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Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #36 | An Orcas Ethos – Craig Gibson Join us in this episode as we explore the rural culture of Orcas Island with Craig Gibson, fourth-generation owner of North Beach Inn (NBI), located on the outskirts of the remote village of Eastsound. Craig’s forebears acquired the 100-acre waterfront fruit farm in 1911. In 1932 they constructed a handful of the 16-rustic cottages now […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #35 | Power of HaMakom – Mary Potter Join us in this episode for a conversation with a wise friend about the deepest matters of the heart. Our guest is theologian, novelist, and mystic Mary Lane Potter.Mary’s quest for a closer relationship with the divine stretches from her childhood in an immigrant community steeped in the traditions of Christian Reform evangelism; to her Ph.D. at the […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #34 | Black, Green & Emerald – Anthony and Marlie Love In this episode, we catch up with Anthony & Marlie Love, travel vloggers and creators of the YouTube show Traveling While Black in Seattle and @TWBSeattle on TikTok. A local married couple, they travel together to various Pacific Northwest destinations and share their comfort level as Black people visiting there for the first time. After three […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #33 | Digging Gig Harbor – Stephanie Lile & Riley Hall Join us in this episode for a conversation with Stephanie Lile, director of Gig Harbor’s Harbor History Museum, together with the Museum’s shipwright Riley Hall. They chronicle their community’s historic working waterfront for more than a century by sharing stories embedded in the museum’s collection of over 20,000 objects, images & ephemera. These objects include […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #32 | ALMA Matters – Lisa Fruichantie Join us in this episode for a conversation with Lisa Fruichantie, citizen of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and Executive Director of ALMA, an expansive campus carved out of an old union hall anchored within Tacoma’s historic Hilltop neighborhood. This multifaceted business and venue are devoted to creating community by incubating and presenting a diverse range art, food, culture […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #31 | Love and Comics – Eric Reynolds Join us in this episode for a conversation with Eric Reynolds, Vice-President of Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics. Headquartered in Seattle’s Maple Leaf community-with their Bookstore & Gallery in the industrial Georgetown neighborhood-Fantagraphics has quietly produced a stunning body of work over the last 40+ years.  Their genres span alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #30 | Storied Sidewalks – Susanna Ryan Join us in this episode for a conversation with Instagram phenom Susanna Ryan, author of the Seattle Walk Report Series; Seattle Walk Report an Illustrated Walking Tour Through 23 Seattle Neighborhoods (2019) and Secret Seattle, An Illustrated Guide to the City’s Offbeat and Overlooked History (2021). Susanna’s distinctive comic style and eagle eye illustrate the charming and quirky people, places, and things that […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place #29 | Once Upon a Blue Moon – Timothy Dooley Pull up a bar stool and join us in this episode for a conversation with Timothy Dooley-regular, bartender and now owner of the historic Seattle tavern, the “Blue Moon.” Founded in 1934 just after Prohibition to serve mostly college students, the Blue Moon has since been serving up a heady mix of politics, poetry, visual […]
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Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place #28 | Anchored in Asotin – Michael Hoover Join us in this episode for a conversation with Michael Hoover. Michael was recently granted clemency­-from a life prison sentence without chance of parole-by the Governor of the State of Washington. Michael’s is a cautionary tale…on remaining anchored to place; and to people. An upbringing of affluence in Woodway, Washington failed to protect Michael from […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #27 | Place-Based Fictions – Jim Lynch Welcome to our first podcast episode of 2022. Beginning with this episode, EK on the Go is now Power of Place, Stories of the Pacific Northwest, with a new appearance and soundscape. In this episode we will hear from one of Pacific Northwest’s most acclaimed living novelists, Jim Lynch. Jim’s approach to storytelling reflects both […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place #26: Crafting Heavens of Earth – Richard Hartlage Join us in our final episode of 2021 with guest Richard Hartlage, Founder & CEO of Land Morphology. His firm has designed gardens for the Chihuly Garden and Glass at Seattle Center, the upcoming 20-acre Seattle Waterfront Park, and the private gardens of celebrities and CEO’s nationwide. Richard will explain how thoughtful and intelligent garden […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #25 | Dingbats & Thunderbirds – Tom Heuser & Lana Blinderman Join us in this episode for a conversation with Tom Heuser, President of the Capitol Hill Historic Society, and artist-photographer Lana Blinderman about the distinctive though oft-overlooked architectural history of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. For decades, the Hill’s midcentury apartments and condominiums provided architectural ambiance and offered relatively affordable housing, becoming spaces for communities and […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #24 | Mount Epiphany – Nick Bratton Join us in this episode to hear from Nick Bratton, Senior Director of Policy for Forterra. Since 1989, Forterra has secured over 275,000 acres of land through over 450 land transactions. From the farmlands and river canyons of Yakima to the estuaries and forests of Washington’s coastline, Forterra safeguards a healthy environment. The organization also […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #23 | Another Golden Age – Doreen Alhadeff Join us in this episode with Doreen Alhadeff, co-founder of the Seattle Sephardic Network and the first Jewish American to receive Spanish citizenship under a 2015 law permitting descendants of Jews expelled from Spain in the fifteenth century to apply for citizenship. Enjoy Doreen’s reminiscences about her childhood and youth in multiethnic Seward Park. Doreen […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #22 | Hardware Store Homer – Mark Holtzen Join us in this episode with Mark Holtzen, author of A Ticket to the Pennant, a children’s storybook exploring Seattle’s Rainier Valley, circa 1955, through the eyes of a young baseball fan. This was the era of Sick’s Stadium, home of the Seattle Rainiers, who played in the now-defunct Pacific Coast League. Mark’s ingenious narrative […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #21 | Riddles of Eden Hill – Marga Rose Hancock Join us in this episode with Marga Rose Hancock and Rosalie Daggett, board members of the Queen Anne Historical Society. Marga and Rosalie walk us through the delights of Queen Anne. One of Seattle’s oldest neighborhoods, Queen Anne is a vibrant collage of stately Old Seattle mansions, charming hilltop parks, and urban amenities, including some […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #20 | Networks for Nature – Christine Mahler Join us in this episode for a chat with Christine Mahler, executive director of the Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition. Our region is nationally and globally known for the dramatic beauty of its landscapes and seascapes. Yet many of these natural environments could not exist without the active and vigilant stewardship of myriad public and […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #19 | Golden Dales – Christopher Patano Join us in this episode for a conversation with Christopher Patano, AIA, founder and studio director of Patano Studio. Chris’s diverse architectural/landscape architectural portfolio includes parks, aviation facilities, schools, factories, corporate headquarters, transportation facilities, and private residences. His architectural journey began in his native Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and remains informed by Northwest materials and idioms, […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #18 | Brooklyn, Seattle – Adam Alsobrook Have you ever wondered how the names of Seattle’s neighborhoods evolved over time? The University District, for instance, was once called Brooklyn.  Join us in this episode with architectural historian Adam Alsobrook, AIA, who expertly reads old buildings, vintage neon signs, industrial history, archaic electrical systems, postcard collecting, masonic architecture, and the history of demolition. […]
Power of Place 🎧 Power of Place Episode #17 | Titans and Tech – Bob Bennion Join us in this episode for a conversation with leading broker Bob Bennion of Compass Real Estate. Over the course of his 30-year career, Bob has rubbed shoulders with some of the region’s titans of industry, as well as leaders in the arts, science, and medicine. With an infectious and classically casual PNW demeanor and […]
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