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On this Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Anchorage horticulturist Debbie Hinchey and Will Criner, manager of gardens and facilities at the Alaska Botanical Garden to discuss what's new with growing and harvesting in your backyard.

Fire season has already started. The mild winter and lack of snow in Southcentral Alaska has firefighters nervous about the tinder dry conditions in and around the state's largest urban center. Interior Alaska is also an area of high fire danger this spring. Green up is early, but how much would new growth slow a big burn?

Concerns for Alaska's economy as the coronavirus hammers the stock market. Plus:the University of Alaska president addresses the system's future. And, how an Anchorage barbershop combines haircuts and community building.

Should the Permanent Fund invest in oil tax credits?; Alaska Legislature shutters offices on Friday afternoons; Homer residents respond to proposed drilling; plan expands rural cell, broadband service; One People Canoe Society to paddle for Standing Rock Tribe to protest controversial pipeline; Anchorage professor bets on bio-insulation made from mushrooms; Homer Fire gets boost through remodel, grants; AK: Marine mammal camp nurtures budding scientists; 49 Voices: Will Schlimgen of Eagle River Listen now

This week we're hearing from, Frage Schaefer from Palmer. Schaefer is an electrician who grew up in Point Hope. Listen now

Author Dan Millman's first book, The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior, introduced the idea that the moment is all that really exists and that the quality of our moments become the quality of our lives. Millman's new book explains how people can use the “peaceful warrior way” to transform their lives. 

Year-round, no matter the conditions, Mako Haggerty takes his boat out across Katchemak Bay as a service to Homer's residents and visitors. http://youtu.be/0_VujI7QZHo

Join Grammy-winning host Kathy Mattea and nearly 700 student musicians, Belmont School of Music faculty and Nashville Children’s Choir for a production of traditional carols, classical masterworks, world music and light-hearted seasonal favorites.Monday, December 21. 9:00 p.m. Friday, December 25. 7:00 p.m.

In Southeast Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park, a crew of six researchers spent the summer studying the underwater communication of humpback whales and harbor seals. Ph.D. students Michelle Fournet and Leanna Matthews teamed up with wildlife biologist Chris Gabriele to better understand the relationship between marine mammal communication and vessel traffic, as part of the park's long-term acoustic marine monitoring program.

Here's a highlight reel of my best aurora nights in 2013, including THE best St. Patrick's Day aurora display. That was an epic night in Alaska with an EPIC FLIGHT to the stars! 2014 has great potential. We are still in the peak phase of the solar cycle and on any given night, predicted or not predicted, there can be a light show that will set you free.

Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S.A., Ashok Kumar Mirpuri was recorded speaking at the Alaska World Affairs Council's Ambassador Speaker Series on June 28, 2013. Listen Now