Sitka Tells Tales

"Point of No Return: Stories When There is No Turning Back"

The tales in this episode involve borders, mothers, and lessons learned from those we love and care for.

Featuring: 6 minute tales from  Brian Hullfish, Louise Brady,  Cheri Hample, Emily Kwong and Will Swagel. 

Spontaneous stories from: Duncan Coltharp and Erin Fulton 

This event was recorded live on September 28th, 2017 at the Beak Restaurant

Hosted by Ellen Frankenstein. 

This show was streamed and broadcast live on KCAW on January 18th, 2021.

Edited by Dave Emmert and music by Steven Panacek.

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In this episode Sitka Tells Tales collaborates with Writers Read. Five local writers share their art, from a writer/fisher observing beating salmon hearts to a nurse/writer exploring the unspoken realm of miscarriages, in poems, essays and flash fiction to the theme of cold and dark.

Featuring: Cathryn Klusmeier, Manoj Battar, Ruth Underhill, Zak Schafer, and Brendan Jones.

Hosted by Ellen Frankenstein and Brooke Schafer.

With production help from Bryan Lovett & Dave Emmert.

This episode was origonally broadcast on KCAW on December 21st, 2021.

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Made possible in part with a grant from the Sitka Legacy Foundation

“Sitka's Silver Linings: A Celebration of Resilience”

A collaboration of KCAW Raven Radio with Artchange featuring stories and songs from pandemic times.

The program is filled with reflections and interviews from a Sitka Public Library Oral History project, with Mt. Edgecumbe High School Students and community members.

Featuring Jude Reiss, David Kreiss Tompkins, Marie Laws, Lauren Wild, Hayley Wallace and more.

Music by: Steven Panacek, Lily Wasserman, and Celia Lubin

Broadcast on November 30th, 2021 on KCAW

Hosted by Lakota Harden

Sponsored by the Sitka Legacy Foundation, White's Pharmacy, and Sitka Counseling

"Faux Pas: False Steps and Desires for a Do-Over"

Stories that involve wrong turns, pranks, regrets and insights.

This episode includes tales from Brit Galanin, Matthew Turner, Stacy Johnson

This event was recorded live at The Mean Queen in Sitka, AK on February 25, 2018.

Hosted by Ellen Frankenstein

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Edited by Dave Emmert

Being in the Question: Stories of Curiosity and Science.

Six stories filled with curiosity and questions. The tales in this episode provide a glimpse into the world of people who observe, do research and try to understand why things happen, reminding us of the connections in the natural and physical world.

Featuring: Stacy Golden, Taylor White , Ron Heintz, Jacyn Schmidt, Molly Grear, and Steve Johnson

This episode was an Artchange, Inc. Raven Radio and Sitka Sound Science Center/Sitka Whalefest collaboration, & hosted by Ellen Frankenstein.

This show was streamed and broadcast live from KCAW on October 19, 2021

Edited by Dave Emmert

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"Wet Feet I: Stories on Under and of the Seas,” features Ellen Chenoweth, Vivian Mork, Jacquie Foss, Ted Howard, Chuck Miller, Burgess Bauder, and Renee Jakaitis Trafton sharing stories and a song of deep sea diving, rough seas wild whales and fishing families.

This event was recorded live at the Beak restaurant on August 11, 2017 and was hosted by Artchange, Inc & the Sitka Seafood Festival. Hosted by Ellen Frankenstein and Alyssa Russell.

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Edited by Dave Emmert

In this hour, tellers share true stories of working, walking, parenting and life changing events during the night. That time when we expect to sleep, when things sometimes feel surreal, liminal and unseen.

Sleepless in Sitka Stories may not be set in Sitka, but the tellers are. Featuring true tales by Bryan Lovett, Spencer Severson, Sam Pointer, Rachel Thomson, John Stein and Andrew Hames.

This show was streamed and broadcast on KCAW live on June 15th, 2021.

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Edited by Dave Emmert

The stories in this episode feature bear encounters, unexpected reunions, awkward times traveling with family, jigging and even some jello.

The line up of tellers for Six Degrees of Separation includes Bobby Pendleton, Liz Borneman, Atman Metha, Leah Mason, Paul Rioux and Cindy Edwards.

This show was streamed and broadcast live on KCAW on August 17, 2021.

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Edited by Dave Emmert

The theme of this episode is "Encounters with the Unknown" and stories about facing new, different, and strange things and what happened as a result. The storytellers are joined by the talented performers of the Uncommon Music Festival with some music. There are stories from Freddi, Simon G., Mireya, & Simon F. This show was done in collaboration with the Uncommon Music Festival.

This show was recorded live at BEAK Resturaunt in Sitka, Alaska on July 29th, 2019.

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Edited by Dave Emmert