Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper

About Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper

It started as a blog, then became a book, and now it's on the air. Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper is recorded in the heart of Eastsound at Orcas Island's own radio station, 102.3 FM KIXP, where Edee interviews the fascinating people you pass here on the street ~ because as we islanders know, everyone here seems to have a fascinating story. After airing on the radio Tuesday evenings at 7 pm and Sundays at noon, interviews appear here on the podcast. Enjoy!

Publisher

Edee Kulper

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Nov 2025

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   An Interview with Kaj and Tashi Litch

   Winning the 2026 Telluride National Bluegrass Band Contest in Colorado was a dream come true for The Litch Brothers. Kaj and Tashi Litch estimate they've played about 500 shows around the country since they were children. They have been dropping jaws with their bluegrass skills for over a decade, which is phenomenal for being in their early 20s! After learning how to play the violin/fiddle from their mother, they branched out to other instruments and began performing as the Crow Valley String Band (mother Rachel on fiddle and father Jim on bass), then became a duo called Brother for Sale, renamed to Brograss, and they now play as The Litch Brothers: Tashi (mandolin), Kaj (guitar), Evan Snoey (fiddle) and Ben Lewis (bass). Not only do Tashi and Kaj excel in music, but in just about everything they pursue. Tashi attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he studied music through the Conservatory and earned a Bachelor of Musical Arts. He went on to East Tennessee State University, studying Appalachian/roots music in the very places it was developed. Kaj just finished his degree at Yale in Global Affairs and Human Rights and will be continuing his education at Oxford, peppering in 15 upcoming shows through October in Washington, Tennessee, and Maryland with the band. Tashi and local American roots musicians Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms co-founded and continue to organize OrcasFest, one of our newer annual festivals here on the island, which entails a weekend of performances, workshops, dances, and concerts at venues all around Eastsound from musicians who have traveled sometimes far and wide to be here. For more information about it, go to www.orcasfest.com. You can get tickets at Darvill’s or on litchbrothers.com to see The Litch Brothers here at The Grange on Thursday night before they head off-island again (hurry, as they’re selling out!). You will not regret it. They also happen to be some of the most genuine, polite young men you could ever meet. For more information about them, go to www.litchbrothers.com.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   A Third Interview with Father Berto

   What is prayer, favorite aspects of other religions, and other topics are discussed in this third interview with Father Berto. Make sure to listen to the previous two: Topics in the first interview: What is God, what is Jesus, the beauty in other religions, the language that separates Christians, the symbolic and the diabolic, hell, resisting simplifying and resting in complexity, and more. Topics in the second interview: what is the Bible, being a Roman Catholic priest and then an Episcopal priest, interpreting and discerning the Bible, silent retreat, and more. The Reverend José Roberto (Berto) Gándara-Perea began his ministry at Emmanuel Episcopal in 2014. Berto is a native of Puerto Rico. He has been a priest for 34 years and has served in the Dominican Republic, Belgium, Spain, Puerto Rico, and in New York City. Berto has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Master in Theology. He obtained four other post-master’s degrees from universities in Belgium, Spain, and New York. Berto is passionate about parish ministry, Christian mysticism, contemplative spirituality, photography, and inter-religious dialogue. He shares his life with his spouse, the Reverend Hugh McPhail Grant, who is also an Episcopal priest and works primarily on the island as a psychotherapist, but assists at Emmanuel preaching and with pastoral care.

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   An Interview with Susan Mustard

   A former art therapist with three degrees – a BFA from University of Texas, Austin (1971), an MFA from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (1976) and a post-graduate degree in Art Therapy from Pratt Institute of Art, New York City (1987) – Susan not only paints beautiful scenes of (sometimes fleeting) snippets of life here but also uses art as her own therapy to navigate sorrows and frustrations brought about by the political climate of our country.

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