Podcast appearances and mentions of nick jans

Nick Jans is one of Alaska's most prolific authors and photographers. We're so lucky to have him on the pod today! He shares the best place to catch the Northern Lights, his experience living with an eskimo tribe in an off-the-grid village, and the best seasons to visit for your favorite outdoor activities.      

The Northern Lights are coming on strong and the Haines Library Summer reading programs comes to a close with a visit by author Nick Jans. The post Newscast – July 31 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Abordar la historia de los animales es una variante relativamente reciente dentro del campo de la historia, se trata de un punto de vista que descentraliza la imagen del humano como centro o sujeto de la historia y permite entender la vida de otros habitantes de nuestro planeta cuya existencia es importante y se ha entretejido con la nuestra. En este capítulo hablamos la importancia de esta disciplina, sus alcances y aristas. Mónica además comenta el libro Lobo Negro de Nick Jans. Francisco por su parte habla del libro De gado e homens (De ganado y hombres) de la escritora brasileña Ana Paula Maia. El libro en su versión en portugués. El invitado de este episodio es Germán Vergara, historiador y autor del libro Fueling Mexico: Energy and Environment, 1850-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2021). El artículo que comentamos es “Bestiario latinoamericano: los animales en la historiografía de América Latina” y se puede descargar en este enlace: https://www.scielo.br/j/hcsm/i/2021.v28suppl1/

Timothy Treadwell's life was on a downward slope full of drugs and alcohol. At the suggestion of the man who saved him from a near fatal overdose, he goes to Alaska to see the bears in nature. Upon seeing his first wild bear, his life changes forever, and he never touches alcohol or drugs again. This is all fine and great if the story had stopped here, but like all tragedies it does not. Tim's love for "his" bears became a deadly obsession, and serves as a warning to others to never cross that invisible line between mankind and wild animals. Resources:"The Grizzly Maze: Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears" by Nick Jans"Night of the Grizzly – A True Story Of Love And Death In The Wilderness" by Kevin Sanders"Grizzly Man" by Werner HerzogFollow us on social media: Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chilledandthrilledpodcastFacebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chilledandthrilledInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chilledandthrilledpodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/Thrilled_Pod

Sometimes what we need in life is to listen to stories and there’s none more compelling than that of Tim Treadwell, the amateur naturalist killed and eaten by bears in Alaska. Nick Jans has written an Alaskan insider’s take and is still emotional about what he learned. Tim Treadwell is not who you might think he is.

Nick Jans is author of the best-selling books The Grizzly Maze and A Wolf Called Romeo. He is one of the best-known Alaskan writers and we talk about the process it took to get to that point. We talk about developing voice, confidence, editing and the importance of clarity and cadence in writing.

Show 22: A Wolf Called Romeo: The Alaskan Wolf Who Loved Dogs Today’s Guest Nick Jans My guest today is a man known to be the most prolific author and photographer of Alaskan wildlife, landscapes and culture, Nick Jans. But what he’s most well known for is bringing a huge, black, wild wolf called Romeo, into the hearts and minds of people all across the world. This is such a special podcast for me. I’ve always loved the wolves, and what they’ve taught me about our dogs. Chatting with a studier of wolves in the wild, someone who has been up close with them, is a goal I’ve had for a long time — a bucket-list ticker! Nick has spent much of his life in Alaska and had many encounters with the large black wolf known as Romeo. Hear the story of how Romeo interacted with people and became friends with local dogs. Warm your heart as Nick tells us about the first time his labrador, Dakota, met Romeo, and laugh along when Romeo plays just like a dog! You’ll Hear About:  [05:00] Nick’s beginning with the wolves [14:50] How close exactly did Nick get to Romeo? [20:35] How Romeo became friends with Nick’s labrador, Dakota [27:00] How old the human-dog relationship is [29:00] Wolves - the SuperDogs! [33:30] Do wolves play with balls? [24:30] Dances With Wolves - how accurately the wolf-human interaction portrayed in this film [37:00] The special relationship between the Shoshone Indians and the local wolves [38:45] If wolves really are a danger to people [47:35] Romeo’s tragedy How You Can Get Involved: Buy A Wolf Called Romeo from Nick’s website and grab yourself a bargain as he pairs it up with The Giant’s Hand: A Life in Arctic Alaska for just $30! He’ll even personalize the books for you! Keep Romeo’s story in your heart, and use it to remind yourself of how loving and amazing these often misunderstood creatures really are!   Links & Resources Nick Jans: https://nickjans.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nick-Jans-1711864788848160/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/A-Wolf-Called-Romeo-1505246469695154 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0DfUiLdzKCuk9UOxlgAmsQ 2 great videos of Nick speaking about Romeo: Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/247411185 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szhc2wEKEJE Learn more by tuning into the podcast! Thanks for listening—and again, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on TODT App / iTunes / Spotify to get automatic updates. Cheers, ~Doggy Dan 

