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AK Archive: Recent Programs

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Program Date	Description
05/03/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ELDERS Older Americans Month is celebrated during May, and AK gets with the program. We talk to retirees who won't quit, chat with one of the first African - American teachers in Anchorage, and hear the WW II sounds of a big band.
04/26/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	WHERE WE LIVE AK shows off its home state. We go caribou hunting, visit with guides in training, talk to a man who provides Spanish language tours and generally get out and about Alaska.
04/19/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR 13 KB) Text Rundown	EARTH DAY AK does what it can to help the planet. We learn about veggie oil engines, recycle our Crocs, and pick up the trash.
04/12/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	FAITH BASED AK gets religion. We hear Catholic Church choirs, learn about the rigors of Passover in the Last Frontier, and do a bit of silent Zen meditation.
04/05/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	TRANSPLANTS From kidneys to rhubarb. AK takes a look at replacement parts, organ donations, and a Calypso band that flourishes in Mat-Su.
03/29/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	DIFFERENT DRUM AK marches to its own beat this week. We remember Glen Ith, the renegade forester, visit with River Mike, hear all about the African gyil and generally rock on.
03/22/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	UNDERWATER 2 AK explores what lies beneath. We talk to swimmers, synchronized or not, play hockey beneath the waves and visit the Bering Strait.
03/15/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	UNDERWATER It's Tsunami Awareness Week, and AK visits the Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer and speaks with survivors of the big waves.
03/08/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	NOT FOR PROFIT Alaska makes it easy for non-profits to flourish. Why the state needs quite so many of them.. one for every 77 people.. remains a mystery.
03/01/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	IDITAROD The Last Great Race beckons once again, and AK is ready with dog stories, race stats and predictions of who will finish first in Nome.
02/23/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	SHORT END OF THE STICK We take a look at life's wins and losses, and realize it's all in how you look at it. We meet Ma'o Tosi, fall in Leap Year love, and learn about autism in small towns.
02/16/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	SCAMS, FAKES, PHONIES AK looks at the cons and the con games going on out there, from email lottery wins to authentic Alaska Native art made in China.
02/09/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	BIRDS and BEES Spring is in the air, and nature's creatures are getting cozy, if you know what we mean. AK gets all coy and flirty for Valentine's Day.
02/02/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	SARAH PALIN We speak with the state's first woman governor, hear how Alaskans view her, and listen to fishy Ray Troll rock out.
01/26/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ADOPTION We speak to grandparents who are adopting their own grandchildren, find out about international adoptions, adopt a lifestyle, and even meet an owl which has taken a bird under it's wing.
01/19/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	WOLVES All about Canis Lupus.. the grey wolf and one of Alaska's least loved, best loved, and most argued about creatures.
01/12/2008 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	CHASING THE SUN Alaskans looking for warmth in mid-winter, solar power rules, looking for a lost family member, and hot stuff in Juneau.
01/05/2008 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	AK ENCORE PERFORMANCE: BIRTH & REBIRTH Giving birth in rural Alaska -- the old way, learning the ropes as a new dad, and finding a new life as an adult -- in or our of Alaska.
12/22/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	GIVING Forgiving, giving back, giving out, and just plain gift-giving for the joy of it.
12/15/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES We head out in the dory with "Sea Otter" Jones, visit with a backwoods woman, learn to mix hi-tech with Native skin sewing, and more.
12/08/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	STRESS and ANXIETY We wonder what will happen to the dairy farmers of Mat Su, find out how to keep a happy workplace, and take our place on a jury.
12/01/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	LEFTOVERS All the stories we didn't have time for earlier in the year. We find out how marinating in the refrigerator makes food better, learn a taxidermist's secrets, and talk to the first Muslim in the Last Frontier.
11/24/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	MIXED SIGNALS When words collide.. we hear how the deaf communicate, find why archaic words are still in use, chase a graffiti artist and sympathize with confused bears.
11/17/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	WORDS Words.. spoken and unspoken. We find out how climate affects words, how body gestures speak volumes and plunge into Wikipedia.
11/10/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	IN THE TRENCHES And we do mean trenches. Ocean trenches, war trenches, emergency trenches. Those on the front lines tell how they survive it all.
