Cascade of History Podcast
1) Ep. 131: Final LIVE SHOW of 2025 - Preservation Grants; Holidays; Crofton, BC; Rare WWII Sound
Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Moira Nadal of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation with this year's winners of Sivinski Preservation Grants; Derek...Show More
2) BONUS EPISODE: 80 Minutes with the Evergreen State's "Doctor Christmas Tree"
Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS “O Tannenbaum” EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Gary Chastagner, Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology at Washington State University. He’s an award-winning and much...Show More
3) BONUS EPISODE: Aboard the Steam Locomotive in the Railroad Bridge Scene of Rob Reiner's "Stand By Me"
Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Martin Hansen, an attorney and vintage railroad expert based in Bend, Oregon. Much of the 1986 film "Stand By Me" was filmed 40 yea...Show More
4) Ep. 130: "We Hold These Truths" LIVE Performance at Town Hall Seattle on December 15, 2025
This episode of CASCADE OF HISTORY features a live broadcast of a performance of “We Hold These Truths," a radio play written by Norman Corwin and originally performed on December 15, 1941 to commemor...Show More
5) Ep. 129: Update from Leavenworth post-storm; How you can help Washington State Archives identify images; Yakima Valley Trolleys threatened by city inaction; Vintage audio of Jack Morton's Night Before Christmas; Big Snow of December 1990
Feliks Banel's guests on this LIVE BROADCAST of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Jessica Stoller of the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce on how the Christmas capital of the Northwest is bouncing back from la...Show More
6) BONUS EPISODE: "Vinyl Café" Host Stuart McLean Interview from Seattle in December 2013
On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we dig into the archives for an interview with the late Stuart McLean, host of “The Vinyl Café” for CBC Radio in Canada. Feliks Banel interviewed Mr. McLe...Show More
7) BONUS EPISODE: Hearing Examiner Denies Appeal of Masonic Home of WA Demolition Permit
News broke on Thursday, December 11, 2025 that the City of Des Moines, WA Hearing Examiner has denied the appeal of a coalition of groups working to halt the demolition of the Masonic Home of Washingt...Show More
8) BONUS EPISODE: Replogle Globes CEO Joe Wright on the Past, Present and Future of Globes
Feliks Banel's guest on this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY is Joe Wright, CEO of Replogle Globes, an American manufacturer based near Chicago, Illinois. Replogle Globes was founded nearly a cen...Show More
9) BONUS EPISODE: Interview with the late Bryan Johnson on his 50th Anniv. at KOMO Seattle - Oct. 2009
On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents his archival interview from 2009 with the late Bryan Johnson, longtime KOMO Radio and TV journalist in Seattle whose passing at age 8...Show More
10) BONUS EPISODE: Vintage Audio - Steve Slaton of KISW Seattle Opens the Phones after John Lennon is Murdered
On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents vintage audio – recorded by him by holding his Sanyo tape recorder near the radio speaker on the night of December 8, 1980. Former Be...Show More