Village Books Presents: The Chuckanut Radio Hour
The Chuckanut Radio Hour is a monthly live radio variety show featuring author interviews, performance poetry, a serial radio comedy, and musical performances from Bellingham, Washington. Produced by Village Books in historic Fairhaven and hosted by owners Paul Hanson and Kelly Evert.
Episodes
74 episodes
Episode 167 - Melissa Arnot Reid, ENOUGH (recorded live October, 2025)
Author Melissa Arnot Reid joins us to talk about her life and new book, ENOUGH: CLIMBING TOWARD A TRUE SELF ON MOUNT EVEREST. Interviewer: mountain guide, Alyssa Young.We’ll talk with Professor Laura Laffrado about t...
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Season 19
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Episode 167
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1:28:51
Episode 166 - Leif Enger, I CHEERFULLY REFUSE (recorded live September, 2025)
Author Leif Enger joins us to talk about his latest novel, I CHEERFULLY REFUSE. Interviewer: Susan Marie Conrad.We'll talk with Susan Marie Conrad about her memoir, INSIDE: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE....
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Season 19
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Episode 166
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1:23:56
Episode 165 - Maria Reva, ENDLING (recorded live July, 2025)
Author Maria Reva joins us to talk about her darkly comic novel, ENDLING. Interviewer: Yuliya Tverdova.The Chuckanut Radio Players are all very patient in a new episode of As the Ham Turns. Our resi...
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Season 19
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Episode 165
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1:13:47
Episode 164 - Poets Robert Lashley, Rena Priest, & Kevin Murphy (recorded live June, 2025)
Poets Robert Lashley (I NEVER DREAMED YOU'D LEAVE IN SUMMER), Rena Priest (I SING THE SALMON HOME), Kevin Murphy (THE LAST NORMAL YEAR) join us to talk about their books and the craft of poetry. The Chuckanut Radio Players&nb...
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Season 19
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Episode 164
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1:19:51
Episode 163 - Patrick Hutchison, CABIN (recorded live May, 2025)
Author Patrick Hutchison joins us to talk about his bestselling memoir, CABIN: OFF THE GRID ADVENTURES WITH A CLUELESS CRAFTSMAN. Interviewer: Troy Luginbill.The Chuckanut Radio Players clown around in a new episode of A...
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Season 19
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Episode 163
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1:07:48
Episode 162 - Matthew Sullivan, MIDNIGHT IN SOAP LAKE (recorded live April, 2025)
Author Matthew Sullivan joins us to talk about his novel, MIDNIGHT IN SOAP LAKE. Interviewer: Ted O'Connell.The Chuckanut Radio Players go into stealth mode in a new episode of As the Ham Turns. Ou...
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Season 19
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Episode 162
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1:11:22
Episode 161 - Thor Hanson, CLOSE TO HOME (recorded live March, 2025)
Author and natural biologist Thor Hanson joins us to talk about his book, CLOSE TO HOME: THE WONDERS OF NATURE JUST OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR. Interviewer: Michael Feerer.The Chuckanut Radio Players get candid with canines in a new...
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Season 19
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Episode 161
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1:16:34
Episode 160 - Kira Jane Buxton, TARTUFA (recorded live February, 2025)
Author and crow-whisperer Kira Jane Buxton joins us to talk about her novel, Tartufa. Interviewer: Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor.The Chuckanut Radio Players put their show to a whole new test in a new episode of As the Ha...
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Season 19
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Episode 160
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1:13:02
Episode 159 - 18th Anniversary Show (recorded live January, 2025)
The Chuckanut Radio Hour is celebrating our 18th birthday today. But we won’t go breaking any laws since we’re no longer considered a juvenile. The Chuckanut Radio Players ring in the new year in their own inimitable s...
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Season 19
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Episode 159
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1:31:46
Episode 158 - Steve Duda, RIVER SONGS (recorded live November, 2024)
Author Steve Duda joins us to talk about his book, RIVER SONGS: MOMENTS OF WILD WONDER IN FLY-FISHING. Interviewing is the multi-talented Andy Bunn who, coincidentally and conveniently, is our musical guest.The Chuckanut Ra...
