Latest Juneau Podcast Episodes
Jane Angvik: Founding Mother of Anchorage
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - July 08, 2024 13:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJane Angvik was an Anchorage Charter Commission member who drafted the founding document that unified the city and borough of Anchorage in 1975. On July 1, 2024, she administered the oath of office at the inauguration of Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance. Jane has spent her life in service to Ala...
Newscast – Friday, July 5, 2024
KTOO News Update - July 06, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Alaska Supreme Court handed the state a victory last week when it reversed a lower court ruling that had thrown out two key homeschool laws as unconstitutional, but there's a key question the court didn't address: whether Alaska correspondence schools can allow parents to s...
JULY 4: Dr. Cal Williams, African American History Keeper and Alaskan Grio
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - July 04, 2024 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsCommunity activist Dr. Cal Williams was born on November 30, 1941, in Monroe, Louisiana. A college graduate, Williams served in the United States Air Force during the early 1960s and participated in the Civil Rights Movement through his affiliation with the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). In...
Newscast – Wednesday, July 3, 2024
KTOO News Update - July 04, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Ice is melting faster in the Juneau Icefield than expected; Juneau's former downtown homeless shelter has been converted into seven affordable housing units; A Canadian company is getting close to the permitting stage to reopen a gold mine at the headwaters of a river that flows...
Newscast – Tuesday, July 2, 2024
KTOO News Update - July 03, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Little Mermaid Beauty Salon in Douglas closed for good last weekend after 60 years; A researcher with the Pacific Northwest Research Station is recording connections between people and subsistence foods for a new project with the National Forest Service
Newscast – Monday, July 1, 2024
KTOO News Update - July 02, 2024 00:59 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state's $12.2 billion operating budget Friday; Last week, a federal judge in Anchorage ruled that tribes in Alaska can put land into trust; Tongass Voices: Sakoon Donedin Jackson on re-indigenizing her life
Newscast – Friday, June 28, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 29, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Biden Administration finalized a decision blocking the controversial Ambler Road project; In the last 14 months, four men have died while working in the oil fields on the North Slope. Before that, the area hadn't seen a death in about five years
Newscast – Thursday, June 27, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 28, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A high-stakes battle over a popular form of homeschooling reached the Alaska Supreme Court today; Curious Juneau: Juneau is a windy city. So why don’t we have more wind turbines?
Juneau is a windy city. So why don’t we have more wind turbines?
Curious Juneau - June 27, 2024 23:41 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA solitary wind turbine at Juneau’s Coast Guard station sparks curiosity about an untapped renewable resource.
PRIDE: Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa, Director of the Pacific Community of Alaska
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 27, 2024 13:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsTafilisaunoa Toleafoa was born and raised in the islands of Samoa in the the South Pacific. She moved to Anchorage 20 years ago to join the rest of her family who were already here. Ms. Toleafoa serves as Executive Director at the Pacific Community of Alaska. She serves as co-chair for the boa...
Newscast – Wednesday, June 26, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 27, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Supports of Alaska's ranked-choice voting were in court Monday in an attempt to disqualify a ballot measure that would repeal the election reforms voters adopted in 2020; A Juneau artist's family is donating hundreds of photos of King Island taken in the early 1950s before the ...
Newscast – Tuesday, June 25, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 26, 2024 00:21 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Recent Juneau high school graduate and soon-to-be collegiate swimmer PJ Foy competed in the U.S. Olympic trials in Indianapolis on Friday; Last week, a group of Juneau middle schoolers got a crash course in renewable electricity through a summer camp called the “Nature of Energy...
Newscast – Monday, June 24, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 25, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A Wisconsin museum has sent a Chilkat robe it's had for the last 80 years to Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau in the hopes of identifying it; The Kodiak Filipino American Association celebrated Philippine Independence Day wiht a basketball tournament; Tongass Voices: Juneau...
Kevin Berry: UAA Economics Professor on private vs. public sector growth, Assembly-proposed zoning changes, and Anchorage community councils
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 25, 2024 00:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsUniversity of Alaska Anchorage Economics Professor Kevin Berry returns to the podcast to discuss the Alaska economy. For a deeper dive into his personal story, listen to his episode from November 2022 (click here). Today we talk about the way the private sector and the public sector economies in...
Newscast – Friday, June 21, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 22, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced an emergency closure for most near-shore fishing areas around Juneau, Researchers found dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish toxins in Ketchikan, and they are helping researchers learn more about the toxins, And, if you fel...
Newscast – Thursday, June 20, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 21, 2024 01:16 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Local trail crews are trying to figure out how to keep up with muddier and harder-to-maintain trails in Southeast Alaska caused by climate change; New rules for wastewater are on the horizon here in Alaska; Seward's Lydia Jacoby won't compete in this summer's Olympics in Paris; ...
