Latest Juneau Podcast Episodes
Newscast – Tuesday, June 11, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 12, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Last week, SHI presented a film screening of Tlingit Macbeth. The production reimagines Shakespeare's 400-year-old play by infusing elements of Lingit language and culture; The federal government is considering a request that would grant the Gulf of Alaska king salmon Endangered...
Newscast – Monday, June 10, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 11, 2024 00:59 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A federal lawsuit over fishing rights for the people of Alaska's only Native reservation is likely heading for trial; Every year, one dance group is chosen to lead the procession of dancers that begins and ends Celebration; Tongass Voices: Nick Alan Foote on coming home for Cele...
Newscast – Friday, June 7, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 08, 2024 00:59 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Southeast Alaska’s cutest models hit the stage at Centennial Hall on Thursday for Celebration’s Toddler Regalia Review; The state of Alaska is facing a new class action lawsuit over its failure to process Medicaid applications on time. That’s after state officials told Alaska P...
Garden Talk: More from Naomi Michalsen on respectful harvesting
Gardentalk - June 07, 2024 18:39 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMichalsen stresses that going out with an expert is crucial to staying safe and learning to properly identify plants.
Amber Batts: activist for Alaska's sex workers
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - June 07, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsAmber Batts is a founding member of the Community United for Safety and Protection (also known as CUSP), an Alaska-based group of current and former sex workers, sex trafficking survivors, and allies working towards safety and protection in Alaska’s sex industry. Amber began working as sex worke...
Newscast – Thursday, June 6, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 07, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Earlier this week, a swath of gray storm clouds interrupted an afternoon of clear blue skies in Juneau. A few people caught the sound of thunder and saw flashes of lightning. Juneau is no stranger to rainy days, but thunderstorms only happen once every two years or so here. KTOO...
Newscast – Wednesday, June 5, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 06, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Traditional canoes -- or yaakw -- landed in Juneau Tuesday to mark the start of the bi-annual Celebration festival; A team of local scientists and emergency managers are trying to improve flood forecasts; Tongass Voices: Dave Hanson on the cosmos of Marie Drake Planetarium
Newscast – Tuesday, June 4, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 05, 2024 01:07 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Last week, an Alaska Coach Tours bus backed into a totem pole at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, and drove off. Witnesses called the museum to report the accident. There’s minimal damage to the pole and city engineers made sure it was stable. But for the son of the man who carve...
Newscast – Friday, May 31, 2024
KTOO News Update - June 01, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau has negotiated an official agreement with cruise lines that will put a limit on the number of daily passengers that come into Juneau in 2026; The US Coast Guard shared their conclusions from a year long investigation into what caused the loss of a ...
Garden Talk: What it means to harvest plants respectfully
Gardentalk - May 31, 2024 21:44 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor this week’s Garden Talk, Naomi Michalsen shared some reflections on the practice of respectful harvesting.
Newscast – Thursday, May 30, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 31, 2024 00:59 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Bartlett Regional Hospital is facing a multi-million dollar deficit and now hospital leaders are considering cutting some services to stop the bleeding; A partnership between scientists and local hunters to monitor sea ice is helping Utqiagvik adapt to the lost of ice due to cli...
What happened to the village, gardens and fish camp at Auke Rec?
Curious Juneau - May 30, 2024 18:52 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA KTOO listener asked about the Áak’w Ḵwaan village where Auke Recreation Area is now.
Newscast – Wednesday, May 29, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 30, 2024 00:04 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Students studying environmental science at UAS will settle into a brand new building this fall; An organization working to reduce the cost of trash disposal in Southeast Alaska has won a $500,000 grant to study where there are cheaper, more efficient ways to get rid of garbage;...
Newscast – Tuesday, May 28, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 29, 2024 00:59 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Dozens of people had to scramble to find a way home from Haines this weekend when two sailings of the LeConte were canceled due to mechanical issues; On Sunday, more than 300 seniors graduated from Juneau's three high schools, and the last graduating class from Thunder Mountain ...
Newscast – Friday, May 24, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 25, 2024 01:05 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A group of paddlers from Kasaan prepare for a 10-day, over 250-mile journey to Juneau for Celebration in canoes they carved themselves, making stops in communities like Wrangell and Petersburg along the way; Alaskans looking to invest in solar panels or other renewable energy in...
