Latest Juneau Podcast Episodes
Newscast – Thursday, April 18, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 18, 2024 16:16 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Scientists and Alaska Native leaders released a report this week claiming plastic waste in the Arctic is contaminating essential resources of Indigenous communities Khalil English shares his research on silverweed, a seemingly inconspicuous plant with deep roots in Pacific North...
Newscast – Wednesday, April 17, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 17, 2024 17:53 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Wrangell’s Nolan Center hosted a screening of Blue Ticket on Monday. It’s a film of a play that KTOO documented back in 2019. The play’s author, Maureen Longworth, documented how gay men in Juneau were exiled from the city in the 1960s. The Alaska Native Birthworkers Community i...
Newscast – Tuesday, April 16, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 17, 2024 00:40 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Juneau planning commission agreed to let an outdoor food court expand into the empty lot that once housed the demolished Elks Hall building; The National Native Boarding School Healing Coalition will conduct interviews to document abuse at boarding schools; Alaska Public Med...
Newscast – Monday, April 15, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 16, 2024 00:41 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Peter Pan Seafood announced Friday that it was ceasing operations; A partisan brawl is about to erupt in Congress over the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Alaska's US senators are seemingly split over it; Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philo...
James Kaufman (R-Anchorage): AK State Senator for Abbott Loop and the Hillside
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - April 14, 2024 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsAlaska State Senator James Kaufman represents the Abbott Loop and Hillside areas of Anchorage. Although in his teens and 20s he was a guitar player & song writer for several successful rock bands, James began earning real money as an aircraft mechanic in Houston, Texas. He quickly found himself ...
Newscast – Friday, March 12, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 13, 2024 01:01 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Cancer patients in Juneau who need gynecological surgery no longer have to leave town to get it; The Alaska House of Representatives passed its $6 billion operating budget today
Garden Talk: Why silverweed is ‘a beloved plant all throughout the Pacific Northwest’
Gardentalk - April 12, 2024 19:48 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor this week’s Garden Talk, KTOO’s Chloe Pleznac spoke with Khalil English about his research on silverweed, a seemingly inconspicuous plant with deep roots in Pacific Northwest history.
Newscast – Thursday, April 11, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 12, 2024 00:47 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: City officials in Juneau have proposed a municipal spending plan for next year that slightly raises the property tax rate; Many Alaskans have to travel a long way for certain healthcare treatments, but a bill in the state House aims to close that distance by expanding the list ...
Newscast – Wednesday, April 10, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 11, 2024 00:39 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A group of activists in Juneau filed paperwork in the hopes of putting a question on the 2024 local election ballot about whether the city should begin enforcing "Ship-free Saturdays"; The Sitka Assembly is calling for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to reconside...
Newscast – Tuesday, April 9, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 10, 2024 00:39 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The Norwegian Bliss docked in Juneau this morning, marking the beginning of the 2024 cruise ship season; State education officials continue to dispute the federal government's claim that Alaska didn't fund schools equitably during the pandemic; Athletes from across Alaska and so...
Newscast – Monday, April 8, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 09, 2024 00:41 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Some projects the city plans to fund with marine passenger fees are being contested by cruise line officials; A look ahead at this year's cruise season, which starts tomorrow; Tongass Voices: Joey Scoggins and Khrystal Brouillette-Gillam and the Juneau Hostel
Reggie Joule: Kotzebue House Rep (1997-2012) & Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor (2012-2015)
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - April 07, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsReggie Joule of Kotzebue is a former Alaska State House Representative and the former Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor. He is listed in the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame as: “the greatest practitioner of the blanket toss in the long history of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics.” His skill in that Alas...
Newscast – Friday, April 5, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 06, 2024 00:47 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Involvement in traditional games and Native Youth Olympics are growing across Alaska and two coaches from Juneau's team visited Petersburg to show students what these sports are all about; Legendary Juneau musician Buddy Tabor died in 2012, and a group of Southeast Alaska artist...
Garden Talk: It’s time to get your garden — and yourself — ready for the growing season
Gardentalk - April 05, 2024 15:00 ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMaster Gardener Ed Buyarski says it’s time to start doing the work that will set you up for success.
Newscast – Thursday, April 4, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 05, 2024 00:38 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Students from Juneau and across Alaska walked out of school today to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy's education funding veto last month; Curious Juneau: the state of fast food in Juneau; State lawmakers got some new details Tuesday about the federal government's partial approval of ...
