razor blades. I learned then that a microphone was a great way to meet people I never would have had the nerve to approach without it. Audio/video has been a big part of my life's work ever since. Thank you for honoring Stan on your platform. -Tom (a Stanophile and Patches Pal)”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 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/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE 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.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Justin McElroy, longtime British Columbia resident, journalist for CBC Vancouver and diehard Toronto Blue Jays fan about the upcoming series in May 2025 when the Canadian MLB team will play a weekend series against the Mariners in Seattle. Will B.C. fans stay away this year - because of the political and economic situation - when they used to come by the thousands whenever the Blue Jays took on the Mariners? McElroy shares his perspectives as a Canadian and a baseball fan.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 digs into the archives for his 2016 conversation with the late Dan Morgenstern, legendary jazz scholar, about the 1952 Duke Ellington concert in Seattle. A recording of the concert was first issued in 1954 by RCA; Mr. Morgenstern wrote the liner notes for the 1995 reissue. The 1952 Seattle concert was held at the old Civic Auditorium, now McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. Mr. Morgenstern passed away in 2024 at age 94.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 Albert Fisher, who coordinated movies and TV for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, and who escorted the young actor Jay North around the fairgrounds one day during the festivities. Fisher shares his memories of North, who played the title character on TV's "Dennis The Menace" more than 60 years ago, and who passed way April 6, 2025 at age 73.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 Chris McNaughton, a diver and amateur maritime archaeologist who got tapped by the Museum of North Idaho to help retrieve a priceless artifact from Lake Coeur d’Alene - a giant wooden rudder from a sternwheeler steamboat.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 prolific author - and frequent guest - David B. Williams about the release of his new book "Wild In Seattle: Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature” from Mountaineers Books.For more information about David B. Williams, his book, his blog and other activities - including a number of upcoming public events marking the release of "Wild In Seattle" - you'll find links at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE 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 special episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from the Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia – include Vivianne Gosselin, director of the museum; Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia (UBC) professor and author of the forthcoming book "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific" from University of Washington Press; and a panel conversation with John Mackie of the Vancouver Sun; historian John Atkin; and Andy Yan, professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU).This LIVE, LOCAL AND REMOTE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented from 11am to 1pm Pacific Time on Friday, April 4, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from the Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel pays tribute to the late Chris Wedes, who played J.P. Patches on KIRO TV in Seattle from 1958 to 1981, and who remains one of the most beloved performers in the history of the Pacific Northwest. In this interview from 2010, Wedes looks back on what it meant to play J.P. for all those years, and how he continued to connect with Patches Pals even after his show left the air.This audio was originally produced by Feliks Banel and Casey McNerthney for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's local history podcast "Seattle Rewind" in 2010. Chris Wedes passed away in 2012 at age 84; he would have turned 97 today - April 3, 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 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 retired military and commercial pilot Lee Corbin, who happens to be one of the best military aviation and military infrastructure historians in the Pacific Northwest. Corbin talks about his years-long effort to research an Air Force plane crash that took place in Orting, Washington on April 1, 1959 - which inspired a UFO conspiracy theory - and also describes his efforts to memorialize the crew members who died in the crash. PLEASE NOTE: This not an April Fool's Day story, this is all true.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 digs into the archives for his 2022 conversation with John Keister, who was host of "Almost LIVE" when that KING 5 TV program in Seattle pulled off the infamous - and still reverberating - Space Needle Hoax of April 1, 1989.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 PLAY BALL! episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel digs into the archives for his 2016 interview with the late Bill Schonely, voice of the Seattle Pilots during their one and only MLB season in the Northwest in 1969. The team became the Milwaukee Brewers on this day - March 31, 1970 - 55 years ago. Schonely remained in the region and became the voice of the Portland Trailblazers.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 Josh LaBelle, executive director of the non-profit Seattle Theatre Group (STG) on the partnership announced Friday whereby STG will now manage the historic 5th Avenue Theatre in downtown Seattle - along with other STG venues including the Paramount Theatre and Neptune Theatre.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 ERUPTION episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with John Erickson and Mike Beard who covered the first eruption of Mount St. Helens for radio station KGW in Portland, Oregon on March 27, 1980. Erickson was news director and Beard was a reporter who just happened to be airborne over the mountain on the day of that first eruption 45 years ago. The two worked together to get Beard on the air and spread the news to Portland and the world that Mount St. Helens had awakened from a century or more of slumber. The more destructive - and deadly - eruption would come less than two months later.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 - on a day when rare and extreme weather is forecast for parts of Western Washington - Feliks Banel digs into the archives for this oral history montage about the deadly Vancouver, WA tornado of April 5, 1972. This montage was originally produced by Feliks for a Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau presentation.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 DOME-OLITION episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel marks the 25th anniversary of the implosion of the KINGDOME – Seattle and King County’s multipurpose domed stadium – by digging into his personal archives for this piece originally produced (with help from Jim Gates) for the KUOW Public Radio history series “THIS NOT JUST IN.”CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 presents on this broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY tributes from the archives to the late Ralph Munro (former Washington Secretary of State) and the late Frank Chopp (former Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives), both of whom passed away in recent days. We also hear an excerpt from an interview last week with journalist and broadcaster Jim Dever, who recently announced he's stepping down from EVENING Magazine and KING 5 TV after 34 years, and we listen to side two of the 1961 LP release "The Living Constitution" (side one is featured in Episode 95 of February 9, 2025).CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming 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 remembers former Washington legislator and longtime Democratic Speaker of the State House Frank Chopp, who passed away unexpectedly on March 22, 2025. In this archival interview from 2020, Mr. Chopp explains his role in preservation of an apartment complex in King County, and its conversion to public housing.As Mr. Chopp says in the interview, "Saving [this] apartment complex - it’s not historically significant or architecturally significant - but the community is what’s significant. So when we preserve something, it’s not just a building, it’s the community that’s living there. And that’s extremely important, to keep that sense of community together."CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and streaming 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 remembers former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro, who passed away March 20, 2025. In this archival interview from 2021, Munro recalls the Washington Centennial of 1889, the family origins of the centennial license plate, and agrees that he likely had more fun as Secretary of State (from 1981 to 2001) than any of his predecessors or successors.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and streaming 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 Jim Dever in a long and far-ranging conversation about his career, local broadcast media, and his recent decision to step down from EVENING Magazine after 34 years at KING 5 TV in Seattle.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and streaming 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 special episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from the endangered Ryan House in Sumner, Washington – include dozens of Sumner residents who want the City of Sumner to give up their plans to demolish the historic and beloved structure.Guests who spoke include Nick Biermann, one of the organizers of the group Save Ryan House on the $500,000 challenge match gift offered by a Ryan family member; Nancy Ryan Dressel, descendant of the builders of the home and those who donated the home and real estate to the City of Sumner; Chris Moore, executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation on the value of preservation to communities; Allison Campbell and Dylan High of the Washington State Historical Society on the value of preserving and sharing community history; Linda Sader, who moved to Sumner as a child in 1945 and worked in the Ryan House in the 1950s when it was home to the Sumner Library; Brian Massey, longtime Sumner resident and supporter of the preservation effort; and Phil Edlund, a member of the group from Parkland, Washington who are working to save the Parkland School.For more information about supporting this effort and/or making a tax-deductible contribution:https://www.facebook.com/groups/268263688875375This LIVE, LOCAL AND REMOTE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented from 8pm to 9pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, March 16, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from the back of the Cascade of History Heritage Cruiser (aka an old Mazda SUV) parked in front of the Ryan House at 1228 Main Street in Sumner, Washington.