Garden Talk: Juneau’s Jensen-Olson Arboretum celebrates Public Gardens Day and Primula Day
Gardentalk - May 24, 2024 18:58 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe arboretum cares for more than 170 varieties of Primula.
Rebecca Braun: Publisher-Editor of the Alaska Budget Report & Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Bill Walker
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - May 24, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsRebecca Braun of Juneau moved to Alaska about 30 years ago initially to work for the forestry service. She then taught math and science at Juneau-Douglas High School before randomly applying for a journalist position with The Alaska Budget Report. The Alaska Budget Report, which no longer exists...
Newscast – Thursday, May 23, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 24, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Members of Juneau's Assembly decided to lower the city's property tax rate next year; Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola introduced two bills that aim to reduce the number of salmon that the pollock fleet catches by accident; Leaders from Ketchikan's Indigenous communities spoke ...
Newscast – Wednesday, May 22, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 23, 2024 01:01 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: One Juneau inventor hopes to tap into the power of the ocean with a small tidal generator that's poised to hit the market next year; Alaska's governor could soon sign a bill into law that would establish a task force to look into the economic crisis facing the state's seafood in...
Newscast – Tuesday, May 21, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 22, 2024 01:01 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Security footage posted online shows Anchorage police killing an armed man last week, but a witness who owns the camera says her footage contradicts what officers say happened in the lead up to the shooting; The first Alaska woman has been elected to the National Academy of Scie...
Newscast – Monday, May 20, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 20, 2024 23:57 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: An electric pole in Ketchikan caught fire late last month and sent Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Wrangell into a blackout. The three grids - which are interconnected - went dark for a few hours. That smoldering electric pole was symptomatic of a much larger, decades-long issue faci...
Newscast – Friday, May 17, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 18, 2024 01:07 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: AKPM's Eric Stone reports on the dozens of bills passed as lawmakers concluded their work this legislative session; Injured commercial fishermen and boat owners in Alaska will now be able to access higher insurance reimbursements, thanks to a senate bill passed by lawmakers; A b...
Donna Arduin: 2019 OMB director for Gov. Dunleavy & current staff to Rep. Ben Carpenter (R-Nikiski)
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - May 18, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsDonna Arduin is most well known in Alaska as Governor Dunleavy's 2019 director of the Office of Management and Budget. She is currently staff for representative Ben Carpenter of Nikiski. As Dunleavy's OMB Director, she advised major cuts to the state budget including eliminating the state ferry ...
Garden Talk: Jensen-Olson Arboretum previews upcoming events for Alaska Native Plant Month
Gardentalk - May 17, 2024 21:25 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe manager of Juneau's city-owned garden shares tips for spring planting and upcoming events at the arboretum for Alaska Native Plant Month.
Where do the Foodland ravens roost?
Curious Juneau - May 17, 2024 02:04 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJuneauites have fun watching the curious corvids that wander around town, but most of them disappear when the sun goes down. A KTOO listener asked us where they go.
Newscast – Thursday, May 16, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 17, 2024 01:06 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsAn affordable housing project built specifically for people in recovery from substance misuse received funding support from the Juneau Assembly this week; KTOO reporter Anna Canny sought out where ravens roost in Juneau in this week's Curious Juneau episode; A 91-year-old cruise tourist is suing ...
Newscast – Wednesday, May15, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 16, 2024 01:02 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Ketchikan community members are pushing back against the planned construction of a market downtown which would feature two totem poles made by a non-Native Minnesota artist with a checkered past; A look at what's planned for this years Little Norway Festival in Petersburg
Newscast – Tuesday, May 14, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 15, 2024 00:46 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Juneau Assembly approved the school district's more than $85 million budget for next school year last night; Budget negotiators in the Alaska Legislature have settled on the amount of this year's Permanent Fund dividend and energy relief check; Since statehood, Alaska has no...
Newscast – Monday, May 13, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 14, 2024 00:19 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Alaska lawmakers passed a bill last week that adds several Indigenous languages to Alaska’s official list of languages; One People Canoe Society visited Wrangell in early spring to teach residents how to make traditional Lingít paddles. This class was the kickoff for the Journe...
Newscast – Friday, May 10, 2024
KTOO News Update - May 11, 2024 00:46 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A new study reveals that snow slides are a leading cause of death for mountain goats; Should Southeast Alaska have a hatchery-only king salmon sports fishery? Researchers recently tried to answer that question as a possible solution to a declining number of wild kings; Active au...