Talk of the Rock

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Mallory Arnold, project manager for the Kodiak Economic Development Corporation, and Cooper Curtis of Highmark Marine about this month’s Career Expo and Job Fair, workforce development in Kodiak, and other projects. Listen here:

Nate Svoboda and Bill Dunker from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Kodiak office stop by the station to discuss what Kodiak bears are up to in the middle of winter, bear education programs for school kids, and this summer’s busy bear season in town.  

Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin sits down with Kodiak Harbormaster Dave Johnson to discuss the Ports and Harbor Advisory Board, the waterfront masterplan, and how funding Kodiak’s ports could poise the community to accommodate increased Arctic traffic. Listen here:

Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin speaks with Kodiak History Museum curator Lynn Walker and operations manager Myra Sholze about the museum’s temporary exhibit program, call for artists, and more. Listen:

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin and co-host Kirsten Dobroth, KMXT news director, sit down with Kodiak’s state senator Gary Stevens and representative Louise Stutes to talk about the upcoming legislative session and what it could mean for Kodiak. Listen to the original broadcast here (edited for time and clarity):    

Join host Jared Griffin as he talks about news highlights from 2022 with KMXT news director Kirsten Dobroth and KMXT reporter Brian Venua. Listen here;    

Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin speaks with Patrick Saltonstall, Curator of Archaeology, and Nina Gronn, Gallery Manager, of the Alutiiq Museum about winter events, recent archaeological digs, and other exciting happenings. Listen here:

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin and Kirsten Dobroth, KMXT News Director, talk with KMXT’s new reporter, Brian Venua, about his experience and what he looks forward to reporting on in Kodiak. Listen here:    

Host Jared Griffin is joined in the studio by Marybeth Loewen and Abigail Pruitt to talk about Next Step Dance Kodiak’s production of The Polar Express and Kodiak’s vibrant dance scene. Listen here:

On this week’s episode, KMXT’s news director Kirsten Dobroth fills in, and sits down with Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson and Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Aimee Williams to talk about what’s on the horizon for the city and borough, infrastructure money, fisheries and more.