The Resident Historian Podcast
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The Resident Historian is a weekly podcast from KIRO Radio's Feliks Banel. Each episode includes Feliks's long-form history feature from Seattle's Morning News, plus the weekly installment of the history and geography series All Over The Map. Special features will sometimes also highlight other local history stories from the KIRO Radio archives.
The Resident Historian Podcast
3d ago
The Christmas Lighted Boat Parade, which began back in the 1960s, will ply the waters of the mighty Columbia River between Kennewick and Richland this weekend ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
1w ago
In November of 1955, a young soldier named Gene Casey survived a fiery airliner crash in Burien and then, in spite of his severe injuries, rescued another soldier from the burning wreckage. The U.S. Army promised Private Casey a medal for helping that other passenger, but the paperwork got lost and he was never officially recognized ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
2w ago
Local underwater explorers revealed Thursday that they have identified the wreck of a vessel that went down in a deadly tragedy on Elliott Bay 117 years ago this weekend ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
3w ago
You’ve probably always wondered, when Washington became a state 134 years ago this week – on November 11, 1889 – what effect did that “new star” have on the look and layout of the American flag ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
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The highest wind speeds ever recorded in the Evergreen State were clocked near a small town in Pacific County more than 60 years ago, and it happened twice during two separate storms ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
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Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan, Ph.D., is in town and will give a free public talk Thursday at the Seattle Public Library ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
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A seven-minute black and white film, shot nearly a century ago in the Eastern Washington community of Chewelah, has been tucked away in an archive in South Carolina for nearly 50 years. The story behind the flickering forgotten footage illuminates the Evergreen State’s long-ago role in providing vital material for defense production during both World Wars ..read more
The Resident Historian Podcast
1M ago
As KIRO Newsradio reported last month, news of a plan by the City of Sumner to tear down the historic Ryan House in downtown Sumner has raised the ire of some residents there ..read more