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We're stepping into the time machine and going back 100 years to Nome Alaska. Clara and Emily discuss the serum run for life, sled dogs, and who really deserves some more recognition. Stay tuned for Right Whale Watch, and a brand new bit... dirty birds. Moon, Katherine L., et al. " Comparative genomics of Balto, a famous historic dog, captures lost diversity of 1920s sled dogs." Science 380.6643 (2023): eabn5887.Williams N. Canada apologizes to inuit communities for mass killing of sled sogs decades ago. Reuters. (2024). Aboul-Enein, et al. 2019. The 1925 Diphtheria Antitoxin Run to Nome - Alaska: A Public Health Illustration of Human-Animal Collaboration. J Med Humanit 40: 287–296 E. D. Stokes. 1996. “The Race for Life.” Public Health Reports (1974-), vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 272–75. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4598014. Sharma, N. C., et al. 2019. Diphtheria (primer). Nature Reviews: Disease Primers, 5: 1 //doi.org/10.1038/s41572-019-0131-yIssaac. D. Rawlings, 1925. Advice and information for parents and others regarding diphtheria prevention. State Dept. of Public Health.Preston Jones, 2007. Empire's Edge: American Society in Nome, Alaska, 1898-1934. University of Alaska Press.Annick Opinel, et al. 2013. Commentary: The evolution of methods to assess the effects of treatments, illustrated by the development of treatments for diphtheria, 1825–1918, International Journal of Epidemiology, 42(3): 662–676, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyr162Welch, Curtis. 1925. "The diphtheria epidemic at Nome." Journal of the American Medical Association 84.17: 1290-1291.Salisbury Gay, Laney Salisbury. 2003. "The thin white line: in 1925 a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through icebound Nome, Alaska. The only hope for survival--antitoxin—sat 674 frozen miles away. And there was only one way to get it to Nome in time: by dogsled." National Geographic Adventure 5.6: 78-88.Houdek, Jennifer. 2010. "The serum run of 1925". LitSite Alaska. University of Alaska Anchorage. Coppock, M. 2006. THE RACE TO SAVE NOME. American History, 41, 56-63,8. Jolley D, Douglas KM, 2014. The Effects of Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Vaccination Intentions. PLoS ONE 9(2): e89177. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089177Ross W. Jamieson. 2017. Local heroes: notes on the highway statues of Colta, Ecuador. International Journal of Heritage Studies 23:9, pages 800-815.Anderson, Rebecca J. 2014. "The Great Dogsled Relay." Pharmacologist: 30. Singleton, R., Holve, S., Groom, A., McMahon, B. J., Santosham, M., Brenneman, G., & O'Brien, K. L. 2009. Impact of immunizations on the disease burden of American Indian and Alaska native children. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 163(5), 446-453.

A reading of the Life of Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Antioch (February 12) from the Great Collection Collection of the Lives of Saints by St. Dimitri of Rostov The life of St. Meletius of Antioch is instructive regarding many things, including those of our times who have separated themselves from unity with the rest of the Orthodox Church in their zeal, too often “not according to knowledge.” Long after the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea and the condemnation of Arianism, St. Meletius was elected bishop by a council primarily of Arians. His consecration occurred in 357, thirty-two years after the Ecumenical Council in Nicea. St. Meletius was still in communion with Arians, and participated in a council with Arians, decades after their conciliar condemnation. Undoubtedly, that communion existed between Arians and Orthodox after the first Ecumenical Council is rather surprising to many of us Though the Arians thought St. Meletius agreed with their confession of faith, he proved after his consecration to be completely Orthodox, confessing the Divinity of the three Persons of the Holy Trinity. However, the followers of St. Efstathios, the bishop of Antioch before him who defended the Faith against the Arians at the First Ecumenical Council, refused to recognize St. Meletius as bishop of Antioch because he had been elected mostly by Arians. St. Meletius and the other Orthodox with him did not completely separate from the Arians until after St. Meletius boldly confessed the Faith and the Arians responded by persecuting St. Meletius and driving him out of Antioch. The Efstathians were then led by Paulinus the presbyter, and his followers became known as the Paulianists. While initially wanting to resolve the schism between the two Orthodox factions, the Paulianists and Meletians, Bp. Lucifer of Cagliari saw that the Paulianists were opposed to reconciling and so consecrated Paulinus to the episcopacy. This intervention by Bp. Lucifer did not heal the schism but actually made matters much worse, and the schism persisted for 85 years. St. Meletius recognized Bp. Paulinus as a bishop and sought in humility to reconcile with him, but the latter in his commitment to being “correct” regarding St. Meletius' election to the episcopacy refused to be reconciled. When the Second Ecumenical Council was eventually called to put an end to the heresies that had developed since the First Ecumenical Council, St. Meletius was called upon to preside over the council which included such great saints as St. Gregory of Nyssa who described him as “that bright sail which was ever filled by the Holy Spirit”, St. Gregory the Theologian who called him “a saintly man… a true product of the Holy Spirit”, and St. Timothy of Alexandria. Neither the Paulinists nor the Pope of Rome recognized St. Meletius and neither participated in the council (though Rome accepted the council afterwards). Despite being rejected by the Paulinists for having been elected by Arians, St. Meletius was honored as a saint, filled with the Holy Spirit, by St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Gregory the Theologian who knew him on earth, and he was afterwards glorified by the entire Church. St. Meletius had baptized St. John Chrysostom and ordained him to the diaconate and had also ordained St. Basil the Great to the diaconate. The greatest saints of this time supported and lauded this holy hierarch whom the zealots of the time broke communion with for having remained in communion with, and been elected by, Arians who had been condemned as heretics by the First Ecumenical Council. Through the prayers of St. Meletius may we be preserved from both heresy and false zealotry. _______

Homer-based author Tom Kizzia is most well-known for his best-selling 2013 book Pilgrim's Wilderness, which was chosen by the New York Times as the best true crime book set in Alaska. Kizzia moved to Homer in the mid-70s where he took over the Homer News. In the early 80s, he was hired by the Anchorage Daily News and while working for that paper he wrote a series of stories under the title, "North Country Journal.” That project required Kizzia to travel to small Alaskan villages off the road system and report back. In 1991 he expanded some of those stories into his first book, The Wake of the Unseen Object: Travels through Alaska's Native Landscapes.  In 2021 the book celebrated its 30th anniversary and was reprinted by the University of Alaska Press. We are discussing that book today. Tom will be back later this year to discuss Pilgrim's Wilderness and his most recent book Cold Mountain Path, for which he was named 2022 Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society. This interview was recorded via Zoom.

