Talk of Alaska: The McCandless Bus — Move it or Leave it?
Alaska's outdoor paradise is beautiful, but deadly: fast-changing weather, unforgiving wildlife, avalanches, extreme tides, unreadable rivers -- even insects can be serious threats. This...
Talk of Alaska: Blogging the trials
Courtroom crowds would come and go at the corruption trials of Tom Anderson, Pete Kott and Vic Kohring, but the web audience grew steadily...
Talk of Alaska: Firecracker Boys
After being out of print for years, Dan O'Neill's ‘The Firecracker Boys" is being re-published, with revisions and extra material. The book documents...
Talk of Alaska: Oil Taxes
Members of the state Legislature have to make some touch decisions during their special session. Criticism is sure to greet whatever they do to...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Oct 23
Coming up Tuesday, October 23 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Members of the state Legislature have to make some touch decisions during their...
Bioneers Conference info
In this morning's Talk of Alaska, the Bioneers conference was mentioned on air, and we've gotten several calls at our office asking for additional...
Talk of Alaska: Intimate Investing
Do you know where your money is? Most people do not. If your money went into a bank, the bank may have loaned it...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Oct 16
Coming up Tuesday, October 16 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Do you know where your money is? Most people do not. If your...
Talk of Alaska: Lifelong Learning
Education is not just for the young. One-third of the students at the University of Alaska are over 40. Outside Anchorage, the average age...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Oct 9
Coming up Tuesday, October 9 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Education is not just for the young. One-third of the students at the...
Talk of Alaska: Banned Books
Every culture fells threatened by some idea or other, and many cultures ban books. Is it practical to draw lines of censorship in an...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Oct 2
Coming up Tuesday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Every culture fells threatened by some idea or other, and many cultures ban...
Talk of Alaska: Scientific Integrity
Climate warming and Endangered Species designations are both important issues for Alaska. Science is supposed to be informing the debate. But what if you...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Sep 25
Coming up Tuesday, September 25 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Climate warming and Endangered Species designations are both important issues for Alaska. Science...
Talk of Alaska: Mystery! Alaska Style
Alaska's many mystery writers must be doing something right, because a whole lot of their colleagues are about to come visiting. A national convention...
Preview: Talk of Alaska – Tue, Sep 18
Coming up Tuesday, September 18 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Alaska's many mystery writers must be doing something right, because a whole lot...
Talk of Alaska: 9/11 in Alaska, Six Years Later
Like the rest of the nation, Alaska felt the shock of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Air traffic halted. A recreational pilot in...
Preview: Talk of Alaska — Tue, Sep 11
Coming up Tuesday, September 11 at 10:00 a.m. on Talk of Alaska...
Like the rest of the nation, Alaska felt the shock of the...
Talk of Alaska: Work
The Office (NBC)
The world of work keeps changing. Retirement has to be managed and job security is becoming a thing of the past....
Talk of Alaska: The Fall of Gruening
Alaska's short history as a state contains more than its share of spectacular political incidents -- for example, historically decisive elections so close that...