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Chris Moore, executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, about legislation currently on the move in Olympia - which, if enacted, could seriously compromise local historic preservation ordinances in many Evergreen State communities. The House version of the bill passed unanimously earlier this month, surprising many; the Senate will hold a hearing on their version this coming Monday.More information on opportunities for the public to weigh in on the preservation bills online on Monday, March 17, 2025:https://preservewa.org/advocacy-alert-hb-1576-sb-5554-updates/CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents a short audio feature produced in 2013 to mark the 75th anniversary of the groundbreaking CBS News "roundup" of reports from European capitals as the continent teetered on the brink of war, and the Nazis moved into Austria. The March 13, 1938 international broadcast had two direct ties to the Pacific Northwest: CBS' Edward R. Murrow, who helped organize it and who reported from Vienna; and U.S. Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach of the Evergreen State, who appeared as a guest.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Mark Swenson, president of the Point Roberts Historical Society and author of the history book "Point Roberts Backstory," published in 2017. In this interview, Swenson describes the colorful history of the community, and discusses the impact of current events, too.Point Roberts, Washington was in the news during the pandemic border closure – because by land, this American community is only accessible from British Columbia, and its residents faced extraordinary challenges. Now, in 2025, Point Roberts is in the news again with the unfortunate and unwanted trade war initiated by the current American administration.Point Roberts Historical Society website:https://pointrobertsnow.com/point-roberts-historical-society/Point Roberts Backstory website:https://pointrobertsbackstory.com/bookCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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 "LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMERTIME" encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Clare Manis Hatler, whose late husband Manny discovered the remains of an ancient mastodon on the couple's property near Sequim, Washington in the late 1970s; and Amber Casali, who in 2019 wrote “Hiking Washington’s Fire Lookouts,” a guide and how-to about visiting and camping at old fire lookout towers around the Evergreen State. Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host.This encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 9, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via www.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 Trevor Lenzmeier, features editor at The Seattle Times, about his story (published today) exploring the little-known but formative year spent in wartime Seattle by Kentucky Fried Chicken founder/symbol Colonel Sanders.Link to Trevor's story "Why did Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Sanders cook in Seattle?"https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/why-did-kentucky-fried-chicken-founder-colonel-sanders-cook-in-seattle/CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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 guest on this encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Liz Wood, Spokane-based historian and collector of all things Expo '74, the world's fair held in the Lilac City 51 years ago at what's now Riverfront Park.Ms. Wood shared recordings from her collection of Expo '74 songs and helped put together a countdown of rare and nearly forgotten recordings created to promote the fair, and to play in various pavilions and other attractions in operation during the fair's May-November 1974 run.For more information, visit Wood's Expo '74 website:www.visitexpo74.comThis encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, March 2, 2025 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 BREAKING NEWS episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with noted Canadian historian and author Dr. Barry Gough from his home on Vancouver Island. Dr. Gough provides history and context regarding tariffs imposed on Canada earlier today by the United States, and the long relationship between British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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 special three-hour "FLAGSHIP FAREWELL" episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from the Burgermaster in University Village in Seattle as it prepares to close forever - include Eugenia Woo from Historic Seattle; former journalist and Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden; Cynthia Brothers of Vanishing Seattle; author Taha Ebrahimi; historian Kent Sullivan; SPACE 101.1 FM founder Julianna Ross; and many, many others who share their memories and observations. This Burgermaster location, near University Village, is scheduled to close permanently on Sunday, February 23, 2025.This LIVE, LOCAL AND REMOTE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented from 11am to 2pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, February 21, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from a booth at the original Burgermaster flagship location in Seattle.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with author David B. Williams about the release this week of the new edition of his book "Seattle Walks" from University of Washington Press.For more information about David B. Williams, the new edition of his book, his blog and other activities, you'll find links at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
On this bonus BREAKING NEWS episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with John Suscheck of Ozark Mountain Railcar about the old (and much missed!) Seattle Waterfront Streetcars, which are now being offered for sale by a private owner in Iowa via Suscheck's firm.For more information about the trolley cars now for sale:www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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 guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is author, historian and activist Frank Abe on the Day of Remembrance controversy at Pike Place Market, discussing history and context of Japanese American incarceration and the current political environment. We also listened to three different versions of "Battle of New Orleans" in a special "War of 1812 Pop Culture Smackdown" pitting Johnny Horton against Jimmie Driftwood, and shared a few other audio surprises especially for our listeners in Canada.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, February 16, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is roving correspondent Ken Zick LIVE from the recently shuttered Ark Lodge Cinema in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood. We also listened to side one of the 1961 LP release "The Living Constitution," as well as an assortment of topical tunes from the past.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, February 9, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Chris Moore, executive director of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation on two bills before the Washington Legislature this week that would radically alter preservation ordinances in the Evergreen State; and Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, president of the Black Heritage Society of Washington on this year's observance of Black History Month, and on the future of Black history in Washington.More information on opportunities for the public to weigh in on the preservation bills online on Monday, February 3 and Wednesday, February 5, 2025: https://preservewa.org/hb1576-sb5554/This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, February 2, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast 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 last week); and King County Executive Dow Constantine's 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 LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 26, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org 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 Dan Bolyard of Coulee City, Wash. about his decades-long quest to track down a photo he suspected might exist: of himself as a young boy, more than 40 years ago, watching trains in his hometown.To see the photo Dan recently found - with help from the man who snapped it in 1981, photographer Tom Carver - visit the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistoryCASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with King County Executive Dow Constantine about a lunch Executive Constantine had with the filmmaker and “Twin Peaks” co-creator David Lynch, and reflects on Lynch's legacy in Snoqualmie, North Bend, King County and the Pacific Northwest. Lynch passed away last week at age 78.CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Standard Time via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Adrian Scott Fine, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy, the private, non-profit historic preservation group for all of Los Angeles County.Mr. Fine describes the work his group is doing in the wake of the devastating fires in and around Los Angeles over the past 10 days, and shares disaster-preparation lessons for historic preservationists everywhere, including in the Pacific Northwest.Please see the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page additional information. To make a tax-deductible donation to the LA Conservancy or learn more about their efforts, please visit: https://www.laconservancy.org
On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Alex Jensen, third-generation CEO of Burgermaster, the Puget Sound area drive-in restaurant chain, about the news today that the original Burgermaster in Seattle's Laurelhurst neighborhood will be closing permanently in February 2025.The property has been sold and will be redeveloped; news of this potential closure was first shared with CASCADE OF HISTORY listeners when we did our first-ever LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST as the guest of Alex Jensen at this Burgermaster location in December 2025.Please see the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page for photos taken earlier today of the Burgermaster in Laurelhurst, and watch for news of another special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST from that location in February.
Feliks Banel's guests on this very special live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are singer/songwriter Jon Pontrello and retired Seattle Times journalist (and maritime lyricist) Jack Broom. Jon performs several of his original songs of the sea on this episode, including a tribute to Peter Bevis, the late Seattle artist who brought home the old streamline ferry KALAKALA from Ketchikan in 1998. Jon also performs "Roll On, Kalakala" - a song based on "Roll On, Columbia" for which Jack Broom wrote special lyrics in 1998. Both Jon and Jack share the story of that song and how it was lost and then found, and how Jack wrote new lyrics to reflect the ultimately sad fate of the old ferry. We then hear from roving correspondent Ken Zick setting the record straight regarding Merchant's Café, before hearing a few more songs from Jon, and listening to an old recording of "Ballad of the Cathlamet," another song for which Jack Broom wrote the lyrics.Ticket info for Jon's upcoming live show in Seattle on Sun, Jan 19, 2025:https://jonpontrello.com/This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 12, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY from December 18, 2022 are Edmonds-Woodway music director (and holiday crooner) Jake Bergevin, live from Spokane where he just performed at the historic Fox Theatre; Nathalie Picard of Heritage BC with a preview of Heritage Week 2023 in British Columbia; and “Santa Bill,” a long-serving Seattle area jolly old elf and fixture at SeaTac Mall.This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 29, 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.
