Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Marc Wheeler is the father of two and owns Coppa, a handcrafted ice cream and coffee shop, with his wife Jessica Paris. There’s no place he’d rather be during this difficult time than Juneau, whose beautiful surroundings are only outmatched by the beauty of its community, filled with people who take care of one another.
Get the dirt on Juneau’s Virtual Garden Conference,
And continue our COVID-19-related check-ins with City Hall.
That’s Juneau Afternoon on Monday at 3 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 FM or KTOO.org, and repeated at 4 p.m. on KRNN 102.7 FM or KRNN.org.
Tune in to KTOO Monday at 7 p.m. for Intelligence Squared. As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the globe, the World Health Organization warns about an information epidemic or “infodemic.” Consumers of news are inundated with stats, graphs, press conferences, and think-pieces, as well as dubious data, miscredited quotations, and outright harmful claims. Journalist and editor-in-chief of PolitiFact Angie Drobnic Holan and computer scientist and associate professor of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington Kate Starbird, join John Donvan for a special Discourse Disruptors episode.
Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Sarah Aronson is an Alaskan by birth and current producer at Montana Public Radio.
Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Miriam Wagoner is author of national award-winning, “A Poem Book From My Kaasei Nook To The World.” She was born in the Philippines but has lived in Juneau for about two decades.
“During this pandemic, I would like to contribute to Juneau Afternoon’s Community Connection and share the poem, “One Word, One World.” I worked hard collecting and researching the foreign words written in this also award-winning piece. Hope you enjoy and please take care” – Miriam Wagoner
Community Connection is a segment on KTOO’s Juneau Afternoon where listeners share personal stories, reflections, poetry or music about life in these strange times.
Geoff Kirsch is a Juneau writer. As a humorist, his work has appeared in/on countless national, state and local outlets, including his long-running “Slack Tide” column in the Juneau Empire. He’s also published a book, “Run For Life! Doomsday 2012!” (Workman NYC) and holds an MFA in fiction.
