Bostin Christopher

Juneau Afternoon Producer, KTOO

As producer and host of KTOO's Juneau Afternoon, I work to build community by sharing stories about the human spirit.
Outside of KTOO, I tell stories via theatre, film and audio projects.

March 3, 2023: Alaska State Museum’s new exhibit: “Visceral: Verity” by Sonya Kelliher-Combs, runs through October 2023

A photo of Idiot Strings, Credible (detail 4) by Sonya Kelliher-Combs (photo courtesy of Alaska State Museum)
Idiot Strings, Credible (detail 4) by Sonya Kelliher-Combs (photo courtesy of Alaska State Museum)

Full Show – Juneau Afternoon – March 3, 2023

Today on Juneau Afternoon, the band Slacktide is in from Sitka and will play some tunes and visit with host Andy Kline. UAS talks “Eat Like a Fish,” the One Campus, One Book selection, and author Bren Smith’s residency in Juneau next week. And a preview of the Alaska State Museum’s new exhibit: “Visceral: Verity” by Sonya Kelliher-Combs.

Andy Kline hosts today’s program. 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:

  • Slacktide, band from Sitka
    • Jennifer Reid
    • Peter Apathy
    • Christian Jensen
    • Joe Montagna
    • Ed Littlefield
  • Jonas Lamb, UAS One Campus, One Book Project
  • Jackie Manning, Curator of Exhibitions, Alaska State Museum
  • Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Artist

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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.

March 2, 2023: Culture Rich Conversations: Hot topics in Black Culture

Today on Juneau Afternoon, Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association begin Women’s History Month by discussing today’s hottest topics in Black Culture!

Join Host Christina Michelle and guest Natasha Boozer as they discuss the hottest topics of 2023 so far and the women that stood out! From Rihanna’s Halftime show at the Super Bowl to Angela Davis and her Mayflower ancestors, Christina and Natasha tackle it all and so much more. 

Juneau Black Awareness Association’s Christina Michelle hosts today’s program. 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.

Culture Rich Conversations is a production of KTOO in partnership
with the Black Awareness Association of Juneau.
Natasha Boozer produced today’s show
with assistance from Cheryl Snyder, Bostin Christopher, and Erin Tripp.

March 1, 2023: AWARE Women of Distinction 2023

The honorees in the photo are, from left to right: Kate Wolfe, Jeni Brown, LaRae Jones, & Susan Bell.

Photo Courtesy of Aware
The honorees in the photo are, from left to right: Kate Wolfe, Jeni Brown, LaRae Jones, & Susan Bell. (Photo Courtesy of Aware)

AWARE Women of Distinction 2023

Today on Juneau Afternoon, KTOO’s Sheli Delaney chats with the honorees of the March 4, 2023 Women of Distinction event hosted by AWARE. They discuss their backgrounds, accomplishments, and what this award means to them.

The AWARE Women of Distinction for 2023 are:

  • Susan Bell, President of McKinley Research Group
  • Jennifer “Jeni” Brown, Family & Community Engagement Specialist with Tlingit & Haida
  • LaRae Jones, Retired but works with the Juneau Pro-Choice Coalition and is a lifelong supporter of women’s reproductive rights.
  • Catherine “Kate” Wolfe, Prevention Program Manager at Family Promise Juneau

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Full Episode March 1, 2023

KTOO’s Sheli Delaney hosts today’s program. 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:

  • Beth Weigel, Director of Juneau Douglas City Museum
  • Kathleen Harper, 12×12 Artist
  • Saralyn Tabachnick, Executive Director of AWARE
  • Susan Bell, President of McKinley Research Group
  • Jennifer “Jeni” Brown, Family & Community Engagement Specialist with Tlingit & Haida
  • LaRae Jones, Retired but works with the Juneau Pro-Choice Coalition and is a lifelong supporter of women’s reproductive rights.
  • Jon Heifetz, President, Tongass Chapter of Trout Unlimited
  • Monica Southworth, Board Member, Tongass Chapter of Trout Unlimited

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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.

