This week on Addressing Alaskans we’ll be listening to stories from Arctic Entries, a live show that took place on January 12 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. In the spirit of This American Life, The Moth, and other storytelling events, Arctic Entries brings Alaskans to the stage to share their personal stories: funny, sad and sweet. At every performance, seven people each tell a seven-minute long true story about themselves relating to the show’s theme. This time around we’ll hear stories about a tourist trap, a rooster named Fred, pepper spray, fish, and walks in the wild.
- Erik Dahl – Pepper Spray
- Jenna Desmarais – Tourist Trap
- Marty Hannah – A Rooster Named Fred and a Bag of Kittens
- Christy Everett Jordan – The Fish that Found My Net
- Debbie Moderow – One the Trail
- Elizabeth Van Alstine – Backcountry Business
- Nelson Carpluk – The Hunt
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HOSTS: Jason Brandies & Rosey Robards
BROADCAST: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
RECORDED: Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
