Bostin Christopher

Why does one sketch on Saturday Night Live live on forever and the next flops? How do you turn a funny idea into a successful 3-5 minute comedy piece? And most importantly, how can sketch comedy writing improve any writer’s work, even across other genres?

Joanna Castle Miller discusses her background and experience in learning to write sketch comedy. She shares the benefits that sketch writing has brought to her work and why she is eager to share those teachings with Alaska writers via her virtual class with 49 Writers.

Joanna Castle Miller is a NY-based writer, performer, and satirist whose sketches have been featured by Time, Fortune, Funny or Die, WhoHaha, Comedy Cake, and performed at iO West, UCB, and Second City. For four years, she worked as a staff writer for beloved LA political sketch show Top Story Weekly and was a house sketch writer for iO West. Her sketches have been adapted into plays, musicals, and short stories, including The World’s Next Tooth Fairy and Fox News the Musical! 

You can find out more about this class at 49writers.org/events.

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

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Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.

On this episode:

• 49 Writers is holding open mics in Juneau, plus information on some upcoming virtual class options in sketch comedy and playwriting.
  • Bonus content: Joanna Castle Miller chats with host Bostin Christopher about writing sketch comedy
    
    
• Juneau saved the Kimball organ in the State Office Building almost 50 years ago, and now the Alaska State Museum is thinking about its future with two events on Friday, March 7.
  • History: https://www.pstos.org/instruments/ak/juneau/state-bldg.htm
    
    
• AWARE’s Women of Distinction gala celebrates five women this Saturday, March 8. This year’s honorees are Becky Bohrer, Sherry Patterson, Valorie Ringle, and Brenda Taylor. They are also giving Leona Santiago a special posthumous Lifetime Service Award for her work with MMIW and survivors of domestic/sexual violence.
  
  

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

Subscribe to the podcast:

Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.

On this episode:

• Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé drama and debate students are having a showcase to raise money and celebrate their recent victory as overall state champions
  
  
• A preview of the upcoming Fireside Lecture “The Fish That Saw the 20th Century: A journey through history during the life of a rockfish”
  
  
• Juneau Douglas City Museum opens two shows this week, including the annual 12×12 exhibit
  
  
• Juneau Arts and Humanities Council with a preview of First Friday and Monica Daughtery previews her show at the JACC Gallery
  
  

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

Subscribe to the podcast:

Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.

On this episode:

• Juneau Community Bands Taku Winds Spring Concert features former band teacher Ken Guiher playing Alexander Arutiunian’s “Concerto for Trumpet”
  
  
• SEAGLA, the Southeast Alaska LGBTQIA+ alliance, has a full slate of March events, including yoga, pride month planning, and a book & media swap
  
  
• Tlingit and Haida are offering CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training in March
  
  
• CBJ pools shares the details of the April Dimond Dash Super Spring Relay Triathlon
  
  

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

Subscribe to the podcast:

Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.

On this episode:

• Kim McDowell from Bartlett Regional Hospital shares details on the new Mobile Response Unit partnership between Bartlett, Capital City Fire & Rescue, and the Juneau Police Department to assist those with a behavioral health crisis
  
  
• University of Alaska Southeast Chancellor Dr. Aparna Palmer on new degree programs
  
  
• Students Arlo, Zev, and Tayt preview Juneau String Ensembles “Chamber Music Night” happening on Saturday, March 1 at Thunder Mountain Middle School
  
  

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

Subscribe to the podcast:

Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.

On this episode:

• Juneau STEAM Coalition presents “Curiosity Unleashed” at Thunder Mountain Middle School on March 10
  
  
• Juneau Senior Center shares their programs and upcoming events
  
  
• Lynn Canal Adventures summer running camps are open for registration
  
  
• Juneau Chamber of Commerce monthly update
  
  

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

Subscribe to the podcast:

Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.