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Season 158
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Episode 18
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1:17:57
Episode 157 - Renee Erickson, SUNLIGHT AND BREADCRUMBS (recorded live October, 2024)
Renee Erickson joins us to talk about her newest cookbook that’s more than a cookbook, Sunlight and Breadcrumbs: Making Food with Creativity and Curiosity. Interviewed by Sarah Murphy-Kangas.The Chuckanut Radio Players
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Season 18
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Episode 157
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1:07:36
Episode 156 - David Neiwert, OF ORCAS AND MEN (recorded live September, 2024)
The multi-talented Julie Trimingham joins us to talk about the new children's book, Our Hearts Beat as One and to interview author David Neiwert about his book, Of Orcas and Men.The Chuckanut Radio Players tak...
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Season 18
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Episode 156
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1:24:45
Episode 155 - Jacqueline Winspear, THE COMFORT OF GHOSTS (recorded live July, 2024)
Our own Les Campbell will have a bit of chinwag with tonight’s guest author Jacqueline Winspear about her newest book, The Comfort of Ghosts, the final installment in her long-running and beloved Maisie Dobbs mysteries.&nbs...
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Season 18
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Episode 155
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1:13:02
Episode 154 - Elaina Ellis, SOMEPLACE GENEROUS (recorded live June, 2024)
Tonight’s guest author, editor, and publisher Elaina Ellis joins us to talk about her newest project, Someplace Different, A Romance Anthology. Interviewed by author, Sarah Hawley.You’ll laugh yourself to distr...
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1:15:33
Episode 153 - Adrianne Harun, ON THE WAY TO THE END OF THE WORLD (recorded live May, 2024)
Guest author Adrian Harun joins us to talk about her book, On the Way to the End of the World. Interviewed by author, Ted O'Connell.The Chuckanut Radio Players go full meta jacket in a new epi...
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Season 18
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Episode 153
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1:06:58
Episode 152 - Nikki McClure, SOMETHING ABOUT THE SKY (recorded live May, 2024)
Guest artist and author Nikki McClure joins us to talk about her book, Something About the Sky. Interviewed by author and poet, Jessica Gigot.The Chuckanut Radio Players explore the ...
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Season 18
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Episode 152
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1:11:26
Episode 150 - 17th Anniversary Show with Laurie Frankel, FAMILY, FAMILY(recorded live February 6, 2024)
Guest author Laurie Frankel joins us on our 17th Anniversary Show to talk about her novel, FAMILY, FAMILY. Interviewed by Sarah Murphy-Kangas.The Chuckanut Radio Players find themselves in qu...
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Season 18
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Episode 150
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1:09:39
Episode 151 - Whatcom Reads Featuring Sasha LaPointe, RED PAINT (recorded live March, 2023)
The Chuckanut Radio Hour has a special Whatcom Reads show for you! Tonight’s guest author Sasha LaPointe for her memoir, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk. Inte...
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Season 18
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Episode 151
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1:19:23
Episode 149 - Graham Zimmerman, A FINE LINE (recorded live November, 2023)
Guest author Graham Zimmerman joins us to talk about his book, A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains. Interviewed by photographer and ecologist Ken Etzel.The Chuckanut R...
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Season 17
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Episode 149
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1:09:20
Episode 148 - McKenzie Funk, THE HANK SHOW (recorded live October, 2023)
Guest author McKenzie Funks joins us to talk about his book, The Hank Show: How a House-Painting, Drug-Running Dea Informant Built the Machine That Rules Our Lives. Interviewed by journalist Charlie Warzel.<...
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Season 17
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Episode 148
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1:04:30
Episode 028 - Robert Spector, THE MOM & POP STORE (recorded live, October, 2009)
Guest author Robert Spector joins us to talk about his book, THE MOM & POP STORE. Interviewed by Floyd McKay.Musical guest: Sarsaparilla Boys Slice of Life Essayist: Alan RhodesPoets ...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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59:20
Episode 133 - Rachel Lynn Solomon, OUR YEAR OF MAYBE (recorded live November, 2019)
Guest author Rachel Lynn Solomon joins us to talk about her book, OUR YEAR OF MAYBE. Interviewed by Sarah Hutton.The Chuckanut Radio Players have a doggone good time in a new episode ...
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Season 13
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Episode 133
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1:10:02
Episode 027 - North Cascade Poets joining the Thunder Arm Writing Retreat (recorded live, July, 2009)
Guest poets Rick Bass, Kathleen Dean Moore, Holly Hughes, and James Bertolino join us!Musical guest: Reid KerrSlice of Life Essayist: Alan RhodesA new episode of The Bellingham Bean perf...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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1:09:17