Podcasts about lael morgan

Alaska authors Dana Stabenow (Less Than A Treason), Leland Hale (What Happened in Craig? Alaska’s Worse Unsolved Murder), Tom Brennan (Dead Man’s Dancer, The Mechele Linehan Story), Keenan Powell (Deadly Solutions) are joined by author and journalist Lael Morgan, a licensed private detective and former police reporter. Fiction and nonfiction writers get ready for crime talk, craft and discovery.

Author and artist Mary Ida Henrikson presents The Mystery of the Fire Trees in Southeast Alaska, with Dr. Steven Langdon and Lael Morgan. (The presentation that accompanies the audio podcast is also posted in iTunes.) Mary Ida Henrikson, born and raised in Ketchikan Alaska, was surprised to learn she had an ancient cedar on her property that appeared to have been altered for fire storage. Soon she discovered dozens of other centuries-old trees with deeply burned interiors. What did this mean? After much research, investigation, and speculation, Mary Ida Henrickson wrote The Mystery of the Fire Trees, An Artists Quest for an Ancient Truth, recently published by Epicenter Press. According to Dr. Rosita Worl, Tlingit Shangukeidi’ Clan and House Lowered from the Sun, “Although a number of people have been aware of the ancient trees that the Tlingit used as a source to start fires, the extent of the fire trees throughout the region and other possible uses have not been previously recorded.” Joining Mary Ida Henrikson is renowned anthropologist Dr. Steve Langdon and journalist, publisher and author Lael Morgan.

This is the the presentation for the event, Author and artist Mary Ida Henrikson presents The Mystery of the Fire Trees in Southeast Alaska, with Dr. Steven Langdon and Lael Morgan. (Note, the audio podcast is also posted in iTunes.) Mary Ida Henrikson, born and raised in Ketchikan Alaska, was surprised to learn she had an ancient cedar on her property that appeared to have been altered for fire storage. Soon she discovered dozens of other centuries-old trees with deeply burned interiors. What did this mean? After much research, investigation, and speculation, Mary Ida Henrickson wrote The Mystery of the Fire Trees, An Artists Quest for an Ancient Truth, recently published by Epicenter Press. According to Dr. Rosita Worl, Tlingit Shangukeidi’ Clan and House Lowered from the Sun, “Although a number of people have been aware of the ancient trees that the Tlingit used as a source to start fires, the extent of the fire trees throughout the region and other possible uses have not been previously recorded.” Joining Mary Ida Henrikson is renowned anthropologist Dr. Steve Langdon and journalist, publisher and author Lael Morgan.

Authors Christine and Dennis McClure discuss the building of the Alcan Highway by black soldiers as was described in Christine father’s love letters written during WWII. Joining the discussion is Jean Pollard, who started the Alaska Highway Project, and author, publisher and historian Lael Morgan We Fought the Road is the story of the construction of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II where more than one third of the 10,607 builders were black. The highway required punching through the wilderness on a route blocked by the Rocky Mountains and deadly permafrost during one of the worst winters on record. According to Christine McClure, We Fought The Road sets out to document the untold stories of the Alaska-Canada Highway, using her father’s story to lead readers into the larger issues involved with the creation of the Alaska-Canada Highway and the cruel racism embedded in its construction. 2017 year marks the 75-year anniversary of the completion of the Alcan Highway. A truly astonishing feat that deserves our undivided attention. We Fought The Road is published by Epicenter press.

Putting Mom back in Mother’s Day: A Mother’s Day Author Event with Lael Morgan, Lizzie Newell , LaVon Bridges and Alice Wright. Topics include “Cookbooks Versus Those in Plain Brown Paper Wrappers for Mom” and “Matriarchy: Putting Mothers First” Guest authors are the incredible Lael Morgan, co-founder of Epicenter Press, and author of Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush whose new book is Kitchen Stories Cookbook: Comfort Cookin' Made Fascinating and Easy (coauthored with Linda Altoonian); LaVon Bridges and Alice Wright (M.A. Special Education), teachers and author of Alaska Animals, We Love You 2, a children's book of songs and poems; and science fiction author Lizzie Newell (B.F.A. Studio Art) whose newest book is The Tristan Bay Accord.

Lael Morgan and Jean Pollard

What is changing in the Alaska movie scene? How are documentaries about Alaska and by Alaskans created, distributed and stored? Is there an Alaska style? Lael Morgan, Francine Lastufka Taylor, Carolyn Robinson, and David Holthouse discuss the Alaska film world. Lael Morgan is an accomplished author, teacher, journalist and publisher. She co-established Epicenter Press and is the author of 16 books. In addition to her many accomplishments and awards is the title Alaska Historian of the Year. Francine Lastufka Taylor created the Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) in 1991. Today the collection, with over 17,000 items dating from the 1920's, serves as a public treasure chest of Alaska history and art. Francine’s numerous accomplishments include establishing the Alaska Native Arts Festival,1966-1972 and being a recipient of the Alaska Press Women’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Carolyn Robinson is owner of Sprocket Heads, LLC., Alaska’s only high-end production, production services and post company in Alaska. Among her numerous documentary projects is the award-winning film, Aleut Story, for which she secured public broadcasting distribution, cash, and in-kind contributions. Carolyn also produced the documentary Alaska’s Bush Pilots: On Location with Jared Leto, a nationally syndicated and internationally distributed documentary. David Holthouse is a notable Alaskan journalist and writer. He is working on a five-part documentary series on the Anchorage Police Department in the 1970’s and is a contributor to the Magnetic North: The Alaskan Character, a series of documentaries produced with the Alaska Humanities Forum.

Lael Morgan established Epicenter Press, with Kent Sturgis, in 1988-- a major publisher of Alaska titles with more than 175 books She is the author of 16 books including Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush; Eskimo Star: From Tundra to Tinseltown: The Ray Mala Story; and Art, Eskimo Power: The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock. She currently teaches media writing on line at University of Texas. Marthy Johnson is a freelance copy editor, writing instructor, and author of the reference book Write & Wrong and the recently published novel Break Point Down: Game Over. According to Marthy Johnson, Write & Wrong is the outcome of years of frolicking through style and grammar books, dictionaries and thesauri. It grew out of reading and streamlining countless manuscripts--fiction, academic papers, articles, instruction manuals, reports, and commercial copy—all in happy pursuit of the winning word and the singing sentence.