A very important prophecy, focused more on the signs of the apostasy than specific people and places, from a Russian New Martyr, St. Anatole the Younger of Optina (+1922). This prophecy was given shortly after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. St. Anatole was a clairvoyant, God-bearing elder and one of the great cloud of elders from the monastery of Optina. -READ the prophecy here: https://www.orthodox.net/articles/anatoly-letter.html -BUY the book giving the full account of his life and teachings from St. Herman of Alaska Press, "Elder Anatole the Younger of Optina": https://www.sainthermanmonastery.com/Elder-Anatole-the-Younger-of-Optina-p/ana.htm -READ a shorter version of his life in The Orthodox Word, Issue 39, Jul-Aug 1971. Read here: https://archive.org/details/100101V17N05061981SepOctNovDec -READ "Russia's Catacomb Saints": https://russiascatacombsaints.blogspot.com/ -FIND an Orthodox parish and monastery near you: https://orthodoxyinamerica.org/ _______ [Satan] will not begin by crudely rejecting the dogmas of the Holy Trinity, the divinity of Jesus Christ and the virtue of the Theotokos, but he will begin imperceptibly to distort the teachings and statutes of the Church and their very spirit, handed down to us by the Holy Fathers through the Holy Spirit. Few will notice these wiles of the enemy, only those more experienced in the spiritual life. Heretics will seize power over the Church and will place their servants everywhere; the pious will be regarded with contempt. He (the Lord) said, by their fruits ye shall know them, and so, by their fruits, as well as by the actions of the heretics, strive to distinguish them from the true pastors. ...they will distort the Divine Faith imperceptibly, in order to succeed better in seducing and enticing the inexperienced into the net. ...all those ruled by heresy will not endure piety. Monastics will be greatly oppressed by the heretics and monastic life will be scorned. These threats will cause great despair among the fainthearted, but you, my son rejoice that you have lived until that time, for then the faithful who have not shown any other virtues, will receive crowns merely for standing firm in the faith, according to the word of the Lord. ...the holy martyrs and confessors, they will look upon you and your struggle with joy. But woe to the monks in those days who will be bound with possessions and riches, who because of love of peace will be ready to submit to the heretics. They will lull to sleep their conscience, saying, “We are preserving and saving the monastery and the Lord will forgive us.” The unfortunate and blind ones do not at all consider that through heresy the demons will enter the monastery and then it will no longer be a holy monastery, but merely walls from which grace will depart. Do not fear sorrows, rather fear pernicious heresy, for it strips us of grace and separates us from Christ. And so my son strengthen yourself in the grace of Jesus Christ. Hasten to confess the faith, to endure suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, Who has said, Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. _______ Orthodox Wisdom is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/orthodox-wisdom/message

This episode brings together episodes 53 to 55 as the unexpected finale of a ‘secret miniseries' on how zooarchaeology can be used to reconstruct palaeoenvironments in conjunction with other archaeological subdisciplines. But how can the presence or absence of a given toad species infer on past environments? Tune in to find out! Case studies feature the humble European pond turtle/terrapin/tortoise and the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of an Upper Pleistocene hyena den in Bois Roche, France.TranscriptsFor rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/56Links and Sources Betts, M. W., Maschner, H. D., Clark, D. S., Moss, M. L., & Cannon, A. (2011). Zooarchaeology of the “Fish That stops”. Moss, ML and Cannon, A., The Archaeology of North Pacific Fisheries, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, 171-195. Foden, W. B. et al. (2009). Species susceptibility to climate change impacts. Wildlife in a changing world–an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of threatened species, 77. Muniz, F. P., Bissaro-Júnior, M. C., Guilherme, E., Souza-Filho, J. P. D., Negri, F. R., & Hsiou, A. S. (2021). Fossil frogs from the upper Miocene of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia (Solimões Formation, Acre Basin). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), e2089853. Sommerseth, I. (2011). Archaeology and the debate on the transition from reindeer hunting to pastoralism. Rangifer, 31(1), 111-127. Sommer, R. S., Persson, A., Wieseke, N., & Fritz, U. (2007). Holocene recolonization and extinction of the pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (L., 1758), in Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(25-28), 3099-3107. Sommer, R. S. et al. (2009). Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range. Molecular Ecology, 18(6), 1252-1262. Waters, J. M., Fraser, C. I., Maxwell, J. J., & Rawlence, N. J. (2017). Did interaction between human pressure and Little Ice Age drive biological turnover in New Zealand?. Journal of Biogeography, 44(7), 1481-1490. Villa, P., Goni, M. F. S., Bescos, G. C., Grün, R., Ajas, A., Pimienta, J. C. G., & Lees, W. (2010). The archaeology and paleoenvironment of an Upper Pleistocene hyena den: an integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(5), 919-935. Yeomans, L. (2018). Influence of Global and Local Environmental Change on Migratory Birds: Evidence for Variable Wetland Habitats in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Southern Levant. Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 18(1), 20-34. Zuffi, M. A. L.; Celani, A.; Foschi, E.; Tripepi, S. (2007). "Reproductive strategies and body shape in the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) from contrasting habitats in Italy". Italian Journal of Zoology. 271 (2): 218–224.Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex's Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaYAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