This story made us smile, laugh, and cry. Romeo was a black wolf that showed up in Juneau, Alaska in December of 2003. Romeo wasn't just any wolf; he was friendly, caring, social, and different. The man that documented the whole story joins us to tell it in his own eloquent words. Nick Jans is the author of the award-winning, best-selling book: A Wolf Called Romeo. He is also a lifelong nature photographer and a wilderness preservation advocate. We dive into his life, his goals, and his feelings on Romeo and what he meant to the community. We highly recommend you read his book A Wolf Called Romeo which you can find on Amazon, or your local bookstore. The whole story is truly unbelievable and unlike anything we ever read. More information about his book, as well as prints of his photographs can be found on his website http://www.nickjans.com - Stay in touch with us! animals@danspetcare.com - --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ltaca/support

Can you be commanding without doing command and control? Can you have authority without being authoritarian? What is the best way to avoid the traps of hubris and power? Brigadier Nick Jans OAM (retired) shares his wisdom and insight from a lifetime of leadership and learning in the military. He debunks some of the myths that exist around military leadership and culture, namely that there is a difference between being authoritative and authoritarian. Military leaders have an embedded culture where you ‘earn your spurs' and win authority, not seize it. 

Can you be commanding without doing command and control? Can you have authority without being authoritarian? What is the best way to avoid the traps of hubris and power? Brigadier Nick Jans OAM (retired) shares his wisdom and insight from a lifetime of leadership and learning in the military. He debunks some of the myths that exist around military leadership and culture, namely that there is a difference between being authoritative and authoritarian. Military leaders have an embedded culture where you ‘earn your spurs’ and win authority, not seize it.

We could not be happier that Nick Jans, author of the best-selling book A Wolf called Romeo talking about the magical encounter with a wild black wolf during the early 2000s in Juneau, Alaska. An encounter that had a deep impact on the entire Juneau community and the power to change the view on wild... Der Beitrag Episode 34 – A Wolf called Romeo erschien zuerst auf Die Wundertüte - Der Podcast aus der Küche.

Dan L. Walker presents Letters from Happy Valley, Memories of an Alaska Homesteader’s Son Fifty years after leaving the family homestead in Happy Valley, Alaska, Dan Walker unexpectedly received a shoe box full of letters penned in 1958 by his parents as they traveled from Sugar Tree Ridge, Ohio, to build a new life on the Last Frontier. In Letters from Happy Valley, Memories of an Alaska Homesteader’s Son, Dan Walker rediscovers and honors his Alaska roots and the life lived before his father's untimely death, which instigated his family to move to Government Hill. “Emotional, unforced, and grounded, Letters from Happy Valley is destined to be an Alaska classic.”—Nick Jans, contributing editor to Alaska magazine and author of A Wolf Called Romeo “A literary triumph, Letters from Happy Valley demonstrates Walker’s unsurpassed ability to bring to bold life his family’s Alaska pioneering history in a manner both informative and riveting. It will be no surprise to me should this book become a beloved north land classic.” —Dan Seavey, author of The First Great Race: Alaska’s 1973 Iditarod Dan L. Walker has over thirty years in education and his consulting work has taken him throughout Alaska from Anchorage to Barrow and Perryville to Sitka where he works with principals, teachers, and students. He was named as Teacher of the Year for Alaska in 1999.

Writer-photographer Nick Jans knows Alaska. He knows it very well. He's written 12 books and hundreds of magazine articles on the state, and also specializes in wildlife photography. Amzing tales from a man who's led an amazing life.

