91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230825 Eastern WA Wildfires Laura Ackerman Laura Ackerman lives on a hobby farm on the eastern side of West Plains near Spokane. She’s also an environmental organizer and Co-host of the radio program Earth Matters Now airing on KYRS community radio in Spokane. Ackerman shares a resident’s perspective on the
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230823 Heart Humane Evacuation Animal Rescue Spokane Wildfire Humane Evacuation Animal Rescue Team (HEART) is one of a number of organizations in the Spokane Valley busy in sheltering and offering care to displaced livestock and pets from the wildfire. Listen in on this highlight of the organization with Marian
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91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230817 Perspective On Helping After Maui Wildfire A wildfire on Maui engulfed the town of Lahaina on August 8th and 9th. With over 100 people dead in the aftermath, this event has been pronounced the deadliest blaze in U.S. modern history. A large population of people from Hawaii live
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91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230818 Manu Meel On The Power Of Conversation In Divided Times Manu Meel, Co-founder of Bridge USA speaks with KBCS about why it’s important to try to have conversations, and most importantly, to listen each other in times like this. Producers: Lucy Braginski and Yuko Kodama Special thanks to Sapan Parekh
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91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230815 On The Block On the Block is an event to celebrate local artists in visual art, music, street-wear and food every second Sunday of the month through October. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama spoke with Julie Chang Schulman, Co-founder of Forever Safe Spaces, and is one of the Co-organizers of a coalition
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230810 Indigenous Milk Medicine Week Indigenous Milk Medicine Week is August 8th thru 14th this year. It’s a part of a series of observances celebrating breastfeeding during the month of August. Camie Goldhammer is a Social Worker, Lactation Consultant and Founder of the Native American Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington. She
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230719 Gratitude Gathering To Resist Urban Tree Loss To Development Gratitude gatherings are held for urban trees in the Seattle area. It’s to honor these elder plants, and to resist the aggressive removal of urban trees for building development. KBCS’s Martha Baskin has this story. Producers: Martha Baskin and David Guenther
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230714 Luma The Western Red Cedar And Droplet On Friday, July 14th, a group of concerned community members rallied around a western red cedar named Luma in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood. They hope to preserve the tree since aggressive development activity in Seattle has led to increased loss of large trees
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230530 Brian Park Poem Brian Park is a Korean American artist and software developer. He read this poem he penned on May 28th, during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The reading was at Valley and Mountain fellowship’s Set Us Free From Fear event featuring Dr. Cornel West with
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230530 Cornel West Set Us Free From Fear Dr. Cornel West spoke at the Rainier Arts Center on May 28th as part of the Valley and Mountain fellowship sponsored Set Us Free from Fear series. You can listen to his address on The Prophetic Tradition in the Time of Neo
