On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Valerie van Heest of Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates about calling an end to the search for Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 of June 23, 1950.

Ms. van Heest and her colleagues have spent two decades searching in Lake Michigan for the missing DC-4, which was bound for Seattle from New York City with 58 passengers and crew. Ms. van Heest's book about the flight and the search is called "Fatal Crossing."

More information about Valerie van Heest:
www.michiganshipwrecks.org

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: Search Ends for Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 from NY to SEA of June 1950

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a live interview with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos at the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle's Lake Union Park on October 11, 2013.

Host and emcee is MOHAI director Leonard Garfield, who introduces then-Governor Jay Inslee. Then, Garfield and Bezos engage in a far-ranging conversation about innovation and Bezos’ philosophy. The occasion was dedication of the Bezos Center for Innovation at MOHAI. Mr. Bezos and then-wife Mackenzie Bezos had earlier gifted MOHAI $10 million toward the project.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos LIVE INTERVIEW from October 2013

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, we present audio from a live reading of the Declaration of Independence held at the old MOHAI - Museum of History & Industry - in Seattle's Montlake neighborhood.

When an original printing of the Declaration of Independence visited Seattle in August 2003, it was displayed for 11 days at MOHAI. The document was here as part of a national tour organized by Norman Lear, the TV producer who had purchased what's known as a “Dunlap broadside.”

MOHAI presented a live reading of the Declaration of Independence with a cast of local current and former elected officials – with then-Evening Magazine host (and future Sammamish City Councilmember) John Curley as emcee. Among the voices reading the Declaration are late former Governor John Spellman, late former Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton, late former Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, Seattle's then-Mayor Greg Nickels, Washington's then-Secretary of State Sam Reed, future Attorney General Rob McKenna, future King County Executive Dow Constantine, and other well-known figures.

The reading of the Declaration of Independence was produced by CASCADE OF HISTORY producer/host Feliks Banel when he was deputy director of MOHAI, and was recorded before a live audience on August 26, 2003 in the McEachern Auditorium at the old MOHAI in Montlake.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: Declaration of Independence LIVE READING in Seattle - August 2003

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Lt. Colonel Erik Flint, retired former director of Lewis Army Museum at JBLM - Joint Base Lewis McChord - near Tacoma, Washington.

As reported by Jerry Cornfield for the Washington State Standard on July 1, 2025, the museum is on a list of similar military museums around the country now targeted for closure. According to Lt. Colonel Flint, questions - and controversy - surround the process by which Lewis Army Museum was added to the list by the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

Lewis Army Museum official website:
https://lewisarmymuseum.com/

Friends of Lewis Army Museum website:
https://www.fortlewismuseum.com/

Jerry Cornfield's piece for the Washington State Standard:
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/01/battle-begins-to-keep-an-army-museum-open-in-washington/

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: Questions and Controversy Around Possible Closure of Lewis Army Museum at JBLM

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel looks in the past and future of Freighthouse Square in Tacoma with Tacoma historian and historic preservationist Michael Sullivan, and with Sound Transit public information officer David Jackson.

As reported last week by multiple media outlets in the Puget Sound area, Freighthouse Square is likely to be demolished or radically altered sometime in the next few years. The structure, originally built for railroad purposes by the Milwaukee Road, stands in the way of new facilities planned by Sound Transit, the agency working to bring a light rail connection to the City of Destiny in the next decade.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: History and Future of Freighthouse Square with Michael Sullivan and Sound Transit

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with James R. Walker, author of "Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio."

Mr. Walker's book was published in 2015 by University of Nebraska Press. In this conversation from June 2019, he describes the early days of baseball broadcasting, and that special fit and distinctive connection that only the sport of baseball seems to have with the audio medium.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: "Crack of the Bat: History of Baseball on the Radio" author James R. Walker

Feliks Banel's guest on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY is musician Scott Sutherland, a deep thinker, historian and philosopher of American music and Northwest bands and culture. Going back to the 1980s, Sutherland played in Seattle bands including the Dwindles, Chemistry Set and Model Rockets, and has been a fan of British band Oasis since the mid 1990s. 

