Flotation Device Interview with Mat Maneri
October 27, 2023 - 5:07 pm
Mat Maneri is one of the few prominent jazz musicians to make the viola his primary instrument. He joined Flotation Device host Michael Schell to talk about his music, including his Ash Quartet’s upcoming Earshot Jazz performance at Cornish Raisbeck Auditorium on Monday, October 30 (tickets and info at Earshot.org). Hear more of Mat Maneri’s
Non Profit Aid Organizations in Palestine
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October 27, 2023 - 8:45 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3 KBCS 20231027 Aid Organizations In Palestine While negotiations for a ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas officials are announced, 7,028 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during this war according to Al Jazeera news from today. 2,913 of the dead are children. More than 1,709 of the fatalities, women. Over 1,405 Israelis
David Neiwert: The Rise of and Dangers of White Supremacy
October 26, 2023 - 11:38 am
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20231026 Dave Neiwert David Neiwert is a local investigative journalist who has specialized in writing about right wing extremism. He was a reporter for the Daily Kos. He has also been an investigator, analyst and reporter for the Southern Poverty Law Center. Neiwert is also author of the book, The Age
Flotation Device Interview with Melvin Gibbs of Harriet Tubman
October 26, 2023 - 11:20 am
Flotation Device host Michael Schell recently interviewed Melvin Gibbs of music collective Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman performs Friday, October 27 at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute during this years Earshot Jazz Festival! “Founded in 1998, the New York-based power trio Harriet Tubman embraces freedom as its governing principle, as evinced by its name
Activist, Linda Sarsour Speaks Against Islamophobia and White Supremacy
October 24, 2023 - 12:35 pm
91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20230309 Linda Sarsour Speaks At Rainier Cultural Center Seattle Linda Sarsour, noted Palestinian-American civil rights leader and Executive Director of MPower Change spoke at Seattle’s Rainier Arts Center on Islamophobia and White Supremacy in January, 2023. The event was hosted by Valley and Mountain Fellowship’s Center for Faith, Art, and Justice in
What Distinguishes Sephardic Jewish Communities?
October 20, 2023 - 11:14 am
91.3 KBCS · Sephardic Jewish Culture and Community in Seattle The new graphic novel, We Are Not Strangers, is a story about the relationship of a Japanese American family and a Sephardic Jewish family leading up to and after WWII. The book’s author, Josh Tuininga, Densho Founder, Tom Ikeda and Dr. Devin Naar, University of
Music Show Updates
October 17, 2023 - 8:16 am
Sometimes the business of making radio gets in the way of talking about radio. I’m reminded of the opening lines to the Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter song “The Wheel:” “The wheel is turning and you can’t slow down,You can’t let go and you can’t hold on,You can’t go back and you can’t stand still,If
KBCS In-Studio with Sam Russell and the Harborrats
October 16, 2023 - 5:30 pm
Ah, summertime. We’re remembering that fun in-studio we did with Sam Russell and the Harborrats on July 22! We chatted about boomboxes, recording favorite songs off the radio, evangelical fervor, and the healing power of music.
KBCS In-Studio with Cooper Stoulil
October 16, 2023 - 5:02 pm
A mighty fine in-studio with Cooper Stoulil. We chatted about creating memorable melodies, how our limitations can often be creative gifts, and a lovely thought that the aboutness of art can sometimes miss the whole point. Embrace the abstract, the feeling, the moment.
KBCS In-Studio with Andrew Duhon
October 9, 2023 - 10:03 am
Andrew Duhon stopped by the KBCS studio on Wednesday, October 4th and we had a terrific conversation about PNW logging roads, how walking in a circle may not take you back to where you started from and being inspired by nature in songwriting as both metaphor and our place within in it. That took us
