Ep. 142: Dr. Annie Russell House Public Meeting Preview; Saving Local History Roadshow; People's Wall in Seattle; Apollo 13 Vintage Audio

About this episode

The episode features discussions on local history preservation efforts and a retrospective on the Apollo 13 disaster.

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 Johnson-Toliver, President of the Black Heritage Society of Washington, on the upcoming Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board meeting this Wednesday, April 15, 2026 when The People's Wall in Seattle's Squire Park neighborhood may be designated a City of Seattle Landmark; plus, we listen back to some April 1970 CBS Radio Network coverage of the Apollo 13 disaster. More info about Save Russell House: https://www.saverussellhouse.org/ More info about "Saving Local History Roadshow" workshops: https://www.washingtonhistory.org/across-washington/local-history-services/workshops-and-trainings/ More info about The People's Wall…

People in this episode

Guests: Baxter Brugos, Phil Duff, Dylan High, Stephanie Johnson-Toliver

Topics covered

• Dr. Annie Russell House
• Saving Local History Roadshow
• People's Wall in Seattle
• Apollo 13 Vintage Audio

Keywords

• Seattle
• heritage
• landmarks
• preservation

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Apollo 13, Save Russell House, Saving Local History Roadshow

Books & works: Saving Local History Roadshow, CASCADE OF HISTORY, The People's Wall

Places: Seattle, the Evergreen State, Squire Park, Lake Washington, the Old Oregon Country

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