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Northern Soundings: Alaska in Conversation
by Robert HannonDiscussions with artists, scientists, writers
Copyright: (c) Robert Hannon
Episodes
If I Forget You, Libya: Penina Solomon & Dr. David Gerbi
55m · Published
In the three months following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Anti-Defamation League reports Anti-Semitic incidents in our country leapt 360%. Despite the rising tensions and their past experiences of anti-Jewish riots in Libya, my guests this episode, Penina Solomon and Dr. David Gerbi, insist they are hopeful for a more peaceful future. … Continue reading If I Forget You, Libya: Penina Solomon & Dr. David Gerbi
Remembering the Unimaginable: Tyler C. Kirk
55m · Published
My guest this show is University of Alaska Fairbanks historian Tyler C. Kirk. His book After the Gulag: A History of Memory in Russia’s Far North, was recently published by Indiana University Press. Kirk will be talking about the people and policies featured in his book Thursday evening.
Matthew Wooller: A Life’s Subtle Path
55m · Published
You are what you eat. Just ask Dr. Matthew Wooller, a paleoecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The eating habits of a mammoth some 14 millennia ago allowed Wooller and his colleagues to map the animal’s journey across Alaska. Wooller also shares how his concerns for student mental and emotional health stirred him to … Continue reading Matthew Wooller: A Life’s Subtle Path
Jon Holmgren Pt.2
54m · Published
I continue my conversation with Jon Holmgren. Besides being an inventor, machinist, geophysicist and mountaineer, Jon is something of a philosopher.So says his friend and colleague Matthew Sturm in his book Finding the Arctic. Jon’s shop is the site for great discussions. To stimulate the conversations, one of the books Jon often hands out to … Continue reading Jon Holmgren Pt.2
Jon Holmgren Pt.1
56m · Published
My guest in the next two shows is Jon Holmgren. I’ve known about Jon ever since I first talked with snow scientist Matthew Sturm years ago. Matthew in his book Finding the Arctic describes Jon as a machinist, miner, geophysicist, traveler and arctic philosopher. As you’ll discover, that’s a pretty fair description
Mining History: Tom Bundtzen
55m · Published
As part of this past UAF Summer Session’s Tall Timber series, I spoke with Tom Bundtzen. Many know him as a research geologist as well as an avid mining historian. After retiring as Senior Economic Geologist for the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey (ADGGS), Tom formed Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, Inc. The state … Continue reading Mining History: Tom Bundtzen
Sharing Resilience: Wendell Shiffler
55m · Published
Each summer I talk with fascinating Fairbanksans through UAF Summer Sessions‘ “Tall Timber” series. One of those figures this past summer was Wendell Shiffler. Wendy, as he is known, has spent a lifetime relishing life and the outdoors. He’s also spent a good deal of time communicating those passions to young people. In 1981 he … Continue reading Sharing Resilience: Wendell Shiffler
The Right to Read: Greg Hill
55m · Published
Banning books has a disturbing history in our country. Greg Hill is probably best known locally through his weekly columns in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Parents may know of Greg’s work starting the Guys and Gals Read program in the elementary schools, which engages young readers with books that combine vivid images with exciting plots, … Continue reading The Right to Read: Greg Hill
Finding One’s Way: Stephen Parker
55m · Published
On this show I talk with psychologist Stephen Parker. Parker has been a practicing therapist in Fairbanks for decades. More than twenty years ago, in response to a series of coronary troubles including a massiveheart attack, he built a series of stone structures on his property as therapy. Perhaps the most striking of these is … Continue reading Finding One’s Way: Stephen Parker
Cultivating Community: Terry Reichardt
55m · Published
In the summers University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Summer Sessions hosts a series of conversations. It’s called “Tall Timbers” and salutes Fairbanks residents who have made an indelible mark on the community. One of the people tapped this past summer is Terry Reichardt. Over the years she has contributed to Fairbanks in a number of ways. … Continue reading Cultivating Community: Terry Reichardt
Northern Soundings: Alaska in Conversation has 41 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 39:09:19. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 9th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 27th, 2024 13:44.
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