Health Care Improved
Monday on Line One Dr. Woodard hosts Dr. Dale Bratzler from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to discuss health care quality improvement and reducing patient harm in health care. Join us with your questions and comments.
KSKA: Monday 10/1 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm 
On Golden Pond
This week on Stage Talk, spend some time with curmudgeon Norman Thayer (Jerry McDonnell) and his daughter Chelsea (Veronica Page) as we visit them On Golden Pond and discover the trials and tribulations along with the love and warmth of their lives in this time-tested comedy/drama by Ernest Thompson. On Golden Pond opens tonight at Anchorage Community Theater.
KSKA: Friday 9/28 at 2:45 pm
The Wild Duck: A Summer Fishing Cook Inlet
We were sitting at anchor in a small cove on the coast of Kalgan Island waiting for the storm to break and listening to the radio. Somehow, Terry had managed to get a hold of one of the Dobenspeck Cannery secret maps.
We were independent fishermen, meaning that we were beholding to no cannery, could sell to whomever we pleased, but as a consequence, not entitled to one of those maps.
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Portage Pass Trailhead Restoration
Before the big rains came last week, a group of Anchorage high school students from Highland Tech ventured down to Whittier to help restore the Portage Pass Trailhead.
In just an hour and a half, 35 students, with help from 5 Forest Service employees, moved 3yds of rock and 1.5 yards of gravel to repair a 50ft stretch of trail.
Read more. Nature: The Animal House
Watch The Animal House - Preview on PBS. See more from Nature.
Why do some animals build structures and others don’t? And how do animals decide where to build? Animal homes need to be safe and secure, protected from predators and the weather. An eagle’s nest can weigh up to one ton, a termite mound can stand eight feet tall, and some falcon nest sites have been around for centuries. Going above ground and under, NATURE investigates just what goes into making a home when you’re wild and cost is not a factor. TV: Wednesday, 9/26 at 7:00pmSettlement Reached In Lawsuit About The 2005 Bristol Bay Area Plan
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that pitted several tribes in Bristol Bay against the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The settlement could impact the proposed Pebble Mine.
Royal Dutch Shell’s Role in Alaska Oil and Gas
On September 10th, after a six-year effort, wrought with permitting challenges and legal battles, and recent delays with renovation of its oil spill-containment barge, Shell Alaska finally began preparatory drilling for offshore oil in the Chukchi Sea. A week later, the company announced that it would abandon plans after an accident damaged its oil spill containment dome. On September 20th, the company received the go ahead from federal officials to move forward with initial drilling activities in the Beaufort Sea. Join host Shelly Wade on Hometown, Alaska and learn more about Shell’s past, current and future role in Alaska’s oil and gas industry.
KSKA: Wednesday, 9/26 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Fifty Years Since “Silent Spring”
Few books have been as influential as Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” published 50 years ago this month. What is the legacy of “Silent Spring” in Alaska, where we have always had plenty of eagles and clean air and water? Until recently. We’ll have a closer look at the meaning of Rachel Carson’s 50 year old message for Alaska on the next Talk of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, 9/25 at 10:00am
The Alaska Pilot Project
Already one of the most generous film tax incentive programs in the country, the Alaska Film Incentive Program will receive a boost in July allowing movie makers to receive a 50 percent credit on all wages paid to Alaskan writers, producers and directors. This development spurred Affinityfilms, Inc., a nonprofit educational media production company based in Anchorage to create the Alaska Pilot Project. The project aims at to educate local writers in the craft of writing for television with the ultimate goal of launching a television series set in and filmed in Alaska.
KSKA: Monday at 1:00 pm
When is Screening for Disease Not a Good Idea?
Monday on Line One, Dr. Woodard hosts Dr. Gilbert Welch of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Research to discuss the basis of his latest book, Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health.
KSKA: Monday at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Into The Woods
What happens to such popular folk characters as Little Red, Jack and Cinderella after "happily ever after"? Join Director Shelly Wozniak and Actor Danielle Rabinovitch as they talk about Theatre Artists United's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's ground-breaking musical, Into The Woods.
