Women and people of color have traditionally been underrepresented in outdoor activities. That is changing quickly. On the next Outdoor Explorer, Lisa will be talking with women and men who are in the vanguard of the movement to open the outdoors to all people.
HOST: Lisa Keller
GUEST:
- Segment 1: “Historical perspective”. Paula Cerda and Cristian Ortega, APU.
- Segment 2: “Women of color adventuring together”. Lupe Marroquin and Sheri Boggs.
- Segment 3: “Native triathletes”. Detlef Morrison and Kelley Jansen.
LINKS:
- Circle of Indigenous Women Athletes Facebook page set up by Kelley Jansen
- Cristian Ortega at the International Snow Science Workshop
- The Blackalachian article on Citizen Times
- She Ventures by Georgina Miranda
- First all African-American team to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Outdoor afro leaders to ascend Mt. Kilimanjaro
BROADCAST: Thursday, January 10th, 2019. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, January 10th, 2019. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
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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!