This episode brings together episodes 53 to 55 as the unexpected finale of a ‘secret miniseries' on how zooarchaeology can be used to reconstruct palaeoenvironments in conjunction with other archaeological subdisciplines. But how can the presence or absence of a given toad species infer on past environments? Tune in to find out! Case studies feature the humble European pond turtle/terrapin/tortoise and the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of an Upper Pleistocene hyena den in Bois Roche, France.TranscriptsFor rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/animals/56Links and Sources Betts, M. W., Maschner, H. D., Clark, D. S., Moss, M. L., & Cannon, A. (2011). Zooarchaeology of the “Fish That stops”. Moss, ML and Cannon, A., The Archaeology of North Pacific Fisheries, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, 171-195. Foden, W. B. et al. (2009). Species susceptibility to climate change impacts. Wildlife in a changing world–an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of threatened species, 77. Muniz, F. P., Bissaro-Júnior, M. C., Guilherme, E., Souza-Filho, J. P. D., Negri, F. R., & Hsiou, A. S. (2021). Fossil frogs from the upper Miocene of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia (Solimões Formation, Acre Basin). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), e2089853. Sommerseth, I. (2011). Archaeology and the debate on the transition from reindeer hunting to pastoralism. Rangifer, 31(1), 111-127. Sommer, R. S., Persson, A., Wieseke, N., & Fritz, U. (2007). Holocene recolonization and extinction of the pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (L., 1758), in Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(25-28), 3099-3107. Sommer, R. S. et al. (2009). Unexpected early extinction of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in Sweden and climatic impact on its Holocene range. Molecular Ecology, 18(6), 1252-1262. Waters, J. M., Fraser, C. I., Maxwell, J. J., & Rawlence, N. J. (2017). Did interaction between human pressure and Little Ice Age drive biological turnover in New Zealand?. Journal of Biogeography, 44(7), 1481-1490. Villa, P., Goni, M. F. S., Bescos, G. C., Grün, R., Ajas, A., Pimienta, J. C. G., & Lees, W. (2010). The archaeology and paleoenvironment of an Upper Pleistocene hyena den: an integrated approach. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(5), 919-935. Yeomans, L. (2018). Influence of Global and Local Environmental Change on Migratory Birds: Evidence for Variable Wetland Habitats in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of the Southern Levant. Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 18(1), 20-34. Zuffi, M. A. L.; Celani, A.; Foschi, E.; Tripepi, S. (2007). "Reproductive strategies and body shape in the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) from contrasting habitats in Italy". Italian Journal of Zoology. 271 (2): 218–224.Contact Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady Alex's Blog: Animal Archaeology Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaYAffiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

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.

A conversation with Corinna Cook about her collection, "Leavetakings: Essays" (University of Alaska Press, 2020). The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink (www.bwrensink.org) for the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by. Subscribe to the Writing Westward Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play, and other podcast distribution apps and platforms. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter or get more information @ https://www.writingwestward.org. Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ www.micahdahlanderson.com

Giving It All Away: Billionaires In Space And The Anchorage Public Library   Billionaires have been in the news a lot recently because they have been racing to space. But have you ever heard of Chuck Feeney, a man that gave away his fortune? Do you know why the Anchorage Public Library is named after ZJ Loussac?  The answer has much more to do with Feeney than it does zero-g joyrides.     #allpeople All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.   During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.   Can't make it to a café?  No worries. You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.     Resources used to make this episode:   https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/07/12/leaving-a-planet-in-crisis-heres-why-many-say-the-billionaire-space-race-is-a-terrible-idea/?sh=42d7ae1877c9   https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/poem/high-flight/   https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2020/09/15/exclusive-the-billionaire-who-wanted-to-die-brokeis-now-officially-broke/?sh=6880e4653a2a   https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/warren-buffett-bill-gates-call-this-man-their-hero-role-model.html   https://givingpledge.org/PledgerList.aspx   Anchorage Daily Times, July 13, 1962, Loussac Gets JFK'S Greetings & 80th Celebration Comes to an End (Pictures on page 2 and 10)   Anchorage Daily News, July 10, 1962, A Memorable Occasion for a Man and a City & Celebration to Prove Loussac Not Forgotten   https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/loussac-zj-zach/   https://auntphilstrunk.com/zj-loussac-never/   Carlson, P., Kennedy, M., Cernick, C., 1981. Anchorage: The Way it Was. Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, Municipality of Anchorage.   Anchorage History Walk sign on the Loussac-Sogn Building at 4th and D St.   Jones, P., 2010. City for Empire: An Anchorage History, 1914-1941. University of Alaska Press.

“The statements of Metropolitan Joseph, it is true, are extremely outspoken, absolutely uncompromising in principle, and unsparing of persons. But those who find ‘pride' in such words are perhaps simply unaware of the critical urgency of the issues involved. When the Church is being betrayed and the faithful led astray, it is no time for compliments and polite ‘dialogues,' not for placing ‘sympathy' above truth.” The bold confessor and shepherd of the Russian land, St. Joseph of Petrograd, is a witness for all who wish to live Godly in the face of persecution and secularism. His voice gave strength to many Russian Orthodox Christians who could not abide by the Soviet demands, and who opposed Metropolitan Sergius, his lamentable ‘Declaration' in 1927, and his submission to the Soviet yoke. Metropolitan Joseph, along with a great number of Russian martyrs, was glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in 1981.Memorable words from the end of this text: “The prophecy of the holy and clairvoyant Elder Ignaty of Harbin, made some 30 years ago, no longer seems remote: ‘What began in Russia, will end in America.' But if such terrible days be truly upon us, even Orthodox America – so weak, so inexperienced, so naïve – has all that is necessary to face these days in the example of Metropolitan Joseph and the True Orthodox Christians of the first land to experience the fearful yoke of satanic atheism. Holy New Hieromartyr Joseph and all the new martyrs of the Communist Yoke, pray to God for us!”This recording comes from chapter 7 in “Russia's Catacomb Saints” by I. M. Andreyev, published by St. Herman of Alaska Press in 1982. Fr. Seraphim Rose labored to bring this book to his fellow Americans. Download the pdf of this invaluable and out of print book here: http://russiascatacombsaints.blogspot...This channel is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orthodox-wisdom/message