11/03/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	HOME Island real estate, the plight of the homeless, returning Alaska soldiers, and feeding eagles in Homer.
10/27/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	COMING TOGETHER We go to a potlatch, visit with AFN in Fairbanks, learn to drive a horse and carriage, a sleep overnight in a haunted hotel.
10/20/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ON THE BOTTOM We check out shipwrecks in Southeast, find out who owns the ocean bottom, meet some down and out horses, and hula hoop it up.
10/13/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	LEARNING We build a diesel engine, visit young radioheads, tour a German immersion elementary school, and research birds.
10/06/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	MURDER and MAYHEM We hear about the 1939 Cache Creek murders, get a cactus attack, and talk to mystery authors. And vampires in Barrow, too.
09/29/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	PERMANENT FUND What to do with this year's windfall? Let us count the ways. And do people actually plan babies so they can collect the PFD? Yes, they do! And more on Alaska's cash cow.
09/22/2007 (MP3 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	RUNNING We'll take our marks with some running bears, get set with a Fairbanks marathoner who's not afraid to show some leg, and go to Southeast, where the scow girls are running a tight ship.
09/15/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	RISING Why we get up in the morning and carpe diem. Anchorage's rising profile, rising to the challenge, and how to make whole wheat bread.
09/08/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	FALLING From grace, in love, in dreams... there's plenty of room for interpretation. We learn why recreational vehicle users aren't stopping to camp, and we zip, zip, zip through the trees.
09/01/2007 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	PAYBACK-GETTING EVEN We ride with the railroad track crew, check in with attorneys on Exxon Valdez litigation, give back to the community and hear about ingenious revenge plots of the old time sourdoughs.
08/25/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ALASKA WONDER Not exactly the seven wonders of the world, but hey, we have majestic mountains, kids that build their own playgrounds, and bird feather parkas.
08/18/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	SPORTS We find out why it takes a whole town to play football in Juneau, visit with the Little Leaguers in Dillingham, tour Alaska with college baseball teams and ski on a glacier.
08/11/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ENCORE - BEST OF AK Our prize-winning Five Senses show of November , 2006. We explore why hearing doesn't always do the trick, travel with a blind man, and taste fresh berries.
08/04/2007 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	BEST IN SHOW A sampling of the stories we liked the best from the past year. This week, the regular AK staff is taking off, so these are summer re-runs.
07/28/07 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	FLOAT THE BOAT We ride the Alaska Marine Highway, learn about potential Big Lake pollution, find out about a ferry up the Yukon, and visit Tenakee Springs.
07/21/07 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	FIELDWORK Scientists in the arctic, preserving Alaska Native burial sites, kelp farmers, aerial seeders, and working on the Yakutat Trail.
07/14/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	MAIL We examine why Alaska is not considered part of the U.S. when it comes to free shipping; we meet a rural postmaster, and visit FEDEX.
07/07/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	INDEPENDENCE Fourth of July celebrations, the Viet Vets hit the trail, Fannie Quigley, and a visit to Hatcher Pass's Independence Mine.
06/30/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	LIFE CYCLES Being born, coming of age in a Mexican family, a conversation with oldsters at the Pioneer Home, and a tour of the Memorial Park.
06/23/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	FASHION We visit the Hiland Mountain Garment Shop, look for Alaska bling, and find out all about ruralsexuals. Plus, what to wear on this year's cruise.
06/16/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	DAYDREAMING We find out about dream interpretation, stay awake in the summer, drink micro-brew and visit with the Kenny Lake kids who just produced a documentary on Kennecott.
06/09/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	AVIATION Bush pilots, Alaska's aviation history, building a plane, and how to survive a crash in water. Plus paragliding lessons.
06/02/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	DENALI The big one.. we talk to park rangers, climb with the Brits, visit Glitter Gulch and explore a new route into Denali National Park.
05/26/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	RITES OF PASSAGE Coming of age, graduation, getting stranded on a desolate island, and the airline passenger's bill of rights, too.
05/19/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	TREES Gotta have them.. they build the air we breath, among other things. And we are cutting them down at an alarming rate. We talk trees and visit with Michael Chabon.
05/12/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	VISITORS Every year they flock to Alaska.. our relatives and other visitors.. and we show them a good time. We meet a Filipino rock star, tour Fort Yukon and watch birds in Chevak.
