Groove Notes: Remembering Daniel Schorr Daniel Schorr passed away last Friday at the age of 93, and the news world lost a giant and a mentor. He was described as a “walking history book”, and was reporting the news until virtually his very last breath.
The recorded history of the Salish Sea is filled with stories of heroes and scoundrels, triumphs and tragedies. Bruce Coughlan turns these human dramas into songs deeply rooted in the history of the Pacific Northwest. Coughlan is the singer and songwriter for the Canadian folk band "Tiller’s Folly." This week KPLU environment reporter Liam Moriarty sits on a Vancouver beach with Coughlan and explores that history, and the music it inspires.
Living with War at Home: Three Years Later, Soldier Still Struggles With Brain Injury In 2007, we profiled Army Staff Sgt. Richard Kellar who was diagnosed with a mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Today, Kellar is medically retired from the Army at the age of 29. But he's still crippled by his brain injury. And as KPLU's Austin Jenkins found out, Kellar is not getting the treatment experts say he needs from the Veteran's Administration.