Cascade of History

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY include 98-year-old Louis Larsen, only surviving member of the executive team of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, on the 60th anniversary of the fair’s October 21 final day; Eastern Washington University and Spokane area historian Larry Cebula on several of his projects; and Art Gregory, founder and president of the History of Idaho Broadca...

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Ken Zick with a live report from the closed-permanently-as-of-October-15 Highland Ice Arena in Shoreline; military, maritime and aviation historians Lee Corbin and Shawn Murphy on their many research projects; and Sarah Steen, Landmarks Coordinator for the King County Historic Preservation Program on the recently landmarked Seat...

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Doug Kenck-Crispin, Portland historian, the man behind ORHISTORY.com and host of the “Kick Ass Oregon History” podcast; Megan Lallier-Barron, curator of exhibitions for the Oregon Historical Society (OHS), discussing preparations for an exhibit commemorating the OHS's 125th anniversary in 2023; and Ken Workman, Duwamish Tribal C...

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Jean Sherrard and Clay Eals of The Seattle Times' "Now & Then" feature; Loran Bures of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and a new grave marker in Tacoma for a Black sailor in the Civil War who came to Washington Territory in 1888; and Ken Zick LIVE from Totem Bowl (aka Tech City Bowl) on the BREAKING HISTORY NEWS that...

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Knute Berger, KCTS 9's 'Mossback' and author of a recent Crosscut piece about Nazi spies in Seattle in the 1930s; and John Mackie of The Vancouver Sun and John Atkin, civic historian, on Vancouver, BC's long love-affair with neon signs. This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on Sunday, September 25,...

Feliks Banel's guests on this episode of "Cascade of History" include Gus Melonas, longtime Northwest railroad executive with a long family history in Northwest railroads; and Stephanie Johnson-Toliver, president of the Black Heritage Society of Washington. This LIVE broadcast of "Cascade of History" was originally presented on Sunday, September 18, 2022 via SPACE 101.1 FM from studios at historic...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Mary Fleck, author of a piece called "Women of the Northwest and the ‘Great Land Grab’: Overcoming the sexism of the 1850 Donation Land Act.” Fleck's piece appears in the Spring 2022 edition of COL...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with musician and musical historian Bob Antone. Antone and his band, Tinkham Road, are based in the Snoqualmie Valley, and are committed to preserving and performing local music going back centuries. Fo...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with journalist Essex Porter, who recently retired after nearly 40 years at KIRO TV news in Seattle. To follow Essex Porter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EssexKIRO7 To learn more about Northwest journ...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Dr. Michael McKenzie, professor of philosophy and religion at Keuka College in Keuka Park, New York. He’s author of a piece in the Winter 2021-2022 edition of COLUMBIA magazine about the wintertime...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Megan Ockerman, historian for the Olympia Tumwater Foundation, and author of a piece in the Winter 2021-2022 edition of COLUMBIA magazine about women and the Olympia Brewing Company. For more inform...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Faith Brower, curator at Tacoma Art Museum, about the exhibition "On Native Land: Landscapes from the Haub Family Collection." More than a dozen Western landscapes are featured which depict homeland...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with tribal historian Michael Finley and language scholar Shelly Boyd of the Colville Tribe about Northwest history, including residential schools. Shelly Boyd’s essay, “Save the Language and the Languag...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel talks about the historic 'Heatdome' of 2021 with meteorologist Scott Sistek. He grew up in the Northwest, and joined the team at TV station Fox 13 in Seattle after many years at KOMO TV. Scott Sistek's Weather...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Dennis Larsen, Ezra Meeker scholar and author of four books about the multi-faceted figure, including "Saving The Oregon Trail: Ezra Meeker's Last Grand Quest." For more information about Larsen's l...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with John C. Hughes, chief historian for the Washington Secretary of State, and author of "Julie Butler Hansen: A trailblazing Washington politician," published by the Secretary of State's Office in 2021...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Cassandra Tate, historian and journalist, and author of "Unsettled Ground: The Whitman Massacre and its Shifting Legacy in the American West," published by Sasquatch Books in 2020. For more informat...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with the teen filmmakers whose archival photo and film-rich documentary, "Freeing the Elwha: Setting the Standard for Breaking the Nation's River Barriers" won numerous History Day awards in 2020. Featur...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Lenora Whiteman, author of the new historical novel "Snowbound Stagecoach" -- based on years of research, and set during the extreme Oregon Country Winter of 1861-1862. Founding producer and host i...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with University of Washington History Professor Emeritus Dr. Quintard Taylor, author of an important history of Seattle's Central District, and the founder of BlackPast.org. For more info about Dr. Tayl...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Maggie Wetherbee, new Head of Collections for the Washington State Historical Society and the WSHS effort to collect pandemic-related artifacts and stories. For more info on donating COVID-19 artifa...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Julie McDonald Zander, author of "Washington Territory's Grand Lady: The Story of Matilda (Glover) Koontz Jackson," and important figure in 19th century Lewis County. The book is based on archival...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Lynette Miller, who retired from the Washington State Historical Society as Head of Collections in February 2020. Miller was with WSHS for 23 years, and is a specialist in Native American basketry....

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" - Feliks Banel speaks with Ron Judd, staff writer for The Seattle Times’ Pacific NW Magazine on what we can learn from the history of Seattle and the Northwest during 1920s that might come in handy in the 2020s. Ron’s piece...

On this episode of "Columbia Conversations" - a podcast for the Washington State Historical Society which was a precursor to the independent radio program "Cascade of History" -Feliks Banel speaks with Rick James, author of "Don't Never Tell Nobody Nothin' No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running" from British Columbia's Harbour Publishing. The Autumn 2019 issue of COLUMBIA magazine featur...