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BTS: 31 – The Alaska Myth w/ Kaitlin Armstrong May 26, 2025 Alaskans are serious about who is a real Alaskan and who isn't. The pursuit of understanding who is a real Alaskan is more often than not tied to a Frontier mentality and the legend that has been created around the 49th State. The mythology of Alaska is the topic of the award-winning podcast The Alaska Myth. On this episode we talk with Kaitlin Armstrong the host & executive producer of The Alaska Myth.   https://www.thealaskamyth.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thealaskamyth @thealaskamyth   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

The Dashboard Diaries #1: Greenville, SC May 19, 2025   Alaska feels a bit removed from the rest of the United States because it is separated from the contiguous 48 states by a minimum of 500 mile. Anchorage is even further away. That distance can leave residents not only distinct and different, but often detached. It can be hard for Alaskans to feel connected to the rest of the country. I recently went on a nearly coast to coast drive with my daughter and her family as they moved from South Carolina to Washington State. As we drove 500-mile days for a week a few connections between places on our drive and my home city of Anchorage emerged. During this four-part mini-series we will connect with Anchorage's soul through her history, stories, and people by connecting to four places along the road from our drive across this vast land of ours. Welcome to the Dashboard Diaries a special four-part mini-series brought to you by the AnchorED City Podcast. On this episode we consider a surprising connection between Greenville, SC and Anchorage.     https://greaterfriendshipbaptist.org https://www.facebook.com/TheShipAnchorageAK#   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Theme Music by Tech Oasis from Pixabay   Resources Used To Make This Episode: Southern Baptist Convention Founded - Timeline Event https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/history/timelines/entry?etype=1&eid=18   Basil Manly https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/basil-manly/   Founding: 1859-1878 https://www.sbts.edu/history/1859-1878/ https://archives.sbts.edu/sbts-history/our-story/founding-1859-1878/   The story of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/life/2016/06/29/greenvilles-seminary/86511098/   Jones, R.P., 2021. White too long: The legacy of white supremacy in American Christianity. Simon and Schuster. Pages 35, 57, 58 & 60.   Reamer, David., 2019. Greater Friendship Baptist Church: A History. https://works.hcommons.org/records/9hmn2-t2t94   How Greater Friendship Baptist Church in Anchorage made its mark in Alaska and civil rights history https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/06/07/how-greater-friendship-baptist-church-in-anchorage-made-its-mark-in-alaska-and-civil-rights-history/

The Dashboard Diaries – Starting May 19 May 16, 2025   This summer on the AnchorED City Podcast we are proud to present The Dashboard Diaries. During this four-part mini-series we will connect with Anchorage's soul through her histories, stories, and people by connecting to places along the road from our drive across this vast land of ours. The series starts May 19.].,   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Theme Music by Tech Oasis from Pixabay   Sound Effects By BBC Sound Effects https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=car%20passing%20on%20country%20road  

The Dashboard Diaries – Coming Soon May 12, 2025   This summer on the AnchorED City Podcast we are proud to present The Dashboard Diaries. This four-part mini-series connects with Anchorage's soul through her histories, stories, and people by connecting to places along the road from a nearly coast-to-coast drive across the vast lower 48. #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Theme Music by Tech Oasis from Pixabay   Sound Effects By BBC Sound Effects https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?q=&source=bbc_archive

ACCEE Series #3: w/ Trevor Storrs & Jessica Simonsen April 21, 2025 Last year we talked twice with members of the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund implementation team. During 2024 they were doing research, hearing from the community, and making recommendations to the Anchorage Assembly about how to spend the $5 million dollars of marijuana tax money earmarked for Child Care and Early Education made possible by Proposition 14 in 2023. On this episode I am joined by Trevor Storrs and Jessica Simonsen to get an update on what is happening with the ACCEE fund. https://www.careforkidsanchorage.com   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

Back on April of this year I talked with members of the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund implementation team. At that time they were doing research and hearing from the community about how to spend the $5 million dollars of marijuana tax money earmarked for Child Care and Early Education made possible by Proposition 14 in 2023. They have now arrived at their recommendations for the Mayor LaFrance and thew Anchorage Assembly. On this episode we are joined by Trevor Storrs & Austin Quinn-Davidson to talk about what the ACCEE team has proposed.   https://www.careforkidsanchorage.com   https://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/default.aspx https://www.facebook.com/ancpublichealth https://www.instagram.com/ancpublichealth/   https://www.muni.org/Departments/Mayor/Pages/default.aspx   https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/default.aspx https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anchorage-Municipal-Assembly/388908687838651   https://www.asdk12.org/school_board/   https://www.alaskachildrenstrust.org/ https://www.facebook.com/alaskachildrenstrust https://www.instagram.com/alaskachildrenstrust/   https://www.anchoragechamber.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageChamber https://www.instagram.com/anchoragechamber

There have been a good number of Major Leaguers to have their start in Alaska playing summer college baseball. Only two are in the Hall of Fame – Tom Seaver and Dave Winfield. But before there ever was summer college baseball in the state, one Hall of Fame player spent a part of their early career in Alaska. For that story we need to go back to 1946.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Freedman, Lew. Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska. Epicenter Press, 2000. https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/short-stops/putting-the-game-on-ice#:~:text=Alaska%20has%20hosted%20collegiate%20summer,Dave%20Winfield%20among%20the%20alumni. https://www.dermotcole.com/reportingfromalaska/2024/6/21/orszktqho3pf2uo5p66kywskrqtpv5

The neighborhood of Fairview, on the Northside of Anchorage, is considered one of Anchorage's original four neighborhoods along with Downtown, South Addition and Mountain View.  However, what is less known is that Fairview was once its own individual town independent of Anchorage. Today most Anchorage residents don't think about Fairview too much. In fact most residents only interact with this neighborhood when driving through the Ingra / Gambell corridor that connects the Seward Highway running South and the Glenn Highway running North. On this episode we are focusing on Fairview. We are not just passing through on the highway, but stopping to hear about the past, present and future of this community in Anchorage. https://fairviewak.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/215963548248/ https://www.communitycouncils.org/servlet/content/14.html   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.alaska.org/guide/anchorages-four-original-neighborhoods https://www.alaska.org/detail/fairview-neighborhood https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BGES-Fairview-Historical-Survey-Final-Report.pdf