Feliks Banel presents a special Christmas 2024 episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, revisiting archival sounds from the 2010 Christmas broadcast of "Swing Years and Beyond" as produced and hosted by Amanda Wilde on KUOW 94.9 FM. "Swing Years" left the airwaves in 2017 and is still deeply missed, so it's very exciting to send out the voice of Ms. Wilde and her Christmas music selections over the FM airwaves once again (and via the livestream) for Christmas 2024 on CASCADE OF HISTORY. At the end of the show, we also sneak in a little tribute to American bandleader Glenn Miller, who disappeared 80 years ago - just before Christmas 1944, on a flight between England and France.This edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY was broadcast at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 22, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY from Candy Cane Lane in Seattle include roving correspondent/field producer Ken Zick; Vincent "Mister Candy Cane Lane" Miller on the origins of the grassroots decoration project; Phil Edlund with an update on Parkland School, now open once again and serving as a community center; Dan Evans, Jr., son of Daniel J. Evans, three-term Washington governor who passed away earlier this year, helping share a recording from 1970 of Governor Evans reading "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" for KVI Radio; Candy Cane Lane recent-arrival Dave Kubiak on the year-round charms of the street also known as Park Road; and Nick Biermann with an update on saving the Ryan House in Sumner.Special thanks to members of the Roosevelt Caroling Club and Northwest Girlchoir who performed carols during the show; extra-special thanks to Joseph and Dana Manalang for hospitably allowing this live broadcast to originate from their front porch in the heart of Candy Cane Lane.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY from Candy Cane Lane in Seattle was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 15, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming 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.
Feliks Banel presents an encore broadcast of a special Christmas episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, drawing on the archives of “The Holiday Express,” a live Christmas Eve show he produced and hosted on KBCS 91.3 from 1999 to 2004. Highlights include J.P. Patches reading “The Night Before Christmas,” and a 2002 recording of Seattle Mariners’ broadcasters Rick Rizzs and the late Dave Niehaus reading “Gift of the Magi” and splitting the duties as if it were an inning of baseball – plus plenty of vintage and local audio surprises!This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was broadcast at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 8, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel presents a live broadcast featuring rare and one-of-a-kind Northwest Christmas radio and other audio gems, as well as a few national and international ones, too. We dig deep into the archives for songs and stories from J.P. Patches and Gertrude, Pat O'Day, Stan Boreson, Jeff Renner, Charles Herring and many, many more -- including the Garfield High School 1963 Christmas LP, vintage Union Pacific Seattle radio ad, Beatles' 1963 fan club Christmas record, and Ed Murrow's Christmas Eve 1940 broadcast from London.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 1, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
On the 53rd anniversary of the infamous skyjacking, Feliks Banel's guests on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Eric Ulis, D.B. Cooper expert, searcher and researcher with a lesson in 'D.B. Cooper 101,' and roving correspondent Ken Zick, who joined us live from the monument at rainy and windswept Alki Beach in West Seattle to mark the 172nd anniversary of the arrival of The Denny Party, considered the city's founders, on November 13, 1851. SPOILER ALERT: It was rainy and windswept back then, too.This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 24, 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.
On this special holiday encore broadcast from December 2023, Feliks Banel pits Everett, WA-born Stan Boreson against Tacoma, WA-born Yogi Yorgesson in a holiday smackdown of Scandinavian novelty Christmas songs; roving correspondent Ken Zick reports LIVE FROM THE SCENE of the abrupt closure of XXX Root Beer in Issaquah (before we knew Burgermaster would ultimately lease the space); and we hear the first installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 17, 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.
On this special holiday season episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present Chris Wedes (better known as KIRO TV clown J.P. Patches) and Bob Newman (better known as J.P.'s pal Gertrude) in "A Homefront Christmas," an original radio play first broadcast on KIXI AM 880 in Seattle in December 2001.Wedes and Newman played a washed up vaudeville act who are coaxed out of retirement to put on a show to cheer up the homefront in Seattle. The action is set in 1941 just after Pearl Harbor, and also stars Tracey Conway, Dave Dolacky and Bob Brooks. Sound effects were performed by David Persson; music was pre-recorded especially for the show by Stan Boreson. "A Homefront Christmas" was written, produced and directed by Feliks Banel, and recorded before a live audience at the old Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle a few hours before the broadcast.This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 10, 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.TECHNICAL NOTE: The podcast edition of this program includes approximately four minutes of additional material which did not fit into the one-hour broadcast format.
Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include roving correspondent Ken Zick LIVE from the XXX in Issaquah where Burgermaster is now operating a food truck; John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun on the Skytrain cars from the original "Expo Line" of 1986 which will be taken out of service in the near future; Michael Sullivan on his discovery of vintage photos that show a 1920s movie production with ties to Tacoma and his quest for more clues; and Heather Brammer of Friends of Lake Court Apartments on their upcoming presentation to the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board about the 1926 apartment in Seattle's Madison Park neighborhood. We also listened to Jon Pontrello's soon-to-be-released recording of "Roll On, Kalakala."This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 3, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Dylan High from the Washington State Historical Society on his work on a statewide project to inventory monuments and facilitate public discussion around the state; Mary Schaff, Northwest Librarian at the Washington State Library on the new online collection of Guy Reed Ramsey's history of post offices in the Evergreen State; and Benjamin Helle of the Washington State Archives on Archives Month and some recent interesting finds in the collection.We also played the final installment - Act III - of Stan Freberg's "Oregon! Oregon!" centennial comic opera from 1959.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, October 27, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast 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.The group will be presenting two free illustrated public programs at Heritage Hall in Kirkland in October and November. The first will take place Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00 pm; the second will take place on Wednesday, November 20 at 7:00 pm.More information: https://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 LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, October 20, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guest on this live broadcast 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 LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, October 13, 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.
On this special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel is joined by co-host Lee Corbin to mark the centennial of the around-the-world flight which concluded at what's now Sand Point/Magnuson Park in Seattle, just a short distance from the SPACE 101.1 FM studios.Corbin and Banel interview historians and aviation experts - including Knute Berger, historian Mike Lombardi of Boeing, Ted Huetter of the Museum of Flight and US Air Force Brigadier General Frank Goodell - and provide live coverage and color commentary on the centennial festivities organized by the Friends of Magnuson Park. Thank you to special guest Jay of Jay's Radio Hour for spinning 78rpm discs from 1924 to mark the occasion. Special thanks to field producer Shawn Murphy, and to Eric Zappa and Megan Hanna of SPACE 101.1 FM who ran the mixing board back at the station.NOTE: This live and remote local radio broadcast was not without technical glitches, and audio quality of some of the vintage 78rpm records suffered at times. It's all part of the magic of broadcasting LIVE from a grassy field (including when someone cut the power by tripping on the extension cord). Enjoy!This LIVE three-hour broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 12:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time on Saturday, September 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from the NOAA facility adjacent to Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are roving correspondent Ken Zick with a live report from China Harbor, the restaurant on Lake Union which is closing later this month; Ben Lukoff on the origins of his “Writes of Way” Seattle street-name blog; excerpts from the 1968 speech given by Governor Daniel J. Evans (who passed away Sept. 20, 2024 at age 98); and the third installment in our listen back to Stan Freberg's "Oregon, Oregon!" centennial musical from 1959.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, September 22, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Kent Sullivan of the Northern Pacific Historical Association on the convention which just concluded in Everett, WA (and the Great Northern convention which continues for a few more days in the same location); Elisa Law of Friends of Magnuson Park on the upcoming world flight centennial event at Sand Point/NOAA on Sept. 28, 2024; Michael Sullivan and Mick Flaaen on their new documentary (and exhibit at the Washington State History Museum) about the Willits Brothers' famous cedar canoes; plus, a tribute to Al Berry, piano player for The Viceroys and composer of their biggest hit, "Granny's Pad"; and the second installment in our listen back to Stan Freberg's "Oregon, Oregon!" centennial musical from 1959.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, September 15, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast 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 new book "Maritime Names of Washington"; plus, a live bootleg from Saturday's 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 LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, September 8, 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.
On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from "Evergreen Radio: LIVE," a special event focused on the past, present and especially the future of radio in the Pacific Northwest. In this archival panel discussion, a group of radio professionals from around Washington weigh in on where the medium had been and where it was headed in 2015. Panelists include Ricardo Garcia of Radio Cadena; Jeff Hansen of KUOW; Tom Mara of KEXP; LPFM advocate Sabrina Roach; Dave Ross of KIRO Newsradio; and Kerry Swanson of NW Public Radio.The event was co-produced by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel and Olivia Weitz. It was taped before a live audience at the Richland, WA campus of Washington State University on April 25, 2015 - Ed Murrow's birthday - and was a project of the Edward R. Murrow College, with financial support from Humanities Washington.This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 1, 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.
