Bostin Christopher

Lauren Sisler is a two-time Emmy award-winning sports broadcaster who lost both her parents within hours of each other due to their concealed battle with addiction to Fentanyl and opioids. Lauren has said, “addiction is a disease of denial. It thrives in the shadows and in isolation,” and now shares her story, helping people to move beyond the stigma and the shame and realize that they are not alone.

Lauren is part of the Glacier Valley Rotary Pillars of America Speaker Series, with her talk scheduled for Thursday, March 30.

Other guests include:

• True Crime Alaska talks “Death and Dessert!”
• NAMI Juneau previews their upcoming Family-to-Family Class
• And a visit with the Juneau Skating Club and information on their upcoming fundraiser

Bostin Christopher hosts today’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3 and KAUK 91.7 Juneau Auke Bay. A rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. You can also tune in online at ktoo.org/listen.

Guests:

• Betsy Longenbaugh, True Crime Alaska
• Ed Schoenfeld, True Crime Alaska
• Mandy Massey, Glacier Valley Rotary
• Lauren Sisler, Guest Speaker, Pillars of America Speaker Series
• Aaron Surma, Executive Director, NAMI Juneau
• Colleen Jones, Volunteer Facilitator, Family-to-Family, NAMI Juneau
• Kendra Hergett, Artistic Director and Coach, Juneau Skating Club
• Aliyah Overturf, Coach, and Juneau Skating Club Senior Skater
• Lydia Powers, Juneau Skating Club Senior Skater
• Carly Phelps, Juneau Skating Club Coach and Senior Skater

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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.

Note: For the full interview with Shawn Spruce from Native America Calling, subscribe to the podcast or visit this link: A conversation with Shawn Spruce, host of Native America Calling, which President Biden awarded the National Humanities Medal (ktoo.org)

Over the last several months, KTOO Health Reporter Claire Stremple has been following a story about the Division of Public Assistance and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), more widely known as food stamps. 

Today, we take a deep dive into how a reporter discovers a story and how a story can evolve over time, and the impact that kind of reporting can have. But also, how does a reporter deal with such a long-forming story, and what kind of impact does it have on them?

Links to Claire Stremple’s reporting on the Division of Public Assistance Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program:

• No response from state officials as some Alaskans go months without food stamps (ktoo.org)
• With thousands waiting, state says food stamp backlog won’t improve any time soon (ktoo.org)
• State workers say chronic understaffing caused food stamp backlog (ktoo.org)
• State Public Assistance director is no longer in her post following news of months-long waits for food stamps (ktoo.org)
• At Juneau rally, state workers call for more resources to fix food stamp backlog (ktoo.org)
• Thousands of Alaskans are still waiting for food stamps as state scrambles for solutions (ktoo.org)
• Gov. Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog (ktoo.org)
• Department behind Alaska’s food stamp backlog will soon be processing 260k Medicaid reapplications (ktoo.org)

Bostin Christopher hosts today’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3 and KAUK 91.7 Juneau Auke Bay. A rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. You can also tune in online at ktoo.org/listen.

Guests:

• Claire Stremple, KTOO Heatlh Reporter
• Shawn Spruce, Host of Native America Calling

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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 Tuesday, March 21, the radio program Native America Calling received the National Humanities Medal from President Biden. Native America Calling plays each weekday here on KTOO 104.3 and KAUK 91.7 at 1:00 pm. On Saturday, March 25, KTOO’s Bostin Christopher had a chat with host Shawn Spruce about the honor.

Native America Calling, for connecting tribal and non-tribal communities across the United States. Through its interactive shows on the radio and online, Native America Calling educates the American public about Indigenous issues while preserving Indigenous history and culture to honor their contributions that strengthen the sacred Nation-to-Nation relationship.  

WHITE HOUSE CITATION

Henrietta Mann award begins at 38:51 | Native America Calling award begins at 40:00

Guests:

• Shawn Spruce, Host, Native America Calling

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Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.
Bostin Christopher is the producer and host.

Today on Juneau Afternoon:

• In the last Fireside Chat— Forest Service biologist Jake Musslewhite details the development and remote monitoring of video weirs in the Tongass National Forest
  
• Juneau Skimo – a race up and down the mountain at Eaglecrest this Saturday
  
• PAWS FOR APPLAUSE – Juneau Animal Rescue’s 60th Anniversary Gala
  
• Andrew Nadon, Magician and Mind Reader performing as a fundraiser this weekend for SEAGLA and NAMI

Andy Kline hosts today’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3 and KAUK 91.7 Juneau Auke Bay. A rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. You can also tune in online at ktoo.org/listen.

Guests:

• Andrew Nadon, Magician and Mind Reader
• Emily Mesch, SEAGLA
• Dan Kirkwood, Juneau Skimo 2023
• Kristen Strom, Eaglecrest Marketing Manager
• Samantha Blankenship, Juneau Animal Rescue
• Jake Musslewhite, Fireside Chat, Video Wiers on the Tongass National Forest

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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.

Today on Juneau Afternoon, Juneau Alaska Music Matters, known as JAMM, and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council discuss their upcoming benefit concert featuring PUBLIQUARTET(pub-li-QUAR-tet), a new music, improvising, string quartet from New York City.

Also, on the program:

• Information on Bartlett Regional Hospital’s Aphasia Conversation Group
• UAS and its upcoming DAY OF SERVICE and an open-to-the-public comedy show with Katherine Blanford
• And the Juneau Public Library checks in about its latest programs

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Bostin Christopher hosts today’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon live at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3 and KAUK 91.7 Juneau Auke Bay. A rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. You can also tune in online at ktoo.org/listen.

Guests:

• Marisha Bourgeois, speech-language pathologist, Bartlett Regional Hospital
• Shona Osterhout, graduate student clinician, speech-language pathologist, Bartlett Regional Hospital
• Meghan Johnson, JAMM Executive Director
• Reggie Schapp, Juneau Arts, and Humanities Council
• Mallory Nash, SE&L Manager (Student Engagement & Leadership)
• AJ Schultz, Student Activities Board – Student Leader
• Katherine Blanford, Comedian
• Margaret Luedke, Programs and Marketing Coordinator, Juneau Public Library

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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.

Today on Juneau Afternoon:

• A preview of tonight’s Fireside Chat: All Damsel, No Distress: womens’ mountaineering in Alaska
• Author Melinda Moustakis and her new book “Homestead”
• A look at Monday’s Poetry Out Loud statewide competition
• and participants in the Alaska Youth For Environmental Action (AYEA) Civics & Conservation Summit

Volunteer Andy Kline hosts today’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3 and KAUK 91.7 Juneau Auke Bay. A rebroadcast airs at 7:00 p.m. You can also tune in online at ktoo.org/listen.

Guests:

• Meghan Tabacek, Trail Program ManagerTrail Mix, Inc.
• Melinda Moustakis, Author
• Amanda Filori, Poetry Out Loud Coordinator-Juneau Arts & Humanities Council
• Benjamin Brown, Council Chair-Alaska State Council on the Arts
• Katelyn Stiles, Student-Thunder Mountain High School
• Shandiin Suella Wendell, Alaska Youth For Environmental Action Civics & Conservation Summit Participant
• Josie Adasiak, Alaska Youth For Environmental Action Civics & Conservation Summit Participant
• Taralynn Chesley, Alaska Youth For Environmental Action Civics & Conservation Summit Participant