'Roll On, Kalakala' celebrates the beginning, and end, of a Seattle icon
This month marks 10 years since the Kalakala was removed from the shores of Tacoma and demolished.
The ferry, which looked a little like if the Titanic was mixed with a spaceship, was once the symbol of Seattle - a shiny, chrome vision of the future.
While the Kalakala is gone, it’s far from forgotten.
There’s even a song that follows the journey of the Kalakala: from its creation to its eventual demise.
And the story of the song itself is filled with twists and turns.
We sat down with the people behind this song to hear why they’ve spent years dedicated to remembering the Kalakala
Guests:
- Jack Broom, former Seattle Times reporter
- Jon Pontrello, Seattle musician
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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