On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 60th anniversary commemoration of VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe. 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 and 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.
On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a 25th anniversary commemoration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. 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 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 summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a panel discussion from November 2001 with all living current and former mayors of Seattle. With the recent passing of Charley Royer, it’s a good time to share this vintage recording - which also includes Norm Rice, Wes Uhlman and the late Paul Schell and late Gordon Clinton. The moderator is Dave Ross of KIRO Newsradio for this event marking the 150th anniversary of the landing of the Denny Party at Alki, generally considered to be the founding of Seattle.The panel was part of a series produced 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 McEachern Auditorium at the old MOHAI in Montlake.This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 4, 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.
On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a panel discussion marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II - VJ Day, August 14, 1945 - on the actual 60th anniversary in 2005. Participants included several local residents who were in the military, working in defense plants or otherwise supporting the Allied war effort as young adults in 1945. 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.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 space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present a 2003 panel discussion with a quartet of Pacific Northwest sports broadcasters who have all since passed away: Rod Belcher, Bob Blackburn, Lee Desilet and Ron Forsell. The panel was part of a series called "Talk of the Town" 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). Support for the original program came from what's now Humanities Washington and 4Culture.This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 21, 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.
On this summertime edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents a audio documentary from the archives called "When The Lights Go On Again," as originally broadcast on KBCS 91.3 FM on June 5, 2005.The 2005 program marked the 60th anniversary of VE Day - the end of WWII in Europe - and looked at music, news and other homefront pop culture of the UK and United States.This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 7, 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.
Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is historian and author David Nicandri, whose latest book is called "Discovering Nothing: In Pursuit of an Elusive Northwest Passage" (UBC Press). Nicandri served as executive director of the Washington State History Museum, but since retiring several years ago, he's been producing epic books about Northwest history - Corps of Discovery, Lewis & Clark, Captain Cook, Captain Vancouver - at a remarkable clip.This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented live at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 9, 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.More info about "Discovering Nothing"https://www.ubcpress.ca/discovering-nothing
Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY an archival recording of a 60th anniversary special commemorating D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on June 6, 1944, and about the role of radio and pop culture in World War II. The 60th anniversary special originally aired on June 6, 2004 on KBCS 91.3 FM from Bellevue College.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, June 2, 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.
Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY highlights from "BLAZERMANIA," an LP produced in 1977 to celebrate the Portland Trailblazers' NBA World Championship and narrated by legendary broadcaster Bill Schonely. Also, we speak by phone with Wally Walker, whose rookie season was with the Trailblazers in that championship season, and who joined the Seattle Supersonics in autumn 1977 and was part of that year's playoff run, and of the 1978-1979 championship season.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, May 26, 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.
Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY a live recording of the Young Fresh Fellows from August 5, 1985 at the Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center, a concert originally presented by late, great AM alternative commercial radio station KJET. Also, roving correspondent Ken Zick checks in with an anecdote about the time he booked YFF to play the 1985 Homecoming dance during his senior year at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, Washington. And, we listen to the original "Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest" - the one-sided 7" promotional tourism record produced by Pacific Northwest Bell in the 1960s, and the source of the narration tracks on the YFF LP of the same name from 1984. All of this is to celebrate "Fab40" - the 40th anniversary of the debut LP by the Fellows.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, May 19, 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.
As of Friday, May 10, 2024, the people of the Parkland Community Association in Parkland, Washington have successfully saved Parkland School and are turning it into a community center in the center of the community.To celebrate, Feliks Banel's guests on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – originally broadcast LIVE across the street from Parkland School - include Wendy Freeman and Phil Edlund, organizers with the group Save Our Historic Parkland School; James Hester, member of the final sixth grade class at the school who spoke out as an 11-year-old in 1981 in favor of saving the school; Tono Sablan of BlueZones Parkland-Spanaway; Nick Biermann of Save The Ryan House (in nearby Sumner, WA); local performer Gunnar Johnson; and musical guests Murdre of Crowes, featuring Elizabeth Johnson on vocals and Tim Hatch on guitar and vocals. Audience members Ruth, Dave and Pierce County Councilmember Jani Hitchen also spoke during the program.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from Thompson Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, Washington.To contribute to the ongoing campaign to pay off the $2.1 million loan from PLU for Parkland School and for additional funds to restore the building:sites.google.com/view/savethehist…ol/how-to-donate
Feliks Banel's guest on this encore episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is author, historian and playwright Frank Abe, who’s devoted much of the past four decades to studying, writing about, and creating public programs about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II - and who hosted a series of programs in 2023 at the Seattle Public Library marking the centennial of the birth of author John Okada. Abe also served as editor of a new compilation being published by Penguin Books, "The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration," due out on May 14, 2024. Also, we hear installment two from the 1951 vintage Chief Sealth episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage”; and, a recap of the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Conference held in Seattle on September 23, including an anecdote about the one and only observance of Cherry Grove Day.This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented live at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 24, 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.
Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY a tribute to the late Virginia Beavert, Yakama linguist and scholar who passed away in February 2024 at age 102. This episode features an interview with Ms. Beavert and her co-editors Michelle Jacob and Joana Jansen from January 2022; the three collaborated on the second edition of Ms. Beavert's landmark collection of legends and stories called "Anakú Iwachá" (published by Yakama Nation and University of Washington Press in 2021).This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, April 28, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Andrea Tucker, president of the non-profit Historic Everett on the group's effort to reach a common-sense compromise with the City of Everett to preserve the Clark Park Gazebo. Also featured on this episode is a tribute to the late Louis Larsen, the final surviving member of the executive leadership team of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, who passed away last month at age 99. Larsen was a good friend of CASCADE OF HISTORY, and we listen back to excerpts from interviews with him. And, since April 21, 2024 is the 62nd anniversary of the launch of the fair, we play some old "Century 21" novelty songs and theme songs, too. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, April 21, 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.
Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY a tribute to the late “Brakeman Bill” McLain, longtime local kids’ TV show host who passed away on April 9, 2024 at age 96. Brakeman Bill was a fixture on Channel 11 KTNT/KSTW Tacoma-Seattle from 1955 to 1975. This episode features highlights from a long phone interview with Bill McLain and his wife Jean recorded July 6, 2021.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, April 14, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from from the Around The World Flight Centennial Celebration at Magnuson Park - include guest co-host and aviation historian Lee Corbin; Elisa Law of Friends of Magnuson Park; General Frank Goodell of the Centennial Committee; and longtime Lake Washington underwater explorer and aviation historian Matt McCauley. This program also includes live coverage of the special event presented by the Friends of Magnuson Park to mark the centennial of the departure of the flyers on April 6, 1924.This special two-hour LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 2pm Pacific Daylight Time on Saturday, April 6, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from Magnuson Café & Brewery at historic Magnuson Park, site of the old Sand Point Naval Air Station in Seattle.
Feliks Banel’s guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Liz Wood, Spokane-based historian and collector of all things Expo '74, the world's fair held in the Lilac City 50 years ago at what's now Riverfront Park.Ms. Wood shared recordings from her collection of Expo '74 songs and helped put together a countdown of rare and nearly forgotten recordings created to promote the fair, and to play in various pavilions and other attractions in operation during the fair's May-November 1974 run.For more information, visit Wood's Expo '74 website: http://www.visitexpo74.comThis LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, March 10, 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.
