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Alaskans and Social Media
Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
There’s an information and interaction party going on worldwide. Why should Alaskans care? What does social media mean to you? Should you dive in or can you ignore it?
Rise of the Backyard Chicken
Wednesday, July 6 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Cooperative Extension Service noticed the uptick four years ago, chickens being sold on craigslist at $100 for “a guaranteed layer.” The service launched “Chicken University” to spread good information on raising chickens. Cooperative Extension’s Stephen Brown, the “chicken guy” in Alaska, joins host Kathleen McCoy on Hometown, Alaska.
June Schedule Update: Freakonomics and Sound Medicine
You’ve heard segments of Freakonomics Radio during Marketplace. This June on KSKA listen to the full hour program every Wednesday at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm in place of KSKA’s Hometown, Alaska.
Hometown Security: Climate Adaptation, Social Innovation and Local Solutions
Building parks and motivating residents to take pride in their neighborhoods, Majora Carter founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 and went on to become one of the nation’s leaders in successful urban green-collar job training.
Imagine Your Way Into a New Garden With Practical Advice From Landscape Architects
Every spring, when mostly tired, dirty snow still blankets much of Anchorage, the American Society of Landscape Architects, Anchorage Chapter, features a garden design workshop to help eager gardeners of all experience levels re-imagine their outdoor space and solve problems in their landscape. The founders of that class...
Alaska News Nightly: May 20, 2011
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Air Cargo in Anchorage
Anchorage remains the air crossroads of the world for cargo traveling by air, with one of the busiest freight airports in the nation....
Hometown, Alaska: Entrepreneur, Bob Kaufman
Photo courtesy of Bob Kaufman, Alaska.org
The first thing to mention about Bob Kaufman is that he swam across Cook Inlet. But what’s more...
Making Anchorage the Best City in America for Work, Play
Photo by MarculescuEugenIancuD60Alaska flickr
It’s a big goal. The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation wants our town to be the best city in America to...
Talk of Alaska: Home Town Security
Real job development means finding investable models that use local resources. But what are the local resources of an economically depressed area? Majora...
Hometown, Alaska: Perry Merkel, coffee man
He’s the man who brought the first great cup of coffee to Anchorage. Perry Merkel started Cafe Del Mundo before anyone had ever...
Lael Morgan, Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee
This month on Alaska Radio Reader Rambler, hosts Sandy and Dick welcome Lael Morgan who was recently inducted into the Alaska Women’s...
Hometown, Alaska: A Conversation With Senator Mark Begich
U.S. Senator Mark Begich will join host Kathleen McCoy in the Hometown Alaska studio. What does life in Alaska look like after earmarks? Does...
Hometown, Alaska: Music, the Secret Sauce of Public Radio
Do you find yourself zeroing in on an especially catchy public radio tune, wanting to include it in your own music library? Over the...
Hometown, Alaska: Planning Summer Adventures
It’s never too early to dream about summer adventures in Alaska. In fact, April is prime time to get out your maps and patch...
Hometown, Alaska: Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Alaska
Alaska Earthquake, March 27, 1964. Photo from U.S. Geological
Survey Photographic Library
The tragic disaster in Japan has reminded Alaskans that the one of...
Hometown, Alaska: Nonprofits in Alaska
Nonprofit entities all over the country are beginning to feel the pressure of hard economic times as individual donors and corporate sponsors cut back....
Hometown, Alaska: Susitna Dam
In the 1970s and 80s, the dream of building the Susitna power project consumed years of debate and millions of dollars for environmental studies...
Ketchikan Musher Enjoying Hometown Support
Jerzy Shedlock, APRN - Anchorage
Ketchikan has a hometown favorite in the last great race thanks to Angie Taggart. Wearing bib number 19 Taggart has...
Hometown, Alaska: Liane Hansen
Liane Hansen, familiar from Weekend Edition Sunday, brings her friendly voice to our studio in Anchorage for a wide-ranging talk about NPR's impact and...