If you've ever felt the call of the wild, a desire to live in the great outdoors, for adventure, to spend time by yourself, or simply to visit the giant state of Alaska, then do we have the show for you. Today I'll be talking with Nick Jans, award-winning writer and photographer and author of numerous books including the Grizzly Maze, A Wolf Called Romeo, and his latest, the Giant's Hand, a life in Arctic Alaska. Today we'll talk about living in Alaska, North of the Arctic, Circle, what it's like, how it's changed, what we can all learn from it, and what the words Nature and Solitude really mean to us. That plus we'll talk about the dangers of EDD, just how much a house weighs, what's a 3 Dog Night, and why there's a lot of chicken inside. Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: How is Nick's Sprint-Marine Turbo-Wave How did he end up in arctic Alaska after college What happened when he was 10 and visiting Northern Michigan Where his love of the wild came from? How he was gradually welcomed into an Eskimo community How Clarence Wood was more than just attuned to the natural world What solo journeys into nature have brought him What's the God of Narrow escapes Why nature is far less dangerous than ‘civilization' What is the spiritual or meditative experience of being out in nature? Why all of nature wants to live, and what this really means (and to love life)… What does ‘sure always share' means to the Inupauq Eskimo Why Alaska is the last best place (wildnerness) we have What is climate change in Alaska right now? What is happening with Polar Bears in Alaska right now with climate change? What is an ‘elder in a can'? Who is Minnie Grey, his adopted Eskimo Mom How Minnie Grey helped heal him with indigenous medical techniques How much does a house weigh, and how does he know it? What's an arctic mirage? What is the quality of the light in the artic What is the light like in Alaska? How he traded in his rifle for a camera Why the Giant's Hand is a “love poem to life” Why his book, A Giant's Hand is self-published and only available from his website nickjans.com – you can also find out about A Wolf Called Romeo on his website (which we spoke about in a previous Inspire Nation interview) What was Nick's Dr. Phil moment? Why he's 100 miles north of Juneau presently just off the Haines Highway, and what the view's like from there. Why it's so important to find the natural world wherever you are Nick Jans Shares Lessons on Survival, Happiness & Connecting with Nature from ‘A Giant's Hand' Arctic Alaska! Inspirational | Motivational | Meditation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Health | Career | Mindfulness | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

If you've ever felt a strong connection for nature, the outdoors, or wildlife then do we have a howling good show for you. Today I'll be talking with Nick Jans, award-winning writer and photographer, and author of numerous books including The Grizzly Maze, and A Wolf Called Romeo, a wolf that for many years became a part of the Juneau community. Today we'll talk about the story of the Wolf called Romeo, about wild animals in general, and about their intelligence and their presence. That plus we'll talk about larceny on the ice, how Romeo was a Don Juan, and what in the world Sugar making whoopee with Teddy Precious has to do with anything! Self-help and self-improvement questions and topics include: How he met the wolf called Romeo How every dog is 98% wolf How the wolf called Romeo came back and back and back How Nick ended up living in eskimo villages and became a nature writer. Who were the Eskimos he lived with, the Inupiaq – “The Real People” What Eskimo's taught him about Nature and the animals What he learned about animals having souls, and how a wolf or caribou may not be just our equal, but may well be our superior in certain respects What the history is between humans and the wolf How the wolf played with dog and got to know the people of Juneau as well How Romeo the wolf absconded with tennis balls and other toys What happened between Harry Robinson and the wolf How he was forebearant of other dogs, even when ganged up by two German Shephers. How Romeo the Wolf made the cover of the paper. What was Romeo here to teach us Why Nick was meant to witness Nick's story and to tell it. How this wolf was a true miracle of God. What happened to the wolf How the wolf was seen in people's dreams How 113,000 people go to the ER each year from toilets 47000 in 2014 died from accidents The power of nature to soothe yourself What we can learn from his book The Giant's Hand, about his time living with the Eskimos. To find out more: nickjans.com or google “Romeo the Wolf” What is the black wolf special fund and how you can donate and help: http://juneaucf.org/blackwolf.html How Nature and animals make us more present and mindful Nick Jans shares the amazing story and life of A Wolf Called Romeo who befriended the city of Juneau Alaska. Inspiring | Inspirational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Nature | Wildlife | Career | Dogs | Mindfulness | Motivational | Self-Help | Inspire For more info visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