05/05/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	RISKY BUSINESS We hang by our thumbs, learn to shoot straight, play nuclear Risk, visit an old missile silo, and check out the International Whaling Commission.
04/28/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	BREAKUP Relationships or rivers, breaking up can be hard. We meet a suicide prevention team, fly the ice choked Kuskokwim, and ride a therapy horse.
04/21/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	EARTH DAY We fight the good fight against insensitive development, eat healthy at the Taproot Cafe, talk to a politician turned greenie, and get into organic gardening.
04/14/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	UPS AND DOWNS Meet the elevator man, get stuck in the snow, get rescued, talk with old time skiers, and Joe Page, the Mandolin Master.
04/07/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	MISSING THE BOAT Opportunities denied, political boondoggles, triumphing over obstacles, and the march of the rubber duckies.
03/31/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	MYSTERY UFOs over Alaska, mystery shopping, why the Arctic Ocean swallows research equipment, and who is Whittier really named for?
03/24/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	THE OFFICE The IT guy, does feng-shui work in cubicles, gossip around the water cooler, and the last Combie.
03/17/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	LUCK Luck of the Irish, luck of the draw, luck of the mushers.. is it luck or is it opportunity recognized and prepared for? We hear about cliff hangers and find love in disaster.
03/10/2207 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	DO IT YOURSELF Whether it's hatching your own chicken eggs or blowing up your own underwater rocks, we'll give you the how-to on Doing It Yourself. Rebuild a 36-foot whale skeleton, learn how to win big money just by watching a movie, and meet Mr. Fur Face.
03/03/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	IDITAROD AK goes to the dogs, literally, with the Last Great Race. We try the water treadmill, find romance along the Iditarod, and get the inside skinny on Iditarod mushers.
02/24/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	WAR and PEACE We return to Attu after the battle, talk to Alaska paratroopers involved in a current war, listen-in on military wedding plans, and find out about pollution left from military projects long ago. And a tribal peace process.
02/17/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	NEIGHBORS Love 'em, hate 'em.. they come in all varieties. Some stories about the good ones, and horror tales about the bad ones.
02/10/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	HEAT Homemade magma, steamy romance novels, and sweating away in the bana. Plus, will coal be the "new" oil? And what the heck is the Pineapple Express, anyway?
02/03/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	SECOND CHANCE A transgender speaks out, second-hand stores, rescued dogs, a fugitive wife, and the famous taco diet.
01/27/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	BEARS On a special AK, we meet the urban bear guy, visit with Ahpun, go barenaked, get chased by a black bear and figure out bear spray.
01/20/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	HEALTH We meet the Gentle Giant doctor in Unalaska, hear about an Alaskan's work to alleviate AIDS in Africa, learn about age related blindness and find out how to transport the dead.
01/13/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	SCREWED By fate, by fraud or by Mother Nature, this title says it all. We learn how to sterilize wolves, hear about the remodel from hell, and more.
01/06/2007 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	FUTURE ALASKA We talk to the Alaska astronaut while he orbits the Earth, we check out alternative energy and find out what folks are saying about the end of the oil era. And hats off to the Supercomputer.
12/16/2006 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	HOLIDAY Join AK for some carols around the Wassail bowl, hear the real Twelve Days of Christmas, listen in on some Yupi'k stories and find out how to give someone a cow for Christmas.
12/09/2006 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	AGING Alaska is growing older, so we celebrate seniors this week. A 91- year-old DJ spins records, we drink mead and we caution seniors about scams aimed at the elderly.
12/02/2006 (MP 3, 13 KB, 1 HR) Text Rundown	ALASKA CUISINE We ask the question.. is there an Alaska regional cuisine? We learn the ins and outs of muktuk, talk to a Food Network prizewinner, and get jacked up on caffeine.
11/25/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ROOTS Lots of things put down roots.. trees and people, for instance. We hear about both, learn a bit about Alaska history, and try to Bring the Children Home.
11/18/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	FIVE SENSES We find out why people don't look the way they sound, visit with a Homer blind man, taste blueberries and get stupefied with perfume.
