Cascade of History

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 Cre...

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...

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...

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...

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 Washi...

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, Washing...

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 CASCA...

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...

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...

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 -...

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, 2...

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 broa...

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...

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; Step...

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 Sund...

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 CASCA...

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 spl...

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 broadc...

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 a...

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...

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. T...

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 H...

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. Thi...

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....

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...