Talk of the Rock

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 …

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. Listen here:

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 Erin 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 Listen here:

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 Kirsten Dobroth as they recap the huge stories coming out of Kodiak these past few months, and, of course, women’s World Cup soccer. Listen here:

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 Listen to their conversation here:

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. Listen here:

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. Listen here:

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 Listen here:

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. Listen here:

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. Listen here: