On the next Outdoor Explorer we are learning about outdoor summer camps for kids. Once school is out camps are a ritual for many families, however camps have changed a lot in the last 20 years. Camps have become more professional and are not just a month living in the woods. We’ll feature three guests: Brad Cooke with the Municipality of Anchorage’s Kincaid Adventure Camp, Melanie Hooper with Camp Fire, and Chelsea Ferrell with Trailside Discovery Camps.
HOST: Paul Twardock
GUESTS:
- Brad Cooke with the Municipality of Anchorage’s Kincaid Adventure Camp
- Melanie Hooper with Camp Fire
- Chelsea Ferrell with Trailside Discovery Camps.
LINKS:
- Anchorage Parks and Recreation’s activities page
- Camp Fire’s page on “How to Choose a Camp“
- Camp Fire’s rural programs
- Trailside Discovery Camp
BROADCAST: Thursday, May 30th, 2019. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, May 30th, 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!
