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Life on the far northern edge of America. Alaskan living is a little different and a little the same as living anywhere else, and we like to talk about that and poo and adventures and Star Wars and bear encounters and did we mention poo? More at bridgefromnowhere.com.

Andy Kline, Jamie Karnik, Lou Logan


    • Dec 17, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 35 EPISODES


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    035 – The Lost Episode (with Probes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 57:15


    Behold! We found The Lost Episode deep within the bowels of Andy’s Packard-Bell laptop among thousands of photos of gibbons. We talk about Jamie’s adventures in human drug testing! Andy...

    034 – Comfort Mandrill

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 54:44


    We enjoy foreign biscuits which help us with self-pleasure urges, discuss the pros and cons of eating 5 massive hot dogs in one sitting, Lou invents the masturb-o-meter, we ask...

    033 – Everyone Loves Olives!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2018 55:41


    Poo Corner is back, we eat strange snack foods, Jamie will never eat an olive and Lou won't eat blood.

    032 – Monkey Rage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 58:10


    SO ANGRY! The three chimps hurl their poo at you. Also they talk about the absolutely bizarre sex life of ducks, all their stupid junker cars, and how Andy is...

    031 – Yarding Season with the Alaskan Hairy Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 58:52


    It is March in Juneau, and that means Yarding Season has begun even if it is below freezing. In this episode, we talk about how Andy annoys his neighbors, Jamie...

    030 Season Duh! – Giant Birds, Mouse Invasions and Frozen Banana Peels

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018 58:01


    029 – Immediate Frontier Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 54:31


    We talk old time Alaska bar lore with Big Mike Race, who also helps us introduce a new segment -- Dog Treat of the Week! Jamie is sick as hell, so we make him stay home and do a call-in, which turns out to be disgusting because he is so damned sick. Andy is particularly overbearing in this episode, so you have that to look forward to. Lou delights us with a new Parasite of the Week.

    028 – Lewis and Clark were Miserable Bastards

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 46:04


    Special Manzanillo edition! Andy took a job as a human mule to drive a car from Mexico, and somehow was able to produce this episode while sweating profusely in the...

    027 – Sea Apes, Mudslides and Wax Lips

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2017 55:40


    The many apes of our lives come to the fore in this episode – including Jamie’s incessant belief in the mythical Alaskan Sea Ape – a creature he describes in...

    026 – Knott’s Berry Ghost Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2017 56:58


    Andy incorrectly remembers an amusement park name with great conviction. He is also wrong about the origins of the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room. Let’s face it, he doesn’t...

    025 – Hagfish, Hongose Wine, Fiji Giant Rats and Tapeworms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2017 49:10


    We have been cancelled by public radio, but our podcast gains in POWER! Welcome to our first radio-free edition of BFN, in which our scientist buddy John Warrenchuk joins us...

    024 – Cluster on Mama’s Jupiter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2017 59:32


    We talk about many important topics today. Including: anadromous fish habitat in downtown Juneau, the life and loves of our primate friends, the Gibbons. And, we discuss epiphanies that may...

    023 – Distilling with Dr. Stephen Pleasants

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017 58:44


    Brandon Howard from Amalga Distillery joins us to talk all about starting up a new business in Juneau, and how he went from pottery teacher to cookin’ up hooch. Also,...

    022 – Llama Wrangling

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2017 59:02


    Jamie tells of unusual ways midwesterners have fun with llamas, Your Favorite Sisters Alicia and Kirsa Hughes-Skandijs tell us about growing up rustic in West Virginia, Lou carbonates things, and...

    021 – Princess Kay of the Milky Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2017 58:48


    Jamie describes his vision of a butter sculpture of himself, Lou almost gets lost while fishing from the shore. Andy talks about rats with Patrice Helmar, and the horrible subject...

    020 – Aaron Neville Caused the Solar Eclipse, and Patrice is a City Mouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2017 59:15


    I don't know much, but I know that "Aaron Neville" caused the solar eclipse using that body pod. We talk to Jamie about his experience with the totality, Patrice Helmar talks about life in the big city, and Lou posits his Aaron Neville theory.

    019 – Eclipse, Teletubbies and Patchop

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2017 58:52


    Jamie discusses his trip to the capital of the solar eclipse, Lou becomes a howler monkey, we review the cheapest jeans ever manufactured, and New York photographer Patrice Helmar comes by to talk shop. Also, the central mystery of Teletubbies, wardrobe tips, and a disgusting noise.

