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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: Gas Works Park Update - Did City of...

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2026/04/13

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Eugenia Woo, Director of Preservation Services for the non-profit preservation group Historic Seattle.An article in the Seattle Times on Monday, April 13, 2026 by Catalina Gaitán ("Seattle officials seek permit to fix Gas Works Park ‘hazard’") characterizes a move made by the City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections as a way for City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation officials to "sidestep" the work

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Ep. 142: Dr. Annie Russell House Public Meeting...

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2026/04/13

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Baxter Brugos and Phil Duff of Seattle's Save Russell House grassroots preservation group with a preview of a public meeting being held by the Seattle Department of Construction & Inspections on Tuesday, April 21, 2026; Dylan High of the Washington State Historical Society with information about the "Saving Local History Roadshow" workshops being offered around the Evergreen State for heritage groups and museums; Stephanie

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BONUS EPISODE: US Trade War's Early Days LIVE from...

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2026/04/09

Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY – originally broadcast LIVE from the Museum of Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia in April 2025 in the early days of the Trump Administration’s trade war on Canada – include Vivianne Gosselin, director of the museum; Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia (UBC) professor and author of "Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific" from University of Washington Press; and a panel conversation with John

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BONUS EPISODE: First World Flight Centennial LIVE...

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2026/04/06

Feliks Banel's guests on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY – originally broadcast LIVE from the 2024 First World Flight Centennial Celebration at Magnuson Park - include guest co-host and aviation historian Lee Corbin; Elisa Law of Friends of Magnuson Park; General Frank Goodell of the Centennial Committee; and longtime Lake Washington underwater explorer and aviation historian Matt McCauley. This program also includes live coverage of the special event presented by the Friends of Magnuson

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Ep. 141: Pacific Northwest "Celebration of Life" for...

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2026/04/06

Feliks Banel's guests on this SPECIAL BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Heather Bosch, Tim Haeck, Gregg Hersholt, Steve Knight, Andy Ludlum and Dave Ross. The group gathered to hold a wake - or "celebration of life" - for CBS Radio News, which will shutdown for good after May 22, 2026.Each member of the panel - an "AUDIO MOUNT RUSHMORE" for many longtime radio listeners - has decades of experience working in radio news at the local level in the Pacific Northwest (mostly at KIRO in Seattle),

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BONUS EPISODE: Mabel, The Spelled-Backward Namesake...

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2026/04/02

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Ruth Leonard of Lacey, Washington - the granddaughter of Mabel of Lebam.Ruth's grandmother's full name was Mabel Pearl Goodell Thompson. Mabel's father, Jotham Goodell founded the community of Half Moon, in what's now Pacific County along Highway 6, about midway between the communities of Frances and Holcomb . When the US Post Office rejected "Half Moon" for the post office there circa 1890, Jotham Goodell came up with an

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BONUS EPISODE: Washtucna's Bassett Hardware Building...

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2026/03/31

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Michelle Plumb, Secretary/Treasurer of the Washtucna Heritage Museum and Community Center in Washtucna, Washington.The non-profit group is owner and steward of the historic 1901 Bassett Hardware Building, which was donated to them in 2018. On Monday, March 30, 2026, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation announced that the Bassett Hardware Building has been added to the Trust’s list of Most Endangered Places. The roof and

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00:45:52

BONUS EPISODE: Karen Munro Ellick and "The Last Orca...

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2026/03/30

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is civic leader Karen Munro Ellick. March 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of a violent orca capture Ms. Munro Ellick witnessed in Budd Inlet near Olympia, Washington with her then-husband Ralph Munro, future five-term Washington Secretary of State. It was a momentous occasion that changed history, and a special online commemoration panel discussion, produced by Humanities Washington, will take place on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. In this

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Ep. 140: Save Crown Hill Cemetery Update; Retired...

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2026/03/30

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Kate Burrows of Save Crown Hill Cemetery with the latest on the group's effort to protect a longtime cemetery in Seattle - including a public meeting taking place online on Monday, Aprii 6, 2026 which will be convened by the City of Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections; retired longtime journalist Steve Knight on covering the outbreak of the Iraq War for CBS Radio in 2003 and about the imminent demise of hourly

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ENCORE BONUS EPISODE: "Voice of the Sonics" Bob...

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2026/03/26

Feliks Banel’s guest on this BONUS ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Bob Blackburn, Jr., son of legendary "Voice of the Sonics" Bob Blackburn.The NBA Board of Governors voted Wednesday, March 25, 2026 to “explore” expanding the league to Las Vegas and Seattle. Explore? Really? EX-PLORE?!?! The original Sonics left Seattle in 2008 and became the OKC Thunder. Anyhow, despite the NBA's goofy word choice, this seemed like the perfect occasion to revisit one of our most popular shows ever: when

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00:32:56

BONUS EPISODE: Historic Lighthouse, Geology and...

