Iditapod: What the heck is happening?

Nicolas Petit races toward Nome in the 2017 Iditarod. (Photo: Ben Matheson, KNOM)

We look at three major problems hitting Alaska’s mushing community ahead of the Iditarod. The Anchorage Daily News’ Tegan Hanlon and Alaska Public Media’s Zachariah Hughes sit down with host Casey Grove to discuss the whirlwind of recent news, including a doping scandal, musher mutiny, and increasing pressure from animal rights groups.

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Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him atcgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Caseyhere

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