The Alaskan Laundry (Mariner Books) A fresh debut novel about a lost, fierce young woman who finds her way to Alaska and finds herself through the hard work of fishing, as far as the icy Bering Sea  Tara Marconi has made her way to The Rock, a remote island in Alaska governed by the seasons and the demands of the world of commercial fishing. She hasn't felt at home in a long while. Her mother's death left her unmoored and created a seemingly insurmountable rift between her and her father. But in the majestic, mysterious, and tough boundary-lands of Alaska she begins to work her way up the fishing ladder from hatchery assistant all the way to King crabber. She learned discipline from years as a young boxer in Philly, but here she learns anew what it means to work, to connect, and in buying and fixing up an old tugboat how to make a home she knows is her own. A beautiful evocation of a place that can't help but change us and a testament to the unshakable lure of home, The Alaskan Laundry also offers an unforgettable story of one woman's journey from isolation back to the possibility of love. Praise for The Alaskan Laundry "This novel is a rarity -- a gripping, straight-forward, old-fashioned novel about coming of age (a woman, no less) in Alaska. It is reminiscent of the best of Wallace Stegner."--Richard Ford  "This is a truly towering debut novel. Brendan Jones charts new novelistic territory and sends back moving dispatches from the frontiers of the human heart."--Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son "The Alaskan Laundry is a gorgeous and powerful novel that succeeds both as a page-turning adventure story and an evocative exploration of the meaning ofhome. With acute psychological precision and a naturalist's attention to detail, Brendan Jones has created a hauntingly beautiful novel that will stay with me for a long time."--Molly Antopol, author of The Unamericans  "A taut, page-turning narrative, an indomitable heroine, and a rich cast of characters all steeped ina world where you can smell the tang of kelp at low tide, the creak of seiners at their moorings, hear the rustling of the Southeast Alaska rain forest. The Alaskan Laundry plunges the reader into the heart and soul of a unique commercial fishing culture and the story of Tara Marconi, as she struggles for respect, love, inner peace, and a place to call her own. A cinematic tour de force, it offers up an empowering message of hope and resilience."-- Nick Jans, author of A Wolf Called Romeo  "There are the easy journeys, the ones that take us where we mean to travel, and there are those we shy from, the dark and uncertain treks of the soul. Without flinching, nineteen-year-old Tara ventures from South Philly to the male-dominated Rock, an island off the coast of Alaska. True to her boxer instincts, Tara comes out swinging, unsure what the island will make of her. As layers of her former life wash away, she proves as raw and tender as the landscape, as striking and unforgettable. A promising debut, true to the core a novel of grit and redemption."--Deb Vanasse, author of Cold Spell andOut of the Wilderness  "The Alaskan Laundry is a novel of bracing air that gets deep into your lungs. As Tara Marconi reinvents herself in Alaska, we see all facets of the American dream of self-reliance and boundless possibility play out on the stage of the Last Frontier. A strong, singular person grows in these pages. Like a protagonist in a Daniel Woodrell novel, she is stubborn, heroic, and capable of anything."--Will Chancellor, author of A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall "A fresh voice in contemporary realism arrives on the scene in this coming-of-age novel. Fierce and flawed, protagonist Tara Marconi leaves the Lower 48 behind to cut her teeth on the Alaskan wilderness, searching for salvation in the notion that 'people come to Alaska to wash themselves clean.' Jones's dynamic love of America's last frontier comes through in spare, gripping prose."--Suzanne Rindell, author of The Other Typist After receiving a B.A. and M.A. from Oxford University, where he boxed for the Blues team, Brendan Jones made his living in Alaska in carpentry and commercial fishing. He has published work in the New York Times, Ploughshares, Narrative Magazine, Popular Woodworking, The Huffington Post, and recorded commentaries for NPR. A recipient of grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation and the MacDowell Colony, he is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University

Nick Jans, award-winning writer, photographer and multi-book author, joined Tim in this episode to talk about his recently released book, A Wolf Called Romeo. Tim and Nick discussed what inspired him to write the book, life lessons learned from Romeo and the impact the wolf continues to have on Juneau, Alaska. Learn more about how Nick carefully crafts each word to tell Romeo’s story. Questions or Comments? Send them to: tim@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - A Wolf Called Romeo with Tim Link

August 22, 2014 Author Nick Jans & Genius Locator Amy Errett

Join Scott Cluthe on FACEBOOK HERE  Join the Free Positively Incorrect ! Newsletter HERE  Scott Cluthe talks with Nick Jans about his new book, A Wolf Called Romeo. A compelling story of an unlikely 6 year relationship with a Black Wolf in the Alaskan outback. Call in: 347-308-8478 I was born the son of a career diplomat and spent 12 of my first 13 years overseas—first Palermo, Sicily, then Vienna, Austria, and finally Thailand from 1962-67. My dad was the American consul in Udorn Thani, a forward CIA and special operations base for missions into Laos, and later on, into North Vietnam. I attended high school in the Washington DC area and graduated in 1977 from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, with a degree in English Literature. Though mostly raised in cities, I had always dreamed of living in a wilderness setting, and set out for Alaska in 1979. After an 800 mile canoe trip, I settled in a remote Eskimo village on the upper Kobuk River in northwest arctic Alaska, 200 miles off the road grid. I worked for a hunting guide, managed a trading post, and then became a schoolteacher to Inupiat Eskimo children in the local school. But my first love was always the seemingly limitless, wild country that surrounded me, and the creatures that roamed it. In 20 years of living in the region, I travelled tens of thousands of wilderness miles by skiff, canoe, on foot, skis, and snowmobile, often alone I’m a contributing editor to Alaska Magazine, and on USA Today’s board of editorial contributors. I currently live on a semi-remote homesite in Southeast Alaska with my wife, Sherrie, and our four dogs.