11/11/2006 (MP 3, 1HR, 13 KB ) Text Rundown	LAW AND ORDER Magician-lawyers, mushing lawyers, and what happens to babies whose moms are in prison. We speak with a VPSO, and navigate the Family Self Help Law Center, too.
11/04/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	ELECTIONS Alaska is famous for tight election wins. We hear about some of these, dance with Tony and Sarah and enjoy the music of Terry Holder.
10/28/2006 (MP 3, 1HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	HAUNTED ALASKA We explore buildings with ghostly inhabitants, learn about a shaman's curse, find out about trick or treating in the Arctic, and more.
10/21/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	LEARNING AND LITERACY We meet a man struggling to learn to read at age 56, we find out how special education needs are met, and we learn a bit of Russian.
10/14/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	RESURRECTION Russian Orthodox churches undergo a wave of restoration; Recrudescence rocks, Dan P. wonders about the afterlife and Scott Miller sings.
10/07/06 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	AK ENCORE PERFORMANCE: NUCLEAR ALASKA Visit the mine shafts on Amchitka Island, learn about Project Chariot, and marvel at other loony ideas. (Click on older programs, above and toggle to Oct. 29, 2005 show, or click on 10/07/06 date, left.)
09/30/06 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	AK ENCORE PERFORMANCE: GOLD Our October, 2004 Gold show. Find out about the beginnings of the Pebble Mine, hear old Alaska Gold Rush songs, and lots more. (Click on older programs and toggle to Oct. 2, 2004, or click on 9/30/06 date, left.)
09/23/06 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	AK ENCORE PERFORMANCE: FAMILY We hear how Yupik babies are named, experience an experiment in family bathroom sharing, and have an AK wedding. (click on older programs and toggle to Sept. 24, 2005, or click on 9/23/06 date, left)
09/16/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	AK ENCORE PERFORMANCE: #1 We are on hiatus for a few weeks, so take a listen to our very first show, from back in 2003, when the Wonderful Woz was host! (click on older programs and toggle to the October 4, 2003 show, or click on 9/16/2006 date, left)
09/09/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13KB) Text Rundown	GETTING OUT Our last show for a while. We interview Mr.Whitekeys on his retirement from show biz, and listen to the talented Becca McMahan as she embarks on a musical career. And we lose our lease so to speak, so tune in for encore shows.
09/02/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	BEST OF AK 2006 - 2006 Some of the stories we liked the best from the past twelve months or so. We go water - witching, dissect a dead whale and tackle our fear of flying.
08/26/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 KB) Text Rundown	FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE The Alaska - Russia connection. We talk to the Samovar Cafe, eat pieroshki made of salmon, find out about the old Russian capitol in Sitka, and find out about polar bears.
08/19/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	BACK TO SCHOOL We talk to a dyslexic student and find out what help is available for her: we talk to teachers heading out to the bush, work on our dog doo compost piles and hear the music of GYP.
08/12/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	HUNTING AND GATHERING We go combat fishing, gather up foster children, pick blueberries from a secret location, and herd reindeer.
08/05/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR , 13 MB) Text Rundown	RECLAMATION We go beach combing, learn about underground coal fires, overcome aquaphobia and listen to the sounds of Nammy winners Medicine Dream.
07/29/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	LOVE AND MARRIAGE What it's like to get married at -30 degrees, long distance love, a fifty - year - long marriage, gay marriage and Inuit music from the ICC.
07/22/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	NO PARTICULAR THEME We have a grab bag of stories with no particular thread to link them .. adrift in a skiff, a far north bus tour, bridge jumpers and the Gay Games.
07/15/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	GETTING BY and GETTING AHEAD Meet some creative entrepreneurs selling everything from reindeer sausage to caffeinated lip balm. Plus, taking the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time.
07/08/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	VICES and ADDICTIONS What it's like to be hooked on alcohol... experiments with salvia divinorum.. competitive eaters, and, do charities profit from others' gambling addictions?
07/01/2006 (MP 3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	HOMELAND SECURITY TSA in Southeast Alaska, security blankees, invasive plants and the all - important question, should we build a wall between Alaska and Canada?
06/24/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	MIGRATION Alaska’s favorite migratory birds and the people who migrate to watch them. Plus, what's it like to move from Africa’s largest country to America’s largest state? And, an unconscious migration from Dutch Harbor to Anchorage.
