Traveling Music 6-1-14

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 6-1-14   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   As Soon as You're Out of my Life John Lowell, Ben Winship / John Lowell Growling Old Men Snake River...

Traveling Music 6-8-14

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 6-8-14   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   Calling All Angels k.d. lang, Jane Siberry / Jane Siberry Recollection Nonesuch 5:18   There Is A Time Solas / Dillard, Jayne For Love and...

June Television Highlights

June kicks off with some of your favorite classic programs, including: Great Performances: Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration; Alaska, The World, and Wally Hickel; and Alaska Far Away: The New Deal of Pioneers of the Matanuska Valley. We also will be starting a new season of Master Piece Mystery - Endeavor and Last Tango in Halifax.

Alaska Edition: May 23, 2014

Forest fires fill Southcentral Alaska with smoke. Providence Hospital is opposing MLP's proposed rate increase. The Anchorage School Board has passed a budget that would restore some teaching positions. More and more farmers markets are accepting food stamps. The Native village of Eklutna has received regulatory help from the Anchorage Assembly. Senate candidate Joe Miller raises global warming as a primary issue. Promoters of the legalization of marijuana hold a seminar on how to get into the business if legalized. People bike to work in Anchorage - but just how many. There's a lot of negative advertising on TV this political season. How do voters find out what is accurate? KSKA: Friday, May 23 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 24 at 6:00 p.m. KAKM: Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 24 at 4:30 p.m. Download Audio

There’s something magical happening at Anchorage Community Theatre

Don Russell, "The Magic Guy" brings more than just a few tricks up his sleeve as he and ACT's Executive Director Don Gomes come to Stage Talk to talk about Don's show Mystery, Magic & Mayhem performing at Anchorage Community Theatre Friday May 23rd as a fund raiser for ACT and the Anchorage Food Bank. KSKA: Friday, May 23, at 2:45 p.m. Listen now:

AK: Scavenger Hunt

Small towns like Unalaska can be pretty close-knit. Grown-ups take care of kids who aren’t their own, and teenagers have adults to turn to when they need them. One local high schooler wanted to make those relationships stronger. So she planned something special: She put students and adults into teams, and sent them on a town-wide scavenger hunt. Download Audio

May Schedule Highlights

Alaska Public Media's May Schedules

Wild Alaska Devil’s Club Buds

heidi drygas devils club 6 We all have our quirks. Some wear an apron while they cook. Some still drink Shirley Temples when they're 36. One quirk I embrace: I'm a forager, and I embrace my inner hunter & gatherer. See the recipe.

Algo Nuevo: May 11, 2014

Here’s the Sunday, May 11, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...

Algo Nuevo: May 18, 2014

Here’s the Sunday, May 18, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...

Algo Nuevo: May 25, 2014

Here’s the Sunday, May 25, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...

Alaska Edition Friday May 30, 2014

Sexual assault and the National Guard update. Update on Southcentral fires. The SARB board meets to evaluate the trans-Alaska pipeline. Jim Minnery, leading conservative activist, modifies his views on gays. Changes ahead for workers compensation law. Verizon enters the Alaska market. Six Native regional corporation join the vote no campaign against the oil-tax referendum. Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew says his department is understaffed. KSKA: Friday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m. KAKM: Friday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 31 at 4:30 p.m. Download Audio

AK: A Musical Celebration

Alaskans have had some big anniversaries this year: The ‘64 earthquake and the Exxon Valdez oil spill among them. Acoustic musicians celebrated their own anniversary last month in Juneau: the Alaska Folk Festival’s 40th. The week of concerts attracts hundreds of singers, pickers and strummers and thousands of fans from around the state. Download Audio

Algo Nuevo: June 1, 2014

Here’s the Sunday, June 1, 2014 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera — Something New with Dave Luera. If you have questions, comments...

Combating Rural Poverty Through ‘Last Mile’ Solutions

Alex Counts founded Grameen Foundation and became its President and CEO in 1997, after having worked in microfinance and poverty reduction for 10 years. A Cornell University graduate, Counts’ commitment to poverty eradication deepened as a Fulbright scholar in Bangladesh, where he witnessed innovative poverty solutions being developed by Grameen Bank. His talk, hosted by the Alaska World Affairs Council, was recorded May 16. Listen now:

Baby Jams

Today we’re surviving children’s music. While some children’s music is better than others, most of it can drive you crazy after multiple listens. To find out how to keep our musical sanity after children, we turn to Townsquare 49 contributor, local DJ, and brand new father Spencer Shroyer.

British Ambassador Speaks on U.K.-Alaska Relations

Join British ambassador to the United States, Sir Peter Westmacott, for a talk on U.K.-Alaska relations hosted by the Alaska World Affairs Council. British tourists make up nearly a third of all foreign visitors to Alaska. "Brits are quite adventurous people, as they were back in Captain Cook's time," Westmacott says. They're also among the world's top consumers of canned Alaska salmon. Hear Westmacott's perspective from across the pond on Alaska, the Arctic and more. Listen now:

AK: Police Dogs

Dog owners know the challenges of dog training – first to get them housebroken, then to stop jumping on people or perhaps to pull on their harness on command. But police dogs have to meet a remarkable level of obedience. KNBA’s Joaqlin Estus recently met up with Aerie, a police dog with the Anchorage Police Department, and his handler in an Anchorage parking lot, and has this story. Download Audio

Traveling Music 6-15-14

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 6-15-14   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   All That You Have is Your Soul Emmylou Harris / Tracy Chapman All I Intended to Be Nonesuch 4:41   Running Out of...

Traveling Music 6-22-14

Traveling Music Shonti Elder 6-22-14   Format: Song Title Artist / Composer CD Title Label Duration   The Argument Marian Bradfield / Marian Bradfield Celtic Heart - Tales of True Love St. Clair Entertainment Group 3:27   The Foggy Dew The...