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Our fall series will wrap up on October 14 with the story of how the Yukon Brewing Company was “made in the Yukon." In the meantime, we want to share an episode of a podcast that our former host, Karen McColl, recently produced in her position as a Wildlife Viewing Specialist with the Government of Yukon’s Wildlife Viewing Program.

In a five-part series called Yukon Wildlife and Wildfire, Karen and fellow naturalist Carrie McClelland guide listeners through several Yukon burns to explain how new life emerges in the aftermath of wildfire.

In our featured episode—“Takhini Bridge Fire: Hoo is there?”—Carrie and Karen head west of Whitehorse to explore what’s happening in one of the territory’s more recent and accessible post-fire landscapes.

You can listen and subscribe to Yukon Wildlife and Wildfire in your favourite podcast apps, including YouTube.

Click here for the episode show notes.

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After much delay, The Yukon Magazine Podcast is almost ready to introduce a new feature that will be part of every series.

It’s called “Made in the Yukon.”

Four times a year, John Glynn-Morris will dive into the real stories of Yukon makers and how they navigate challenges, doubt and the quest for success. From flourishing businesses to renowned events, iconic brands to works of art, innovative ideas to essential infrastructure—if it’s made in the Yukon, John wants to share the story behind it.

Before we release the first episode—the incredible journey of the Yukon Brewing Company’s founders—we want to reveal more about John’s background, interests and perspectives on life in the Yukon. All of this comes out in a wide-ranging conversation between John and The Yukon Magazine’s co-publisher, Tammo Walter.

We hope you’ll be hearing a lot more from John as a trusted guide to the wonderful world of “Made in the Yukon.”

CREDITS
Hosted by Tammo Walter
Produced by Mark Koepke & Tammo Walter
Intro/outro music and stings by Major Funk

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Do you live for epic paddling trips with no shortage of whitewater or opportunities for hiking and wildlife viewing? If the answer is “Hell, yeah!” but you’ve never heard of the Yukon’s Firth River… well, there’s a hole on your bucket list.

In this repeat episode from July 2023, former host Karen McColl talks with writer Chris Carli about his life-altering experience paddling through a remote northern landscape with a huge population—of migratory caribou. 

Hear how one remarkable encounter turned an avowed hiking-hater into a guy who will at least concede that a little hoofin’ it can offer spectacular rewards.

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Produced by Karen McColl Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music and stings by Major Funk
Photo (cropped) by Daniel Case, CC 3.0

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The Klondike Gold Rush History Podcast was a labour of love between two Yukoners who share a deep-rooted passion for local history. Produced by Pascale Halliday and her father, Keith, the 22-episode series guides listeners on an epic journey from the origins of the greatest gold rush the world has ever known to its apogee during Dawson City’s salad days of ’98. And, of course, they can’t get from one to the other without spending some nerve-wracking time on the Yukon River.

From an interview near the famed manes of the now-tamed White Horse Rapids, Pascale reflects on her personal connection to the gold rush and the family affair of the podcast’s production. Then she goes with the flow of our Fall issue’s current theme—rivers, rivers, rivers—by introducing our presentation of the episode “Bennett to Dawson in a leaky boat” from the Klondike Gold Rush History Podcast.

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Produced by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music by Major Funk
Other music:
banjo song.mp3 by Prime45 -- License: Creative Commons 0

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((Music)) by The Lucky Ones
((Non-Fiction)) by Eva Holland

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Rivers run through our fall series… and fish clearly run through Yukoner Dennis Zimmerman’s stream of consciousness. 

“I can get kind of nerdy on fishing,” explains the self-described fish and wildlife enthusiast, who proves the point in our latest Yukon Questionnaire. 

Dennis will hook you with a great story about Rock River—a place that many Yukoners are hard-pressed to even locate. He’ll reel you in with his close observations of local bumper stickers. And, finally, he’ll let you go with his thoughts about “The Spell of the Yukon.” 

You'll definitely want to catch our podcast's latest release!

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Produced by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music and stings by Major Funk

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Roch Shannon Fraser - broadcaster
Amy Kenny – writer/editor
Steve McGovern - comedian
Peter Mather - photojournalist
Davida Wood & Tosh Southwick
Marko & Meghan Marjanovich
Karen McColl – “rolling stone”
Keith Halliday – “Yukonomist”

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The YUKON Magazine co-publisher Tammo Walter kicks off a new season of the podcast with some reflections on his recent rookie experience in the Kluane-to-Chilkat International Bike Relay. Then he shifts gears to highlight another staple event of the waning Yukon summer, the Paradise Music Festival. As usual, he’s joined by editor-in-chief Kanina Holmes to discuss the upcoming Fall issue of the magazine, which has a special theme that’s also reflected in this podcast series. Finally, Tammo shares a few clips from the episodes coming your way over the next three months.

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Hosted and written by Tammo Walter
Mixed and edited by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music and stings by Major Funk
Other music:
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banjo song.mp3 by Prime45 -- License: Creative Commons 0

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Now the author of two books and many articles in major publications, Eva Holland was just getting started in 2012. That’s when she was offered a 10-month back-fill position with Up Here magazine. “It was the break I was waiting for,” she says, “and I spent those months in an informal feature-writing boot-camp.”

