Voice Of Vashon

So, electric vehicles will save the planet. Right? Not so fast, says REALTalk guest Ian Morse. Morse is a science and environment journalist with an eye on how business impacts land, oceans and Indigenous rights. In his newsletter, The Green Rocks, he writes about the potentially harmful environmental impacts of mining metals required to manufacture massive […]

Plankton Explains Everything Those microscopic organisms that grow in all kinds of water provide at least 50% of the oxygen in our air — every other breath we take comes from plankton. Turns out, plankton are severely threatened by our warming climate. Find out just what that means for humans when host Susan McCabe hears from three […]

Vashon is abuzz with talk of redistricting and its impact on the Island. Like – should we be redrawn into the 26th district from the 34th? And what do we, as Vashon residents, even have to say about the process? Join host Susan McCabe when she queries journalist Paul Queary about all these questions and more. Queary is a Vashon resident […]

The DOVE Project Incidents of domestic violence have increased during the pandemic, even on Vashon. As summer darkens into fall, Vashon’s DOVE Project is deepening its commitment to domestic violence prevention with a full month of activities. DOVE staff members Raushaun Renggli and Nyn Grey will join host Susan McCabe to outline the campaign and focus on community advocacy.

Treyvon Martin got to be 17 for 21 days before he was shot by a racist “community watch patrolman.” Treyvon’s portrait is one of 26 created and mounted prominently throughout Vashon by Island artist West McLean (not his real name). West is an artist, activist, media creator and founder of the Vashon Remembrance Project, portraits of victims of police […]

“Great city streets emptied of people; a population panicked; misinformation in the air. If some of our experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic seemed familiar, it might be because the movies already imagined them.” This is film critic Robert Horton’s take on how the movies have prepared us for the apocalypse, and he’s going to elaborate […]

Sexual harassment doesn’t just happen to ‘weak’ or ‘ineffective’ people. And, we’re going to prove that this Tuesday when host Susan McCabe talks with long-time islander Lauri Hennessey.  Lauri is an accomplished professional in the fields of journalism, community and public relations, non-profits and politics. She’s been a significant and respected player in the Vashon community for years. […]

Who’s minding the water hole? What IS the water hole? Loosely put, it’s Vashon’s aquifer, the source of all our water, but it goes way beyond that. Join host Susan McCabe when she talks with Mary Bruno, journalist, biologist and a proud New Jersey native, who also happens to be an author of some renown and – lucky […]