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Cascade of History

CASCADE OF HISTORY is the only LIVE radio show presenting news and stories about people doing cool things with and for history in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. We talk about people, artifacts, books, maps, photos, places, landmarks, public lands, state and national parks, trails, highways, and the historic events that can bring us all together. The show is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM (and streaming via http://www.space101fm.org ) from

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BONUS EPISODE: DENSHO, Japanese Incarceration and...

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2025/06/23

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Nina Wallace, media and outreach manager of DENSHO, the private non-profit based in Seattle which is dedicated to documenting and sharing the history of Japanese incarceration during World War II. Ms. Wallace describes DENSHO's work, and efforts to respond to a Trump Administration initiative focused on "restoring truth and sanity" to public sector depictions of American history, such as at the Smithsonian and at National Park

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Ep. 113: Yakima Trolley City Council Update, Peter...

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2025/06/23

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Yakima Valley Trolleys founder Ken Johnsen with an update on last week's Yakima City Council meeting; architect and former Seattle City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck on the University of Washington's plans for the ASUW Shellhouse - and the op-ed he wrote which appeared in the Seattle Times this weekend; and Mitsy Hunter of Spokane Preservation Advocates on preservation in the Lilac City and the group's upcoming

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00:37:05

BONUS EPISODE: Sole Surviving Survivor of June 17,...

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2025/06/17

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Doug Parton of Ironworker Local 97 in Vancouver, BC and with Lucien Lessard, the sole surviving survivor of the June 17, 1958 collapse of what’s now called the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge. The bridge crosses Burrard Inlet near Vancouver, British Columbia.Special thanks to CBC Vancouver for featuring Mr. Parton on the June 17, 2025 broadcast of The Early Edition, and for all their great coverage of British Columbia history on CBC

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01:00:16

Ep. 112: LIVE BROADCAST from Yakima Valley Trolleys...

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2025/06/16

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Ken Johnsen, founder of the Yakima Valley Trolleys and Moira Nadal of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. The broadcast originated from the 1911 Powerhouse on 3rd Avenue South in Yakima, Washington. Partner for tonight's broadcast was the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation.This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, June 15, 2025 via

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00:22:23

BONUS EPISODE: 5 SPOT, Ray's Boathouse and Other...

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2025/06/14

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel's guest is John Berkowitz, who worked in the neon sign industry in Seattle in the 1980s and 1990s and had a hand in several iconic signs – including the 5 SPOT on Queen Anne Hill, and Ray’s Boathouse at Shilshole Bay. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly

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00:13:21

BONUS EPISODE: King County Real Property Record Cards...

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2025/06/12

Feliks Banel’s guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Emily Venomen, research archivist at the Puget Sound Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives.We cover the basics of "Real Property Record Cards" - those tax assessor photos and other information that dates from the late 1930s to the early 1970s, and how historians and others may access collections of these documents from various counties around the Evergreen State. We also learn about a very special collection of very

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00:39:48

BONUS EPISODE: UW Responds to Advisory Board Concerns...

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2025/06/12

In a follow-up to last week’s BONUS EPISODE and to this past Sunday’s broadcast about the ASUW Shellhouse – best known as home to the “Boys in the Boat” - Feliks Banel speaks with two officials from the University of Washington about their work to preserve and update the beloved structure along the Montlake Cut. We also hear the UW's response to recent concerns expressed by some advisory board members that the project is not turning out as some donors and advisory board members had wanted, as far as

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01:02:59

BONUS EPISODE: Seattle History Pageant "The Dream and...

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2025/06/10

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present complete audio from a revival of the Seattle centennial history pageant “The Dream and The Deed.” It was originally written and produced in 1951 and 1952 by University of Washington drama professor Glenn Hughes.For the 50th anniversary of the pageant – which happened to also be the 50th anniversary of the old Museum of History & Industry in Montlake and the 150th anniversary of downtown Seattle – Feliks Banel, then MOHAI deputy director,

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00:59:55

Ep. 111: UW "Boys in the Boat" Controversy, Ryan...

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2025/06/09

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Nick Biermann of Save Ryan House with a head-spinning twist in the legal battle to preserve Sumner's most historic structure; and Rebecca Stedman, member of the Advisory Board on the restoration project for the ASUW Shellhouse - home of the "Boys in the Boat" - which is embroiled in a preservation controversy; plus: audio of the only known eyewitness accounts of the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889 - recorded in Seattle in

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00:28:24

BONUS EPISODE: The Most Significant Event in Old-Time...

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2025/06/06

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with radio historian Liz McLeod about how American radio networks covered D-Day, the Allied landings in France of June 6, 1944.More than 25 years ago, McLeod ranked D-Day as the most significant event in old-time radio history for the many broadcasting firsts, the quality of the coverage, and the technical and organizational innovations that made it all possible. CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific

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BONUS EPISODE: Lost & Found Sound from Nazi-Occupied...

