Addressing Alaskans: How To Strengthen Alaska's Local Food Systems
Alaskans spend over $200 billion dollar per year on food, but less than 5 percent of the food we eat is produced in Alaska....
Addressing Alaskans: Living With Urban Wildlife – Can We Coexist?
Photo courtesy of Larry Lewis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Most Alaskans agree they like seeing moose and even bears in their neighborhoods,...
Addressing Alaskans: What's In Our Fish?
This week on Addressing Alaskans, Todd O'Hara from UAF's Institute of Arctic Biology presents an Alaska perspective on the fish we eat. The federal...
Addressing Alaskans: Teaming with Microbes
This week on Addressing Alaskans, our series of garden talks from the Alaska Botanical Garden conference continues with one of Alaska's best...
Addressing Alaskans: Gardening
Nootka lupines, Ninilchik, Alaska. Source: flickr photostream jimsawthat
Our three part series of gardening talks from the Alaska Botanical Garden conference concludes this week...
Addressing Alaskans: Bristol Bay Salmon
Photo courtesy of Daniel Schindler.
Before the University of Alaska existed, researchers from the University of Washington School of Aquatics and Fisheries Science began collecting...
Renewable Energy Across Alaska
Executive director of the Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP), Chris Rose believes Alaska can be an international leader on renewable energy. Harnessing about...
Crosscurrents: Writing People and Place with Susan Orlean and Julia O'Malley
Rin Tin Tin, the dog actor born during WWI on a battlefield in France is the subject of Susan Orlean's (pictured right) next book....
The Death of Bin Laden
For most of his 30 year career, Peter Probst served with the Central Intelligence Agency and the Office of the Secretary of...
Hometown Security: Climate Adaptation, Social Innovation and Local Solutions
Building parks and motivating residents to take pride in their neighborhoods, Majora Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 and went on to become one of the nation’s leaders in successful urban green-collar job training.
13 Indigenous Grandmothers: Healing the Spirit from the Light Within
This week's Addressing Alaskans features presentations given by local Alaska native leaders, Rita Blumenstein, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak and Larry Merculieff at the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers gathering.
State of the City and Title 21 Update
Monday, June 13 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Elected Mayor of Anchorage just over two years ago, Dan Sullivan gave his State of the City address at a Building Operators and Managers Association (BOMA) of Anchorage luncheon on June 10.
The Business Case for Green Building in Alaska
Jerry Yudelson has written more green building books than anyone. A professional engineer and green building consultant, Yudelson gave the keynote address at the Business of Green Energy in Alaska conference hosted by Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) on April 28.
Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
Thursday, June 23 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
This week on Addressing Alaskans, listen to the Rachel Carson commemorative lecture given by Breast Cancer Fund President and CEO, Jeanne Rizzo. From cosmetics and food packaging to household cleaners and drinking water, Rizzo discusses the unregulated toxins encountered in everyday life, which have been proven to have links to breast cancer.
The Future of Health Care
Thursday, June 30 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
As Commonwealth North continues to tackle Health Care Reform in Alaska as one if its key policy issues, the group invited Rick Pollack of the American Hospital Association to speak on the "Future Health Care: Balancing Cost, Quality and Access" on June 15.
APRN Speaker Series: Peter Kenyon
Thursday, August 4 at 2:00 pm
Addressing Alaskans is back on KSKA and we’re kicking off season three with recordings from past APRN Speakers Series. This Thursday, listen to NPR foreign correspondent Peter Kenyon recorded at the Wendy Williamson on October 24th. Kenyon came to NPR from the Alaska Public Radio Network where he began his career as a reporte for KFSK in Petersburg.
APRN Speaker Series: Liane Hansen
Thursday, August 11 @ 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Before retiring as host of Weekend Edition Sunday at the end of May, Liane Hansen paid a visit to her listeners in Alaska. After a skate at West Chester Lagoon and before watching the start of the Iditarod, Liane sat down with APTI's Pat Yack at the Wendy Williamson auditorium to reflect on her 22 years with NPR.
Disparate Opportunity in America
Thursday, August 18 @ 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
This week on Addressing Alaska listen to the speech Anthony Romero, national executive director of the ACLU gave at UAA on July 14. As poverty and incarceration rates for minority groups continue to rise, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attempts to shine light on the inequalities at the root of these cyclic problems facing the U.S.
APRN Speaker Series: Marsha Bemko
Executive producer, Marsha Bemko gave a behind the scenes tour of the traveling set for the award winning PBS program, Antique Roadshow at the Wendy Williamson auditorium in Anchorage on March 25. Marsha traveled to Anchorage for the first season of the APRN Speaker Series, a fundraiser for the Alaska Public Radio Network.
The Arctic Council: Promoting Cooperation, Coordination & Interaction Among the Arctic States
Thursday, August 25 @ 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
As trade and shipping routes open in the Arctic, oil exploration expands and questions of climate change arise, cooperation in the Arctic becomes increasingly more important. This week on Addressing Alaskans, learn more about the Arctic Council, the only intergovernmental forum devoted entirely to the Arctic.