Hometown, Alaska - Alaska Public Media

HOST: Anne Hillman

GUESTS:

Carl Jacobs, Anchorage School Board member

Andy Ratliff, Anchorage School District Chief Financial Officer

LINKS:

Anchorage School District

Anchorage School Board

ASD School Bond Information

Contact Anchorage School Board

HOST: Anne Hillman

GUESTS:

Rachel Bernhardt and Julie Raymond-Yakoubian, Alaska End of Life Alliance

Kris Green, Death Cafe

LINKS:

Death Cafe, Anchorage

Alaska End of Life Alliance:

Death Doulas

Funeral Homes

Alaska Laws and Regulations

Hospice and Palliative Care

Advanced Directives

Grief and Bereavement Support

Home Funerals

Other Alaska End of Life Alliance resources

Five Wishes

GUEST SUGGESTED READING:

"Notes for the Everlost: A field guide to grief" by Kate Inglis

"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion

GUEST HOST: Dave Waldron

GUEST: Cody Carver, Program and Events Manager at the Anchorage Museum

LINKS:

Anchorage Museum

Pass the Mic exhibit

HOST: Anne Hillman

GUESTS:

Barbara and Ethan Jacko Atwater, mother/son writing partners, authors of multiple children’s books and more

Sara Juday, co-president of the board, Alaska Center for the Book

LINKS:

Alaska Center for the Book

Read Alaska Native reading challenge resources

The American Indian Library Association

HOST: Anne Hillman

Guests:

Abdelqader "Abdoo" Ezzedine, New Habitat for Humanity homeowner

John Frommer, Consruction Manager, Habitat for Humanity

Jasmine Boyle, Chief Operating Officer, Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL Cap)

Colleen Dushkin, Association for Alaska Housing Authorities

LINKS:

Habitat for Humanity, Anchorage

RurAL Cap

Association for Alaska Housing Authorities

HOST: Justin Williams

GUESTS:

Dr. Elizabeth Whitney, executive director, Alaska Museum of Science and Nature

Dr. Kristine Crossen, president, board of directors, Alaska Museum of Science and Nature

LINK:

Alaska Museum of Science and Nature

Host: Anne Hillman

GUESTS:

Gail Fenumiai, Division of Elections

Jeannette Lee, Sightline Institute

Links:

Division of Elections website

Make a Plan to Vote

Learn about ranked choice voting

Candidate Comparison Tool

Alaska Public Media elections coverage

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HOST: Justin Williams

GUESTS:

Tiffany Hall, executive director of Recover Alaska

Dr. Vivian Gonzales, professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage

LINKS:

Recover Alaska

Rethinking Drinking: Website created by National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Provides information on drinking to help people assess their drinking and tools to change drinking habits.

Checkup and Choices: Offers check-ups (assessment with feedback) for alcohol, opioids, cannabis, and stimulant use. You can choose to begin an intervention based on the results to help you reduce use and consequences. Not free, but much lower cost than traditional treatment, self-guided, and has evidence to support it’s effectiveness in helping people reduce their substance use and consequences.

Smart Recovery: Free mutual support groups that are an alternative to AA or NA. Provides general mutual support meetings as well as meetings specifically for vets and first responders, LGBTQ+, friends and family, and people under 30.

This week Hometown Alaska hosts three writers telling significant parts of Alaska’s story.

The idea for our show began with the hope of bringing Alaska’s current writer laureate, Heather Lende, to the mic, and picking her brain for what we should be reading this winter. We called, she agreed, but we have ended up with so much more.

Since Heather took the state writer mantle for 2021-23, she has made her mission to bring forward other voices from Alaska. When I called to invite her to Hometown Alaska, all we talked about were other writers she wanted to share.

We have two such voices with us today: journalist and writer Laureli Ivanoff of Unalakleet – whose essays and reflections have appeared in The New York Times, High Country News, Alaska Dispatch and elsewhere; and Leigh Newman of Connecticut, author of a memoir about growing up in Alaska, and her new book, a short story collection called “No One Gets Out Alive,” about women navigating male-dominated Alaska.

HOST: Kathleen McCoy

GUESTS:

Heather Lende, Alaska's Writer Laureate

Laureli Ivanoff, author

Leigh Newman, author

LINKS:

• Heather Lende author website
• “Heather Lende, whose memoirs chronicle life in Haines, is named Alaska State Writer Laureate,” ADN, May 13, 2021
• Laureli Ivanoff writing portfolio website
• Laureli Ivanoff, “The Bearded Seal my Son May Never Hunt,” NYTimes, 10.20.2018
• Leigh Newman, author website with details on her memoir, “Still Points North,” and her short story collection, “No One Gets Out Alive.”
• Leigh Newman talks about “Still Points North,” on The Rumpus Interview

The Last Frontier is known for its appreciative beer subculture. The craft has been honored here and its processes mimicked in garages and storefronts alike. Alaska Beer Broads is an all-female, Alaska-based group consisting of beer enthusiasts from all over the state who connect and meet up at beer events to support local businesses and talk beer. D’Lany Nichols is their creator, and between podcasting, event coordination, taste tasting and leading the group, she always has her toes dipped into the local scene, expanding her expertise and celebrating the established culture.

HOST: Justin Williams

GUEST: D'Lany Nichols, Alaska Beer Broads

LINKS:

Alaska Beer Broads:

FACEBOOK

INSTAGRAM

PODCAST