I. M. Andreyev (+1976) was an “outstanding churchman and statesman, doctor of psychiatry, pedagogue, lecturer, publicist and author of a series of theological textbooks” as was stated in the Memoriam in the publication “Orthodox Life.” As a member of the Catacomb Church he suffered five years at the Solovki Monastery, which in the 1920s operated a concentration camp, before being released and coming to America. His personal experiences shape a sizable portion of the famous book “Russia's Catacomb Saints,” published by St. Herman of Alaska Press and co-authored by Fr. Seraphim Rose.This short recording highlights an important concept that helps guard us against snares of the enemy, and orients us toward a faithful stance as members of the Holy Orthodox Church.“Today there is not and there cannot be any separation between ecclesiastical affairs and politics. Politics pretends to universality, i.e., it wishes to take into its hands the resolution of questions concerning spiritual life also. This means that political actions cannot be indifferent for the Church as well. Furthermore, when Antichrist shall have power on the earth, he will naturally be a political figure. This means that the Church also will have to oppose his political persecution. And so as, even now, to weaken this opposition, his forerunners, taking advantage of the idea that the Church should be above politics, conceal their warfare against God under a political cloak: the martyrs are 'political criminals.' To be sure, the Church should not intrigue, but as soon as politics touches on questions of spiritual life, the Church cannot close her eyes to this.This is why the question of the battle against Communism is a question of the spirit, and not of politics. This is why the question of our jurisdictional divisions is not a question of 'quarrels of bishops over portfolios.' No, it is a question of cooperation (or tacit agreement) with the forerunners of Antichrist, or else uncompromising battle against them. This alone separates us from those who have broken away from the Truth; but it does not separate us from the Russian people, for there the soul, even if it is invisible, even if it has retreated within itself, is still alive, is not spiritually enslaved; it is drawn to the light of Truth. And a testimony of this is the existence, in the frightful conditions of the Soviet Union, where there are many Judases out of fear and others out of conscience, of a Catacomb Church that has not fallen.”Text: http://russiascatacombsaints.blogspot...This channel is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orthodox-wisdom/message

“It is through more than his literary inheritance that Fr. Seraphim is leading these converts. As the accounts related in this chapter indicate, Fr. Seraphim, being still alive in Christ, is even now personally drawing people into the fullness of the ancient Christian Faith.” –Hieromonk DamasceneI humbly ask all listeners to ask for Fr. Seraphim's intercession and pray to God that one day soon he may be officially glorified as a Saint of the Holy Orthodox Church. Next year is the 40th anniversary of his repose. If you desire to see him glorifed as a Saint, there are things you can do to help make this happen. Pray for God's guidance. One simple and direct way is to write Bishop Maxim of the Serbian Western Diocese, or even other Serbian or ROCOR Bishops. Their addresses should be on the diocesan websites. Pray above all.These accounts of Fr. Seraphim's miraculous intercessions, which are merely a few of the many, affirm that truly we can say, “Holy Father Seraphim, pray to God for us!”(NOTE: The timestamps in this description link to the video on YouTube.)00:06 Intro02:07 Healing of Matushka's Susan's cancer, which even her doctors admit is a miracle04:23 Help bringing a searching community into the Church, and providing them with a new property08:16 Fr. Seraphim comes in a dream to a despairing young man, who visited Fr. Seraphim in Platina many times, to comfort him and help him find his path in life13:07 A Roman Catholic priest reads Fr. Seraphim's life and works and converts to Holy Orthodoxy. He commissions one of the most well-known icons of Fr. Seraphim, and two copies of this icon in Russia stream myrrh16:01 Healing of a young woman's back pain after praying at Fr. Seraphim's grave21:27 Fr. Seraphim appears in a dream to Protestant man, and through his guidance and the prayers of St. Herman, the man and his family become Orthodox and now he serves as a priest31:21 ConclusionExcerpts from “Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works” by Hieromonk Damascene (St. Herman of Alaska Press). Once the book is available for purchase again, please buy a copy. Until then, here is the PDF: https://www.scribd.com/document/44059...This channel is dedicated to sharing the writings and lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church. Glory to Jesus Christ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/orthodox-wisdom/message

The comedian George Carlin once commented that the object of the game of baseball is “To go home. And to be safe – Safe at home”  Over the past 106 years many have made Anchorage their home. In this episode we will consider baseball's role in making people feel safe at home in Anchorage.   Resources Used In Making This Episode:   Anchorage Historical Walking Tour Sign – at the Oscar Anderson House, 420 M St, Anchorage, AK 99501.   Bagoy, J.P., 2001. Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935. Publications Consultants. p.92-93ff   Cernick, C., Carlson, P., Kennedy, M. (1981). Anchorage, the Way it was. United States: Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, Municipality of Anchorage. P. 16ff   Downing Bill, L., Bill, L. (2013). Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935, vol. 3 Ed., Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC. p109ff   Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis. (2018). United States: University of Alaska Press. p. 284ff   George Carlin on Football and Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ebyLkCaAL0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI   http://www.oscarandersonhousemuseum.org   http://alaskabaseballleague.org/view/alaskabaseballleague/ https://cerchinooks.com/ http://www.anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs http://www.glacierpilots.com/view/glacierpilots   https://www.adn.com/sports/alaska-baseball/2021/06/03/watching-the-alaska-baseball-league-is-a-quintessential-summer-experience-games-start-this-weekend/   https://calltothepen.com/2013/06/30/alaska-baseball-league-has-glorious-heritage/   https://www.explorefairbanks.com/event/midnight-sun-baseball-game/5672/

