On the next episode we’ll hear from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She was visiting Alaska in August, of 2016, and took time from her vacation to speak at the Dena’ina Center. She shares with us the difficulties of taking on the responsibilities that go with being a member of the highest court in the country and the importance of having a diverse supreme court, among many other things. Her question and answer session was hosted by the Alaska Bar Association and the questions were moderated by Judge Morgan Christen.
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HOSTS: Alaska Bar Association
LINKS:
- The Alaska Bar Association’s post on the event
- Alaska Public Media’s article on the Chief Justice’s visit
RECORDED: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the Dena’ina Center.
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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!