Anchorage has its first elected female mayor. In light of the election of Suzaane LaFrance as Anchorage's mayor we are returning to a previous episode - S2:E10: Anchorage, Boston, Elections and All Male Mayors – which outlines the city's history of electing only men to the Anchorage's top office.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2024/05/31/anchorage-assembly-certifies-runoff-election-results-officially-starting-transition-to-lafrance-mayorship/ https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/31/lafrance-prepares-to-take-over-as-anchorage-mayor-after-election-is-certified/ https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/21/suzanne-lafrance-declares-victory-in-anchorage-mayors-race/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2024/05/21/lafrance-declares-victory-in-anchorage-mayors-race/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/03/01/in-1915-anchorage-residents-voted-on-an-official-name-for-the-new-city-the-name-anchorage-came-in-3rd-place/ Carlson, P.D. and Bill, L.D., 2008. Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935  (Vol. 3). Aunt Phil's Trunk. p.74-75. Bagoy, J.P., 2001. Legends & Legacies. John P. Bagoy. p. 42-43. Tower, E., 1999. Anchorage: From its humble origins as a railroad construction camp. Epicenter Press. p.49-51. Anchorage Daily Times, Nov. 3, 1920. Anchorage Business Men and Property Owners Decisively Decide To Incorporate Town. Page 1. https://apnews.com/article/election-2021-boston-mayor-f7a18efbbb6068ed947df4c2d75ec500 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/boston-mayor-race-2021-michelle-wu-rcna4373 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/25/austin-quinn-davidson-anchorage-first-woman-openly-gay-mayor/3721691001/ https://www.adn.com/commentary/article/yes-anchorage-and-alaska-are-rich-diversity-what-about-equality/2015/07/07/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Anchorage,_Alaska

In April of 2023 Anchorage Voters passed Proposition 14 by a 12-point margin. That proposition dedicates marijuana tax money to child care and early child care education – estimated to be between $4 & $6 million per year. These funds seem to come at just the right time. Due to the scarcity of programs as well as the cost of care and lack of high-quality child care means that 51% of Alaskan families cannot fully participate in the labor force. And even when families can participate the costs are high with many child care spots costing up to $1800 per month in Anchorage. In Alaska, child care can account for up to 15% of parents' income. On this episode I am joined by members of the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund implementation team to discuss how the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund is being implemented and the marijuana tax funds used to address the needs of families and child care workers in Anchorage.   https://www.careforkidsanchorage.com   https://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/default.aspx https://www.facebook.com/ancpublichealth https://www.instagram.com/ancpublichealth/   https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/default.aspx https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anchorage-Municipal-Assembly/388908687838651   https://www.asdk12.org/school_board/   https://www.alaskachildrenstrust.org/ https://www.facebook.com/alaskachildrenstrust https://www.instagram.com/alaskachildrenstrust/   https://www.anchoragechamber.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageChamber https://www.instagram.com/anchoragechamber

Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is killing Alaskans. In a report released in September of 2023 about drug overdose deaths in Alaska it was noted that “Fentanyl was involved in four out of five opioid overdose deaths, and many of these fentanyl-involved overdose deaths involved an additional substance, such as methamphetamine or heroin.” On this episode we hear a series of short talks from panelists at an event titled “Discover the Truth about Fentanyl in Alaska,” that was hosted January 26, 2024, by the FBI Anchorage Citizens Academy Alumni Association and held at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. The panelists are: Cornelius “Moose” Sims – Captain Alaska State Troopers, Statewide Drug Enforcement Randi Breager – Senior Director of Programs, Covenant House Alaska Carlos Diaz – Program Director, Integrated Services, VOA Alaska For more information on how you can get involved in addressing and responding to the Fentanyl epidemic go to: https://health.alaska.gov/osmap/Pages/hope.aspx https://www.iknowmine.org/topic/opioid-overdose-response-kit/ https://akfentanylresponse.com   Twitter: @FBIAnchorage Facebook: FBI Anchorage Field Office Instagram: @FBI (Instagram)   https://www.fbianccaaa.org www.facebook.com/groups/624229141091305   https://akfentanylresponse.com   https://covenanthouseak.org https://www.facebook.com/CovenantHouseAK @covenanthouseak   https://voaak.org https://www.facebook.com/VOAAlaska @ voaalaska   https://www.anthc.org https://www.facebook.com/ANTHCtoday @ anthctoday   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/11/20/covenant-house-alaska-battling-fentanyl-crisis-100-drug-overdoses-since-july/

Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is killing Alaskans. In a report released in September of 2023 about drug overdose deaths in Alaska it was noted that “Fentanyl was involved in four out of five opioid overdose deaths, and many of these fentanyl-involved overdose deaths involved an additional substance, such as methamphetamine or heroin.” On this episode we hear remarks from an FBI Special Agent recorded live at an event titled “Discover the Truth about Fentanyl in Alaska,” that was hosted January 26, 2024, by the FBI Anchorage Citizens Academy Alumni Association and held at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. For more information on how you can get involved in addressing and responding to the Fentanyl epidemic go to:   LINKS: https://health.alaska.gov/osmap/Pages/hope.aspx https://www.iknowmine.org/topic/opioid-overdose-response-kit/ https://akfentanylresponse.com     Twitter: @FBIAnchorage Facebook: FBI Anchorage Field Office Instagram: @FBI (Instagram) https://www.fbianccaaa.org www.facebook.com/groups/624229141091305   https://akfentanylresponse.com   https://covenanthouseak.org https://www.facebook.com/CovenantHouseAK @covenanthouseak   https://voaak.org https://www.facebook.com/VOAAlaska @ voaalaska   https://www.anthc.org https://www.facebook.com/ANTHCtoday @ anthctoday   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://health.alaska.gov/dph/VitalStats/Documents/PDFs/DrugOverdoseMortalityUpdate_2022.pdf   https://alaskapublic.org/programs/addressing-alaskans/

St Francis of Assisi is quoted as saying, “Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” On this episode we end season 4 by considering how each of us moves forward into doing the impossible.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: www.brainyquote.com/authors/francis-of-assisi-quotes

Chef Joe Hickel has created his last gingerbread village and it gives us a way to make our city a better place.   https://www.captaincookchristmas.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hotel-Captain-Cook/121352828027525 @thehotelcaptaincook   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2023/11/28/after-decades-of-sugary-magic-hotel-captain-cook-pastry-chef-ices-his-final-gingerbread-village/ https://www.youralaskalink.com/homepage/end-of-an-era-anchorages-captain-cook-hotels-final-gingerbread-village/article_0250006c-8f49-11ee-a8e9-2b347cb42577.html#:~:text=2023%20Captain%20Cook%20Hotel%20Gingerbread%20Village&text=Starting%20small%2C%20the%20village%20was,it%20was%20three%20by%20five. https://www.captaincookchristmas.com  Rocke, K. & Van Dyke, J., 2017, Incarnational training framework: A training guide for developing leaders engaged in city transformation, 2nd edn., Street Psalms Press, Tacoma. p.49.

