Townsquare49.org at Cafe Del Mundo: Tell us your Story

Be heard! Get your Alaskan story on-air, online, and into our community. Join us Thursday, September 15 from 2 - 5 PM at Cafe Del Mundo in Anchorage to record a story for potential use on KAKM, KSKA and townsquare49.org. And, you'll learn more about the project from folks from the Alaska Community Foundation. More details.

Cabbage Conundrum: What Do You Do with a 125 lb Cabbage?

What to do with a giant cabbage? Eat it? Show it? How about feed it to an 800 lb grizzly bear? Every year, visitors from around Alaska come to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center to see our executive director, Mike Miller, feed our three adult brown bears some ”leftovers” from the State fair. Read the full story.

A Real Dialogue about Racial Equity in Alaska

A few weeks ago, I was waiting in my car for my sister to come out of a grocery store, window down, and two young men, both white, were having a loud discussion about race. I tried (not very hard) to not listen, but as I was in the middle of the unnerving project I’ll describe in a bit, bad manners took over. They discussed different racial problems, whether minorities should be “blaming” everything on race, whether affirmative action was right, and one was vehement that the “Native Pride” hats were racist in nature. What struck me was – they probably would be talking a bit differently if I was part of the discussion. Read more.

Something Different: September 11, 2011

Here’s the Sunday, September 11, 2011 edition of Something Different with Betsy.  All tracks played are listed below in the following format: Song Title Artist...

Algo Nuevo: September 11, 2011

Here’s the Sunday, September 11, 2011 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions,...

Algo Nuevo: September 4, 2011

Here’s the Sunday, September 4, 2011 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions,...