Episode which is "also a Tom Cruise movie.. of sorts!" This is the first of maybe 3 or 4 special episodes on Finnish minorities. In this episode we will introduce the Sami people. Welcome back!   Email: thofpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/thofpodcast Facebook: http://facebook.com/ThofPodcast Mentioned in this episode: Pulttibois Petra Laiti Twitter Sami National Anthem  ILO 169 Cyberpunk 2077 Running sound from Zapsplat.com Sources Samuli Aikio, Marjut Huuskonen, Eva Lettinen, Sukelluksia Saamelaisten ja Suomalaisten Suhteisiin, Raakku Kustannus, 2016 Pekka Isaksson, Jouko Jokisalo, Historian Lisälehtiä: Suvaitsevaisuuden ongelma ja vähemmistöt kansallisessa historiassa, Like Kustannus, 2005 Veli-Pekka Lehtola, The Sámi People: Traditions in Transition, University of Alaska Press, 2004 Kukka Ranta, Jaana Kanninen, Vastatuuleen: Saamen Kansan Pakkosuomalaistamisesta, Kustantamo S&S, Helsinki 2019

In this episode we continue to unpack the legacy of colonialism with these guests: Shawna Larson (Deputy Director of the Native Movement) Aaron Leggett (Senior Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Culture at Anchorage Museum and the President of the Native Village of Eklutna) TJ Smith (President of the Indigenous Ministers Association and Pastor of New Song Covenant Church in Anchorage) Curt Karns (Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Yukon) Curtis Ivanoff (Superintendent of the Alaska Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church) More from our guests / resources they mentioned: All about the excellent work of Native Movement including the trainings they offer: https://www.nativemovement.org Mark Charles TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery:  https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history Is an apology in order? By Curtis Ivanoff: https://issuu.com/eccaksinew/docs/spring_2017 About the Indigenous Ministers Association of the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://www.northwestconference.org/interview-with-the-rev-tj-smith-president-of-the-indigenous-ministers-association/ About indigenous leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://covenantcompanion.com/2020/03/12/sacred-stories/ News Story about the Presbyterain Church apology:  https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/08/presbyterian-church-formally-apologizes-to-north-slope-natives-for-denouncing-culture/ Resources Used to Create this Episode: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1720/the-art-of-fiction-no-139-chinua-achebe https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/history-is-written-by-the-victors-quote-origin.html George Santayana (1905) Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, volume 1 of The Life of Reason  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15000/15000-h/15000-h.htm#vol1 https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/ Jones, P., 2010, City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks.

Understandably, most political commentators are focused on November’s general election, but our own analysts, Nate Bauer who directs the University of Alaska Press and UAF Political Scientist Alexander Hirsch are also tracking Fairbanks’ municipal contests, October 6th.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced this week his choice of a running mate: California US Senator Kamala Harris. In with analysis are UAF political scientist Alexander Hirsch and Nate Bauer, director of the University of Alaska Press. 

Is the Republican Party fracturing? The Lincoln Project has released a series of blistering ads against President Trump. In with analysis are UAF Political Science professor Alexander Hirsh and Nate Bauer, who directs the University of Alaska Press.

When it comes to analyzing candidates, is it better to look at favorability or preferability? Our political mavens, Alexander Hirsch, political science professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Nate Bauer, director of the University of Alaska Press tackle that question.

Nate Bauer, Director of the University of Alaska Press, was in last week reviewing a recent poll on the race for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat.

In with their weekly analysis of developments leading up to the November election are Nate Bauer, director of the University of Alaska Press and University of Alaska Fairbanks political scientist Alexander Hirsch: This week the Black Lives Matter movement.

My conversation with Alexander Hirsch, political scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Nate Bauer, Director of the University of Alaska Press continues. Coming off of South Korea’s elections last month many pundits saw the landslide results for the ruling government as an endorsement of its policies towards the pandemic. What, I wondered, would … Continue reading Pandemic Politics 2

On this Northern Soundbite I continue a series with political observers Nate Bauer, director of the University of Alaska Press and Alexander Hirsch, political scientist at UAF. Though it seems decades ago, early April saw two crucial primaries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amber Flora Thomas, a writer and poet, professor and more joined us today for BoCo Town. The author of Eye of Water: Poems which was selected by Harryette Mullen as the winner of the 2004 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her other books include, The Rabbits Could Sing: Poems (University of Alaska Press, 2012) and Red Channel in the Rupture: Poems (Red Hen Press, 2018). You can find her poetry in publications we shared below. Brian Burke (Back Pocket Buddha) hails from New York but has been in North Carolina for over 20 years. He has been playing music and performing for audiences since his days in high school playing guitar. Listen in to learn about his musical life.Support the show (https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/support/)

Terrence and Dermot Cole share their insights and stories about Alaska with Michael Carey and longtime friends toast Terrence Cole. The book, The Big Wild Soul of Terrence Cole is an eclectic collection of work created to honor Alaska's Public Historian is also highlighted. Published by University of Alaska Press, the inspired collection of essays, authored by Terrence’s students, colleagues and friends. It is edited by Frank Soos and Mary Ehrlander. Terrence Cole is Emeritus Professor of History and Northern Studies, UAF and the director of the UAF Office of Public History. He is author of numerous books and essays, including Banking on Alaska: A History of NBA; The Cornerstone on College Hill: An Illustrated History of the University of Alaska Fairbanks; Crooked Past: The History of Frontier Fairbanks; Fairbanks, Nome: City of the Golden Beaches; and Fighting for the 49th Star: C.W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood. Dermot Cole is a journalist and former columnist for the Fairbanks Daily New Miner. He is author of several book including North to the Future: The Alaska Story 1959-2009; Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town That Beat the Odds; Frank Barr: Alaskan Pioneer Bush Pilot and One-man Airline. This event is sponsored by Katie Ringsmuth, Tundra Vision, and UAA Bookstore.

