Ep. 153: ENCORE BROADCAST Pacific Northwest "Heatdome" Timecapsule from 2021
About this episode
Feliks Banel hosts an encore broadcast featuring interviews with journalist Essex Porter and meteorologist Scott Sistek reflecting on the 2021 Pacific Northwest heatdome.
Feliks Banel's guests on this ENCORE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY are longtime local journalist Essex Porter reflecting on his television career at KIRO 7 News (recorded not long after he retired in late 2021), and meteorologist Scott Sistek, in a conversation recorded just after the devastating June 2021 Pacific Northwest "heatdome." Both interviews are from the archives of COLUMBIA CONVERSATIONS, for which Feliks was the founding producer and host. This SUMMERTIME EDITION broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 28, 2026. Scott Sistek’s Emerald City Weather Blog: https://emeraldcityweather.com/ Links to more information as well as images related to most topics discussed on the show are often available at the CASCADE OF HISTORY Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/cascadeofhistory This encore broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, June 28, 2026 via flagship station SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streaming everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point…
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