06/17/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	FATHERS Find out what it's like to meet your dad for the first time, after you've turned thirty. And meet some famous, and infamous, Alaska fathers. Plus, how much control should parents have over their kids' communications?
06/10/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	OCEANS We speak with scientists studying the creatures of the deep and the birds that depend on our oceans. And, we go surfing.
06/03/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	THE MOVE APRN packs up and moves across town, moving to the state - and the controversial move from one rival city to another. The music of Jazzmom.
05/27/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	SUMMER We hear about Alaskans' summer plans, meet some teens who have spent seven years working on a movie, revisit White Mt. School and find treasure in trash.
05/20/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	THIS AND THAT A garage sale of AK stories.. we visit what was once Sunrise gold camp, take ukulele lessons, catch up with rapper Jaye Ulak, and head to the waters of Glacier Bay.
05/13/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	MOTHERS A mom misses a son in Alaska, and a Yup'ik elder takes an outsider under her wing. Prison moms and a new mom yearns for a good night's sleep, plus Nutmeg and imprinting.
05/06/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	SPRING CLEANUP Recycling dog poop, the mystery of a chihuahua's passing, keeping North America's tallest mountain trash-free and the folk ballads of Walkin' Jim.
04/29/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	BREAKUP Rivers are melting, finally. We remember fish camp in the old days, visit with the broken - hearted Alaskans, hear about Chevak tribal courts and visit songsmith Robin Hopper.
04/22/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	EARTH DAY We look for the vanishing walrus, take a trip to Little Diomede, look ahead to using ocean water to drink, and worry about sea otter declines.
04/15/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	DEATH AND TAXES We talk to rural residents concerned about a proposed school tax, find out what the legislature is doing about an oil tax, and hear about daring, death defying rescues.
04/08/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	RESCUE We find a missing snowmachiner, talk to some folks who rescued an elderly man, take a peek inside an urban mission for the homeless, and learn more about preventing child abuse.
04/01/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	WATER The state's greatest resource. We go herring fishing, talk to a sea lion researcher and learn about NAWAPA and the Hickel water pipeline.
03/25/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	CH-CHANGES A National Guardsman adjusts to life after Iraq. Alaskans muse on menopause, divorce, and AK loses its host.
03/18/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	BASKETBALL Iditarod is over and hoops take over. We preview the state high school championships, take a look at Juneau's adult tournament, and dance with the Irish.
03/11/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	EXPORTING ALASKA The stuff Alaska sends "outside".. like prisoners to Arizona, engineering expertise to Trinidad, and the ever popular moose poop candy dispenser. And DJ Don Drew with KTOO.
03/04/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	IDITAROD The Norwegian threat, a reporter takes to the trail, doggie training, plus author Cindy Dyson, musher Cindy Gallea and the Dead Kennedys.
02/25/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	TRAPPED We talk to fur trappers, and to someone trapped in a crevasse. Other trapped stories: in a sleeping bag, Maggie the elephant, and mousetraps.
02/18/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	SEX Teen attitudes, a licensed sex therapist, Anchorage sex trade, a guy in a strip club...AK visits the birds and the bees.
02/11/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	INVENTIONS Alaska innovators and their projects, from a fire house in a box, a steam bath sled and therma-piles. Also, *Stray Dogma* rocks.
02/04/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	DREAMERS Prophets and true believers.. Eagle River's orthodox church.. dreams of Olympic gold.. the idealists who signed the Alaska Constitution.
01/28/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	NO PARTICULAR THEME Alaska Territorial Guard...Muktuk Marston... Alaska National Guard recruits in the bush...an Alaskan Olympic athlete... Delmag.
01/21/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	HOMESTEADING Some of the last people who got free government land.. the homestead history of Anchorage and how to get land today.
01/14/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	KIDS THESE DAYS Why kids leave Alaska, homeless youth, the youngest Klezmer band and why big kids shouldn't play with fire.
01/07/2006 (MP3, 1 HR, 13 MB) Text Rundown	OLD AND NEW Century-old sourdough starter, an ancient language lives, one Alaskan's 5,000 mile walk and breakfast at the Talkeetna Roadhouse.

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