Feliks Banel presents on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY highlights from a Seattle SuperSonics history panel discussion recorded at the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) on June 1, 2004 featuring Greg Heberlein, retired Seattle Times journalist; the late Bob Blackburn, original “Voice of the Sonics”; and the late John “J.J.” Johnson, member of the 1979 NBA World Championship team. The occasion was the 25th anniversary of the team’s one and only World Championship. Also joining us live on the show was Nick Biermann of SAVE RYAN HOUSE, on that Sumner, WA group’s spaghetti dinner held earlier Sunday evening. Also on this episode, another installment from Nard Jones’ 1959 “Northwest Narratives” history radio series.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, February 25, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Dr. Quintard Taylor, founder of BlackPast.org, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, and author of “The Forging of a Black Community,” in an archival interview from the old COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS podcast; and Joseph Pentheroudakis, board member of the Key Peninsula Historical Society about the new exhibit “Road Show” opening on February 24, 2024. Also on this episode, a look and listen back to early history radio broadcaster (and author) Nard Jones.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, February 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from Parkland, Washington - include Wendy Freeman and Phil Edlund, organizers with the group Save Our Historic Parkland School; James Hester, member of the final sixth grade class at the school who spoke out as an 11-year-old in 1981 in favor of saving the school; Tono Sablan of BlueZones Parkland-Spanaway; Nick Biermann of Save The Ryan House (in nearby Sumner, WA); local performer Gunnar Johnson; and musical guests Murdre of Crowes, featuring Elizabeth Johnson on vocals and Tim Hatch on guitar and vocals. Audience members Ruth, Dave and Pierce County Councilmember Jani Hitchen also spoke during the program.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 28, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from Thompson Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church in Parkland, Washington.To contribute to the campaign to save Parkland School:https://sites.google.com/view/savethehistoricparklandschool/how-to-donate
Feliks Banel presents a tribute to late Pacific Northwest DJ and pop culture renaissance man Pat O’Day on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY. With a vintage aircheck and two long excerpts from an oral history recorded by WSU Professor Hugh Rundell in the late 1970s, we hear directly from Pat O’Day about his early influences and his peripatetic radio career around the Evergreen State (and a corner of the Beaver State). O’Day, born Paul Berg, made his Seattle debut on KAYO – and introduced his “Pat O’Day” deejay name – 65 years ago on February 1, 1959.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 21, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Jack Christensen, longtime Northern Pacific employee on the history of the Belt Line and the Wilburton Trestle (recorded in 2017); Jean Sherrard on the social-media snowstorm of February 2019 (recorded in 2019); Janet Way on the Fircrest Chapel in Shoreline being added to the National Register of Historic Places; and the fourth and final heartbreaking installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 7, 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.
On this special 2023 Christmas episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present Chris Wedes (better known as KIRO TV clown J.P. Patches) and Bob Newman (better known as J.P.'s pal Gertrude) in an original radio play first broadcast on KIXI AM 880 in Seattle on December 16, 2000.Wedes plays a Frederick & Nelson department store doorman, while Newman is the F&N Santa Claus. A family tries to visit the downtown Seattle Frederick's for their Christmas Eve ritual, but a snowstorm ensues. The action is set in 1954, and also stars Tracey Conway, Dave Dolacky, Bob Brooks and Jim Dai. Sound effects were performed by David Persson. The show was written, produced and directed by Feliks Banel, and recorded before a live audience in at the old Museum of History & Industry (MOHA) in Seattle a few hours before the broadcast.This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY will be presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 24, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Kerry Tymchuk, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society on holiday traditions in Portland; Anna Harbine of Spokane’s Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) on Spokane holiday traditions; and Laurie Carter with an update on efforts to “Save the Ryan House” in Sumner, Washington. Also, Christmas surprises and the third installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 17, 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.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun on recently discovered artifacts from the SS BEAVER, the most storied vessel in Pacific Northwest and British Columbia history; roving correspondent Ken Zick REPORTING LIVE from Olympic Manor’s holiday display; Phil Edlund of Save Our Parkland School with the latest on the community’s grassroots campaign; and the second installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 10, 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.
Feliks Banel pits Everett, WA-born Stan Boreson against Tacoma, WA-born Yogi Yorgesson in a holiday smackdown of Scandinavian novelty Christmas songs; roving correspondent Ken Zick reports LIVE FROM THE SCENE of the abrupt closure of XXX Root Beer in Issaquah; and we hear the first installment in the 1951 vintage “Blackie of Naches Valley” episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, December 3, 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 special bonus podcast episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel's interview from the archives with Bryan Johnson, longtime KOMO Radio and TV journalist in Seattle, recalling his early career at KOMO Radio, and the day he was on the job and had to break the news that President Kennedy had been assassinated. Portions of this interview were used in a KUOW piece in 2013, and on KIRO Newsradio in 2023.CASCADE OF HISTORY is presented each week at 8pm Pacific Time on Sundays 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Eric Ulis, D.B. Cooper expert, searcher and researcher with a lesson in 'D.B. Cooper 101' in advance of next week's CooperCon at Seattle's Museum of Flight, and roving correspondent Ken Zick joins us live from the monument at rainy and windswept Alki Beach in West Seattle to mark the 172nd anniversary of the arrival of The Denny Party, considered the city's founders, on November 13, 1851. SPOILER ALERT: It was rainy and windswept back then, too.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 12, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Mytyl Hernandez, museum director of Hibulb Cultural Center at the Tulalip Reservation on their new exhibit about Indigenous languages; roving correspondent Ken Zick on the closure of MacPherson’s Fruit & Produce on Seattle’s Beacon Hill; and excerpts from an exclusive interview with Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan on the future of the National Archives in Seattle. Also, the fourth and final installment of the 1951 vintage Chief Sealth episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, November 5, 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 CASCADE OF HISTORY Halloween Special, Pat Cashman and John Maynard star in a tribute to the "War of the Worlds" panic broadcast of 1938. In "Sports Talk Radio Panic," Cashman plays Vince O'Neill, host of "Seattle Sports Sunday Night" on AM 1090 The Fan, and Maynard is anachronistic radio newsman Bryan Lewis.Also starring Chris Cashman, Lee Callahan, Curtis Takahashi, Tracey Conway, Rob Jones and the late Chris Topping. Originally broadcast live on AM 1090 The Fan from Town Hall Seattle on October 27, 2013. Written, produced and directed by Feliks Banel.This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY will be presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 29, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel’s guests on this special bonus podcast episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Wendy Freeman and Phil Edlund, part of the group working to “Save Parkland School” in Pierce County east of Tacoma. This all-volunteer community group is facing a fundraising deadline coming up on Friday, November 3, 2023, and they are working to spread the word about how people can support their important efforts to purchase historic Parkland School, in the heart of historical parkland, from Pacific Lutheran University.For more information or to make a pledge or a tax-deductible contribution, please visit:www.saveparklandschool.org
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Tim McNulty, author of a new book called "Salmon, Rock, Cedar & Rain: Washington's Olympic Peninsula" from the Braided River imprint of Mountaineers Books; Clay Eals, half of the team that produces the weekly "Now & Then" column for The Seattle Times, on the unexpected passing of the local woman featured in this week's edition; and Nick Negulescu, digital editor of the online history resource The Cascade District, on his work to make Northwest place-name data more widely available.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 22, 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.
This special bonus podcast-only episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY features all public comments from the Sumner (WA) City Council meeting of Monday, October 16, 2023. Most of the commenters spoke in favor of saving the Ryan House in Sumner.One of the supporters of the effort was a guest on our previous episode. The comments made at the meeting received no formal reply from the Sumner City Council, and it’s unclear if the city will move forward with the demolition plans that the commenters and the group (Save Ryan House) object to.There’s more information about the community effort to save the Ryan House at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Laurie Carter, who describes the efforts of a community group in the Pierce County community of Sumner, WA who are working to convince the city government to preserve rather than demolish the historic - and city-owned - "Ryan House" in downtown Sumner; and historian and researcher Shawn Murphy, talking about his study and investigation of the mysterious wreck of the tug "BAHADA" near Anacortes, WA in November 1926.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 15, 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.
Feliks Banel's focus on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is what's often called the "anti-nomination" process for potential landmarks reviewed by the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods' Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board - when a building's owner does NOT want the building designated as a city landmark, and 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.This past 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 LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented 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.
