The AnchorED City

Ronald McDonald, Camping Permits & a Radio Ad: Anchorage’s Sex Industry History

Anchorage has a long history with the sex industry dating back to the city’s founding. In this episode we explore that history. But what does Ronald McDonald, camping permits and radio ads have to do with that? Listen to find out.

#allpeople

All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.

During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.

Can’t make it to a café?  No worries.

You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.

Resources used to make this episode:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/07/25/the-story-of-mcdonalds-founder-ray-krocs-beef-with-anchorages-sunshine-plaza/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/02/10/how-south-addition-became-anchorages-first-red-light-district/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/08/09/anchorages-park-strip-its-true-that-its-been-a-golf-course-and-an-airfield-but-thats-just-the-start/

https://www.arctictoday.com/why-human-trafficking-is-a-serious-but-mostly-invisible-problem-in-alaska/

Rosy Kandathil, Global Sex Trafficking and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: Legislative Responses to the Problem of Modern Slavery, 12 MICH. J. GENDER & L. 87 (2005). Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol12/iss1/2  -

https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=mjgl

http://www.law.state.ak.us/pdf/admin/110512-adhocworkinggroup.pdf

Carlson, P.D. and Bill, L.D., 2008. Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935 (Vol. 3). Aunt Phil's Trunk. p .40-43 & 85.

Carlson, P.D. and Bill, L.D., 2015. Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1960-1984 (Vol. 5). Aunt Phil's Trunk. p. 363 & 367.

Dialogue over Difference: Three Inspiring Conversations

This episode is a collection of three short interviews. Each interview highlights religious leaders engaged in dialogue despite their differences. These interviews are examples of how Anchorage is becoming the way it is supposed to be for all people.

With:

Rick Benjamin: Director of Organizational and Spiritual Wellness, Hope Community Resources & Pastor Emeritus, Unite Church - www.hopealaska.org & www.unitechurchak.org

Undra Parker: Pastor, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church - https://www.shilohmbcalaska.org

Dawn Allen-Herron: Associate Rector, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church - https://www.godsview.org

Jessica Louwerse: Co-Director, Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative / Reclaim: Spiritual Community – www.AnchorageUTC.org & www.AKreclaim.org

Abram Goodstein: Rabbi, Congregation Beth Sholom & Co-Host, What Divines Us Podcast  - www.frozenchosen.org & www.whatdivinesus.podbean.com

Matt Shultz: Pastor, First Presbyterian Church & Co-Host, What Divines Us Podcast -    www.firstpresanchorage.org & www.whatdivinesus.podbean.com

#allpeople

All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.

During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.

Can’t make it to a café?  No worries.

You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.

Resources used to make this episode:

https://www.npr.org/2014/10/09/354718833/the-rest-of-the-story-paul-harvey-conservative-talk-radio-pioneer

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Harvey

https://theotherjournal.com/2021/05/31/fire-table-zoom-dialogue/

Divine Discord: Religious Division in Anchorage

You may have heard it said, “Religion has been the cause of all the major wars in history” and while that is an overstatement there is a lot of conflict in the area of religion. In this episode we will consider religious division in Anchorage.

#allpeople

All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.

During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.

Can’t make it to a café?  No worries.

You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.

Resources used to make this episode:

https://trippfuller.com/2021/09/01/diana-bass-brian-mclaren-20-years-of-religious-decline/ (apx. 37:00)

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush91120yearsflight93memorial.htm

Armstrong, K., 2015. Fields of blood: Religion and the history of violence. Random House, p.3-4.

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jul16/great-schism/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/protestant-reformation/?utm_source=BibblioRCM_Row

Moberg, D., 2007. The great reversal: Reconciling evangelism and social concern. Wipf and Stock Publishers.

Jones, R.P., 2016, The end of white Christian America, Simon and Schuster, New York.

Emerson, M.O. and Smith, C., 2001. Divided by faith: Evangelical religion and the problem of race in America. Oxford University Press, USA.

Frank Newport, “Religious Group Voting and the 2020 Election,” Gallup, November 13, 2020, https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/324410/religious-group-voting-2020-election.aspx

Rob Boston, “Assessing the Religious (and Non-Religious) Vote in 2020,” Wall of Separation Blog, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, November 12, 2020, https://www.au.org/blogs/2020-religious-vote

https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/views-about-homosexuality/

Kiekintveld, J.S., 2019. Join Me in the Commons: Towards a Contextual Urban Ministry Education Model for Anchorage, Alaska (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pretoria). https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/75257

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5/text

Kelly, D., 2015, ‘History repeats itself as public debates Anchorage gay rights ordinance’, Alaska Daily News, 15 September, 2015, viewed 4 October 2015, from http://www.adn.com/article/20150915/history-repeats-itself-public-debates-anchorage-gay- rights-ordinance.