Essayist Monica Devine and poet Mar Ka discuss their recently published books which explore their personal journeys through Alaska in memoir and poetry. And Sally's Kitchen Singers perform (53:20-58:40). Monica Devine's new book Water Mask is a collection of essays that chronicles her interactions with Alaska's land and its people. Her work is an “adventurous memoir that reflects on family, place, memory, work, perception and culture in a land that both beguiles and rejects.” Monica worked as a speech/language therapist for many years, traveling to dozens of villages across Alaska. She has authored five children's books, including Iditarod: The Greatest Win Ever, which was a nominee for the celebrated Golden Kite Award. Her other awards include first place in the Alaska State Poetry Contest, a Pushcart nominee for her story Mission of Motherhood, and a first place award in creative nonfiction from New Letters journal for her story, On The Edge of Ice, about accompanying whalers on a spring hunt. Mar Ka's new poetry collection, Be-hooved, is a layered spiritual memoir structured along the seasons and framed by the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd. "Entrancing, profound, and startling, this book is a testament to hope before change, persistence before confusion, and empathy before difference.” Poet Mar Ka, a.k.a Mary Kancewick, traveled throughout Alaska during her years as an indigenous rights attorney. Her poetry has been published in national and international journals and on occasion has been set to music. The recipient of an NEH grant and the Midnight Sun Poetry Prize, she has long served as a poetry judge for the UAA/ADN Statewide Creative Writing Contest. She presently teaches poetry workshops at the Eagle River Nature Center. Water Mask and Be-Hooved are published by University of Alaska Press.

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy. Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir (University of Alaska Press, 2017) will inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence. Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy. Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir (University of Alaska Press, 2017) will inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence. Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy. Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir (University of Alaska Press, 2017) will inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence. Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy. Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir (University of Alaska Press, 2017) will inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence. Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn't speak. But his silence didn't stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy. Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir (University of Alaska Press, 2017) will inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence. Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Anand Prahlad was born on a former plantation in Virginia in 1954. This memoir, vividly internal, powerfully lyric, and brilliantly impressionistic, is his story. For the first four years of his life, Prahlad didn’t speak. But his silence didn’t stop him from communicating—or communing—with the strange, numinous world he found around him. Ordinary household objects came to life; the spirits of long-dead slave children were his best friends. In his magical interior world, sensory experiences blurred, time disappeared, and memory was fluid. Ever so slowly, he emerged, learning to talk and evolving into an artist and educator. His journey takes readers across the United States during one of its most turbulent moments, and Prahlad experiences it all, from the heights of the Civil Rights Movement to West Coast hippie enclaves to a college town that continues to struggle with racism and its border state legacy. Rooted in black folklore and cultural ambience, and offering new perspectives on autism and more, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir (University of Alaska Press, 2017) will inspire and delight readers and deepen our understanding of the marginal spaces of human existence. Rachel Hopkin is a UK born, US based folklorist and radio producer and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creepy, Occult, and Otherworldly Episode #4 of 4. Get a complete transcript of this episode at digpodcast.org. Today we are discussing the bone-chilling fear that comes from knowing that all hope is gone, and your death – from the cold, or from a slow moving disease, or from starvation – is only a matter of time. We’re talking about the quest to explore the Arctic. Sources: George Lippard. The Greely Arctic Expedition as Fully Narrated by Lieut. Greely, U.S.A., and Other Survivors: Full Account of the Terrible Sufferings on the Ice, and Awful Experience of Cannibalism. Barclay & Company, 1887. Todd, Alden. Abandoned: The Story of the Greely Expedition, 1881-1884. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1961. Williams, Glyn. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage. Berkley: University of California Press, 2009. The American Experience, The Greely Expedition, 2011. "The Doomed Franklin Expedition," Live Science "Franklin's Doomed Expedition Ended in Gruesome Cannibalism," Smithsonian Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poet Tom Sexton presents part two of his talk concerning a brief history of Alaska poetry from 1867 until 1966. (Part one was recorded at the UAA Campus Bookstore on October 24, 2017 and is posted in iTunes.) Poet Tom Sexton is professor emeritus of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage and was Alaska's Poet laureate from 1994 until 2000. He is the author of several collections of poetry including For the Sake of the Light and I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets, both from the University of Alaska Press. Note, in 1982 Tom Sexton compiled the collection Early Alaskan Writing 1867-1925, A Miscellany which is referred to here.

At this event, Ray Hudson reads selections from his novel, Ivory and Paper: Adventures In and Out of Time, published by University of Alaska Press. In addition, he discusses how he blended facts with fiction as he wrote this book set in the Aleutian Islands. (Note, the presentation that accompanies the event audio podcast is also posted in iTunes. Photos shown are from the Alaska Volcano Observatory.) Ray Hudson lived in Unalaska from 1964-1992 where he taught various subjects in the public school and coordinated the Indian Education Program. In 2017, the Alaska Historical Society presented him the Evangeline Atwood Award for Excellence for significant long-term contributions to the history of the Aleutians. Joining Ray Hudson is Rachel Mason, Senior Cultural Anthropologist at the National Park Service, Alaska Region and editor of Nick Golodoff’s memoir, Attu Boy. Together, Ray Hudson and Rachel Mason wrote The Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians that documented the history of three Unangax^ villages left behind in the evacuations and dislocations of World War II (NPS, 2014) This unique literary event opens up a world of oral history, creative writing, environmental and anthropological study.

Many different versions of Sedna's story abound, from a young woman forced to marry a dog, to a victim of abduction by a bird man. But in all her tellings, Sedna emerges as a powerful spiritual force, a mistress of the sea and its creatures, transformed by a brutal physical attack. Come with us to the chill of the frozen north as we dive into the dark waters and seek out this mythic woman's tale.Gerlof, Jarich & Laugrand, Frédéric. The Sea Woman: Sedna in Inuit Shamanism and Art in the Eastern Arctic, University of Alaska Press, 2008. Motz, Lotte. The Faces of the Goddess, Oxford University Press, 1997.If you want to support Deviant Women, follow us on: PatreonTwitter @DeviantWomenFacebook @deviantwomenpodcastInstagram @deviantwomenpodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Throughout her former job as the director of the Center for Alaska Coastal Studies, Marilyn Sigman, saw how climate change was affecting the state. However, instead of researching how climate change might develop in the future, she decided to look to the past, specifically at how Kachemak Bay’s climate has changed over time and how people have adapted. In her newly released book Entangled, published by University of Alaska Press, Marilyn Sigman contemplates the patterns of people staying and leaving, nesting her own journey to Kachemak Bay within diasporas of her Jewish ancestors and of ancient peoples from Asia to the southern coast of Alaska. Along the way, Entangled weaves in scientific facts about the region as well as stories told by Alaska’s indigenous peoples. And explored is the ecology of desire.