The October 1, 2023 episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY on SPACE 101.1 FM is an encore of our VJ Day live remote broadcast, and is a deep dive on the history and historical significance of Seattle High School Memorial Stadium - the entire 1947 stadium, not just the 1951 wall of names.This coming Wednesday, October 4, 2023 the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board will complete a task begun in August: to decide the future of this memorial structure, built in 1947 to honor the sacrifice and celebrate the lives of nearly 800 Seattle Public School alums who died in World War II.There’s still time to submit written comments by Tuesday, October 3, and to sign up to make comments in person or online during the Landmarks Preservation Board meeting beginning at 3:30pm on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.Here's a link with complete information about making your voice heard:https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/historic-preservation/city-landmarks/public-comment
Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is author, historian and playwright Frank Abe, who’s devoted much of the past four decades to studying, writing about, and creating public programs about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II - and who is hosting a series of programs this autumn at the Seattle Public Library marking the centennial of the birth of author John Okada. Also, we hear installment two from the 1951 vintage Chief Sealth episode of the Seattle centennial educational radio program “Their Name Was Courage”; and, a recap of the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Conference held in Seattle on September 23, including an anecdote about the one and only observance of Cherry Grove Day.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 24, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Katherine White, who stalked Elvis Presley at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and ran Seattle's Elvis fan club; Markus Fahrner, exhibitions manager of Coquitlam Heritage on a new exhibit about Chinese exclusion in Canada from the 1920s to the 1940s; and Megan Churchwell of the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild previewing the conference coming up on Saturday, September 23 at Seattle Public Library.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, September 17, 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.
In advance of the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board reviewing a landmark nomination for Seattle High School Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, a special episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was broadcast live on SPACE 101.1 FM from the Memorial Wall at the stadium on the 78th anniversary of "VJ Day" - when WWII hostilities ceased on August 14, 1945.
This broadcast was made as a public service to the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board, because the landmark nomination they will review on August 16 is sorely lacking in some of the most important history of Seattle High School Memorial Stadium.
The landmark nomination - which is supposed to tell the story and provide relevant historical context for the stadium - is missing so many key details about the role that Seattle High School Memorial Stadium has played in the community since 1947. Joining host Feliks Banel for this live broadcast (to remedy these deficiencies) was series of knowledgeable guests who spoke out to help the Landmarks Preservation Board - and anyone else listening in to the live show or later to the podcast - to better understand the history of sports, 1962 Seattle World's Fair events, and notable musical performances that took place at Memorial Stadium over the past 76 years.
Guests included World's Fair staffer Albert Fisher, who helped produce opening ceremonies for the fair at Memorial Stadium; Northwest sports historian David Eskenazi on the many sports milestones and legendary events that took place at Memorial Stadium; music historian and tour guide Eric Magnuson on the many concerts of local and national acts that took place at Memorial Stadium; and 98-year-old former World's Fair executive Louis Larsen (whose Class of '42 friends from Ballard High School - Christy Jull and Bill Knudtson - are listed on the Memorial Wall; both made the ultimate sacrifice in WWII).
This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 7pm Pacific Time on Monday, August 14, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from the Memorial Wall at Seattle High School Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center.
We stand in deep respect for both the 1947 stadium and the 1951 wall, both of which honor the 800 Seattle Public Schools' alums who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in WWII, and whose names are listed at that sacred spot.
Special thanks to our guests, to producer Laura Scott, and to SPACE 101.1 FM program director Eric Zappa.
Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMERTIME EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY are meteorologist Scott Sistek, in a conversation recorded just after the 2021 Pacific Northwest "heatdome"; and longtime local journalist Essex Porter reflecting on his career after his recent retirement. Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host.
This SUMMERTIME EDITION broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 13, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMERTIME EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Olympia Beer historian Megan Ockerman and historian, author and UW Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor, founder of BlackPast.org. Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host.
This SUMMERTIME EDITION broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, August 6, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
On this special Summertime Edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Dave and Ilyssa Kyu discuss their new essay collection from Mountaineers Books: "Campfire Stories Volume II: Tales from America's National Parks and Trails." The pair, who edited the book and its preceding Volume I, will be appearing at a number of events in the Pacific Northwest during August 2023. Olympic National Park and the Pacific Crest Trail are both featured in chapters of the book.
More information about the tour (as well as the specific authors who contributed to the volume and who will be appearing at selected locations) is available via http://www.campfirestoriesbook.com.
Feliks Banel's guests on this SUMMERTIME EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Clare Manis Hatler, whose late husband Manny discovered the remains of an ancient mastodon on the couple's property near Sequim, Washington in the late 1970s; and Amber Casali, who in 2019 wrote “Hiking Washington’s Fire Lookouts,” a guide and how-to about visiting and camping at old fire lookout towers around the Evergreen State. Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host.
This SUMMERTIME EDITION broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 9, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Jon Carp with Save Tacoma’s Landmark Church, the group working to preserve Holy Rosary Church. Plus, vintage interviews with the late Gordon DeWitty, Seattle Black radio pioneer at KZAM (the Black music station in Seattle which existed BEFORE the better-known KYAC) in the early 1960s and one of the youngest radio DJs in American history.
This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 18, 2023 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Randy Dixon of Relight The Night, a neon preservation group in Pocatello, ID; Brandon Reynon, Director of the Puyallup Tribe’s Historic Preservation Department and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, on the Tribe’s new mini-museum in Fife, WA; and Anthony Long of the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle on their call for nominations for MOHAI’s Everyday Hero Awards. Plus, Viewer Mail on Bartell Drugs, and vintage audio from the May 18, 1952 Paul Robeson concert at the Peace Arch in Blaine, WA.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, May 21, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Richard Heisler of Civil War Seattle on his free upcoming Memorial Day Weekend tours at the GAR Cemetery in Seattle; Linda Van Nest of the Neely Mansion in Auburn on upcoming archaeology workshops offered jointly with 4Culture; meteorologist Ted Buehner on the history of extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest; and Huy Pham of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation on their upcoming VintageWA event next weekend in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, May 14, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Sandra Gladish, Director of Interpretation and Education at Craters of the Moon National Monument near Arco, Idaho; Mike Lindblom, transportation reporter for The Seattle Times on downtown historic clock-swap bus tunnel follies; and architectural consultant Tom Heuser on the threatened Whatcom County Poor Farm near Bellingham, Washington.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, May 7, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Tony Lompa, former staffer at Henkle Butte Lookout near Sisters, OR; Jim Kershner, Spokane based historian and journalist; and Alix Christie, author of a new book about her great-great-great-uncle’s life and career with The Hudson’s Bay Company in 19th century Oregon Country called “The Shining Mountains.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, April 30, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Nicholas Famoso, Phd, paleontologist and museum curator at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument; Megan Churchwell, board member of the Pacific Northwest Historian’s Guild on the upcoming guild conference; and Lee Corbin, Cascade of History’s chief research officer, with the latest about his ongoing “forensic archaeology project” to understand the layout of hangars, piers and runways in the early days of military aviation activity at what became Sand Point Naval Air Station.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, April 23, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Senator Warren G. Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Markus Fahrner, exhibition manager at Coquitlam (British Columbia) Heritage on their Corner Store Project; Phil Edlund, project consultant for Save Parkland School for an update on this preservation project near Tacoma; and intrepid roving correspondent Ken Zick on his attempts to report live from Seattle bookstore Couth Buzzard.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, April 16, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Professor Andrew Shanken of UC Berkeley on “living memorials” and how Seattle High School Memorial Stadium is different from and similar to other memorials in other parts of the United States; and Katie Mayer, technical services librarian for the Oregon Historical Society, on an amazing Viewmaster artifact – and 3-D mushroom photos - recently rediscovered in the collection.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, April 9, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Peter Blecha, author of “Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll” from University of Washington Press; and tree expert Taha Ebrahimi with a sad update on the demise of the “Cherry Trees of Pike Street.”This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, March 19, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are author Taha Ebrahimi (of the forthcoming "Street Trees of Seattle") on the true history behind the doomed cherry trees of Pike Street in downtown Seattle; and Chisao Hata, Creative Director of the Living Arts Program for the Japanese American Museum of Oregon (JAMO) on the effort to save the Yamaguchi Hotel in Portland.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, March 12, 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 week’s edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY – heard LIVE Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time – Feliks Banel is joined once again for live conversation with interesting people from around the region doing cool things with and for Pacific Northwest history. This week’s guests include Seattle geographic historian Rob Ketcherside; Laura Cray, Digital Services Librarian for the Oregon Historical Society; and Pastor Anthony Steele of Allen AME Church in Tacoma.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, March 5, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via http://www.space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
On this week’s edition of CASCADE OF HISTORY – heard LIVE Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time – Feliks is joined once again by interesting people doing interesting things around the Pacific Northwest for live conversation about regional history. Guests include Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on the ongoing efforts to keep the Seattle branch of the National Archives at Sand Point; Stephanie Johnson-Toliver of the Black Heritage Society on architect Benjamin McAdoo and a new exhibit at MOHAI; and Megumi Nagata of 4Culture on the upcoming Heritage Projects grant opportunity for King County.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, February 26, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Katie Yamasaki, granddaughter of architect Minoru Yamasaki, who designed the Pacific Science Center and the World Trade Center; and Gregg Hersholt, who just retired from decades of work as journalist and broadcaster in the Pacific Northwest.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, February 19, 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Seattle-based author, historian and tour guide David B. Williams on an upcoming deep dive into tunnels for his newsletter, and Mayor Russell Wiita of the Snohomish County/US Highway 2 community of Sultan, Washington on the recent damage suffered by an iconic roadside monument - as well as Sultan's history.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 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.