What happened to the fast-food restaurants that used to be in Juneau, and why aren’t there more today?
Curious Juneau - April 04, 2024 22:44 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsFor this Curious Juneau, Clarise Larson investigates what it takes to make a fast-food restaurant survive in the capital city today.
Newscast – Wednesday, April 3, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 04, 2024 00:45 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: This cruise season, money collected from cruise passengers could be set aside to help Juneau's tourism businesses cut down on fossil-fuels; A group of students in Sitka is taking a class on navigating the Federal Subsistence Board process; Democrats in the U.S. House almost alwa...
Newscast – Tuesday, April 2, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 03, 2024 00:55 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau has negotiated a conceptual agreement with cruise lines that could limit the number of daily passengers that come off their ships and into Juneau; It's also moving forward with a plan to relocate its seasonal campground to a different site further ...
Newscast – Monday, April 1, 2024
KTOO News Update - April 02, 2024 00:29 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price is a language learner and teacher who believes in using the power of community to strengthen the language revitalization movement; The Alaska Legislature has relaunched a caucus focused on providing support to children from birth to adulthood
Sharon Gleason: Chief Judge of the US District Court for Alaska
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - March 30, 2024 16:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsJudge Sharon Gleason is the Chief Judge of the United State District Court for the District of Alaska. She was appointed by Barack Obama in 2012 after serving 11 years as a judge on the Alaska Superior Court. She is the first woman to serve as a federal judge for Alaska. On March 29, 2024, she...
Newscast – Friday, March 29, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 29, 2024 22:36 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: A new letter from the federal government says Alaska's education department owes almost $30 million to four school districts; Three airlines are adding nonstop flights from Anchorage to new destinations this summer
Newscast – Thursday, March 28, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 29, 2024 01:00 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: This week is Alaska's tsunami preparedness week and one kind of tsunami might become more common because of human-caused climate change, and experts say we are not prepared for it; Sleetmute's school is at risk of collapse and the community is worried that could mean the end of ...
Newscast – Wednesday, March 27, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 28, 2024 00:43 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Kensington Gold Mine near Juneau has reported a spill of more than 100,000 gallons of mine waste that happened back in January; This month, the Biden administration approved a disaster declaration to Wrangell's tribal government. This is the first such declaration for an Alaska ...
Newscast – Tuesday, March 26, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 27, 2024 00:58 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Monday, Juneau celebrated the Hindu holiday Holi in the streets with Bollywood dancing and throwing colors in the air; A Ketchikan-raised master weaver is helping to create a pipeline of weaving teachers through a first-of-its-kind apprenticeship program in Sitka; The Alaska Hou...
Newscast – Monday, March 25, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 26, 2024 00:08 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Alaska author Lily Tuzroyluke was recognized as one of USA Today's women of the year earlier this month; Tongass Voices: Producer for dozens of artists around Southeast Alaska, Joshua Laboca, and his 9-year-old daughter Harmony also produce their own music together
Lisa Wawrzonek: Statewide Guardianship Compliance Officer on Alaska's Guardianship Crisis
East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray - March 23, 2024 20:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsWith over 20 years of experience in Alaska's guardianship system Lisa Warzonek has been our statewide guardianship compliance officer since the position was created four years ago. A guardian is a person that the court appoints to manage the affairs of another person. In spite of the sensational...
Newscast – Friday, March 22, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 23, 2024 00:22 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: How much money Alaska’s public schools will get from the state is up in the air. That’s after lawmakers fell one vote short of overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a funding boost and reform package; A regional working group in Southeast Alaska wants to create a landslide wa...
Why do Juneau’s thrift stores fill up so fast? And what can we do about it?
Curious Juneau - March 22, 2024 07:08 ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA listener asked KTOO why it's so hard to donate clothes and other used items in town. For this installment of Curious Juneau, Anna Canny investigates why that is and some of the creative solutions people have found.
Newscast – Thursday, March 21, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 22, 2024 00:47 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: Alaska has submitted a first-of-its-kind plan to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions to the federal government; Curious Juneau: donating to thrift stores can be a challenge in Juneau. Anna Canny looks into why.
Newscast – Wednesday, March 20, 2024
KTOO News Update - March 20, 2024 22:55 ★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this newscast: The 75th annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament is underway this week, with more than 500 people from across Southeast Alaska playing or spectating nearly 50 games; It's more and more difficult for Alaska prisoners to win discretionary parole, and advocates ...