Martha Amore presents her new collection In the Quiet Season and Other Stories (University of Alaska Press). This book explores the human landscape of Alaska. While the stories take place in modern-day towns, the characters in this collection struggle with ageless issues: broken trust and heartbreak, hope and rebirth. Although the people in Amore’s stories know how to survive Alaska’s cold terrain, these characters stumble when trying to navigate through their own lives and dreams. Joining Martha Amore is local artist Indra Arriaga, who created the beautiful cover art for In the Quiet Season. She is a co-founder of Green Bee Studios and has co-founded the Day of the Dead art exhibit and celebration that is held annually in Anchorage. A selection of her paintings will be on display during the event. Martha Amore is author of Weathered Edge: Three Alaskan Novellas (V P & D House) and coeditor of Building Fires in the Snow: A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry (University of Alaska Press). She received a master’s of fine arts in fiction from University of Alaska Anchorage and a BA in social science from University of Michigan. She teaches writing at University of Alaska Anchorage and is currently working on an interdisciplinary PhD in English and psychology through University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Author Jean Anderson reads from her collection, Human Being Songs: Northern Stories published by University of Alaska Press, 2017. In addition, she discusses her writing process and explores the notion of introspection as shadow play for fiction writers, to include worlds of "what if," introspection-as-characterization, and the power of internal imagery in Alaska's relatively young and emerging body of fiction. Works cited include Going Too Far, a novella by Mei Mei Evans, pH, a novel by Nancy Lord, Upon This Rock by David Marusek, A Manuel For Cleaning Women-Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin, and Collected Stories of Ivan Bunin translated from the Russian by Graham Hettlinher. Jean Anderson moved to Fairbanks in 1966 and holds BA and MFA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where she taught for nearly ten years. . She is author of In Extremis & Other Alaska Stories and her writings have appeared in Chariton Review, Prairie Schooner, Kalliope, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Cirque. Her literary awards include a PEN Syndicated Fiction Selection, an Individual Artist Award from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and a visiting writer’s residency from The Island Institute in Sitka.

Author David Ramseur presents Melting the ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier.In 1988, David Ramseur helped organize the Alaska Airlines “Friendship Flight” between Nome, Alaska and Provideniya, Russia, which reunited indigenous peoples of common languages and cultures (Siberian Yupik and others) for the first time in four decades. In Melting the Ice Curtain, how inspiration, courage, and persistence by citizen-diplomats bridged a widening gap in superpower relations is explored. David Ramseur managed federal grants for academic exchanges between Alaska and the Russian Far East for the UAA American Russian Center. He served as press secretary, communications director, chief of staff, and foreign policy adviser to Alaska Governors Steve Cowper and Tony Knowles and to Anchorage Mayor and U.S. Senator Mark Begich. Melting the Ice Curtain is published by University of Alaska Press.

Author Sheila Kelly presents Treadwell Gold An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin. Sheila Kelly has spent decades researching her family's history and the people of Treadwell for her book, Treadwell Gold, An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin. In the early 1900s, her father and two aunts were born and raised in Treadwell, Alaska, a hard rock gold mining town on Douglas Island across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau. Treadwell became the largest gold mining operation in the world--one that created much more wealth than the infamous Klondike Gold Rush. Then In 1917, catastrophe hit when the mines caved in, flooded, and closed. Today, one hundred years later, only remnants of buildings along the Treadwell Mine Historic Trail remain. (Note, the presentation for this event is also posted in iTunes.) Treadwell Gold, published by University of Alaska Press, includes numerous historical photos. Everyone is encouraged to attend this event.

The presentation slides for Sheila Kelly presents Treadwell Gold An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin can accompany the audio podcast, also posted in iTunes. Sheila Kelly has spent decades researching her family's history and the people of Treadwell for her book, Treadwell Gold, An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin. In the early 1900s, her father and two aunts were born and raised in Treadwell, Alaska, a hard rock gold mining town on Douglas Island across the Gastineau Channel from Juneau. Treadwell became the largest gold mining operation in the world--one that created much more wealth than the infamous Klondike Gold Rush. Then In 1917, catastrophe hit when the mines caved in, flooded, and closed. Today, one hundred years later, only remnants of buildings along the Treadwell Mine Historic Trail remain. Treadwell Gold, published by University of Alaska Press, includes numerous historical photos.

The Biggest Damned Hat presents a fascinating collection of stories ranging from the gold rush to the 1950s. Based upon legal research, oral histories, and interviews of more than 50 lawyers who came to Alaska prior to 1959, it provides new stories and perspectives on Alaska history from gold rush times to statehood. University of Alaska Press recently published it Pamela Cravez is editor of the Alaska Justice Forum and research associate at the UAA Justice Center. She holds a J.D. from the Catholic University School of Law and an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her articles about the territorial years have appeared in the Alaska Law Review, Alaska Journal, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Journal of Commerce, and Anchorage Times.

Anand Prahlad is a professor, poet and authority on African American folklore. His memoir, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie, discusses growing up in the South with autism spectrum disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, which was eventually diagnosed when he was 57. Prahlad received his MA and PhD in folklore studies and sociolinguistics at UC Berkeley and UCLA. He curreently teaches folklore, film, creative writing, and diability studies in the English department at the University of Missouri, Columbia where ha has been a professor since 1990. His published work includes: African American Folklore: An Encyclopedia for Students; Reggaie Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music; The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, 3 volumes; and the poetry collection As Good As Many. His memoir, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie is published by University of Alaska Press.