Feliks Banel presents a special Christmas episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, drawing on the archives of “The Holiday Express,” a live Christmas Eve show he produced and hosted on KBCS 91.3 from 1999 to 2004. Highlights include J.P. Patches reading “The Night Before Christmas,” and a 2002 recording of Seattle Mariners’ broadcasters Rick Rizzs and the late Dave Niehaus reading “Gift of the Magi” and splitting the duties as if it were an inning of baseball – plus plenty of vintage and local audio surprises!This broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was pre-recorded to air at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 25, 2022 and Sunday, January 1, 2023 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Edmonds-Woodway music director (and holiday crooner) Jake Bergevin, live from Spokane where he just performed at the historic Fox Theatre; Nathalie Picard of Heritage BC on Heritage Week in British Columbia (coming up in February); and “Santa Bill,” a long-serving Seattle area jolly old elf and fixture at SeaTac Mall.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 18, 2022 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Jason Mattson, executive director of the Lewis County Historical Museum on their recent acquisition of the giant “Yard Bird” statue; Dan Everhart of the Idaho State Historical Society on a historic preservation photo database project; and Bret Lunsford, director of the Anacortes Museum on that city’s enduring connection to Burl Ives and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 11, 2022 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.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY – broadcast LIVE from the Burgermaster in University Village in Seattle - are Burgermaster CEO Alex Jensen; Candy Cane Lane resident Joseph Manalang; Evergreen State political scion Art Langlie; Seattle Civil War historian and tour guide Richard Heisler; and non-roving (for once!) correspondent Ken Zick.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 4, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are retired former journalist and political veteran Ted Van Dyk on the sports hall of fame at his alma mater, Bellingham High School; David Ellis Evans, chief site designer for Expo '74, the Spokane World’s Fair; and roving correspondent Ken Zick, visiting one of the Seattle area’s iconic holiday displays - which wasn't quite ready yet.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, November 27, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Eve Lazarus, Vancouver historian and author of "Cold Case Vancouver" and the forthcoming "Cold Case BC"; Eastern Washington historian and 'monument hunter' Jake Rehm; and Arlen Washines of the Yakama Nation on interpreting the history of the ‘residential school’ at what’s now Fort Simcoe State Park.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, November 20, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Dan Wall, who served at Sand Point Naval Air Station (now home to SPACE studios) in the late 1960s. Other guests include Washington State Historic Preservation Officer Allyson Brooks, and roving correspondent Ken Zick, reporting live from a flag football game Seattle High School Memorial Stadium in advance of its 75th anniversary.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, November 13, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Megan Asaka, author of “Seattle from the Margins: Exclusion, Erasure, and the Making of a Pacific Coast City,” just published by University of Washington Press; Cyrus Forman, National Park Service Ranger at San Juan Island National Historical Park, on the anniversary of the end of the Pig War; and Northwest radio legend John Maynard.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, November 6, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guest on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY is David Benko, longtime neon collector and expert, and founder of the National Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles, Oregon.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 30, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios within the old Sand Point Naval Air Station at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY include 98-year-old Louis Larsen, only surviving member of the executive team of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, on the 60th anniversary of the fair’s October 21 final day; Eastern Washington University and Spokane area historian Larry Cebula on several of his projects; and Art Gregory, founder and president of the History of Idaho Broadcasting Foundation.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 23, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Ken Zick with a live report from the closed-permanently-as-of-October-15 Highland Ice Arena in Shoreline; military, maritime and aviation historians Lee Corbin and Shawn Murphy on their many research projects; and Sarah Steen, Landmarks Coordinator for the King County Historic Preservation Program on the recently landmarked Seattle-Tacoma Pet Cemetery.This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, October 16, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Doug Kenck-Crispin, Portland historian, the man behind ORHISTORY.com and host of the “Kick Ass Oregon History” podcast; Megan Lallier-Barron, curator of exhibitions for the Oregon Historical Society (OHS), discussing preparations for an exhibit commemorating the OHS's 125th anniversary in 2023; and Ken Workman, Duwamish Tribal Councilmember and descendant of Chief Seattle, on the observance of Indigenous Peoples Day.This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on Sunday, October 9, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Jean Sherrard and Clay Eals of The Seattle Times' "Now & Then" feature; Loran Bures of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and a new grave marker in Tacoma for a Black sailor in the Civil War who came to Washington Territory in 1888; and Ken Zick LIVE from Totem Bowl (aka Tech City Bowl) on the BREAKING HISTORY NEWS that the Kirkland bowling alley is NOT closing for good on October 2, 2022.
This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on Sunday, October 2, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM from studios at historic Magnuson Park in Seattle
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Knute Berger, KCTS 9's 'Mossback' and author of a recent Crosscut piece about Nazi spies in Seattle in the 1930s; and John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun and John Atkin, civic historian, on Vancouver, BC's long love-affair with neon signs.
This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on Sunday, September 25, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM from studios at historic Magnuson Park in Seattle
Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Gus Melonas, longtime Northwest railroad executive with a long family history in Northwest railroads; and Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, president of the Black Heritage Society of Washington.
This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on Sunday, September 18, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM from studios at historic Magnuson Park in Seattle.
On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Mary Fleck, author of a piece called "Women of the Northwest and the ‘Great Land Grab’ Overcoming the sexism of the 1850 Donation Land Act.” Fleck's piece appears in the Spring 2022 edition of COLUMBIA Magazine.
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with musician and musical historian Bob Antone. Antone and his band, Tinkham Road, are based in the Snoqualmie Valley, and are committed to preserving and performing local music going back centuries.
For more from Bob Antone and Tinkham Road: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIo-gIWEuF-o-i49_Wr2ddA/featured
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with journalist Essex Porter, who recently retired after nearly 40 years at KIRO TV news in Seattle.
To follow Essex Porter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EssexKIRO7
To learn more about Northwest journalism history, plan a visit to the Washington State History Museum during Summer 2022 for “News of the Day,” an exhibit exploring how big events in Evergreen State history were covered by the media.
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Dr. Michael McKenzie, professor of philosophy and religion at Keuka College in Keuka Park, New York. He’s author of a piece in the Winter 2021-2022 edition of COLUMBIA magazine about the wintertime forced relocation of Northern Paiute people from Oregon to Washington Territory.
For more information about Dr. McKenzie's book, "A Country Strange and Far: The Methodist Church in the Pacific Northwest, 1834–1918": www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496218810/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Megan Ockerman, historian for the Olympia Tumwater Foundation, and author of a piece in the Winter 2021-2022 edition of COLUMBIA magazine about women and the Olympia Brewing Company.
For more information about the Olympia Tumwater Foundation: https://olytumfoundation.org/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Faith Brower, curator at Tacoma Art Museum, about the exhibition "On Native Land: Landscapes from the Haub Family Collection." More than a dozen Western landscapes are featured which depict homelands of Indigenous peoples; specific groups are recognized in written land acknowledgments on labels accompanying each painting in the gallery.
