Bellingham Podcast
Pacific Northwest aficionados, AJ Barse and Chris Powell are your hosts each week talking about their views and interests in technology, travel, gear and watches. Or, put another way, "PNW life and views from the city by the Salish Sea." The Bellingham Podcast is recorded in or on location in or around the City of Subdued Excitement, Bellingham Washington. This show is also available on-air on Bellingham's KMRE 102.3FM. bellinghampodcast.substack.com bellinghampodcast.substack.com
Episodes
Welcome back to the Bellingham Podcast! We're driving the DeLorean right back into the nostalgia-fueled fun with the second part of our Word of Note of Nostalgia. AJ and Chris pick back up from their first part of their DeLorean adventure, ready to continue exploring the curious realm of nostalgia and its ties to marketing, technology, and personal memories.
In this episode, join us for another nostalgic trip down memory lane as we...
Welcome back to another episode of the Bellingham Podcast! We were late in this episode as AJ and Chris had to fire up the DeLorean on the ol’ Word of Note series to delve into the realm of nostalgia, exploring its intricate ties to marketing, technology, and personal memories.
Join us as we take a nostalgic trip down memory lane, reflecting on our own past experiences, and the trends we have started to see in marketing to our gen...
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bellinghampodcast.substack.com
No matter the weather, at least the mics stay warm
Bellingham Winter Storm 2024- https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/bellingham-residents-brace-storm-several-inches-snow-forecasted/G64T5EJFVRHV3NH4R7P5KFMRYQ/
Washington blizzard 1950 - https://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/Tacoma-snow-storm-1950-video-archive-history-13533250.php
* https://www.historylink.org/File/8079
Health and Wellness
Chris- Whole30 | https://whole30.com/
Thank you all so much again for another year of supporting the podcast! After a few weeks of sickness, Chris’ sweet baritone voice is back in action just in time to punch out on 2023. From Chris and AJ of your Bellingham Podcast, we hope you have a happy holiday season, a fun and safe new year, and stay warm here in the City by the Salish Sea.
Local Updates:
Bellingham old Terminal Building fire
* Cascadia Daily | https://www.cascadi...
Happy Thanksgiving (USA), everyone!
AJ’s dive to the HCMS Annapolis
Chris’ Retirement Tech
* Proton Mail | https://proton.me/mail
* Signal Messenger | https://signal.org/download/
Quality Assurance
Chris- COF& https://colcofy.com/
AJ - Amendment 21 (Hotel Leo) - https://www.thehotelleo.com/dining
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We were offline and off-air for September due to scheduling. Sch-edu-ling, the latin phrase for “life got busy between working, dading, and living.” But Chris and AJ are back for October, or as AJ predicted Doc-tober.
Adobe MAX 2023 session hosted by AJ
Made Under Pressure Podcast (coming soon)
Guest hosted by the Analog Explorer |
AJ to present Travelogue | October 19
Belling-home human interest mention
* Bellingha...
Lightning strike fire | Bellingham
Travel Dispatches: 📍Mt. Storm King
Lake Crescent | Olympic National Park
Quality Assurance
Streaming on Apple TV+ https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie/
Metrosafe X Anti-Theft 16-Inch Commuter Backpack
Sept. 10 Clean Up Lake Samish - Gone Diving and Bellingham Parks Dept
Come out and help us clean up Lake Samish!
Join us on September 10th to clean up a popular recreation sp...
On this July episode, pardon the clanks and extra noise filtering in the episode - we had a guest construction worker fire up a tractor as we started recording from….
New “Scramble Nature Park” at Barkley Village
Diving in and around Bellingham
Cleaning up Lake Whatcom
Cleaning up Lake Samish
Puget Sound Sea Life
Quality Assurance & New Gear
* Bose - Quiet Comfort
* SoundCore - Q45 Space
* Wacaco - Picopresso
* “Unreasonable Hospitality” - ...
In this May-June episode, as summer begins to ramp up in the PNW, are you thinking of visiting Bellingham? Tune in to AJ and Chris' rundown of how to make your way up to the city by the Salish Sea and what to wrap up in your trip.
Welcome to Whatcom
Traveling to Bellingham
* BLI - Mostly non-stop flights to Las Vegas, Denver, Seattle, Phoenix, Los Angeles and the San Juan Islands.
* Amtrak (King Station to Fairhaven)
Chris and AJ are back from travel and have more coming up. Be sure to check the show notes, or consider becoming a free subscriber, on Substack for link and photos.
Observations traveling post-pandemic:
* An economy ticket is just that … don’t expect to keep your overhead bag
* “Juice- Jacking”- Powerstations and security concerns- bring your own plug
* Real ID
* “On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domest...
Coming soon, AJ and Chris give their observations of post-pandemic travel from Bellingham. Stay tuned to the feed or to KMRE 102.3fm or KMRE.org
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Shipwreck - Seattle Times
Chris’ Analog Book Report - Three takeaways
“…the objective of automation is clear - it is to relieve body and mind of the burden of labor.”
Robert Hassan, Analog (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) book
“For those companies that went remote in the pandemic, the debts accrued by their surrender to digital continue to mount: a debt of talent and creativity, of ideas, culture, and the interpersonal ties t...
This marks 7 years of the Bellingham Podcast 🍻- thank you each and everyone of you who have followed, listened, and supported AJ and Chris and the Bellingham Podcast.
Analog Notes - More than just Pen and Paper
Zettelkasten method - Created by Niklas Luhmann, a personal tool for writing and thinking that creates connections to thoughts and produces insights
Paper Dreams - AJ & Chris’ primary source in Bellingham for journals, notepa...
Chris | The Cribbage Master, Double Solitaire Extraordinaire
AJ | The Geek and Gamer Dad
Places to go in the PNW for games/gaming (West, North, East)
* Seattle/Bellevue | Mox Boardinghouse https://www.moxboardinghouse.com/
* Spokane | Dragon Parlor Games - https://dragon-parlor-games-llc-624662.shoplightspeed.com/
* Bellingham | Aegis Games (formerly Dark Tower) - https://aegislgs.com/
* Fairhaven | Cardhaven - “…place to buy cards, p...
Happy holidays everyone! Thank you so much to each of you for another year os support! Welcome to the final episode of 2022!
Updates
* Analog Explorer Podcast x Zulu Time podcast crossover episode 14
* Podcast sponsor Anchor.fm
* Thank you to AE Substack and Patreon paid subscribers
New in Bellingham
Ritual Records - https://www.ritual-records.com/
* Previously Reported EM Closing after 17 years https://www.westernfrontonline.com/articl...
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The Chatter
AJMeeting a GPO 🐙 in the wild | www.analogexplorer.substack.com/p/meeting-the-gentle-giant-of-the-pnw
* Typsim Watches - Seattle Wa. USA
The News
Chris and AJ are back after a much…MUCH longer than anticipated break.
The News |
Episode 217 [for the month of October] marks the fist episode for the show moving to its new schedule, both in podcast and on KMRE 102.3 FM, as a now monthly podcast. After 6 years of being weekly, yes Chris and AJ still gregariously enjoy each-other’s company on the mic, but unfortunately work-home-life balancing isn’t as nimble as it used to be for s...
Visku - An Icelandic word for wisdom.
AJ’s Visku - for you!
Philosophy | The Mountain Doesn’t Care. It doesn’t care if we live, if we die. If we summit, or turn around. And in the end, when we are all long gone, it will out live us all. SO, learn from that. Find your grounding wherever you are with nature.
Finances| Stay within your means and perhaps evaluate the utility cost over time
* HODINKEE Radio Episode 4: Om Malik
Photography ...
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