In this episode, Eva chats with The YUKON Magazine’s co-publisher, Tammo Walter, about her evolution as a northern writer and what it means to “write the North.” She then reads a timeless story titled “I Found the Sweet Life,” which chronicles a week she spent among Skagway’s seasonal workers during her “boot-camp” era more than a decade ago. Originally published in Up Here, this piece also appears in Eva’s collection No Sleep ‘Til Fairbanks.

"This story,” she explains, “was my first foray into the sort of immersive first-person reporting that would become my trademark.”

The rest is history.

CREDITS
Interview by Tammo Walter
Reading by Eva Holland
Mixed and edited by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music and stings by Major Funk
Other music:
acoustic primitive guitar open C by yunclas -- License: Creative Commons 0

MORE FROM THIS SERIES
((Poetry)) by Peter Jickling
((Theatre)) by Larrikin Entertainment
((Radio)) by JAM Live!
((Music)) by the august arrival
((Fiction)) by Nadine Sander-Green
((Moosic)) by Cows Go Moo
((Music)) by The Lucky Ones

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Inspired, sort of, by Karen McColl’s cover story for the 2026 Summer issue of The YUKON Magazine, our producer Mark Koepke tracks down some Whitehorse birders—and asks to record their cheerful songs.

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Hosted by Tammo Walter
Produced by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music by Major Funk
Other music:
Free Uplifting Music by Seth_Makes_Sounds | License: Creative Commons 0
electricguitar_starspangledbanner.wav by susychristiansen | License: Attribution 4.0
Epic Orchestral Strings by TheoJT | License: Attribution 4
Funny Melody - Clown Circus.wav by gertraut_hecher | License: Attribution 4.0
Guitar Strumming by j0eyys | License: Creative Commons 0
12 String Waves.wav by markiboy123 | License: Creative Commons 0

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BIRD SOUNDS
American Robin:
American Robin in Whitehorse, Yukon by Sounds Like Yukon | License: Creative Commons 0
Northern Flicker call:
Logan McLeod, XC634908. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/634908.
Magpie:
Black billed magpie calls BANFF B 190107.flac by TRP | License: Creative Commons 0
Brewer’s Sparrow:
Logan McLeod, XC776741. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/776741.
Common Yellowthroat:
Richard E. Webster, XC195211. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/195211.
Pacific Wren:
Patrice Mathieu, XC782399. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/782399.
Purple Finch:
Richard E. Webster, XC195204. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/195204.
Warbling Vireo:
Patrice Mathieu, XC783005. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/783005.
American Dipper:
Yoann Blanchon, XC1059136. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/1059136.
Northern Pygmy Owl:
Randy Dzenkiw, XC208132. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/208132.
Townsend’s Warbler:
Logan McLeod, XC433909. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/433909.
Common Nighthawk:
Patrice Mathieu, XC779673. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/779673.
Northern Hawk-Owl:
Logan McLeod, XC432056. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/432056.
Overnbird:
Patrice Mathieu, XC783558. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/783558.
Rusty Blackbird:
Logan McLeod, XC434000. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/434000.
Brown-Headed Cowbird:
200712 Brown Headed Cowbird, song, noisy, PEC 7am.flac by TRP | License: Creative Commons 0
American Yellow Warbler:
Richard E. Webster, XC194234. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/194234.

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Gravel biking may feel like a relatively new corner of cycling, but in many ways it brings the sport back to where it started: rough roads, mixed surfaces, long distances, and a little uncertainty about what comes next.

With the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay coming up on June 20th, from Haines Junction to Haines, cycling is very much on our radar. And while KCIBR is not a gravel ride, the Yukon has more than enough rough roads, back roads, construction zones, and in-between terrain to make a gravel bike feel right at home.

In this conversation from our archive, originally released in 2022, then-host Karen McColl speaks with Ian Parker about the rise of gravel biking , or, as he calls it, mixed-surface riding. They talk about why the Yukon is such a natural place for it, how gravel sits somewhere between road cycling and mountain biking, and why the best bike might simply be the one that gets you out there.

A timely look back at a cycling movement that keeps gaining ground.

CREDITS
Intro by Tammo Walter
Interview by Karen McColl
Re-mixed and re-edited by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music & stings by Major Funk

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In temperatures below -50°C and help not available or far away everything matters. A lot.

As part of Operation Nanook-Nunalivut 2026, a team of Canadian Rangers crossed more than 5,200 kilometres of Arctic wilderness by snowmobile. For 52 days they traveled along parts of the Northwest Passage where weather, equipment failure or one wrong decision can quickly into a very serious situation.

Three Yukon Rangers, Maya Poirier, Philippe Brient and Dan Beaudoin, reflect on the longest Arctic patrol ever conducted by the Canadian Armed Forces. They talk about navigating in whiteout conditions, setting up tents, constant dangers, arriving in remote northern communities, and what surprised them most traveling for an extended period of time in extreme conditions.

A conversation about endurance, teamwork, survival, and a part of Canada most people know little about and will never experience firsthand.

All statements and opinions expressed in this episode are the personal views of the individuals involved and do not represent the official positions of the Canadian Armed Forces or the Canadian Rangers.

CREDITS
Hosted and produced by Tammo Walter
Edited and mixed by Mark Koepke
Intro/outro music and stings by Major Funk 

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