For more information about "On Native Land": www.tacomaartmuseum.org/explore/upcoming-exhibitions/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with tribal historian Michael Finley and language scholar Shelly Boyd of the Colville Tribe about Northwest history, including residential schools. Shelly Boyd’s essay, “Save the Language and the Language will Save You,” is the cover story for the Autumn 2021 issue of COLUMBIA.
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On this episode, Feliks Banel talks about the historic 'Heatdome' of 2021 with meteorologist Scott Sistek, who recently joined the team at TV station Q13 in Seattle after many years at KOMO TV.
Scott Sistek's Weather Blog for Q13: https://www.q13fox.com/tag/weather/scotts-weather-blog
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Dennis Larsen, Ezra Meeker scholar and author of four books about the multi-faceted figure, including "Saving The Oregon Trail: Ezra Meeker's Last Grand Quest."
For more information about Larsen's latest book: https://wsupress.wsu.edu/product/saving-the-oregon-trail/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with John C. Hughes, chief historian for the Washington Secretary of State, and author of "Julie Butler Hansen: A trailblazing Washington politician," published by the Secretary of State's Office in 2021.
For more information about Hughes's book: https://www.sos.wa.gov/store/#/detail/99
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Cassandra Tate, historian and journalist, and author of "Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West," published by Sasquatch Books in 2020.
For more information about Tate's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604178/unsettled-ground-by-cassandra-tate/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with the teen filmmakers whose archival photo and film-rich documentary, "Freeing the Elwha: Setting the Standard for Breaking the Nation's River Barriers" won numerous History Day awards in 2020. Featured are Jacob Gannon, Ivy Pete and Alexis Schallock.
To watch the film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vyIQmWB1yVw
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Lenora Whiteman, author of the new historical novel "Snowbound Stagecoach" -- based on years of research, and set during the extreme Oregon Country Winter of 1861-1862.
Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.
On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with University of Washington History Professor Emeritus Dr. Quintard Taylor, author of an important history of Seattle's Central District, and the founder of BlackPast.org.
For more info about Dr. Taylor's work: www.blackpast.org
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Maggie Wetherbee, new Head of Collections for the Washington State Historical Society and the WSHS effort to collect pandemic-related artifacts and stories.
For more info on donating COVID-19 artifacts to WSHS: http://www.washingtonhistory.org/research/collections/yourCOVIDstory/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Julie McDonald Zander, author of "Washington Territory's Grand Lady: The Story of Matilda (Glover) Koontz Jackson," and important figure in 19th century Lewis County. The book is based on archival research Ms. McDonald Zander conducted as part of her history consulting business called Chapters of Life.
For more info on the book: www.chaptersoflife.com/?page_id=1325
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Lynette Miller, who retired from the Washington State Historical Society as Head of Collections in February 2020. Miller was with WSHS for 23 years, and is a specialist in Native American basketry. She looks back on her career and the changes in museums and collecting that she's witnessed over the years, as well as the enduring power of genuine artifacts to tell important stories.
To donate an artifact to the Washington State Historical Society: www.washingtonhistory.org/research/collections/collections-donation/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Ron Judd, staff writer for The Seattle Times’ Pacific NW Magazine on what we can learn from the history of Seattle and the Northwest during 1920s that might come in handy in the 2020s. Ron’s piece is called “Studying Seattle’s Roaring ’20s history might help us get through this next decade.” It appeared in the print edition of the Sunday Seattle Times of January 12, 2020.
For Ron's piece in The Seattle Times: www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/studying-seattles-roaring-20s-history-might-help-us-get-through-this-next-decade/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Rick James, author of "Don't Never Tell Nobody Nothin' No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running" from British Columbia's Harbour Publishing. The Autumn 2019 issue of COLUMBIA magazine features an excerpt from James's book.
For more info on the book: http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/DontNeverTellNobodyNothinNoHow
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Jennifer Mortensen of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation about the Heritage Barn grant program that the WTHP administers for the Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation. The grant deadline is coming up at the end of October 2019; get more information at www.preservewa.gov.
For more information or to subscribe to COLUMBIA Magazine: www.washingtonhistory.org
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Clare Manis Hatler, whose late husband Manny (pictured) discovered the remains of an ancient mastodon on the couple's property near Sequim, Washington in the late 1970s. Ms. Hatler recent donated artifacts to the Washington State History Museum, and is featured in the Summer 2019 edition of COLUMBIA Magazine.
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with historian Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica about her research and the cover story she wrote for COLUMBIA Magazine's Spring 2019 issue focused on school teacher and peace activist Daisy Tibbs Dawson.
For more information or to subscribe to COLUMBIA Magazine: www.washingtonhistory.org
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with photographer, writer and historian Jean Sherrard about the big snow of February 2019. The two look at how this was the Seattle area’s first big snowstorm of the "social media era," and what this means from a historical perspective.
Jean Sherrard co-produces the "Now & Then" column with Paul Dorpat for The Seattle Times, and the two also collaborate on a history and photography blog (which is the source of the image that accompanies this episode): https://www.seattletimes.com/category/now-and-then/ https://pauldorpat.com/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with author and educator David Jepsen about the Seattle General Strike of 1919, and about his new documentary on the topic, "Labor Wars of the Northwest."
For information about "Labor Wars of the Northwest": http://laborwarsnw.com/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with author Amber Casali about her new book, “Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts” from Mountaineers Books. It’s a how-to and a history, with information about exploring (and even camping inside of) vintage and modern fire lookouts around the Evergreen State; also lushly illustrated with maps and Casali's terrific photographs.
For information about "Hiking Washington's Fire Lookouts": https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/hiking-washingtons-fire-lookouts
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with author Jack Nisbet, 2018 Washington State Historical Society Robert Gray Medal recipient, and author of many books about 19th century Pacific Northwest history. His latest is "The Dreamer and The Doctor" from Sasquatch Books, exploring the lives and passions of an American physician and her Swedish naturalist husband that helped shape a territory on the cusp of change at the turn of the 20th century.
For information about "The Dreamer and The Doctor": http://www.sasquatchbooks.com/book/?isbn=9781632172037&the-dreamer-and-the-doctor-by-jack-nisbet
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On this episode, host Feliks Banel speaks with journalist and author John Dodge about his new book, “A Deadly Wind” from Oregon State University Press. It’s a look back at the 1962 Columbus Day Storm that devastated the Pacific Northwest, from Oregon to British Columbia.
For information about "A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm": http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/deadly-wind
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with amateur mountaineer Bob Mead about an archaeological artifact Mr. Mead discovered at Mt. Rainier National Park 40 years ago. We learn what Mr. Mead should have done when he first found it, and what you should do if you find yourself in a similar situation. We also talk to Pacific Lutheran University Professor Bradford Andrews about what this and other artifacts can tell us about the pre-history of the place now known as Washington.
For information about what to do if you find an archaeological artifact: Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation https://dahp.wa.gov/
If you have an artifact that belongs in a proper repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/culture/services-and-policies/artifact-identification
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with author Lauren Danner about her book from WSU Press, "Crown Jewel Wilderness," that tells the story of the creation of North Cascades National Park. Danner's book is excerpted in the Summer 2018 issue of COLUMBIA Magazine.
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with author Judy Bentley about her work to encourage hikes and walks that explore Washington history, and the cover story she wrote for COLUMBIA Magazine's Summer 2018 issue focused on the Yakama-Cowlitz Trail.
Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.
On this episode, Feliks Banel presents a rare oral history recording of George Youst, describing a cross-country trip to Centralia, Washington by covered wagon in 1903-1904. The interview was recorded in 1967 by George's son Lionel Youst.
Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.
On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Dave Beals of the Washington State History Museum about work underway there to prepare for a groundbreaking exhibit opening in January 2019 about the prison on McNeil Island.
For more information about the exhibit: http://www.washingtonhistory.org/visit/wshm/exhibits/McNeil/
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On this episode, Feliks Banel speaks with Peter Donahue, who writes the Used Books (aka "Retro Review") column for COLUMBIA Magazine.
Founding producer and host is Feliks Banel.