On this episode we ask “What is Possible?” in the area of homelessness and receive two creative, community-based responses from Pastors Undra Parker and Matt Shultz.   https://www.shilohmbcalaska.org/ https://www.facebook.com/shiloh.alaska.5   https://firstpresanchorage.org/ https://www.facebook.com/FPChurchAnch @fpchurchanch   https://christianhealth.org   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

Driving through the through Anchorage it's nearly impossible to not see our unhoused neighbors. In light of our current situation I wondered how long Anchorage has had people experiencing homelessness. To answer that question I dove into the Anchorage Daily News archives and began looking for the first reference to homelessness as we understand it today. What I found was interesting.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024772/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_%25E2%2580%259CWild%2520Boys%2520of%2520the%2520Road%25E2%2580%259D%2520 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED0390D649340A%402421995-16ECC166764061A9%404-16ECC166764061A9%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1919-02-05 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F9D444952A2BA0%402429921-16F9CB79A580C9A5%404-16F9CB79A580C9A5%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=47&pdate=1940-10-18 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F878E8D73B9EE8%402430970-16F8736FEE3E27E1%400-16F8736FEE3E27E1%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=52&pdate=1943-09-02 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F893DFE799C16C%402431630-16F8758C905200E5%400-16F8758C905200E5%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=57&pdate=1945-06-23

The day after Thanksgiving in 2018 a bullet fired in a drive-by shooting struck Krystal Kompkoff while she was attending a party at a friend's house. On this episode Krystal shares her journey of healing from violence.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

According to US News and World Report Anchorage, Alaska is the #3 most dangerous place to live in the United States. Alaska has had the reputation and reality of violence since the early days of the territory. On this episode we consider a couple of serial killers from Alaska's past and Anchorage's most violent year.     #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC     Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/most-dangerous-places https://www.vogue.com/article/best-true-crime-podcasts https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murder-and-mystery-in-the-last-frontier/id1464610311 https://alaska-native-news.com/november-29th-1915/46015/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1915-11-16/ed-1/seq-1/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1915-11-30/ed-1/seq-1/

Underground crime is not a thing of the past in Anchorage. One of those crimes is human trafficking. Join me on this episode as I talk with Josie Heyano of Signify Consulting, about what is possible in the area of human trafficking. Heyano is a Presidentially appointed member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, a formal platform to advise and make recommendations on federal anti-trafficking policies to the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF).   https://www.signifyconsultingak.org   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/19/alaska-homeless-youth-sex-trafficking-study 

Anchorage has always had an underground of illegal activity. Those activities might have literally taken place underground in tunnels or basement bars, or they could have figuratively been underground thinly veiled behind words like “resort” or “boarding house.” On this episode we explore some of Anchorage's underground past.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.ghosttoursofanchorage.com/ https://www.adn.com/our-alaska/article/host-invites-curious-anchorages-spookiest-places/2011/05/07/ https://clarkyerrington.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/empress-theater-1916-2013/ https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2015/05/the-seedy-sudsy-history-of-the-49th-state.cshtml https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/02/13/curious-alaska-is-there-a-prohibition-era-tunnel-network-in-downtown-anchorage/ https://www.muni.org/departments/ocpd/planning/publications/siteassets/pages/default/patterns%20of%20the%20past.pdf https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/05/17/history-of-spenard-how-a-squatter-bootlegger-and-showman-gave-anchorages-most-renowned-road-its-name/ https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F87446A62E009E%402430437-16F6DD3AF3861BE9%405-16F6DD3AF3861BE9%40?search_terms=%22South%2BSeas%22&text=%22South%20Seas%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=20&pdate=1942-03-18 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F87446A62E009E%402430437-16F6DD3AF4A577BD%407-16F6DD3AF4A577BD%40?search_terms=%22South%2BSeas%22&text=%22South%20Seas%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=20&pdate=1942-03-18 https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/spenard-joseph-a-joe/ “Local Jottings about Town,” Anchorage Daily Times, June 26, 1916, 7.  Quoted from Michael Carberry and Donna Lane, Patterns of the Past:  An Inventory of Anchorage's Historic Resources:  200. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/zula-swanson-1891-1973/ Collins, Jan MacKell. Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest: A Red-Light History of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. United States, TwoDot, 2020. https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/crocker-ulysses-grant-ug/ https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits/extra-tough-women-of-the-north/women-of-the-north-profiles/zula-swanson-savvy-businesswoman/

On this episode we consider what is possible in the area of substance misuse as we talk about recovery with Tiffany Hall. She shares with us her story of addiction and recovery. Hall is the Executive Director of Recover Alaska and the vice chair of the board of the U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance.   https://recoveralaska.org/ https://www.facebook.com/recoveralaska https://www.instagram.com/recoveralaska/   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/alaska-mental-health-trust-authority/what-we-do/substance-abuse-prevention-and-treatment/

On this episode we will turn our attention to two different historical stories about mind altering substances…one the legal sale of beer, and the other, Alaska's long history of semi-legal and legal marijuana.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode:   Hear Bill Howell read the section of Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun about Prinz Brau here: https://www.kdll.org/show/drinking-on-the-last-frontier/2023-06-27/prinz-to-paupers Howell, B. (2015). Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun. United States: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. Chapter 7   Watch the Alaska Review episode titled “Great Land, Great Beer, Great Problems” from 1977 here: Alaska Film Archive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3hx7aSdCCo   https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1975/2135-1.html https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/irwin-ravin-alaska-marijuana-rights-activist-dies/2010/04/13/ https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/alaska-weed-history/2014/04/14/ https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/polls-close-legalized-pot-remains-question-mark-alaska/2014/11/05/ https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Director/Documents/marijuana/MarijuanaUse_PublicHealth_Alaska_2020.pdf https://alaskapublic.org/2023/05/31/death-rate-from-drinking-nearly-doubles-in-alaska-over-2-years/ https://www.adn.com/features/article/dreaming-big-6-alaska-boondoggles/2011/10/10/ https://www.akgrownspirits.com/ https://www.turnagainbrewing.com/

It can often feel like racism and racial bias are impossible to overcome. Rev. Dr. Patricia Wilson-Cone joins us on this episode to help us consider what is possible in the area of racism and racial bias. Wilson-Cone is a pastor, scholar, chaplain trainer, and author. Her book Multicultural Diversity: Opening Our Hearts was released in 2019.   https://www.facebook.com/FirstAmericanBaptistChurch/   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.bates.edu/news/2017/10/26/kendi/ https://genius.com/Malcolm-x-chapter-19-1965-annotated

When Lin-Manuel Miranda said of his hit musical “This is a story about America then, told by America now” he could not have known how much that connects with the history of Anchorage. When Alaskans packed the Alaska Performing Arts Center to see Hamilton recently many did not know how that building represents the city's resistance to the diversity of America and Anchorage now.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Glavinic, T., 2014, ‘Remembering Elizabeth Peratrovich: Alaska's civil rights legacy', Alaska Commons, 17 February, 2014, viewed 30 January 2019, from http://www.alaskacommons.com/2014/02/17/remembering-elizabeth-peratrovich/ http://albertaschenckadams.com/ Schenck, A., 1944, ‘To whom it may concern', Nome Nugget, 3 March, 1944, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg21/id/2057/  For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska 2009 - DVD https://www.alaskahistory.org/anchorage-timeline/#:~:text=1983%2D1986%3A%20Project%2080s%2C,Center%20for%20the%20Performing%20Arts. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/15/us/anchorage-journal-center-for-performing-arts-is-off-to-a-sour-start.html https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC006 Hartman, I.C., Reamer, D., 2022. Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.  https://www.muni.org/departments/ocpd/planning/publications/anchorage%20economic%20indicators/03-2012indicators-anchorage%20demographics.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton/408019/ https://anchorageparkfoundation.org/completed-projects/mlk-memorial/?fbclid=IwAR39tLhxxuVaesdwcIEU3qgHZNFWS2_xWkPcknYXRWzwxywoqDPYd_VE1FI https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A1445094F387BC7E2%40NGPA-AKADN-17AA1DA7FB25A562%402451348-17AA0C3B2392BCF3%40102-17AA0C3B2392BCF3%40?search_terms=%22Martin%2BLuther%2BKing%2BJr%2BMemorial%22&text=%22Martin%20Luther%20King%20Jr%20Memorial%22%20&content_added=&date_from=1990&date_to=2000&pub%255B0%255D=1445094F387BC7E2&sort=old&page=1&pdate=1999-06-18 https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/martin-luther-king-avenue-opens-wednesday/2010/08/03/

