Talk of the Rock

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Regina Griego, activist for juvenile justice reform and author of Sins of the System: Trauma, Guns, Tragedy, and the Betrayal of Our Children. You can learn more about Griego and her advocacy by visiting  Transcending Futures .

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Pam Foreman talks with Kodiak Maritime Museum's executive director, Toby Sullivan, and former board member, Sue Jeffery about the museum's holiday event, Harbor Lights, scheduled for December 16, 2023. They also discussed the history of the museum and looked at the future goals of the organization.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the directing team behind Kodiak Arts Council’s production of Joy 2023, a community choir and orchestra holiday show. Joining Jared at KMXT studios are: Joy choir director, Jill Rohrer Joy orchestra director, Angie Chervenak Kodiak Arts Council’s Performing Arts Program Manager and Joy choir member, Hazel De Los Santos

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses men's mental and physical health with guests: Max Skinner, Community Development Manager with Movember Andy Ray, testicular cancer survivor Norma Smihal, Kodiak Movember organizer and advocate Movember is an awareness and health support program, designed to support men through mental health, and prostate and testicular cancer jo...

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks about juvenile justice with members of Kodiak Teen Court: Fernando Escobar, President of Kodiak Teen Court’s Board of Directors Payton Callahan, Vice-president and judge Tessa Davis, Secretary and attorney Andrew Ott, legal advisor and KTC instructor

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Kodiak Economic Development Corporation leadership: Executive Director John Whiddon and Associate Director Melissa Schoenwether. Whiddon and Schoenwether discuss KEDC’s new opportunity for downtown businesses: the Storefront Improvement Program.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the KHS Shakesbears about their recent performance of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Joining Jared are Wren Pikus, Jillian Dorner, and Shakesbear alum Bradly Cobban.

On this week’s episode of Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin sits down with Ellamy Tiller, Outreach Coordinator for the Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center, to talk about Domestic Violence Awareness Month and local resources for those seeking help.

On this week’s episode of Talk of Rock, host Jared Griffin caps off World Dementia Month as he speaks with author and lyricist John Campbell about his book  Beyond the Fading Memories: Guiding Words for Dementia Caregivers,  and his song based off the book, “ Beyond Fading Memories .”

On this week’s episode, host Jared Griffin talks with Michele Whetzel, nonprofit consultant and bestselling author of  So You Want to Start a Nonprofit, Now What? Whetzel has worked in the nonprofit arena for more than 20 years, and has used this expertise to help startup and small nonprofits launch and find that path to success. Whetzel has started up a business called Your 501 Guide Nonprofit Se...

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks about this weekend’s Downtown Block Party (Saturday from 12-8pm) and Kodiak non-profit organizations with Laura Arboleda and Kate Paulsen with the Kodiak Community Foundation, and Molly Miller with Kodiak Arts Council. Oh, and a toddler falls asleep during the episode, so sssshhhhhhh.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks elder care in Kodiak with: Pat Branson, CEO of Senior Citizens of Kodiak Eric Carter, Palliative Nurse Practitioner with Providence Sarah Davidson, Clinical Director at Hospice and Palliative Care of Kodiak Cassie Keplinger, Director of Elder Services at KANA

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin gathers the KMXT news team for another news roundup edition. Join reporter Brian Venua and news director Kirstin Dobroth as they recap the huge stories coming out of Kodiak these past few months, and, of course, women’s World Cup soccer.

Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin talks with Alutiiq Museum Executive Director April Laktonen Counceller and Djuna Davidson, Director of Advancement and Operations, about museum programs and their $14 million renovation project. You can check out the Alutiiq Museum renovation plans at https://alutiiqmuseum.org/visit/renovation

On this week’s episode of Talk of Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Steve Wielebski of Kodiak Island Search and Rescue (KISAR) about being safe and prepared for Kodiak’s outdoors this summer.

On this week’s episode of Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin sits down with some cast members of “Game of Tiaras,” the Kodiak Arts Council’s Summer Youth Theatre play. Performances are Friday, July 28th at 6pm, and Saturday, July 29th at 2pm at the Auditorium Drama Pod. Admission is free.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Kodiak City Library staff and KPLA about summer programs at the library and recommendations for summer reading. Joining Jared at KMXT studios are: Laurie Madsen, Library Director Baylie Berry, Access Services Specialist Kate Hill, Youth Services Specialist Brian Himmelbloom, KPLA board member

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin sits down with Blythe Brown, Acting District Manager with Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation, and Matt Van Daele, Natural Resources Director for Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak, to talk about how the Kodiak community can help turn the tide against invasive species in Alaska.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks about paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) with Julie Matweyou, Kodiak Agent with the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program; Mika Bushell, NOAA research fellow and marine biologist for Knik Tribal Council; and Andie Wall, environmental coordinator for KANA.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce’s outgoing executive director, Jena Lowmaster, and incoming executive director, Ellen Simeonoff, about running the Chamber, small business support, and, of course, putting together Kodiak’s largest Crabfest ever.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Ellamy Tiller, Outreach Coordinator for Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center, about Mental Health Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is experiencing or affected by mental illness in a way that you fear for their safety, there is help: you can call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or you can call the local crisis h...

On this week’s episode of Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with representatives of the Kodiak History Museum. KHM Executive Director Sarah Harrington talks about plans for the museum building (Alaska’s oldest), plus museum curator Lynn Walker and board member and exhibit committee member Candace Branson talk about the Native Identities exhibit and other museum programming.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with KMXT News Director Kirsten Dobroth and KMXT reporter Bryan Venua about their awards at the Alaska Press Club conference and their recent significant news coverage.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with Jackie Lindsey, Science Coordinator for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team at University of Washington, about marine bird monitoring and how the Kodiak community can become citizen scientists.

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, Derek Clarkston, sports reporter for the Kodiak Daily Mirror, returns with Deb Rohrer, Activities Director for KIBSD, to talk spring sports with host Jared Griffin.