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2026/03/24

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Andrew Smalldon, Education Technician at the Bureau of Land Management's Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area near Newport, Oregon. Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area is operated by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and is open to visitors year-round. It features the tallest historic lighthouse on the Oregon Coast, an interpretive center, plus miles of trails that give access to the area's rich geologic history, as well as

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BONUS ENCORE EPISODE: Origins of Washington State's...

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2026/03/23

On this BONUS ENCORE EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with three-term Republican former Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed about the history and origins of voting by mail in Washington state. This conversation was recorded in September 2025. Secretary Reed was in office from 2001 to 2013, and previously served as the elected auditor of Thurston County. In this earlier role, he was one of the first public officials to support efforts to adopt voting by mail in the Evergreen

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Ep. 139: LIVE from Historic Fort Steilacoom in Pierce...

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2026/03/23

Feliks Banel's guests on this special LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY from historic Fort Steilacoom in Pierce County, Washington include Walter Neary, board secretary, and Claire Keller-Scholz, board president, of Historic Fort Steilacoom Association, on the history of the fort; Lt. Colonel Erik Flint, president of the Friends of Lewis Army Museum at JBLM on the recent reversal by the U.S. Army of their 2025 decision to close Lewis Army Museum; historians Mizu Sugimura and Michael

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BONUS EPISODE: Hitchhiking The Olympic Peninsula in...

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2026/03/17

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Chuck Taylor, longtime Pacific Northwest journalist for The Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, Everett Herald and other newspapers and radio stations.Chuck Taylor recently shared images on Facebook from a hitchhiking trip he took to Washington's Olympic Peninsula in 1976 as a student at Whitman College in Walla Walla. CASCADE OF HISTORY reached out to Mr. Taylor to hear more about the trip and about what he learned along the Evergreen

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BONUS EPISODE: Emerald City Weather Blog's Scott...

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2026/03/14

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Scott Sistek, CASCADE OF HISTORY's official meteorologist - as well as the man behind the Emerald City Weather Blog.We spoke with Scott Sistek late on the evening of Friday, March 13, 2026 in order to create an "instant history" of the "Friday the 13th" snowstorm that struck much of the Puget Sound region earlier in the day. March snow is rare in Seattle and environs, so Scott tells us what happened and why - with an eye to

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BONUS EPISODE: New "Pac NW House Histories" from...

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2026/03/11

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Tom Heuser, Seattle-based Architectural Historian with Willamette Cultural Resources Associates - or WillametteCRA.Under Mr. Heuser's leadership, WillametteCRA in 2024 began offering a service called "Pacific Northwest House Histories" to give homeowners, real estate agents and others interested in the histories of specific homes access to professional historical research - the kinds of services typically offered to larger and

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BONUS EPISODE: "Life Along The Tracks: Candid Stories...

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2026/03/10

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks Jim Providenza, co-author (with the late Mike McLaughlin) of "Life Along The Tracks: Candid Stories From A Career Railroader." The book was published in March 2026 by the Basalt Books imprint of WSU Press in Pullman, Washington. "Life Along The Tracks: Candid Stories From A Career Railroader" is a collection of first-person anecdotes originally written by Mike McLaughlin about his decades working on railroads in the Northwest, the

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BONUS EPISODE: Interview with Seattle Times' Margo...

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2026/03/09

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Margo Vansynghel, Arts Economy Reporter for The Seattle Times. Margo Vansynghel published two stories last week about layoffs at Seattle area arts & culture non-profit organizations: the 5th Avenue Theatre and Pacific Science Center. CASCADE OF HISTORY spoke with Ms. Vansynghel on Monday, March 9, 2026 to ask if these layoffs - along with job losses last year at Seattle International Film Festival - are a sign of more trouble ahead

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Ep. 138: Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center...

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2026/03/09

Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Marriah Thornock, Executive Director of the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center in Wenatchee, Washington on the museum’s expansion and renovation plans, and their upcoming major effort to serve the community while the work is underway; and Michael Calhoun of Vernonia, Oregon on efforts in his community to support the Banks/Vernonia State Trail - Oregon’s first rails-to-trails project – which Mr. Calhoun recently helped

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BONUS EPISODE: Park Ranger Casey Taylor from the Nat....

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2026/03/06

Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Casey Taylor, Park Ranger at the Bureau of Land Management's National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City, Oregon.The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is a 500-acre site with a museum and hiking trails, and public programs offered year-round. The site is operated by the Bureau of Land Management, and includes portions of land where wagons carried Oregon Trail travelers from the mid to late

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