Doogan, S., 2014, ‘As Pride Fest kicks off, LGBT Alaskans reflect on years of change’, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June, 2014, viewed 1 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska- news/article/alaska-pride-fest-kicks-are-lgbt-alaskans-any-better-they-used-be/2014/06/08/.

Anderson, H., 1999, ‘Seeing the other whole: A habitus for globalisation’, in P.H. Ballard & Globalisation and difference: Practical theology in a world context, pp. 3-17, Cardiff Academic Press, Cardiff.

https://henrinouwen.org/meditation/hospitality/

“We have to go to them”: The Klatt Elementary Back-to-School Picnic

On this episode we take a trip to the Klatt Elementary Back-to-School picnic and discover why that barbeque, in an unused lot, on a dead end street, is not a dead end in itself, but rather a new beginning.

Featuring:

Mary Wood – Klatt Elementary Assistant Principle

Genevieve Stephens - Klatt Elementary Librarian

Alicia Busick - Klatt PTA Secretary

https://www.facebook.com/Klatt-Elementary-PTA-1124082301000466

https://www.facebook.com/Klatt-Elementary-626849704612492

https://www.asdk12.org/klatt

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2021/08/17/masks-hand-sanitizer-and-first-day-excitement-thousands-of-students-across-anchorage-go-back-to-school-in-person/

#allpeople

All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.

During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.

Can’t make it to a café?  No worries.

You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.

Nominate The AnchorED City for Best Podcast (in the entertainment section) of the Anchorage Press 2021 Press Picks here:

http://anchoragepress.secondstreetapp.com/Press-Picks-2021/

Nominations close Sept. 23, 2021.

A Long Drive To School: A Trailer Park And Its School Zoning

Students in Dimond Estates neighborhood travel further to than the vast majority of students in the city to get to school – maybe further than any others. Why? Listen and find out.

**Our apologies for the missed edit around 3:50 of this episode.**

#allpeople

All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.

During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.

Can’t make it to a café?  No worries.

You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.

Resources used to make this episode:

Anchorage Daily Times, 1970, ‘Mobile Home Park Has Large Recreation Room’, 19 December 1970, viewed 12 September 2021, from https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BC7D1719AB9B77@2440940-16BC6DC6F6E133BE@5-16BC6DC6F6E133BE@?search_terms

Anchorage Daily News, 1970, ‘Mobile Home Park Opens For Rental’, 20 December 1970, viewed 12 September 2021, from https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14653E2BF14E0608@2440941-14653BADDDF0B65B@4-14653BADDDF0B65B@?search_terms

Anchorage Daily News, 2003, ‘High School Boundaries On The Move’, 21 January 2003,

viewed 12 September 2021, from

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-17B1F40A9B7CC1FA@2452661-17B1B913208CC402@14-17B1B913208CC402@?search_terms

&

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-17B1F40A9B7CC1FA@2452661-17B1B90D1E153E18@12-17B1B90D1E153E18@?search_terms

https://www.asdk12.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=115&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=55011&PageID=1

https://www.asdk12.org/cms/lib/AK02207157/Centricity/Domain/1204/Ethnicity%202020-2021.pdf

https://www.asdk12.org/domain/1254  

https://www.asdk12.org/Page/6696

https://www.asdk12.org/Page/6697

https://www.asdk12.org/Page/6698

Tunseth, M., 2015, ‘Anchorage public schools lead nation in diversity’, 23 May, 2015, Anchorage Daily News, viewed 28 January 2019, from https://www.adn.com/education/article/anchorage-melting- pot-diversity/2015/05/24/.

Jay, Z., 2010. Decoded. Random House, p.218

There is something about gathering together over a meal that is part of being human, but a dinner party can turn into a fight club if the wrong topic comes up. This season on the AnchorEd City Podcast we are throwing the worst dinner party in the best way. The topics for this season include: race, religion, sex, politics and business, but we plan to discuss them in the best possible way, using hospitality. 

#allpeople

All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.

During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.

Can’t make it to a café?  No worries.

You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.

Resources used to make this episode:

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/10/14/20899335/dinner-parties-entertaining-millennials-nothing-fancy-alison-roman

https://sg.theasianparent.com/topics-to-not-talk-about-at-the-dinner-table

http://www.englishchitchat.com/blog/2017/6/15/4-topics-that-are-not-allowed-at-dinner-table

https://wcrz.com/12-topics-to-avoid-at-dinner-parties/

https://henrinouwen.org/meditation/hospitality/

https://henrinouwen.org/read-nouwen/about-henri/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nouwen

https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/article/25-dinner-party-do-s-and-don-ts-for-a-host-or-hostess

This is an encore release of our first episode as we get ready for season 2.