Over the past three years we have explored the issues facing Anchorage, the places where things are, or are becoming, the way they are supposed to be for all people, and the hydra that is homelessness. In season 4 we will consider “What is possible?”   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/12/731660780/one-giant-leap-explores-the-herculean-effort-behind-the-1969-moon-landing https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/10/24/in-the-1950s-the-race-to-bring-television-to-alaska-was-marked-by-anticipation-suspense-and-mishaps/ https://www.rice.edu/jfk-speech#:~:text=%22We%20choose%20to%20go%20to,on%20the%20Moon%20before%201970 https://www.anchoragememories.com/anchorage-television-was-two-weeks-old.html https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-11-moon-landing#:~:text=As%20an%20estimated%20650%20million,and%20photographing%20the%20lunar%20surface https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2009/jul/02/apollo-moon-eagle-has-landed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armstrong_Small_Step.ogg

I recently flew to Seattle, on one of the routes Alaska Air flies known as a milk run. It was a long, slow, and interesting way to fly to Seattle. But the connection between Seattle and Alaska has always included long, slow, interesting journeys.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode:

On the third floor of the UAA/APU Library are boxes lining row after row of shelves filled with bits of Alaska's history. On this episode we visit the UAA/APU Consortium Library Archive with our host Becky Butler.   https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumLibraryArchives https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumLibrary @ ConsortiumLibrary   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-archive https://www.archives.gov/about/info/whats-an-archives.html#:~:text=An%20archives%20is%20a%20place,photographs%2C%20and%20other%20primary%20sources.

What likely springs to mind when one thinks of women's baseball is the 1992 movie, "A League of their Own," starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. Yet the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was neither the beginning nor the end of women's baseball. On this episode we'll explore women's baseball in the city of Anchorage.    #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGORpNnGAcE https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2014/04/28/this-week-in-universal-news-the-all-american-girl-baseball-league-1951/ http://www.historygrandrapids.org/audio/2449/grand-rapids-chicks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids_(baseball) https://www.aagpbl.org/seasons https://www.aagpbl.org/history/league-history http://www.coloradosilverbullets.org/ BULLETS GET SHOT AT BUCS - ALL-WOMEN'S TEAM TO VISIT ANCHORAGE, by Beath Bragg. Anchorage Daily News. May 30, 1997. Page C1  - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F794144C07D3493?search_terms=colorado%2Bsilver%2Bbullets&text=colorado%20silver%20bullets&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&sort=old&pdate=1997-05-30 SILVER BULLETS GROW WEARY OF THE LABELS, by Van Willaims. Anchorage Daily News. June 25, 1997. Page C1. https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F793F52759013D9?search_terms=colorado%2Bsilver%2Bbullets&text=colorado%20silver%20bullets&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&sort=old&pdate=1997-06-25 6,525 FANS WATCH BUCS SHUT OUT SILVER BULLETS, by Staff. Anchorage Daily News, June 26, 1997, page B3 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F793EB7B84602DF?search_terms=colorado%2Bsilver%2Bbullets&text=colorado%20silver%20bullets&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&sort=old&pdate=1997-06-26 http://anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs/our-mission-15/bucs-history-2 https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/325/rec/10 https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/131/rec/13 https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/353/rec/14 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=803978487963131&set=a.583088483385467 ANCHORAGE AND KINK OBSERVE THE NATAL DAY – by Staff, Cook Inlet Pioneer and Kink News, July 10, 1915 - https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2019271003/1915-07-10/ed-1/seq-6/

Back in February of 1921 Anchorage's first Police Chief was found in an alley with a gunshot wound after just 51 days on the job. For 100 years the death of Jack Sturgus remained a mystery. Have Dr. Laura Koenig and Rick Goodfellow solved this century-old cold-case? In this episode we find out. Dr. Laura Koenig: Artistic Director for the Anchorage Festival of Music; UAA Music History professor for 15 years; UAA adjunct instructor of flute; principle flute Anchorage Opera; Section Flute Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. Rick Goodfellow: founder of KLEF radio and owner of Ghost Tours of Anchorage Cook Inlet Historical Society Lecture: The Life and Once-Mysterious Death of Anchorage's First Police Chief – watch the replay here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/4592q90u/register https://www.ghosttoursofanchorage.com/   #anchoredcity https://anchoredcity.podbean.com https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/finally-solved-who-killed-the-first-anchorage-police-chief/article_d9cd57f2-7ae7-11eb-bdee-df0729f490b7.html https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/

Perhaps the most  prominent statue in downtown is the one of Captain Cook at Resolution Point. A lesser-known statue stands at the Ship Creek Boat Launch and depicts Grandma Olga. Join us on this episode for the story of these two statues.   #anchoredcity https://anchoredcity.podbean.com https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/arts/television/an-audience-finally-catches-up-to-the-amazing-race.html https://www.goldderby.com/feature/the-amazing-race-35-premiere-date-cast-everything-to-know-1205178638/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285335/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_12 “Ship Creek - The art installation took more than a decade to complete, tied in with big infrastructure projects in the area.” – by Devin Kelly – Anchorage Daily News – November 30, 2018 – Accessed: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/1708ADCFA4385E90?search_terms= Interpretive signs at the Grandma Olga statue.