Sutherland saw Oasis play at the old Seattle Center Arena 30 years ago, and he's headed to Manchester later this month to see the band's much-heralded reunion tour, which kicked off in Cardiff, Wales on July 4. We also play an excerpt from a recent BONUS EPISODE featuring Ronald Holden and a rare piece of family audio from Europe during World War II.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 6, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.


Ep. 115: Oasis, Post-Grunge Seattle and the Reunion Tour with Scott Sutherland

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Dave Wagers, president - and "Candyman" - of the Idaho Candy Company, makers of the famous "Idaho Spud" candy bar.

In this interview from June 30, 2021, we go deep on the company’s history and its place in the contemporary culture of the Gem State. Special thanks to Preservation Idaho for posting a photo on Facebook of the Idaho Candy Company’s Boise, ID facility earlier today. That image inspired this trip into the CASCADE OF HISTORY audio archives.

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: History of the Idaho Candy Company and "Idaho Spud" for World Chocolate Day

On this BONUS “IN THE NEWS” EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sherri Eng for details about the upcoming visit to Seattle by the Coast Guard sailing vessel Eagle.

The three-masted barque Eagle is on a West Coast tour during the summer of 2025 and will visit Seattle on Wednesday, July 9 and Thursday, July 10. The vessel will be open for public tours at Pier 66 on both days. In this brief conversation, U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sherri Eng provides details on the tours and shares some of the Eagle’s history.

More information about The Eagle’s visit to Seattle:
https://www.facebook.com/CoastGuardCutterEagle

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: Tour US Coast Guard Tall Ship "EAGLE" in Seattle July 9-10, 2025

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel speaks with Lee Reynolds, public affairs officer for the U.S. Army's Center of Military History, the part of the Army that funds and manages Lewis Army Museum at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma.

In this interview from Tuesday, July 8, 2025, Mr. Reynolds confirms that Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll will "any day now" adopt a plan to close Lewis Army Museum and 15 other Army museums. Reynolds responds to questions about the closure, including lack of public process, and the specific criteria that were used in selecting museums for closure. The effort to identify museums for closure or consolidation dates to 2024, Reynolds says, and the closures will save a total of $114 million over the next decade.

The total of 16 closures represents about half of the museums funded and operated by the U.S. Army. Reynolds also explains that JBLM officials might choose to create a "heritage center" once the Army museum is shut down.

Center of Military History website:
https://history.army.mil/

Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll's website:
https://www.army.mil/leaders/sa/

Lewis Army Museum official website:
http://www.lewisarmymuseum.com/

Friends of Lewis Army Museum website:
http://www.fortlewismuseum.com/

Jerry Cornfield's piece for the Washington State Standard:
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/07/01/battle-begins-to-keep-an-army-museum-open-in-washington/

CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via space101fm.org. The radio station is located at historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

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BONUS EPISODE: Sec of the Army adopting plan "any day now" to shutdown Lewis Army Museum at JBLM

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY include Dr. Megan Nishikawa, fellow of the Friends of the Lewis Army Museum, with an update the threatened closure of the museum; Phil Massie, Northwest "history hunter" who deeply researches abandoned places and then searches with his metal detector, on some recent finds; and Matt McCauley, who this coming Saturday in Colorado will witness the first flight of a vintage U.S. Navy plane he retrieved from the bottom of Lake Washington more than 40 years ago.

This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Time on Sunday, July 13, 2025 via SPACE 101.1 FM and gallantly streaming live via space101fm.org from historic Magnuson Park - formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.

Ep. 116: Lewis Army Museum Update, History Hunter Phil Massie and Aircraft Rescuer Matt McCauley

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The show is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time on SPACE 101.1 FM (and streaming via http://www.space101fm.org ) from studios located on the shores of Lake Washington in historic Magnuson Park in Seattle, former site of Sand Point Naval Air Station (though sometimes CASCADE OF HISTORY originates from remote locations around the region). The podcast feed consists of the weekly broadcast, plus frequent bonus episodes with timely and topical interviews, vintage local audio or other Pacific Northwest history-related content - and sometimes even BREAKING NEWS.

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