    018 – Naked Standup, Tyvek Pooping and Gay in Alaska

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2017 58:51


    Alicia and Kirsa come back by to discuss how to start a stand up, Alex discusses bloodbaths in the Fairbanks wilderness, and Paul poops himself in Vegas – but hey,...

    017 – OJ, Hart to Hart and Favorite Sisters

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2017 58:52


    In which we remember the OJ drama, Marissa Capito drops poo knowledge, Alicia and Kirsa Hughes-Skandijs (Your Favorite Sisters and part of Club Baby Seal) tell us about growing up a little...

    016 – Meat, Mobsters and Microbes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2017 58:51


    Marissa Capito on growing up in Juneau, the hard microbial work at the wastewater treatment plant, Jamie eats raw meat, Lou paddles 100 miles, Andy drinks runoff water, and we recreate the golden age of Juneau Jingles.

    015 – The Windmills of Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2017 58:52


    Windmill Engineer Cayleigh Allen joins us to discuss the future of the world. George Takei tells us about how his name is pronounced.  We hear from the dissatisfied listener. We discuss Thane. Lou reveals new talents. And the long awaited return of our discussion of Poo -- this time, we might change the world.

    014 – Orcas, Clowns and Camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2017 58:51


    013 – Old Beer, Hot Mess, Lonely Irish Porpoise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 58:50


    Libby Bakalar of One Hot Mess Alaska tells us why Juneau is exactly like the Shawshank Redemption, we camp in Bob’s back yard and drink a 45 year old Prinz Brau...

    012 – Bearded Weasel Hot Mess

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2017 58:51


    We are joined by Libby Bakalar, writer of Juneau-famous blog One Hot Mess Alaska for in-depth analysis of what makes living in Juneau weird – it’s One Hot Messy Corner! Lou...

    011 – Five for Five Four Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 59:46


    In which Jamie describes his homecoming night menu, Lou goes to the chiropractor, Andy covets thy neighbor’s hearth, we let all teenagers know about their very own Ten Commandments, and...

    010 – Lord Stainley’s Cup

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2017 58:52


    In which Lou describes his championship season of winning the Stainley Cup, Sarah Ginter tells us of the greatest book ever written, and our Ninjaneer Marissa Capito from the Juneau...

    009 – The Pipes Don’t Want Your Wipes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017 59:14


    In the Episode, we prolapse our Poo Corner with Ninjaneer Marissa Capito, to dive deep into the depths of poo issues. We discuss fatal floods of many varieties, how drying...

    008 – Trains, Radio and Dynamite Red

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017 58:51


    Episode 8 in which we discuss the Swamper, Stingers, Stunts, and that poor bastard Whitlow. Andy reveals an unnecessary trip to the ER, Jamie defies train death multiple times, and...

    007 – Meatsweats for Pomeranians

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 58:52


    Episode 007 - In which we talk to our friend Libby Stringer who works in a goldmine and owns tiny dogs.

    006 – Flesh Eating Fish and an Accidental Phoner

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2017 58:52


    Longtime friend and local musical and broadcasting legend Steve Nelson hosts us at his house this week, where we here why little fish prompted his move to Alaska in the...

    005 – Gold Claims and Food on a Stick

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2017 58:55


    Growing up wild in Alaska, gold claims and fun with dynamite.

    004 – Balto, Snake Girl and the Fattest Man Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2017 59:00


    In which we discuss the trials and tribulations of the world's most famous dog of his day, the love of Sulu, why Skittles are bad for your toilet, sportsball, the perils of onion eating and scary monkeys. With guests Marisa Capito and Sarah Ginter.

    003 – Tales of a Lich

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2017 59:00


    Halt, thy dwarven knave! In this episode we travel to a world inhabited by the denizens of D&D, we discuss building a worse mousetrap, the love of a man for pork rinds, the worst smell an engineer of solid waste has ever smelled, and our most forgettable and useless jobs. With guests Marisa Capito and George Kuhar.

    002 – Bear Stew and Visqueen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2017 59:00


    This week Andy, Jamie, and Lou discuss the woods, jagger bushes, poo glitter, bear stew, yinsers, Tuckerbutt, dads, and the Clapper. We once again have Marisa Capito on-board to talk about solid waste on Poo Corner. Sarah Lewis and Sean Boily tells us about the journey to become an Alaska architect–and how one of them decided that wasn’t the thing they wanted to be. And we dismiss many of the long held best practices of human hygiene.

    001 – Monkey Riding a Capybara

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2017 58:59


    In which we discuss large rodentia, the Civil War, poo, a kidney donation, and tall people. Our house band Kuhlson rocks the joint!

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