Programs

Host Kayla Desroches chats about the upcoming Kodiak College course offerings with Jared Griffin and Taten Sheridan, with emphasis on English classes.

Coming up this week, four communities in the Bering Strait region have recieved a halibut donation in light of a poor walrus harvest this spring. And the federal government purchased millions of dollars worth of canned Alaska sockeye salmon. Then, we hear from a popular net shop owner in the town of Naknek. That and more coming up on the …

Host Kayla Desroches sits down with Alutiiq Museum staff to talk about the organization’s new publication, Kal’unek, which focuses on the archaelogical site Karluk One. Exeuctive Director April Laktonen Counceller, Curator of Collections Marnie Leist, and Curator of Archaeology Patrick G. Staltonstall discuss the site’s social, archaelogical, and linguistic impact.

Coming up this week, Bristol Bay attracts floods of people from all over the world with its promise of sockeye salmon – but one beach remains a homebase for a local fishing family. And it’s science against sea squirts when a journalist joins divers to discover how they’re trying to get rid of an invasive species called “D-vex.” That and …

Host Kayla Desroches speaks with Captain Mark Morin and Petty Officer Kelly Parker about the United States Coast Guard’s 225th birthday and Coast Guard history.

Coming up this week, Bristol Bay sockeye may have been late but they’re finishing in record territory; the Fish Board took action to protect Togiak fishermen; and buyers are struggling to keep up with the number of chum salmon flooding Norton Sound. All that, and the details behind the long awaited peace treaty over MSC labeling. We had help from …

Host Kayla Desroches sits down with the Kodiak Senior Center’s Exeuctive Director Pat Branson and Executive Assistant Laurie Murdock to talk about upcoming programs. They chat about the Aging Mastery Program, which aims to teach atendees how to prepare for the next stage in their lives.

Coming up this week, The Great MSC Standoff of 2015 is over; No second opening for Southeast king trollers; and are Kenai’s reds just late like everywhere else, or …? We had help from KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz in Sitka, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai, KBBI’s Shady Grove Oliver in Homer and CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Juneau.  

                                                                        Host Kayla Desroches speaks with artist Bonnie Dillard about her designs for a marine debris fish ornament to decorate the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree this winter. They dicuss how lesson plans for the ornament and community involvent will raise children’s awareness. Also, Leila Pyle joins to talk about marine debris and her collaboration on debris sculptures with Dillard and …

Coming up this week, Bristol Bay sockeye strategically held back from hitting the nets until everyone doubted they’d show at all; Manakotak says “we can annex, too,” and getting to know our friends, the cannery workers. We had help KDLG’s Molly Dischner and Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, and KFSK’s Joe Sykes in Petersburg.