The AnchorED City

I recently flew to Seattle, on one of the routes Alaska Air flies known as a milk run. It was a long, slow, and interesting way to fly to Seattle. But the connection between Seattle and Alaska has always included long, slow, interesting journeys.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode:

On the third floor of the UAA/APU Library are boxes lining row after row of shelves filled with bits of Alaska’s history. On this episode we visit the UAA/APU Consortium Library Archive with our host Becky Butler.   https://archives.consortiumlibrary.org/ https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumLibraryArchives https://www.facebook.com/ConsortiumLibrary @ ConsortiumLibrary   #anchoredcity https://anchor...

What likely springs to mind when one thinks of women's baseball is the 1992 movie, "A League of their Own," starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis. Yet the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was neither the beginning nor the end of women's baseball. On this episode we'll explore women's baseball in the city of Anchorage.    #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/A...

Back in February of 1921 Anchorage’s first Police Chief was found in an alley with a gunshot wound after just 51 days on the job. For 100 years the death of Jack Sturgus remained a mystery. Have Dr. Laura Koenig and Rick Goodfellow solved this century-old cold-case? In this episode we find out. Dr. Laura Koenig: Artistic Director for the Anchorage Festival of Music; UAA Music History professor for...

Perhaps the most  prominent statue in downtown is the one of Captain Cook at Resolution Point. A lesser-known statue stands at the Ship Creek Boat Launch and depicts Grandma Olga. Join us on this episode for the story of these two statues.   #anchoredcity https://anchoredcity.podbean.com https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Epis...

When I travel to other cities I often play a little game. I ask, how does this city connect with Anchorage? So what is the connection between Montreal, Quebec and Anchorage, Alaska?   #anchoredcity https://anchoredcity.podbean.com https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.akbizmag.com/magazine/the-top-5-of-the-to...

BTS 18 – Winter Sports 5: From the Trailer Park to the World Cup w/ Naomi Kiekintveld We have all heard the stories of Anchorage kids who have grown up skiing in the city and ended up racing at the highest levels of the sport, but what about those that chose a different route – coaching? On this episode we are talking to Naomi Kiekintveld who took an unlikely route into skiing that led from a trai...

BTS 17 – Winter Sports 4: The History of the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage w/ Alice Tower Knapp  In a recent review of the book “On Track! The Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage” Chris Bieri wrote in the Anchorage Daily News: “There aren’t many people better positioned to tell the story of the growth and expansion of cross-country skiing in Anchorage than Alice Tower Knapp.” On this epis...

Is there a better way to follow up an episode about curling in Anchorage than a conversation with the city’s most famous curler? We don’t think so. On this episode we talk to 2 time Olympian and 3-time national champion curler Jessica Schultz.   #anchoredcity   https://www.curlak.com https://www.facebook.com/curlAK @curlalaska @rockthis1life   Info. on Culture Shift – March 1 https://www.akhf.org/...

Ever wondered about the sport of curling - you know, the sport that throws rocks at houses and includes brooms and a fair bit of shouting? Our second episode on Winter Sports dials in on the experience of curling at the Anchorage Curling Club in Government Hill! #anchoredcity https://anchoragecurling.com/ https://www.facebook.com/anchoragecurlingclub @ anchorage_curling_club   Info. on Culture Shi...

The Westchester Lagoon area has been the home for winter sports since before the Lagoon even existed. Near Westchester Lagoon, just up the hill to the south was a hot spot for sports and social life in Anchorage during the years following World War II. Winter sports – both competitive and social - bring people together in the dark cold winter months to help pass the time, keep folks active and fit...

On this between the seasons episode we are celebrating Black History Month by talking with Ian Hartman and David Reamer who authored the book “Black Lives In Alaska: A History of African Americans in the Far Northwest.” Ian C. Hartman is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alaska Anchorage.  David Reamer is a public historian and journalist who writes for the Anchorage Daily News....

On this special between the seasons episode we look at Anchorage’s Christmas’ past, present and future. #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.adn.com/opinions/2021/12/23/in-times-old-and-new-christmas-reminds-us-were-here-in-alaska-together/# https://clarkyerrington.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/empress-theater-1916-2013/ http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6814 https://www.a...