When I travel to other cities I often play a little game. I ask, how does this city connect with Anchorage? So what is the connection between Montreal, Quebec and Anchorage, Alaska?   #anchoredcity https://anchoredcity.podbean.com https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.akbizmag.com/magazine/the-top-5-of-the-top-100-alaskas-largest-private-employers-put-people-first/ https://www.providence.org/about/our-heritage/alaska https://providenceintl.org/ https://providenceintl.org/en/search-requests/three-great-providence-women/blessed-emilie-gamelin/ https://providenceintl.org/en/search-requests/three-great-providence-women/blessed-emilie-gamelin/cause-for-the-canonization-of-emilie-tavernier-gamelin/ https://www.providence.org/about/providence-archives/history-online/history-of-mother-joseph-province https://www.providence.org/about/our-heritage/alaska https://www.providence.org/-/media/Project/PSJH/providence/socal/Files/about/providence-archives/pioneering-spiritweb.pdf?la=en&hash=8AD0C73D3FBA3D5A47D726B14CB0B449 https://providencearchives.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15352coll9/id/764/  Louis Armstrong And His Savoy Ballroom Five – St. James Infirmary – Dec. 12, 1928 – Okeh 8657 Vess L. Ossman – the Buffalo Rag – c. December 1905 – Columbis A218

BTS 18 – Winter Sports 5: From the Trailer Park to the World Cup w/ Naomi Kiekintveld We have all heard the stories of Anchorage kids who have grown up skiing in the city and ended up racing at the highest levels of the sport, but what about those that chose a different route – coaching? On this episode we are talking to Naomi Kiekintveld who took an unlikely route into skiing that led from a trailer park to the World Cup. https://www.facebook.com/naomi.kiekintveld @gnome.on.skis https://nationalnordicfoundation.org https://www.facebook.com/NationalNordicFoundation/ @gonnf https://www.womenskicoaches.org/ https://www.facebook.com/womenskicoaches @womenskicoaches https://apunordic.com/ https://www.facebook.com/APUNordicSkiTeam @ apunordicskicenter https://anchoragenordicski.com/ https://www.facebook.com/anchoragenordicski @anchoragenordicski http://usskiandsnowboard.org/teams/cross-country https://www.facebook.com/usskiandsnowboard @usskiteam   #anchoredcity https://anchoredcity.podbean.com https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/04/10/anchorage-hits-record-amount-of-snow-on-the-ground-for-this-time-of-year/ https://skimap.org/skiAreas/view/2932 https://crosscountryskihistory.us/events/world-cup/ Race Set Over World Cup Course – Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday March 2, 1983  - Page D2 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BECD64055E54DA@2445396-16BEA62E51D700FC@23-16BEA62E51D700FC@?search_terms Anchorage Cup X-C Ski – Anchorage Daily Times – Monday March 7, 1983  - Page D4 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BECD6F9058CE32@2445401-16BEA639E9109E6F@28-16BEA639E9109E6F@?search_terms World Cup Comes to Anchorage – Anchorage Daily Times – Sunday March 12, 1983  - Page E3 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BECD7BD4A62451@2445407-16BECC5739E9354D@40-16BECC5739E9354D@?search_terms Shovelers Needed For National Relays – Anchorage Daily News – Thursday March 17, 1983  - Page D1 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14E427D4B7ABB087@2445411-14E41E2C9E6B8E46@45-14E41E2C9E6B8E46@?search_terms Koch Regains Lead in World Cup Race – Anchorage Daily News – Sunday March 20, 1983  - Page D1 & D4 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14E427D8E8208C26@2445414-14E41FB16CFB3EE2@28-14E41FB16CFB3EE2@?search_terms Finn Wins, Improves Cup Standing – Anchorage Daily News – Monday March 21, 1983  - Page C1 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14E427DA3822C005@2445415-14E4211C4E59A2A1@25-14E4211C4E59A2A1@?search_terms https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/10/21/9-alaskan-or-alaska-affiliated-cross-country-skiers-named-2022-24-us-national-team/ https://nationalnordicfoundation.org/inaugural-trail-to-gold-fellows-selected-for-upcoming-world-cup-season/?fbclid=IwAR1Q3i4xID_m7SoPn5Ge9BNFCXZwrue8YVHv027fnsI9gMhQpzVRvZMmVK8

BTS 17 – Winter Sports 4: The History of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage w/ Alice Tower Knapp  In a recent review of the book “On Track! The Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage” Chris Bieri wrote in the Anchorage Daily News: “There aren't many people better positioned to tell the story of the growth and expansion of cross-country skiing in Anchorage than Alice Tower Knapp.” On this episode we are talking to Alice Tower Knapp about the history of Nordic skiing in Anchorage. https://anchoragenordicski.com/ https://www.facebook.com/anchoragenordicski @anchoragenordicski #anchoredcity   Info. on the Cook Inlet Historical Society lecture: ON TRACK! THE NORDIC SKIING ASSOCIATION OF ANCHORAGE: 1964-2023 https://www.cookinlethistoricalsociety.org/lecture-series/on-track-the-nordic-skiing-association-of-anchorage-1964-2023     Resources Used to Make This Episode: Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday, February 16, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F8874A80489888@2421276-16F718BC3867DAF7@7-16F718BC3867DAF7@?search_terms   Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Saturday, February 24, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F887502E90959E@2421284-16F885AC5CA09A57@7-16F885AC5CA09A57@?search_terms   Daily Doings Around Town - Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday, February 27, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88751390AFBAD@2421287-16F885BBDC42877C@7-16F885BBDC42877C@?search_terms   Five-mile ski race to be pulled of Sunday  - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday, March 2, 1917 – page 8 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88753B272212C@2421290-16F885CD25A449EB@3-16F885CD25A449EB@?search_terms   John Aho wins the Ten-Mile Skii Race - Anchorage Daily Times – Monday, March 5, 1917 – page 5 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88754CE9990B6@2421293-16F718BF73271018@4-16F718BF73271018@?search_terms   Aho Wins In The Skii Race - Anchorage Daily Times – Monday, March 12, 1917 – page 2 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88BBC2F32F0BB@2421300-16F718A2436EAF52@1-16F718A2436EAF52@?search_terms   http://www.alsap.org/History/photos.htm   https://www.adn.com/arts/books/2023/03/29/the-development-of-nordic-skiing-in-anchorage-is-documented-in-new-book-on-track/

Is there a better way to follow up an episode about curling in Anchorage than a conversation with the city's most famous curler? We don't think so. On this episode we talk to 2 time Olympian and 3-time national champion curler Jessica Schultz.   #anchoredcity   https://www.curlak.com https://www.facebook.com/curlAK @curlalaska @rockthis1life   Info. on Culture Shift – March 1 https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-march