Season 2 starts Monday Sept. 6

Episode 1 notes:

The AnchorEd City podcast is connecting with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people.  But how do you do that?  One way is to be like Mr. Rogers & Sesame Street.

#allpeople

AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople

Between the Seasons 5: Safe at Home: Baseball in Anchorage – Part 2 w/ Katie Ringsmuth

In this Between the Seasons episode we will continue talking baseball in Anchorage with our guest Katie Ringsmuth.  Katie is the Alaska State historian, a professor of History at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a baseball fan who curated the exhibition Home Field Advantage: Baseball in the Far North at the Anchorage Museum in 2015 and authored the article  “Fields of Dreamers: Baseball in Anchorage, Alaska” in the book Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis in 2018.

Links to Photos:

1915 Anchorage 4th of July Baseball Game

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/131/

1915 Anchorage Team(s) for the 4th of July Baseball Game

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/353

https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354451121616027

Game on the Field Where the Anchorage Museum Now Stands

https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354450228282783

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/329/rec/4

Baseball Grounds at Potter Creek

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/4606/rec/1

1915 Newsreel of Anchorage

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg11/id/35593/

Benefit Ballgame Game

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/6313/rec/31

Anchorage v. Seward Game 1915

https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354450504949422

Seward v. Anchorage Baseball Series –  August 1916 – Seward Newspaper accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKYk0Yjxlic

1914 Women’s Indoor Team

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/325/rec/1

Program for Satchel Paige’s 1965 Visit to Anchorage

https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354450921616047

Alaska Baseball League Players

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/07/03/homefield-advantage-baseball-in-the-far-north/

https://www.newsminer.com/sports/baseball/tom-seaver-75-dies-former-goldpanner-left-lasting-impression-playing-with-the-new-york-mets/article_50e74612-ee5d-11ea-ac7e-77c4d4bee2ce.html

https://www.ebay.com/itm/363157972465

https://www.tcdb.com/GalleryP.cfm/pid/6362/Dave-Winfield?ColType=0&sYear=0&sTeam=Alaska%20Goldpanners&sCardNum=&sNote=&sSetName=

Links to More on Anchorage Baseball History:

https://www.adn.com/culture/slideshow/photos-baseball-far-north/2015/05/15/

https://pointstreak.com/news_story.html?id=149432

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/04/06/video-frontier-baseball/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txW0gWU3nrs

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/10/07/revisiting-alaska-baseball-history/

https://www.adn.com/culture/article/innings-under-midnight-sun/2015/05/15/

https://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/07/03/homefield-advantage-baseball-in-the-far-north/

The comedian George Carlin once commented that the object of the game of baseball is “To go home. And to be safe – Safe at home”  Over the past 106 years many have made Anchorage their home. In this episode we will consider baseball’s role in making people feel safe at home in Anchorage.

Resources Used In Making This Episode:

Anchorage Historical Walking Tour Sign – at the Oscar Anderson House, 420 M St, Anchorage, AK 99501.

Bagoy, J.P., 2001. Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935. Publications Consultants. p.92-93ff

Cernick, C., Carlson, P., Kennedy, M. (1981). Anchorage, the Way it was. United States: Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, Municipality of Anchorage. P. 16ff

Downing Bill, L., Bill, L. (2013). Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935, vol. 3 Ed., Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC. p109ff

Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis. (2018). United States: University of Alaska Press. p. 284ff

George Carlin on Football and Baseball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ebyLkCaAL0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI

http://www.oscarandersonhousemuseum.org

http://alaskabaseballleague.org/view/alaskabaseballleague/

https://cerchinooks.com/

http://www.anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs

http://www.glacierpilots.com/view/glacierpilots

https://www.adn.com/sports/alaska-baseball/2021/06/03/watching-the-alaska-baseball-league-is-a-quintessential-summer-experience-games-start-this-weekend/

https://calltothepen.com/2013/06/30/alaska-baseball-league-has-glorious-heritage/

https://www.explorefairbanks.com/event/midnight-sun-baseball-game/5672/

The AnchorEd City Podcast is currently between seasons. This is the third of our Between the Seasons episodes.  We will be doing a number of episodes from time to time as we wait for Season 2 to begin in the fall.

The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. This episode focuses on the people part of that mission as we talk with Dr. Zeynep Kilic, a professor & the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

For more about the film “Tables if Istanbul” go to: http://www.tablesofistanbul.com