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Nature: Trumpeter Swans

December 20, 2022 - 12:07 am

KBCS’s Yuko Kodama and Seward Park Audubon Center Lead Naturalist, Ed Dominguez were at Seattle’s Union Bay Natural Area in the University District, and came across the Trumpeter Swans in the winter of 2019. Producer: Yuko Kodama and Ed Dominguez Photo: Ken Schneider

Giant Steps Looks Back at 2022

December 19, 2022 - 2:48 pm

Our host of Giant Steps, John Pai, looks back at 2022 with a few of his favorite albums of the year! Catch Giant Steps every Monday night beginning at 11:00 PM. King Britt and Tyshawn Sorey, Tyshawn & King, The Buddy System Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8, Warp Records Vijay Iyer, Uneasy, ECM Helen Sung, Quartet+,

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City Soul Looks Back at 2022

December 17, 2022 - 10:19 am

Friday nights at 9:00 P.M. J-Justice presents a kaleidoscope of soulful electronic sounds, City Soul connects the dots between modern club culture and its past influences from around the globe. Check out a few of his favorite albums from 2022! High Pulp – Pursuits of Ends – Anti Sonnyjim- White Girl Wasted Hagan – Textures

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Flotation Device Looks Back at 2022

Michael Schell

December 16, 2022 - 10:54 am

Recovered Voices and Radical Music by Michael Schell December is the season when a DJ’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of…the year’s best albums. And when your corner of the world is as variegated as the cutting-edge creative and improvised music we feature on Flotation Device, then there’s a lot to choose from! One of

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Open Studio Cambodia Exhibit

Lauren Iida Lauren Iida

December 8, 2022 - 11:42 pm

91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20221208 Open Studio Cambodia Lauren Iida How are Cambodian artists approaching contemporary art today? Lauren Iida is an Artist and  Founder of Open Studio Cambodia, an artist collective based in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Iida founded this organization in  2018.  It mentors, represents, and provides supplies and communal studio and gallery space

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2022 Year-End Message from our General Manager

A photo of a white man in a blue suit and red hair with trees in background. He is smiling candidly and looking directly into the camera with his eyes. Dana Buckingham KBCS GM

December 7, 2022 - 10:26 am

I want to thank everyone who listens to KBCS for your enduring support for true community radio across the greater Puget Sound. For nearly fifty years now, listener supporters like you have always been there for us during the good times and those occasional not so good times.

Teaching Lushootseed to Toddlers

Jasmyne Diaz

November 18, 2022 - 9:57 am

91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20221118 Jazmyne Diaz Lushootseed Class For Toddlers Lushootseed  is the language spoken by Coast Salish tribes in the greater Seattle area and north to Skagit River Valley near Bellingham and Whidbey Island, and south to Olympia and Shelton. In 1819, Congress passed the Civilization Fund Act to assimilate indigenous youth to

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Women’s Voices from the Holocaust

Laura Ferri Laura Ferri

November 16, 2022 - 11:48 pm

91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20221117 The Ruins Of Memory Women’s Voices Of The Holocaust The performance, The Ruins of Memory: Women’s Voices of the Holocaust highlights the experiences of Jewish women throughout the European continent who navigated their way through a horrific time in the 20th century. It’s performed by Tales of the Alchemysts Theatre

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