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What’s growing in your garden?
No, that’s not meant as a cruel joke. Spring has been cool and summer warmth is slow to arrive. Still, our long days will make for good growing – soon. And if you’re behind, you have time to catch up. This week on Hometown Alaska, we’ve invited garden experts to the studio mic to tell us what’s new in garden plants, culture and attitudes. Bring your questions.
KSKA: Wednesday 5/22 at 2:00 pm and 7 pm
Writer Talk: Kris Farmen and Dan Bigley
This week on Addressing Alaskans, author and bear attack survivor Dan Bigley joins author Kris Farmen on stage for a conversation about their unique stories and writing processes. Bigley’s recent memoir, Beyond the Bear, is an incredible story of survival and Kris Farmen is the author of two novels, most recently, Turn Again.
KSKA: Tuesday 5/21 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
The Cook Inlet Trek
Step by step an Alaska couple and their two children are making their way along the coast of Cook Inlet, from Seldovia, up and down Turnagain and Knik Arms, and down the west side. Reaching Anchorage, they’re connecting with you, on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, May 21 at 10:00am
Reducing the Impact of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
On the next Line One: Your Health Connection, Dr. Woodard hosts Pamela Hyde, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrationn (SAMHSA), a public health agency whose mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities. Call-in with your questions and comments.
KSKA: Monday 5/20 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Cyrano’s Theatre Company presents Red by John Logan
You may not be “seeing red”, but you’ll certainly be “hearing Red” if you tune into Stage Talk this week as Director ElizabethWare and Actor Mark Robokoff join Jean and Steve to talk about Red, John Logan’s exciting Tony Award winning play about the artist Mark Rothko performing at Cyrano’s Theatre Company May 30th through June 16th.
KSKA: Friday 5/17 at 2:45pm
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Comparing Cost Of Medical Procedures; And Obama Administration Controversy
The White House releases comparative cost information for medical procedures conducted by hospitals all over the country. Between Benghazi, the IRS misbehavior, and finally the Justice Department digging into the Associated Press phone records, the Obama Administration is awash in controversy.
KSKA: Friday, 5/17 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 5/18 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 5/17 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 5/18 at 5:00pm
The Growing Up Anchorage Website
Today we’re growing up in Anchorage. Many people who move to Alaska end up never leaving, but what about the people who grow up here and then move away? Jana Nelson came to Anchorage in 1948, when she was just six years old.
Now, Nelson has created a website dedicated to the Anchorage she remembered.
How healthy is the water in Anchorage creeks, streams and lakes?
Ready to pull out the canoe? Take the dog for a game of swim-and-fetch? Dip your toes in a local lake? Let’s find out how healthy the water in our backyard playgrounds—the creeks, streams and lakes around Anchorage—really is. Two savvy water scientists join host Kathleen McCoy to discuss what’s helping and what’s challenging the health of our local waterways. Creek Cleanup this year is May 18, so how are we doing?
KSKA: Wednesday 5/15 at 2:00 pm and 7:00pm
Northern Limits: A 4,000 Mile Human Powered Journey
Choosing a road-less and trail-less route, they followed the caribou trails for much of their journey from Bellingham, Washington to Kotzebue Alaska. Recorded at the Snow Goose theater in Anchorage, listen to Caroline Van Hemert and Pat Farrel talk about their 2012 adventure traveling by rowboat, ski, packraft, foot, and canoe along the Inside Passage, the Coast Mountains, the length of the Yukon Territory, the Arctic Coast, and the Brooks Range, this week on Addressing Alaskans.
KSKA: Tuesday 5/14 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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Tools and Writing About Them
Living in the wild is one of Alaska’s primary attractions, but just how wild do you want it? Many hunt and fish. Some go for extreme sports, or climb rocks and ice, and some guide others in wilderness adventure. But some choose seasonal hard work in the wild, leaving them time for other explorations. Explorations they will be sharing on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 5/14 at 10:00am
Dental Health
Can tooth decay, dental caries, be reversed if discovered early? How safe is fluoride and how effective is it in preventing tooth decay? How can you prevent gingivitis and gum recession? Do wisdom teeth always need to be removed? On the next Line One we will be discussing dental health and answering your questions about caring for your teeth with pediatric dentist Heidi Ostby and adult dentist Shannon McGrane.
KSKA: Monday 5/13 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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The Beverly Hillbillies produced by VPA
“Come and listen to a story about man named Jed” or better yet, come and listen to a story about Valley Performing Arts‘s stage production of the classic TV sit-com, The Beverly Hillbillies opening May 10th and running through the 26th in Wasilla. Director Larry Burton and VPA’s PR Director Tammy Parker come “set a spell” with Jean and Steve this week on Stage Talk.
KSKA: Friday 5/10 at 2:45pm
USS Anchorage Is Commissioned; and Unions Go To Court Over Labor Law Referendum
The USS Anchorage is commissioned in it’s namesake city. Unions go to court over the Anchorage labor-law referendum. Parnell announces that he will not seek a senate seat in 2014. New developments in the Fairbanks Four case. Last, Wally Hickel, the movie…or at least the story on film.
Mountaineering on the Cheap
Today we learn how to take an epic Alaskan journey on the cheap. Luc Mehl has lived in Alaska most of his life, and he does not waste an opportunity to be outdoors.
Luc has done it all – from skiing down volcanoes to pack rafting through craters. Most recently he traversed and climbed the three largest peaks in North America. That’s more than 800 miles of hiking, biking, skiing and rafting.
Bragaw Extension / North Access to UMed District
The extension of Bragaw south into the university medical area has been a controversial idea for decades. Now the legislature has funded a project to connect the north side of UAA to Northern Lights Boulevard, and design is going ahead. We’ll learn about the Bragaw extension, how it was approved, the routes under consideration, and the pros and cons of each, balancing the need to move traffic and the need to preserve the university campus.
KSKA: Wednesday 5/8 at 2:00 pm and 7:00pm
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Why Curiosity? What Are We Discovering?
This week on Addressing Alaskans hear from John P. Grotzinger, project scientist for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover “Curiosity” mission. Recorded on April 16, he gave the keynote address at the 2013 Undergraduate Research and Discovery Symposium at the University of Alaska Anchorage on “Why Curiosity? What Are We Discovering?”
KSKA: Tuesday 5/7 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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Gardening Options
Interest in gardening in Alaska seems to be at an all-time high. So far it has been a very cold spring, but dedicated gardeners are already starting plants. And all gardeners love to compare notes, which is what they will be doing on the next Talk of Alaska statewide.
KSKA: Tuesday 5/7 at 10:00 am
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Dr. Joanie Hope, Surgeon and Rock Vocalist
Dr. Joanie Hope strains the perception of what a physician is all about. She is a cancer surgeon and vocalist/guitarist in the rock band N.E.D. On the next Line One: Your Health Connection we’ll try to bring these apparent disparate images into an understandable whole and highlight what women need to know about common gynecologic cancers.
KSKA: Monday 5/6 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
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