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2025/06/04

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present very personal vintage audio from Seattle food writer Ronald Holden, and a conversation with Mr. Holden about his late Aunt Marga. Her full name was Margarete Pauline Isaac, and in 1941 she lived in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation.Marga recorded a one-minute audio disc and mailed it to her sister – Ronald Holden’s mother – in Oregon, nearly 85 years ago. For more details, read Ronald Holden’s blog post about his Aunt Marga and the

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BONUS EPISODE: Trouble Behind the Scenes at UW Home...

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2025/06/02

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Al Mackenzie and Ray Skoff, two members of the advisory board for the project to restore and preserve the home of the "Boys in the Boat" - a World War I seaplane hangar along the Montlake Cut at the University of Washington in Seattle. The two men say that the UW is seeking approval for changes to the structure which would harm its historic integrity, and they say they are not alone – others, they say, including donors to the

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01:13:40

BONUS 'GO PACERS' EPISODE: Supersonics NBA...

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2025/06/01

On this BONUS 'GO PACERS' EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present complete audio from a 25th anniversary commemoration of the Seattle Supersonics' one and only 1979 NBA World Championship. Panelists are the late John “J.J.” Johnson, a member of the championship team, plus the late ‘Voice of the Sonics’ Bob Blackburn, as well as Greg Heberlein, the retired Seattle Times sportswriter who covered the team in 1979. This commemorative event took place in the McEachern Auditorium at the old Museum of

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00:59:51

Ep. 110: ENCORE EDITION - FOX Weather's Scott Sistek...

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2025/05/30

Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS ENCORE EDITION of CASCADE OF HISTORY are FOX Weather meteorologist Scott Sistek, in a conversation recorded just after the 2021 Pacific Northwest "heatdome"; and longtime Seattle journalist Essex Porter reflecting on his career after his then-recent retirement from KIRO 7 News. Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host. This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally broadcast at 8pm

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BONUS EPISODE: Yakima Valley Trolleys Added to MOST...

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2025/05/29

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Ken Johnsen, one of the founders of the Yakima Valley Trolley in Yakima, Washington. This historic interurban railway in Central Washington is the last of its kind in the United States. On May 27, 2025, the Yakima Valley Trolley was named to the Washington Trust for Historic Preservations’ LIST OF MOST ENDANGERED PLACES. Ken Johnsen explains why the trolley line is potentially threatened by the City of Yakima, how you can help,

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00:34:08

BONUS EPISODE: Alex Silverman and KNX News Coverage...

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2025/05/28

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Alex Silverman, who recently left KNX News, the legendary commercial news radio station in Los Angeles. Silverman was serving as Director of News and Programming in January 2025 when a series of devastating wildfires struck Southern California. During that time, KNX provided its listeners with some of the best live and local radio coverage in recent memory for a stretch of nearly two weeks. While Southern California is outside

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BONUS EPISODE: John C. Hughes of Legacy WA's Six...

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2025/05/28

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with John C. Hughes on the eve of his retirement in a long and far-ranging conversation.Hughes has been a journalist and historian in the Evergreen State for six decades, including 42 years at his hometown newspaper - the Aberdeen World - and the past 17 years with Legacy Washington, collecting and publishing oral histories and biographies as part of the Washington Secretary of State’s Office. Hughes talks about his career, his time

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00:26:59

BONUS EPISODE: Mystery of the Giant Neon Baseball &...

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2025/05/25

On this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Randy Dixon of the non-profit group in Pocatello, Idaho called Relight The Night - for Part 2 of a miniseries we like to call "The Mystery of the Giant Neon Baseball & Bat at Sicks Stadium." Mr. Dixon is our guide to a little-known world of neon collectors and experts in the United States, and offers his help to determine what might have become of the distinctive sign from the old baseball park in Seattle, which was last seen

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00:29:14

BONUS EPISODE: KIRO Newsradio 71 LIVE from Mount St....

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2025/05/22

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY Feliks Banel presents portions of a rare aircheck from KIRO Newsradio 71’s May 18, 1990 broadcast from atop Mount St. Helens. The tenth anniversary of the 1980 eruption inspired the station to mount an ambitious and expensive production, the likes of which aren’t seen much on the radio landscape these days.As described on the May 18, 2025 broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY by Bill Yeend and Andy Ludlum, the pair broadcast from the edge of the volcano’s

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BONUS EPISODE: Sunken Mystery Boat Discovered in...

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2025/05/21

Feliks Banel's guests on this bonus episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY are Hannah Combs and Joe Gibbs of the Bonner County Historical Society and Museum, and explorer/diver Chris McNaughton. The trio shares the story of the recent discovery of a sunken mystery boat in a river/lake in the Idaho Panhandle, and about diving on the wreck, and researching its history. In this interview, Ms. Combs reveals the latest theories about the possible identity of the long-hidden vessel.CASCADE OF HISTORY is

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