Feb. 24, 2023: Black History Month play reading; Juneau Nordic Ski Club fundraiser; and financial and swim class offerings around town

Poster Image for Black History Month Play Reading
(Image courtesy of Lance Mitchell)

Today on Juneau Afternoon, Volunteer Host Katie Bausler chats with the Juneau Human Rights Commission’s Lance Mitchell about an upcoming special free event in honor of Black History including a new play reading and a movie screening of “Glory.”

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Volunteer Katie Bausler hosts today’s program. 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:

  • Sheli Delaney, Alaska Folk Fest Board Member
  • Lance Mitchell, Juneau Human Rights Commission member and Playwright
  • Amanda Filori, Mortgage Loan Officer, Cornerstone Home Lending
  • Karen Wright, Realtor, Southeast Alaska Real Estate
  • Tristan Knutson-Lombardo, Juneau Nordic Ski Team coach
  • Bay White, Juneau Nordic Ski Club member
  • Terra Patterson, CBJ Parks and Recreation Department – Juneau Pools

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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.

Feb. 23, 2023: “Little Women” and “The Great Leap” are two cultural milestones for Perseverance Theatre

Morgan Gwilym Tso, as Manford Lum, known for his basketball prowess on the courts of Chinatown.  The title of Lauren Yee’s  play, The Great Leap, refers to the game of basketball, as well as the Chinese Communist Party’s “Great Leap Forward” campaign in the late 1950's and early 1960's. (Photo courtesy of Perseverance Theatre)
Morgan Gwilym Tso, as Manford Lum, is known for his basketball prowess on the courts of Chinatown. The title of Lauren Yee’s play, “The Great Leap,” refers to the game of basketball and the Chinese Communist Party’s “Great Leap Forward” campaign in the late 1950s and early 1960s. (Photo courtesy of Perseverance Theatre)

From skirts with giant hoops to hoops on the basketball court, Juneau Afternoon takes a look at Perseverance Theatre’s new season, which features two productions, with performances both in Juneau and Anchorage – one based on the classic Civil War-era story, “Little Women,” and the fast-paced drama, “The Great Leap,” set in San Francisco in 1989.

Our guests look at traveling across time to tackle big themes:

  • Cara Hinh, director of Little Women, and two lead actors, Ema Zivkovic and Jack Scholz, discuss Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age story, which explores transgender themes.
  • Leslie Ishii, artistic director for Perseverance Theatre, talks about the new partnership between Perseverance Theatre and the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Theatre and Dance Department — how for Perseverance, it’s a chance to develop its role as a regional theatre company, as well as help UAA preserve some of its artistic culture, in the wake of budget cuts that have eliminated the department.
  • A preview of “The Great Leap,” where basketball, Chinese culture, and international politics meet in one historical moment.
Perseverance Theatre’s production of Little Women has the costumes and trappings of the Civil War era, but a totally modern twist in Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic.
Perseverance Theatre’s production of Little Women has the costumes and trappings of the Civil War era but a totally modern twist in Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic. (Photo courtesy of Perseverance Theatre)

KNBA’s Rhonda McBride guest 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.

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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.

Feb. 22, 2023: Halo-Halo Chef’s Talk; 2023 Jobs Outlook; Songwriter’s Circle

Rachel Barril works in the kitchen of Juneau Italian restaurant In Bocca Al Lupo for their event "Dinner with Friends: Womxn of Power edition" on June 26. (Photo by Lyndsey Brollini/KTOO)
Rachel Barril works in the kitchen of Juneau Italian restaurant In Bocca Al Lupo for their event “Dinner with Friends: Womxn of Power edition” on June 26, 2021.
(Photo by Lyndsey Brollini/KTOO)

On this month’s Halo-Halo Chef’s Talk segment, KTOO Community Reporting Fellow Tasha Elizarde sits down one-on-one with Rachel Carrillo Barril, Head Chef at In Bocca Al Lupo, to discover her Filipino roots and how she made her way to being one of the top chefs in Juneau. Also, information on the upcoming Filipino Community Legislative Reception / Installation of Officers Event.

Also, on today’s program…

KTOO’s Sheli Delaney hosts today’s program. 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:

  • Rachel Carillo Burill, Head Chef at In Bocca Al Lupo
  • Tasha Elizarde, KTOO Community Reporting Fellow
  • Karinne Wiebold, Economist
  • Dara Rilatos, Musician

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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.

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