Bostin Christopher

Today on Juneau Afternoon, Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association continue their celebration of Women’s History Month by highlighting the women who have impacted their lives! Host Christina Michelle and her guests have a heartfelt conversation about some of the most important and influential women in their lives.

This in-depth conversation highlights the many contributions of women that are oftentimes overlooked by society. Christina Michelle and today’s guests take this opportunity to share a few stories of the most influential women in their lives and shed light on the varied, diverse, and under-recognized experience of being a woman.

Guest Connie St. John is founder and president of No Weapon Productions, which specializes in change your life entertainment ^TM for film, television, stage productions, and live events. As an award-winning writer/director, she has written and directed over 100 stage and screenplays that have been produced and screened all over the world. Her current project, “We Don’t Do That Here!,” is a musical performed by high school students for middle schoolers, with the goal of ending bullying and completely halting youth suicides due to bullying.

Christina Michelle 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:

• Connie St. John, writer/director
• Natasha Boozer, producer

Today on Juneau Afternoon, singer, songwriter, and musical therapist Kyshona (kuh-SHAWN-ah) visited the studio. Hailing from Nashville, she will be performing here in Juneau and in the coming days in other Alaskan communities. Known for her 2020 anthem “Listen,” her work has been called “protest music for a new generation.”

Also, on the program:

• Mountainside Open Mic nights are back, and Marian Call has all the details.
• WorldQuest returns! – the biggest trivia night in town is back this weekend!
• And our monthly update from the Juneau Police Department

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:

• Kyshona, Artist, Singer, Music Therapist
• Shannon Labrie, Singer
• Nickie Conley, Singer
• Taylor Vidic, Crystal Saloon
• Carl Broderson, Juneau World Affairs Council, WorldQuest!
• Marian Call, Musician and Coordinator of Mountainside Open Mic
• Deputy Chief David Campbell, Juneau Police Department

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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:

• DJ Korra the Kid is here from Seattle as part of Underground Connection
• Jon Hays and Andrew Brownell discuss the Juneau Piano Series premiering tonight! 
• Brian Holst from the Juneau Economic Development Council previews next week’s Innovation Summit

Volunteer 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:

• Brian Holst, JEDC Innovation Summit
• Zac Pease, Underground Connection
• Korra The Kid aka Lauren Taylor, DJ
• Jon Hays, Pianist
• Andrew Brownell, Pianist

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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.

Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association continue their celebration of Women’s History Month with an exciting game of Black Jeopardy!

Host Natasha Boozer and her guests take their listening audience on a journey of essential moments in Black history, including the lives of key African American women and little-known facts that have shaped American history!

This revolutionary game of Jeopardy with a Black cultural and historical twist shares the Black lived experience of America through the eyes of the women who lived it. Natasha Boozer and her guests take a moment to remember how far America has come with a deep understanding that the work is not yet done.

Natasha Boozer 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:

• Ajia Munns, actress
• Jennifer Dodson, cosmetologist, and sound technician

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Juneau Afternoon is a production of the KTOO Arts and Culture Team.

Bill Legere retired from KTOO after almost 40 years this past January. Bill sits down with Host Bostin Christopher to chat about the fond memories, people, and experiences from his time at KTOO and a lifetime in Public Media.

Also, on the program:

• A look at three optional programs available to students within the Juneau School District, including the Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy Program, Juneau Community Charter School, and Montessori Borealis.
• And a preview of “The Singing Planet,” an open-to-the-public screening from the Juneau Audubon Society.

KTOO’s Bostin Christopher hosts. You can catch Juneau Afternoon, Wednesday through Friday, 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:

• Bill Legere, Retired KTOO General Manager and President
• Callie Conerton, Montessori Borealis
• Molly Box, Tlingit Culture, Language, and Literacy Program
• Britteny Cioni-Haywood, Juneau Community Charter School APC President
• Brenda Wright, Juneau Audubon Society
• Hank Lentfer, Narrator, “The Singing Planet”

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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.

Host Bostin Christopher talks with former Juneau-ite Ryan Conarro about “Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio,” the only statewide prison radio in the United States by and for incarcerated people. The program is celebrating its one-year anniversary this March.

Also, Mason Engel, a documentary filmmaker, was in town recently to talk with Ernestine Hayes for his “Books Across America” project, where he is interviewing 50 authors in 50 states in 50 days!

And Rhonda McBride talks with the Alaska Center for the Book about their “Read Alaska Native” reading challenge. The challenge runs through the end of June.

KTOO’s Bostin Christopher hosts today’s program, with an additional interview from KNBA’s Rhonda McBride. 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:

• Mason Engel, Documentary Filmmaker “Books Across America”
• Sara Juday, Alaska Center for the Book
• Angela Gonzalez, Author
• Ryan Conarro, General Manager & Program Director 

Additional Links:

• CBS Morning News Feature on Colorado Prison Radio
• Athabascan Woman Blog – Athabascan Culture & Alaska Native Life
• Alaska Public Media”s Hometown Alaska: Alaska Center for the Book is working to increase awareness of Native authors

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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.