Music of the Moment February 2019
February 18, 2019 - 1:28 pm
Check out these music reviews from Iaan Hughes in February’s installment of Music of the Moment.
Unmute the Commute: Your Driver is Mayor David Baker
February 18, 2019 - 10:39 am
Everyday we rely on people to get us around – in buses, carpools, rideshares… but who are the people driving us? On this week’s Unmute the Commute, we hear from an Uber driver who also happens to be the mayor of Kenmore.
Unmute the Commute: The Ferry Riot
February 12, 2019 - 8:46 am
In 1987, a riot on a Washington State ferry resulted in over $30,000 worth of damage to the SV Kitsap. On this week’s Unmute the Commute, we talk to people who were there about what happened, and more importantly, why there was a riot in the first place.
Kusak Cut Glass Works Closes
February 8, 2019 - 11:29 am
Seattle is home to the rare art form of freehand stone wheel engraved crystal – but not for long. Though Kusak Cut Glass Works has made Seattle its home for over 104 years, the business closes within the next couple of months. Cynthia Brothers, Vanishing Seattle Founder and KBCS’s Yuko Kodama take a tour of the
Rahul Gupta on Changes to the International District Neighborhood
February 8, 2019 - 10:23 am
The International District has seen a change as businesses respond to outside forces. KBCS’s sat down with Rahul Gupta, Education and Tours Director at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, to learn more about the neighborhood.
Nature: Merganser
"Common Merganser family" by nicolebeaulac is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
February 8, 2019 - 10:22 am
Find out about ducks who fish. Join KBCS’s Yuko Kodama on the shores of Lake Washington with Ed Dominguez, Lead Naturalist of the Seward Park Audubon Center, and discover Merganser water birds around Seattle.
Nature: Bald Eagle
"Eagle" by Jeff Power is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
February 8, 2019 - 10:21 am
Join KBCS’s Yuko Kodama and Ed Dominguez, Lead Naturalist of the Seward Park Audubon Center, for another stroll through Seattle’s Seward Park, as they encounter and discuss our national bird: the bald eagle.
Coffee Talk
February 8, 2019 - 10:20 am
January is International Gourmet Coffee Month. David Yanke, former representative of Tony’s Coffee and coffee connoisseur, gives tips on coffee tasting and selection at a King County Library Service program. This segment originally broadcast in 2013.
Unmute the Commute: The Water Taxi
February 4, 2019 - 12:14 pm
Since the Alaskan Way Viaduct closed, riders on the West Seattle Water Taxi have more than doubled. King County Metro is hoping that some of those new riders will keep using the water taxi even after the tunnel replacing the viaduct opens. On this week’s Unmute the Commute, we take a trip to Elliott Bay
Dr LaFayette- Equal Justice
The Rev. Bernard Lafayette, right, with Dr. Martin Luther King at a news conference in Atlanta on January 16, 1968. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)
January 25, 2019 - 4:11 pm
90 years ago Tuesday January 15th 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. was born. At the age of 26 he became a key leader in the modern American Civil Rights Movement. He is well known for promoting non-violence. A way of life that Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., who worked with Dr. King, promotes to this day.
