Friday, December 10th: Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation CEO ousted. Indian cuisine for the holidays. Techie stocking stuffers.

Alaska Permanent Fund CEO Angela Rodell listens to a comment from Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, during an update about the fund to the Senate Finance Committee, Jan. 31, 2020. Marcus Frampton, the fund’s chief investment officer, sits behind her to the right, and Sebastian Vadakumcherry, the chief risk and compliance officer, is on the left. (Photo by Skip Gray/KTOO)

The Permanent Fund Corporation Board’s removal of its executive director has stunned the financial world. On Angela Rodell’s (row-dell’s)  watch, the fund’s assets grew by more than 30 billion dollars.

On Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, Rhonda McBride will talk with business writer Tim Bradner about how the fund is managed and some of the questions raised by the Board of Trustee’s decision.

Nimmy Philips came to Juneau to work as an engineer and taught Indian cooking classes for fun, but this summer decided she wanted to go into the restaurant business.

Also today:

  • A little Spice on Juneau Afternoon. The owner of Spice Restaurant and cooking teacher Nimmy Philips will talk about the use of spices in Indian cuisine and how to incorporate them in your favorite recipes.

Here’s Nimmy’s grandmother’s holiday rice recipe:  Kerala Fried Rice

  • KMXT Radio’s Dylan Simard, a dedicated techie, will talk about what’s on his wishlist this holiday season.

Listen to the whole program:

Part 1: Interview with Tim Bradner, business and natural resources writer and publisher of the Alaska Legislative Digest.

Part 2. Interview with Nimmy Philips, Juneau’s “Spice Lady” and owner of Spice Juneau Indian Cuisine.

Part 3. Interview with Dylan Simard, reporter at Kodiak’s KMXT radio and techie enthusiast.

Catch Juneau Afternoon,Tuesday through Friday, live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3.  The rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO. You can also listen online at ktoo.org.

 

 

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