Ever wondered about the sport of curling - you know, the sport that throws rocks at houses and includes brooms and a fair bit of shouting? Our second episode on Winter Sports dials in on the experience of curling at the Anchorage Curling Club in Government Hill! #anchoredcity https://anchoragecurling.com/ https://www.facebook.com/anchoragecurlingclub @anchorage_curling_club   Info. on Culture Shift – March 1 https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-march   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Sputnik Over City Tomorrow – Wednesday February 12, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News – Page 1   Sputnik Soars Over City – Thursday February 13, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News – Page 1   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_crisis   Curling Bonspiel Attracts More Fans Every Afternoon – Friday February 21, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News – Page 9   Dog Sled Racing, Curling, Bowling, Basketball, Ice Hockey Draw Competition – Thursday February 13, 1958 – Anchorage Daily News   Photo caption: Finishing Touches On Curling Rink – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday February 11, 1958 – Page 5 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE96608A818C4@2436246-16EB95B2F0CA8037@4-16EB95B2F0CA8037@?search_terms   Photo caption: Curlers Practice / Curlers Arrive For Rendezvous Tourney -– Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday February 19, 1958 – Page 15 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE969BA88176B@2436254-16EB95BC8BEB7C5B@14-16EB95BC8BEB7C5B@?search_terms   Women's Section – Anchorage Daily Times – February 21, 1958 – page 4 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE96A80814399@2436256-16EB95BE4388B8F2@3-16EB95BE4388B8F2@?search_terms   Curling Bonspiel Attracts More Fans Every After Noon – Anchorage Daily News - February 21, 1958 – Page 9   https://curlfairbanks.org/clubs/fair-banks-curling/pages/club_information_club_history   https://www.alaska.org/detail/fairbanks-curling-club   Curlers Meet Moved Inside By Weather – Anchorage Daily News – Saturday February 22, 1958 – Page 13.   https://anchoragecurling.com/index.php/our-club/club-history   Photo Caption: Bonspiel Winners – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday March 4, 1958 – Page 6 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED3370AEACC520%402436267-16EC94836B8652C3%405-16EC94836B8652C3%40?search_terms=Curling&text=Curling&content_added=&date_from=1958&date_to=1958&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1958-03-04   Curling Rink Project Gets Board Approval – Anchorage Daily Times – Monday September 25, 1961 – Page 9 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED5810236E6470@2437568-16ED53A9A5B6CD46@8-16ED53A9A5B6CD46@?search_terms   Photo Caption: City Curlers Have New Ice – Anchorage Daily Times - March 9, 1962 – Page 6 - https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED1C6F0419109C@2437733-16EC959AB7AEDFCB@5-16EC959AB7AEDFCB@?search_terms   https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.173484919397477&type=3   Arno, Rea, 2008. Anchorage Place Names: The Who and Why of Street, Parks, and Places. Todd Communications. p.37.

The Westchester Lagoon area has been the home for winter sports since before the Lagoon even existed. Near Westchester Lagoon, just up the hill to the south was a hot spot for sports and social life in Anchorage during the years following World War II. Winter sports – both competitive and social - bring people together in the dark cold winter months to help pass the time, keep folks active and fit when our internal clocks are telling them to sit, and to build community. This is the first of an occasional series we are starting on winter sports. Keep your eyes open for new episodes in the coming weeks and years as we explore Anchorage's winter sports.   Resources Used to Make This Episode: How a vanishing Anchorage lake illustrates the local landscape changes of the last century  - by David Reamer - Anchorage Daily News – November 6, 2022 - https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2022/11/06/how-a-vanishing-anchorage-lake-illustrates-the-local-landscape-changes-of-the-last-century/   Photo Caption: Beware – Ice Still Thin – Anchorage Daily Times - Wednesday October 24, 1973 – Page 14: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BD192FA7AB6FBA@2441980-16BCDB66284C48D6@12-16BCDB66284C48D6@?search_terms   Skating Rinks Now Open – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday November 16, 1973 – Page 25: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BD1EF204399346@2442003-16BD1B524CB5F1D3@24-16BD1B524CB5F1D3@?search_terms   Advertisement – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday July 28, 1950 – Page 6: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4829F1C50B01@2433491-16ECDC9F5E711330@5-16ECDC9F5E711330@?search_terms   Golf Course Opens Sunday – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday July 28, 1950 – Page 3: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4829F1C50B01@2433491-16ED439DF73A5D7C@2-16ED439DF73A5D7C@?search_terms   Golf Course to Open Here Soon – Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday July 26, 1950 – Page 1: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4826CD0442FB@2433489-16ED439092BF670C@0-16ED439092BF670C@?search_terms   Cpl. Dowling Medalist in Golf Tourney -– Anchorage Daily Times – Friday September 8, 1950 – Page 5: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED4833F96A282C@2433494-16ECDC9F64D949EB@1-16ECDC9F64D949EB@?search_terms   TEE Talk - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday July 31, 1950 – Page 2:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED43F1C04CDCBE@2433533-16ED40F600C06098@4-16ED40F600C06098@?search_terms   Dog Racing, Rides, Skating Scheduled At Forest Park - Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday December 24, 1952 – Page 6: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED50FFB4605D02@2434371-16ECDCCD09A83F90@7-16ECDCCD09A83F90@?search_terms   http://www.alsap.org/ForestPark/ForestPark.htm   Photo Caption - Learning to Ski at Golf Course  - Anchorage Daily Times  - Wednesday 8, 1961 – Page 14: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED1BEA1EDBE769@2437612-16EC9593DAE64FBB@13-16EC9593DAE64FBB@?search_terms   http://www.alsap.org/RomigHill/RomigHill.htm   Nordic Ski Club Being Organized – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday January 14, 1964 – Page 7:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED8805DD9D4C6F@2438409-16ED4C0E21FF3748@6-16ED4C0E21FF3748@?search_terms   Nordic Ski Club To Meet Tonight – Anchorage Daily Times – Wednesday January 22, 1964 – Page 15:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED880AE4B47347%402438417-16ED4D6126D08823%4013-16ED4D6126D08823%40?search_terms=%22NOrdic%2BSki%22&text=%22NOrdic%20Ski%22%20&date_from=1915&date_to=1964&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=1&pdate=1964-01-22   Variety Of Sports Events Scheduled Here On Weekend – Anchorage Daily Times – Thursday January 23, 1964 – Page 13:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED880B80997CCB@2438418-16ED4D73F5F50C2B@12-16ED4D73F5F50C2B@?search_terms   City, School Leaders Promote Ski Sport - Anchorage Daily Times – Saturday January 11, 1964 – Page 14:   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED88048742C874@2438406-16ECDFE5A00FD46A@12-16ECDFE5A00FD46A@?search_terms   Bootlegger' Social Put Skier On Right Track - Anchorage Daily Times – Friday January 17, 1964 – Page 10:  https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED8807E6B1E8A6@2438412-16ECDFE90C3E5367@9-16ECDFE90C3E5367@?search_terms   Tower Knapp, Alice, 2022. "On Track!: The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage." Independently published.   Curling Club May Be Formed – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday May 22, 1953 – Page 7: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE0F738861C5A@2434520-16ECDE4947F14B93@6-16ECDE4947F14B93@?search_terms   Local Group Will Try To Form Curling Club – Anchorage Daily Times – Tuesday January 12, 1954 – Page 5: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECE3096D5F4B5A@2434755-16ECDF1AA7927283@4-16ECDF1AA7927283@?search_terms   Curling Club Formed Here – Anchorage Daily Times – Friday April 23, 1954 – Page 1: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ECE295424400B3%402434856-16EB91F5F94AC22D%400-16EB91F5F94AC22D%40?search_terms=curling&date_from=1950&date_to=1964&text=curling&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=3&pdate=1954-04-23     Acquire Land For Curling Rink Near Golf Club – Anchorage Daily Times - Saturday October 27, 1956 – Page 11: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F88564270BA71F@2435774-16F6DE4F09AD64FB@11-16F6DE4F09AD64FB@?search_terms   Curling Club Now Ready For Action – Anchorage Daily Times - Thursday November 29, 1956 – Page 6: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F87CF19043BE93@2435807-16F6DDFC89F85D73@5-16F6DDFC89F85D73@?search_terms   Curling Enthusiasts Bring Scottish Sport to Anchorage - Anchorage Daily Times - Thursday January 8, 1957 – Page 5: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F76DED9581B1D3@2435847-16F6716422B0C266@4-16F6716422B0C266@?search_terms   1957 Fur Rendezvous Event Begin Tomorrow - Anchorage Daily Times - Monday February 18, 1957 – Page 1: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F771FBD4E08F5B@2435888-16F67166F6491125@0-16F67166F6491125@?search_terms

On this between the seasons episode we are celebrating Black History Month by talking with Ian Hartman and David Reamer who authored the book “Black Lives In Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest.” Ian C. Hartman is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alaska Anchorage.  David Reamer is a public historian and journalist who writes for the Anchorage Daily News. Book: "Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest" – website: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295750934/black-lives-in-alaska/#:~:text=Black%20Lives%20in%20Alaska%20is,African%20American%20expectations%20of%20equality   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Jones, P., 2010, “City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941”, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks. p. 91. Hartman, I.C. and Reamer, D., 2022. “Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest”. University of Washington Press.

