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Behind the 10th Season of 'Mossback's Northwest'
At a live event, Knute Berger, Stephen Hegg and Nick Zentner discussed Mossback’s Northwest and the 10th season's focus on the Columbia River.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The Columbia River’s elusive origins
The remarkable journey of the Columbia River starts at a modest lake in remote British Columbia.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The 1800s influencer obsessed with Tacoma
George Francis Train, self-dubbed ”The Psycho,” ignited media fervor by circling the globe in 67 days in an effort to make the city a household name.
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Mossback’s Northwest: ‘The Graveyard of the Pacific’
Since 1792, an estimated 2,000 ships have sunk at the treacherous spot where the Columbia River meets the ocean.
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Mossback’s Northwest: Dead people tell no tales. Or do they?
This trilogy of terrifying and true Northwest tales includes a corpse that turned to soap and shoes that washed ashore with feet still inside.