BONUS EPISODE: Archival Interview with Danny Swanson of Historic Swanson's Shoe Repair in Seattle

On this BONUS EPISODE of CASCADE OF HISTORY, Feliks Banel presents an archival interview with Danny Swanson, grandson of the founder of historic Swanson's Shoe Repair in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. Swanson’s Shoe Repair is the subject of a long feature story in the Seattle Times this weekend. Reporter for the Seattle Times is David Gutman, and the piece is called “How one Seattle cobbler explains a century of economic change": https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/how-one-seattle-cobbler-explains-a-century-of-economic-change/ Swanson's Shoe Repair website: https://swansonsshoerepair.com/ Our interview with Danny Swanson is from CASCADE OF HISTORY’s “sister program” – a monthly live broadcast from the Wallingford Farmer’s Market in the summer of 2023 called “The Wallingford Local,” produced as a joint project with the non-profit Historic Wallingford and SPACE 101.1 FM. Danny Swanson was a guest at our July 26, 2023 live broadcast from Meridian Park in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. The Wallingford Local Archival Podcast Page: https://soundcloud.com/thewallingfordlocal CASCADE OF HISTORY is broadcast LIVE most Sunday nights at 8pm Pacific Time via SPACE 101.1 FM in Seattle and gallantly streams everywhere via www.space101fm.org. The radio station broadcasts from studios at historic Magnuson Park – located in the former Master-at-Arms’ quarters in the old Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle. Subscribe to the CASCADE OF HISTORY podcast via most podcast platforms and never miss regular weekly episodes of Sunday night broadcasts as well as frequent bonus episodes.