On this special between the seasons episode we look at Anchorage's Christmas' past, present and future. #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.adn.com/opinions/2021/12/23/in-times-old-and-new-christmas-reminds-us-were-here-in-alaska-together/# https://clarkyerrington.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/empress-theater-1916-2013/ http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6814 https://www.adn.com/arts/music/2021/04/08/anchorages-first-classical-music-concert-was-a-century-ago-watch-a-reenactment-sunday/ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/49th+State+Brewing+Company%3A+renovating+and+revitalizing+an+Anchorage...-a0459889286 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED16809A4A2204%402426698-16EC93389FD91EC7%403-16EC93389FD91EC7%40?search_terms=empress%2Bchristmas&text=empress%20christmas&date_from=1915&date_to=1942&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&page=4&pdate=1931-12-22 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ED034A20612DFE@2421937-16EB5128564417FB@5-16EB5128564417FB@?search_terms https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECF3104A13C01F@2432175-16ECF21270AF40D6@0-16ECF21270AF40D6@?search_terms https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16ECF3104A13C01F@2432175-16EB96824E51BD28@5-16EB96824E51BD28@?search_terms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life https://www.britannica.com/topic/Its-a-Wonderful-Life

In our last episode of season 3 we consider the beautiful question “So What?” in an effort to respond to the Hydra that is Homelessness.   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Nicholas Wolterstorff: On the Moral Significance of Poverty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Ph-9oyoBI Cummings, E.E., 1968, Poems, 1923-1954, Harcourt, New York, pp. 332. https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2016/09/23/brother-francis-shelter-marking-35-years-of-caring-pauses-to-remember-its-beginnings/ https://www.adn.com/opinions/2021/02/26/remembering-alaskas-visit-from-the-pope-40-years-later/ Rocke, K. & Van Dyke, J., 2012, Geography of grace: Doing theology from below, Street Psalms Press, Tacoma. P. 77.  

On this episode we talk with three experts from outside Anchorage about the hydra of homelessness. We consider creative responses, philosophy, social artistry, compassion, relationship, and the self-care practice of drag. Joining us are:   Sparrow Etter-Carlson (Seattle, WA): Subregional Specialist, King County Regional Homelessness Authority Founder, Aurora Commons – Founder S.H.E. Clinic – Founder, Sacred Streets   DJ Vincent (Salem, OR): Deputy Director / South Salem Lightning Rod, Salem Leadership Foundation   Dr. Ron Ruthruff (Seattle, WA): Associate Professor of Theology and Culture, The Seattle School of Theology &  Psychology Author: The Least of These: Lessons Learned from Kids on the Street & Closer to the Edge: Walking With Jesus for the World's Sake   https://kcrha.org https://www.facebook.com/KingCoRHA   https://www.auroracommons.org/ https://www.facebook.com/auroracommons  @auroracommons   https://www.oursacredstreets.com/ @ sacred.streets   www.salemlf.org https://www.facebook.com/SalemLeadership @ salemleadershipfoundation   https://theseattleschool.edu/ https://www.facebook.com/theseattleschool @ theseattleschool   https://www.facebook.com/StreetPsalmsOrg https://www.facebook.com/StreetPsalmsOrg @ street_psalms   https://nhmin.org/ https://www.facebook.com/NewhorizonsSEA @newhorizonssea   #anchoredcity 

People facing homelessness are in a vulnerable situation that makes them susceptible to human trafficking. On this episode we are talking to FBI Victim Specialist, Erin Terry about human trafficking in Anchorage and Alaska.   @FBIAnchorage   #anchoredcity   Where can a victim of human trafficking go for help?  People who are or believe they may be victims of human trafficking may call or text the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 888-373-7888. This hotline helps connect callers to anti-trafficking services in the area. The hotline is not a government entity or law enforcement or immigration authority. Those who wish to report incidents of human trafficking or suspected human trafficking may also call their local FBI office, local police department, or 9-1-1 if it is an emergency.       Information about Culture Shift – Dec. 7, 2022: https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-2-2     Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://covenanthouseak.org/we-must-end-sex-trafficking-of-our-alaska-youth/    https://www.covenanthouse.org/sites/default/files/inline-files/Loyola%20Multi-City%20Executive%20Summary%20FINAL.pdf    https://covenanthouseak.org/sex-traffickers-target-homeless-youth-its-time-to-end-this-horrible-epidemic/

On this episode we talk with Jasmine Boyle (Chief Operating Officer, RurAL Cap, Inc.) and Brian Wilson (Executive Director, The Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness) about the rural / urban divide in Alaska. We talk about how those experiencing homelessness in the largest city in the state are not Anchorage's homeless population, but Alaska's, the need for housing of all types statewide, and doing the right thing. https://www.alaskahousing-homeless.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AKCH2.Alaska/   https://ruralcap.org/ https://www.facebook.com/RurALCAP https://www.instagram.com/rural_alaska_cap/   #anchoredcity   Information about Culture Shift – Dec. 7, 2022: https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-2-2   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Smith, D.W., 2011, Seeking a city with foundations: Theology for an urban world, InterVarsity Press, Nottingham.   Jefferson, M., [1939] 1989, ‘Why geography? The law of the primate city', Geographical Review 79(2), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.2307/215528   Isserman, A. M. (1996). “It's Obvious, It's Wrong, and Anyway They Said It Years Ago”? Paul Krugman on Large Cities. International Regional Science Review, 19(1–2), 37–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/016001769601900204

Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and listen in to our conversation with Samuel Johns. On this episode we are thinking about racism and the legacy of colonialism as one of the heads of the hydra that is homelessness.   https://www.facebook.com/AKREBELUTION https://www.facebook.com/groups/forgetmenotak   Music Video: AK Rebel (Samuel Johns) - Rise feat. Junya, Ayyu, Byron Nicholai: https://youtu.be/0a1nsArWQYQ   #anchoredcity   Information about Culture Shift – Dec. 7, 2022: https://www.akhf.org/events/culture-shift-2-2   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/10/18/mans-racist-testimony-to-anchorage-assembly-sparks-calls-for-changes-at-meetings/   https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/10/21/many-faces-anchorages-homeless-population/ Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2002, Racism's frontier: The untold story of discrimination and division in Alaska, viewed 3 October 2015, from http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/ak0402/main.htm.   Porco, Peter, ‘3 Teen Hunted Natives With Paintball Guns, Police say.' Anchorage Daily News, A1 & A10, February 24, 2001, Accessed November 11, 2022: https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A1445094F387BC7E2%40NGPA-AKADN-17B0A2659123F36D%402451965-17AD624792E02722%400-17AD624792E02722%40?search_terms=paintball%2Battack&text=paintball%20attack&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=1445094F387BC7E2&pdate=2001-02-24

We are taking a break from Season 3 – The Hydra of Homelessness – to celebrate our 50th Episode. We've covered a lot of ground over the past couple years. In this episode we are considering the threads that run through it all and the question we ask most often.   #anchoredcity   Link to the 700+ Responses from the IMAGINE Project https://www.anchorageutc.org/imagineexhibit   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://mainlinetoday.com/life-style/when-god-and-money-intersect/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust#Initial_adoption https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-history-of-in-god-we-trust-on-currency.html#:~:text=President%20Dwight%20Eisenhower%20signed%20into,included%20on%20all%20U.S.%20currency https://nealschaffer.com/podcast-statistics/ https://chartable.com/blog/2020-year-in-review https://slamagency.com/why-podcasts-fail/ https://www.amplifimedia.com/blogstein/2018/8/22/how-many-of-the-550000-podcasts-are-actually-active https://www.jstor.org/stable/43585592#metadata_info_tab_contents 

S3:E8 - The Hydra of Homelessness: Foster Care w/ Kim Guay & Naomi Davidson A story about homelessness that is often told is that young adults exiting the Foster Care system make up a large amount of the homeless population. On this episode we are talking to Kim Guay (Director) & Naomi Davidson (Independent Living Program Coordinator) from the Alaska Office Of Children's Services about that narrative and all the ways youth in the foster care system are being supported as they transition into adulthood.   Facing Foster Care in Alaska http://www.ffcalaska.org/ facebook.com/FacingFosterCareinAK @FacingFosterCareAK   Big Brothers Big Sisters – mentorship program https://www.bbbsak.org/ facebook.com/BBBSAK @BBBSAK   Alaska Department of Family and Community Services - https://dfcs.alaska.gov/ facebook.com/Alaska-Department-of-Family-and-Community-Services-105160088894844   Office of Children's Services Foster Care Information Page https://dfcs.alaska.gov/ocs/Pages/fostercare/default.aspx   Foster Care Application https://dfcs.alaska.gov/ocs/Documents/FosterCare/FosterCareApplication.pdf   #anchoredcity   ANCHORAGE PRESS PICKS VOTING: Vote for The AnchorED City for Best Podcast (in Entertainment) Vote Now! VOTE Daily! (through Nov. 10) http://anchoragepress.secondstreetapp.com/Press-Picks-2022/   Mitzvah Mall Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/807138267263379/?ref=newsfeed   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://nfyi.org/issues/homelessness/

S3:E7 - The Hydra of Homelessness: Mental Health w/ Faith J Myers Mental Health and homelessness are closely intertwined. On this episode we hear from Faith J. Myers a mental health and psychiatric patient rights activist who draws on her personal experience to seek better care for Alaskans. Myers is the author of the book “Going Crazy in Alaska: A History of Alaska's Treatment of Psychiatric Patients” and the eBook “Mental Health Care in Alaska 2022: A Report Card by a Former Psychiatric Patient.”   A commentary connected to this episode can be found at: https://www.juneauempire.com/opinion/opinion-failure-of-alaskas-mental-health-care-system-contributes-to-homelessness/   #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/never-ending-loop-homelessness-psychiatric-disorder-and-mortality   Myers, F. J. (2020). Going Crazy in Alaska: A History of Alaska's Treatment of Psychiatric Patients. United States: BookBaby. p. 61ff.   https://www.adn.com/opinions/2021/03/22/doctors-at-api-were-right-50-years-ago/   https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2016/09/23/brother-francis-shelter-marking-35-years-of-caring-pauses-to-remember-its-beginnings/

S3:E6 - The Hydra of Homelessness: LGBTQ+ and Homelessness w/ Laura Reijns LGBTQ+ youth risk homelessness at a rate that is 120% higher than other youth. Join us as we talk to Laura Reijns, the Co-Director of Operations for Choosing Our Roots, about LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness in Anchorage.   facebook.com/choosingourroots @choosingourroots www.choosingourroots.org   #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://slace.syr.edu/homeless-gay-ignored-the-need-for-federal-aid-to-combat-the-epidemic-of-lgbtq-youth-homelessness-in-america/ & https://slace.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/The-Need-For-Federal-Aid-to-Combat-the-Epidemic-of-LGBTQ-Youth-Homelessness-in-America-by-Joseph-J.-Railey.pdf   https://nn4youth.org/lgbtq-homeless-youth

On this episode we look at a head of the Homelessness Hydra that might not be the first thing one might think of: public health. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Emily Mosites, Senior Advisor on Special Populations at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   facebook.com/cdc @cdcgov www.cdc.gov #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Emily Mosites, Emily Eisenberg Lobelo, Laura Hughes, Jay C Butler, Public Health and Homelessness: A Framework, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 226, Issue Supplement_3, 15 October 2022, Pages S372–S374, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac353  

The stereotype that is often voiced about those experiencing homelessness is that they are substance abusers, but it's not that simple according to our guests Jen O'Neal (Clinical Supervisor for Supportive Housing) and Catherine Smith (Peer Support Specialist for Supportive Housing) at Volunteers of America. Join us in learning more about how substance use and abuse interacts with homelessness and why relationship is therapeutic.   https://voaak.org https://www.facebook.com/VOAAlaska @VOAAlaska   #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Rocke, K. & Van Dyke, J., 2017, Incarnational training framework: A training guide for developing leaders engaged in city transformation, 2nd edn., Street Psalms Press, Tacoma. P. 49.

My co-worker's daughter asked her recently, “Why don't homeless people who get money save it for housing?" Our guest on this episode, Meg Zaletel has the answer. Zaletel is the Executive Director of The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness and represents Midtown (District 4) on the Anchorage Assembly. We are talking about affordable housing with her on this episode.   aceh.org facebook.com/AnchorageHomeless @anchoragehomeless   https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/default.aspx

S3:E2 - The Hydra of Homelessness: Anchorage's Homeless History w/ Nancy Burke Anchorage has been dealing with complex social issues like homelessness for a long time. In this episode we learn more about how the city has responded to homelessness over the years from my guest Nancy Burke. Burke has been involved in responding to homelessness for many years and is currently the Special Assistant for Housing and COVID-19 response at the United Way of Anchorage. www.facebook.com/liveunitedanc @liveunitedanc www.liveunitedanc.org #anchoredcity