In our last episode of season 3 we consider the beautiful question “So What?” in an effort to respond to the Hydra that is Homelessness.   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Nicholas Wolterstorff: On the Moral Significance of Poverty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Ph-9oyoBI Cummings, E.E., 1968, Poems, 1923-1954, Harcourt, New York, pp. 332. https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2016/09/23/brother-...

On this episode we talk with three experts from outside Anchorage about the hydra of homelessness. We consider creative responses, philosophy, social artistry, compassion, relationship, and the self-care practice of drag. Joining us are:   Sparrow Etter-Carlson (Seattle, WA): Subregional Specialist, King County Regional Homelessness Authority Founder, Aurora Commons – Founder S.H.E. Clinic – Found...

People facing homelessness are in a vulnerable situation that makes them susceptible to human trafficking. On this episode we are talking to FBI Victim Specialist, Erin Terry about human trafficking in Anchorage and Alaska.   @FBIAnchorage   #anchoredcity   Where can a victim of human trafficking go for help?  People who are or believe they may be victims of human trafficking may call or text the...

On this episode we talk with Jasmine Boyle (Chief Operating Officer, RurAL Cap, Inc.) and Brian Wilson (Executive Director, The Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness) about the rural / urban divide in Alaska. We talk about how those experiencing homelessness in the largest city in the state are not Anchorage’s homeless population, but Alaska’s, the need for housing of all types statewide, a...

Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and listen in to our conversation with Samuel Johns. On this episode we are thinking about racism and the legacy of colonialism as one of the heads of the hydra that is homelessness.   https://www.facebook.com/AKREBELUTION https://www.facebook.com/groups/forgetmenotak   Music Video: AK Rebel (Samuel Johns) - Rise feat. Junya, Ayyu, Byron Nicholai: https://yout...

We are taking a break from Season 3 – The Hydra of Homelessness – to celebrate our 50th Episode. We’ve covered a lot of ground over the past couple years. In this episode we are considering the threads that run through it all and the question we ask most often.   #anchoredcity   Link to the 700+ Responses from the IMAGINE Project https://www.anchorageutc.org/imagineexhibit   Resources Used to Make...

S3:E8 - The Hydra of Homelessness: Foster Care w/ Kim Guay & Naomi Davidson A story about homelessness that is often told is that young adults exiting the Foster Care system make up a large amount of the homeless population. On this episode we are talking to Kim Guay (Director) & Naomi Davidson (Independent Living Program Coordinator) from the Alaska Office Of Children’s Services about that narrat...

S3:E7 - The Hydra of Homelessness: Mental Health w/ Faith J Myers Mental Health and homelessness are closely intertwined. On this episode we hear from Faith J. Myers a mental health and psychiatric patient rights activist who draws on her personal experience to seek better care for Alaskans. Myers is the author of the book “Going Crazy in Alaska: A History of Alaska’s Treatment of Psychiatric Pati...

S3:E6 - The Hydra of Homelessness: LGBTQ+ and Homelessness w/ Laura Reijns LGBTQ+ youth risk homelessness at a rate that is 120% higher than other youth. Join us as we talk to Laura Reijns, the Co-Director of Operations for Choosing Our Roots, about LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness in Anchorage.   facebook.com/choosingourroots @choosingourroots www.choosingourroots.org   #anchoredcity   Reso...

On this episode we look at a head of the Homelessness Hydra that might not be the first thing one might think of: public health. Join us for a conversation with Dr. Emily Mosites, Senior Advisor on Special Populations at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   facebook.com/cdc @cdcgov www.cdc.gov #anchoredcity   Resources Used to Make This Episode: Emily Mosites, Emily Eisenberg Lobelo, Laur...

The stereotype that is often voiced about those experiencing homelessness is that they are substance abusers, but it’s not that simple according to our guests Jen O’Neal (Clinical Supervisor for Supportive Housing) and Catherine Smith (Peer Support Specialist for Supportive Housing) at Volunteers of America. Join us in learning more about how substance use and abuse interacts with homelessness and...

My co-worker’s daughter asked her recently, “Why don't homeless people who get money save it for housing?" Our guest on this episode, Meg Zaletel has the answer. Zaletel is the Executive Director of The Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness and represents Midtown (District 4) on the Anchorage Assembly. We are talking about affordable housing with her on this episode.   aceh.org facebook.com/Anch...