Poltical Scientist Clive Thomas looks at Alaska’s dealings with the outside world past, present and future and the extent to which these international interactions have and can be a panacea for Alaska’s economic woes. In addition, he explains that, while most of state’s global interactions have been conducted with an eye to economic benefit, some have been based on cultural, educational, among other non-economic motives. Clive Thomas taught political science at the University in Juneau for thirty years. He is a Senior Fellow at the Foley Institute of Politics at Washington State University and a Visiting Professor at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. His book, Alaska Political and Public Policy: The Dynamics of Beliefs, Institutions, Personalities and Power, was published by University of Alaska Press (2016).

Dan O’Neill has become a living legend in Alaska. He is the author of The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement; A Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River; The Last Giant of Beringia: The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge; and recently Stubborn Gal: The True Story of an Undefeated Sled Dog Racer, a children’s book published by The University of Alaska Press. Dan came to Alaska in 1975 and has done a variety of thing including dog mushing, trapping, hunting, working in construction and on the pipeline. As research associate at the UAF’s Oral History Program, he produced radio and television documentaries for public broadcasting. And for several years he wrote a column of political opinion for the Fairbanks daily newspaper. Joining Dan O'Neill is UAA English Professor Jackie Cason who teaches courses in rhetoric, composition, nature and science writing.

This Anchorage event celebrates the release of the book Made of Salmon with contributors Julia O’Malley (2:20), William L. Iggiagruk Hensley (12:00), Don Rearden (22:15), Kirsten Dixon (34:17), Carol Sturgulewski (45:21),Jenny Fast (55:55) and Karen Maskarinec (57:30). Made of Salmon is the newest book from The Salmon Project, edited by former Alaska Writer Laureate Nancy Lord and published by University of Alaska Press. It blends a unique and powerful collection of stories, essays, poems and photography that explore our shared connections to salmon—and how salmon connect to our values, families, hopes and fears. Willie Hensley is author of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People. Don Rearden is author of novel The Raven's Gift. Kirsten Dixon is author of the Tutka Bay Lodge Cookbook and The Winterlake Lodge Cookbook. The Salmon Project is a co-sponsor for the event.

The book, More Than God Demands: Politics and Influence of Christian Missions in Northwest Alaska, 1897–1918 has recently been published by University of Alaska Press. Historical research and family stories magnify the importance of Alaska Native history and culture at this unique event. Book Description: Near the turn of the twentieth century, the territorial government of Alaska put its support behind a project led by Christian missionaries to convert Alaska Native peoples—and, along the way, bring them into “civilized” American citizenship. Establishing missions in a number of areas inhabited by Alaska Natives, the program was an explicit attempt to erase ten thousand years of Native culture and replace it with Christianity and an American frontier ethic. Anthony Urvina, whose mother was an orphan raised at one of the missions established as part of this program, draws on details from her life in order to present the first full history of this missionary effort. Smoothly combining personal and regional history, he tells the story of his mother’s experience amid a fascinating account of Alaska Native life and of the men and women who came to Alaska to spread the word of Christ, confident in their belief and unable to see the power of the ancient traditions they aimed to supplant. Anthony Urvina has lived in Alaska for more than thirty years and worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sally Urvina is a retired nurse practitioner who has worked in Alaska for thirty years.

Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan discusses her book Our Perfect Wild Ray and Barbara Bane's Journeys and the Fate of the Far North. And joining Kaylene, via Skype, is Ray Bane. The book, Our Perfect Wild, examines the life of Ray and Barbara Bane who in the 1960s worked as teachers in Barrow and Wainwright, Alaska. A decade later, Ray’s dedication to the Alaska Native subsistence lifestyle leads him to work for the National Park Service as a park planner for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and many other National Parks in Alaska. A memorable moment at the event is when Ray tells his story about his added thumb. (46:28-53:04) Note, this is not for squeeminsh ears. Our Perfect Wild is published by University of Alaska Press. Kaylene Johnson-Sullivan is also author of the highly acclaimed books Canyons and Ice, the Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith and A Tender Distance: Adventures Raising My Son in Alaska.

The book, Steaming to the North follows the Bear from May to October 1886 as it takes its first summer cruise from San Francisco up to Point Barrow and back again. This is the first book to exhibit the photographs taken by 3rd Lt. Charles Kennedy of New Bedford, introducing rarely seen photos of the last sail-and-steam whaling ships, capturing early interactions of Natives with white whalemen and explorers, and showing lives otherwise lost to time. Katherine Donahue is professor of Anthropology at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. Steaming to the North is published by University of Alaska Press.

John Morgan’s new book Archives of the Air and Jeremy Pataky’s collection Overwinter are featured at this event. Poet Jeremy Pataky who reads from his collection, Overwinter (University of Alaska Press, 2015) According to Joanna Klink, “ Jeremy Pataky’s poems find their ground in Alaska—its woodpiles and stone piles, its fishbones and lichen, its uncrossable creeks. There is an almost ancient attention to what is living in a landscape, and to the scales of human loss.” Jeremy Pataky lives in Anchorage and McCarthy, AK. He is a founding board member of 49 Writers. (2:41-28:56) John Morgan’s new collection of poetry is called Archives of the Air (Salmon Poetry, 2015). He is the author of several books including River of Light: A Conversation with Kabir, and a collection of essays called Forms of Feeling: Poetry in our Lives . John’s poems, according to Annie Dilliard, “ are strong and full of carefully controlled feeling. They are tender and precise evocations of the moral and sensory life of man.” John Morgan has taught Creative Writing at UAF and currently lives in Fairbanks and Bellingham, WA. (28:56-47:52) Note: there is background static in the recording

Poet John Morgan's River of Light: A Conversation with Kabir, published by University of Alaska Press, is based on a trip down the Copper River with Alaskan artist Kesler Woodward. This lovely book folds words, sounds, and color into being for all to experience. At this event, John Morgan and Kesler Woodward also discuss their insights and connections to this magnificent, awe inspiring place called Alaska and home for over three decades.