JUNETEENTH: Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage)
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 19, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsIn honor of Juneteenth 2024, I am airing an interview I conducted with Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson from 2023 for my previous podcast, "East Anchorage Matters." Last month the Alaska State House and Senate passed Sen. Gray-Jackson's bill making Juneteenth an Alaska State Holiday. Juneteenth commemorat...
Newscast – Tuesday, June 18, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 19, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon announced that she plans to run for a third term in October's local election; The Juneau Assembly is increasing funding in a city loan program for purchasing mobile homes; European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska; A team of ...
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (SPANISH): Conoce tus derechos como trabajador en Alaska
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 18, 2024 20:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsintérprete: Israel Portilla Gomez La información de este episodio se basa en una entrevista que realizó en 2024 con Jeremy Applegate, jefe de la división de Salarios y Horas del Departamento de Trabajo del Estado de Alaska. Todos los trabajadores en Alaska tienen derecho a un salario y un trat...
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (UKRAINIAN): Знайте свої права як працівника на Алясці
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 18, 2024 04:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsПерекладач: Катерина Клименченко Інформація в цьому епізоді базується на інтерв’ю, яке він провів у 2024 році з Джеремі Епплгейтом, керівником відділу оплати праці та робочих годин Департаменту праці штату Аляска. Відповідно до закону, усі працівники на Алясці мають право на справедливу оплату п...
Newscast – Monday, June 17, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 18, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: It's taken 44 years, but a hydroelectric project in Angoon finally has all the funding and most of the permits to launch; A rare mountain lion was shot and killed on Wrangell Island earlier this month; Tongass Voices: The Evening Star on creating spaces for queer Indigenous people
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (ESTONIAN): teie õigused töötajana
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 16, 2024 23:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsSee on eestikeelne versioon taskuhäälingusaate intervjuust Jeremy Applegate’iga – Alaska tööministeeriumi palga ja tunni osakonna juhatajaga. Kui arvate, et teie õigusi on rikutud, helistage numbril 907-269-4900. Te ei pea inglise keelt rääkima. Interpreter assistance: Leino Mandre.
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (HMONG): Koj txoj cai ua haujlwm
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 15, 2024 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsZoo siab txais tos txhua tus los rau Tsab Ntawv East Anchorage; Hnub no lub xov tooj cua luv luv no yuav piav qhia txog Alaska cov neeg ua haujlwm txoj cai hauv lus Hmoob. Kuv lub npe yog Emery Yaj , kuv yog tus txhais lus Hmoob rau tus tuav thiab coj xov tooj cua Andrew Gray. Andrew Gray yog ...
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (FILIPINO): Ang iyong mga karapatan bilang isang manggagawa
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 15, 2024 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsIto ay isang Filipino na bersyon ng isang nakaraang podcast episode. Ang layunin ay upang turuan ang mga manggagawa tungkol sa kanilang mga karapatan. Ang interpreter ay si Elsie Janes. Kung naniniwala ka na ang iyong mga karapatan ay nilabag, makipag-ugnayan sa Alaska Department of Labor sa sta...
Newscast – Friday, June 14, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 15, 2024 01:01 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Cultural ambassadors are now at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to teach Lingit culture and history to tourists; Representative Mary Peltola recently introduced two bills aimed at addressing bycatch in federal trawl fisheries
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (KOREAN): 노동자 권리 에피소드 한국어
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 14, 2024 18:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings이번 팟캐스트 에피소드는 송명숙 번역가가 참여한 한국어 버전입니다. 알래스카의 모든 근로자는 공정한 임금과 안전한 근무 조건을 누릴 자격이 있습니다. 귀하의 권리가 침해되었다고 생각되면 907-269-4900으로 전화하십시오. 불만사항을 제기하기 위해 영어를 구사할 수 있을 필요는 없습니다.
Newscast – Thursday, June 13, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 14, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A drag story time in Seward faced a bomb threat on Saturday, but the event persisted; Curious Juneau: What will happen to Juneau’s City Hall mural if the city moves out?
What will happen to Juneau’s City Hall mural if the city moves out?
Curious Juneau - June 13, 2024 18:20 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThe "Raven discovering mankind in a clamshell” mural is an iconic piece of downtown art — but is that enough to save it?
Newscast – Wednesday, June 12, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 13, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A Superior Court judge in Anchorage has dismissed a significant portion of a lawsuit filed by supporters of Alaska's ranked choice voting; A search is underway for a missing Ketchikan woman; Museum curators, chemists and Alaska Native weavers have worked to solve the mystery of...
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS: short guide in English
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 12, 2024 19:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsThis short episode is largely based on information gathered from the podcast interview with Jeremy Applegate, the chief of the Wage and Hour division for the State of Alaska Department of Labor, from May 6, 2024. To listen to the whole interview, click here. The plan is to release this short gu...