KSKA: Friday at 2:45 pm
PFD Comes In At $878; and Shell Calls It Quits For The Year
The Alaska Permanent Fund will be $878 this year. The International Association of Chiefs of Police make their recommendations from the audit of APD. The detox center at the Ernie Turner Center in Anchorage is suspended. A new coalition is pushing cuts in oil taxes and an increase in oil production. Shell Oil calls it quits for the year.
KSKA: Friday, 9/21 at 2:00pm & Saturday, 9/22 at 6:00pm
TV: Friday, 9/21 at 7:30pm & Saturday, 9/22 at 5:00pm
Masterpiece Mystery! Wallander Series: The Dogs of Riga
Watch Wallander III: The Dogs of Riga on PBS. See more from Masterpiece.
A raft adrift in Swedish waters holds a grisly cargo: two dead Latvians who have been horribly tortured. Arriving to investigate from Riga, Latvia’s capital, is an enigmatic police major. He reports back to headquarters and then disappears. After learning of the major’s death, Wallander goes to Riga and meets his widow, Kristina (Rebekah Staton, “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”). Together, they become embroiled in a desperate search for files that may document high-level corruption that threatens to make Wallander and Kristina the next torture victims — and corpses. TV: Friday, 9/21 at 9:30pmMasterpiece Mystery! Wallander Series: An Event In Autumn
A pregnant woman leaps to her death from the side of a ferry. Or was she pushed? The routine case barely disturbs Wallander’s newly blissful life with Vanja (Saskia Reeves, “Page Eight”). But the happy couple discovers the decade-old corpse of a murdered woman on their property. With Wallander’s work now getting too close to home, he follows the leads of two investigations that become increasingly entangled. On top of it, tragedy strikes one of his colleagues and Wallander blames himself — with good reason.
TV: Thursday, 9/20 at 9:30pm
Women in America: Changing Roles, Challenging Times, Defining the Future
Anchorage Opera is partnering with Alaska Public Telecommunications Inc. to host "Women in America: Changing Roles, Challenging Times, Defining the Future", a women’s issues...
Anchorage Creeks 101
Most of us are aware of the beaver, salmon and birds species that live in Anchorage creeks. But did you know everything that goes through city storm drains also flows into our creeks? This week on Addressing Alaskans, Dr. Thomas Eley from the Anchorage Waterways Council talks about how many everyday activities like cleaning, gardening and walking the dog are impacting the health of Anchorage creeks and what local volunteers are doing to protect them.
KSKA: Thursday 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Why Trees Go Down in the Wind & How to Protect Them
Did you lose trees in the big blow Sept. 4? How much of that damage was preventable? Bring your tree questions to the experts when Patricia Joyner of the Community Forestry Program and arborist Jim Flott discuss the kind of damage they saw after the storm and offer advice on what types of trees will thrive in Anchorage and how to plant them. Find out how to take care of the trees in your own backyard.
KSKA: Wednesday, 9/19 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
A Constitutional Convention
The Alaska Constitution is one of the most modern in the country, but it’s almost 60-years old. In November, Alaskans have to decide whether to re-write it. Should we? A Constitutional Convention might offer a way to end legislative gridlock and put an end to corporate campaign funding. But it might also risk the very foundation of our government.
KSKA: Tuesday, 9/18 at 10:00am
The Psychology of a Sex Offender
On the next Line One, Anchorage Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) Michelle Martin discusses the psychology of adult and juvenile sexual offenders, how to protect yourself from sex offenders, and other issues of sexuality, including talking to kids about sex and puberty. Join us with your comments and questions.
KSKA: Monday 9/17 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
American Night: The Ballad of Juan José / Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins
Political hilarity and wit is the fare for this Fall Season at Cyrano’s Theatre Company as they present two comtemporary comedies guaranteed to stimulate both head and belly. Actress Elizabeth Ware and director, Richard Benavides join us to talk American Night: The Ballad of Juan José and Red Hot Patriot: the Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins coming this October to Cyrano’s .
KSKA: Friday at 2:45 pm