Bostin Christopher

Lisa Phu’s Before Me is a podcast about a long overdue conversation between a mom and a daughter and a family’s history as it follows one woman’s life, from Cambodia to America, through war and violence, separation and loss, and endings and beginnings. KTOO will air Before Me in a special two-part series beginning next Tuesday, January 17.

Today on Juneau Afternoon, Lisa talks with Volunteer Host Andy Kline about how this podcast came to be, the process of getting to know her mother’s story, the various media coverage the podcast has gotten; and she will also highlight her Fireside chat tonight at Mendenhall Glacier.

Other conversations today include:

• The premiere of Underground Connection at Crystal Saloon this weekend
• Theater Alaska and their new production of Every Brilliant Thing
• and a preview of the upcoming LunaFest, a film festival by, for, and about women

Guests:

• Zac Pease, Producer, Underground Connection
• The Forest That Never Sleeps, Musician
• Ollella, Musician
• Flordelino Lagundino, Artistic Director, Theater Alaska
• Tommy Schoffler, Actor, Theater Alaska
• Travis Clark Morris, Assistant Director, Theater Alaska
• Lisa Phu, Before Me Podcast
• LaRae Jones, LunaFest
• Amy Kesten, LunaFest Silent Auction Coordinator

Volunteer 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.

Links:

• Lisa Phu’s Before Me Podcast
  • KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey’s December 6 article
• Underground Connection
• The Forest That Never Sleeps
• Ollella
• Every Brilliant Thing, Theater Alaska
• LunaFest Juneau

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

Musicians, supporters, and fans from all around Alaska will be gathering in Juneau this weekend for the Fourth Statewide Alaska Music Summit. Marian Call gives us the breakdown of all the festivities today on Juneau Afternoon.

Topics for the Alaska Music Summit include:

• The unique Alaskan music ecosystem
• Building the scene, we want to see
• Money and Art (and applying for grants)
• Licensing music for film and other ways to level up
• Music in the community: festivals, venues, and tourism
• Taking inventory of our music scene (or why we need data)

As well as special guest presenters, key voices from the Alaska music community sharing, and a lot of time for discussion in breakout groups.

Other conversations today include:

• Current exhibits at the Juneau City Museum
• Juneau Dance Theatre highlights “Winter Showcase”
• Juneau Audubon Society shares their monthly preview

Guests:

• Beth Weigel, City Museum Director
• Christine Carpenter, January solo artist at the City Museum
• Elizabeth Jurgeleit, January solo artist at the City Museum
• Marian Call, Musician
• Bridget Lujan, Executive Director, Juneau Dance Theatre
• Christa Baxter, Dance Team Coach and Instructor
• Sammara Apango, JDT Student and dance team member
• Brenda Wright, Juneau Audubon Society board member
• Bjorn Dihle, Audubon Presenter, “Bear Viewing and its Future”

KTOO’s Sheli Delaney 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.

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 week’s episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association, we are celebrating Kwanzaa in Alaska with our guests Ibn Bailey and Yiana Natasha Bailey. Our guests will share with us their Black-lived experience of celebrating Kwanzaa in Alaska, as well as the importance and value of continuing this tradition.

As families in communities all over our nation celebrate Kwanzaa this week, Christina Michelle and our guests will shine a light on the meaning of Kwanzaa, the reason we celebrate Kwanzaa, as well as the special traditions that bring this holiday to life!

The “Americans and the Holocaust” presented by the Juneau Public Library only runs for a few more days. The show closes on December 20 with a special presentation: 

“Family Stories — Juneau And The Holocaust”
Juneau residents Rebecca Braun, Eva Bornstein, Helena Fagan, and Sheryl Weinberg will share their personal family connections to the Holocaust; stories of loss, survival, and how the Shoah has resonated through the generations.

Host Katie Bausler chats on today’s show with Rebecca Braun about the exhibit, the talk next week, and the close connections the Holocaust has with Juneau. 

Other conversations today include:

• SERRC-The Learning Connection
• Upcoming classes and programs from CBJ Pools
• and some in-studio music from Taylor Vidic and Friends

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.

Special programming note: Juneau Afternoon will take a break from live shows after this week and return on January 11. However, there is special programming, including “Best of” Juneau Afternoon episodes and more, lined up for the next few weeks. Check the full schedule at ktoo.org/schedule!

Guests:

• Megan Swearingen, Adult Education Program Coordinator
• Jim Warren, Adult Education Instructor
• Andi Hirsh, coordinating the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
• Rebecca Braun, speaker for the program Family Stories: Juneau and the Holocaust
• Seth Cayce, CBJ Pools
• Taylor Vidic, Musician
• Anna Mahanor, Musician

• Mercedes Munoz, Ceramic Artist
• United Way Health Navigators and how they help you find the right health insurance
• Riverview Senior Living staff share all about the opening of a new facility here in Juneau
• and Lt. Krag Campbell from the Juneau Police Department talks about “Shop with a Cop” and how to keep safe during the holiday season

Guests:

• Mercedes Munoz, Ceramic Artist
• Daniel Powell, Executive Director, Riverview Senior Living
• Carrie Pusich, Community Relations Director, Riverview Senior Living
• Jane Straight, United Way Health Navigator
• Lt. Krag Campbell, Juneau Police Department