Sheli DeLaney

On this week’s episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association we are answering listener questions and reading their comments with our very special guest, Culture Rich Conversations’ Producer, Natasha Boozer! Natasha will share everything that goes into putting each episode together and bringing it to air each week.

Christina Michelle and Natasha will answer our listeners’ questions from how Culture Rich Conversations began to how we choose our guests and everything in between!

In the first teaser trailer for “Earnest Drinker,” Juneau-based filmmaker Scott Burton asks, “What’s your relationship with alcohol?” In his personal experience, it has included both fun times and depression, inspiration and anxiety, confidence and addiction, bottle-rocket highs and in-the-gutter lows. “I jumped into bed with alcohol at age 14 and we’ve been loving and fighting for over forty years.” Burton stopped drinking alcohol in January of 2020, and through “Ernest Drinker” he examines the terminology used by society to talk about alcoholism, sobriety, and recovery. On today’s show, he sits down with host Katie Bausler to share more about the film and how it came to be.

Also on today’s show, the Juneau Symphony will be here to tell us about their Holiday Cheer concerts next weekend. Juneau Audubon Society will preview their upcoming talk “Red Knots of Controller Bay,” and representatives from the United Way will give us the highlights of their fundraising campaign.

Guests:
Andy Kline, United Way
Wayne Stevens, United Way
Charlotte Truitt, executive director, Juneau Symphony
Sally Smith, Juneau Symphony
Scott Burton, Authentimedia
Brenda Wright, board member, Juneau Audubon Society
Jenell Larsen Tempel, biologist and presenter, Juneau Audubon Society

For the first time since 2019, the Juneau Underground Motion Picture (JUMP) Society film festival returns to the Gold Town Nickelodeon. The JUMP Society presents screenings of short films made by Juneau locals, and traditionally brings the films to the big screen in festivals held in the spring and in the fall. The film festival took a break during the pandemic, and this weekend they return for the 2022 Winter Film Festival. Pat Race sits down with host Andy Kline to give us a preview of the short films and filmmakers that will be featured this weekend.

Also on today’s show, Susu and The Prophets will be here to tell us about tonight’s concert at the Red Dog–their first live in-person performance in three years. Musician Erin Heist talks about her new full-length album “From the Land of Rusted Dreams,” and we’ll find out all about the Juneau Artists Gallery‘s featured artist Lue Isaac.

Guests:

• Pat Race, JUMP Society
• Erin Heist, musician
• Shona Osterhaut, musician, Susu and the Prophets
• Riley Woodford, musician, Susu and the Prophets
• Lue Isaac, featured artist, Juneau Artists Gallery
• Laurie Craig, Juneau Artists Gallery

On this week’s episode of Culture Rich Conversations from Juneau’s Black Awareness Association we are bringing back our very special guest Joseph Robinson for a more in depth discussion centered around crypto currency and the economic empowerment that it provides for the Black community as well as the LGBTQ community (listen to Part 1 of this discussion here).

Christina Michelle and self-made millionaire Joseph Robinson will discuss the ins and outs of what it takes to be successful in this economy by investing in crypto currency. Our guest will educate us on how to get started, as well as how to bounce back when the market is down and investments look bleak.

49 Writers, an Alaskan literary group, has invited playwright and satirist Joanna Castle Miller to teach a four-week class series. Her curriculum is designed to help writers craft sharp, funny satire. Miller’s award-winning work has appeared everywhere from McSweeney’s to Funny or Die, and her class promises to leave writers with the tools needed to produce short-form satirical work and the confidence to submit pieces to places like The Onion. Today on Juneau Afternoon, host Sheli DeLaney will chat with Joanna Castle Miller about her humor, literary style, and favorite bourbon.

Also on today’s show, we’ll hear all about this weekend’s Gallery Walk. Mary McEwen will discuss her new exhibit at the city museum, and Rainforest Yoga shares details of their next workshop.

Guests:
Beth Weigel, director, Juneau Douglas City Museum
Mary McEwen, featured solo artist, Juneau Douglas City Museum
Katie Bausler, president, 49 Writers
Joanna Castle Miller, guest instructor, 49 Writers
Terry Tavel, board member, Rainforest Yoga
Dr. Marnie Hartman, guest instructor, Rainforest Yoga
Rachelle Bonnett, programming coordinator, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
Gina Morris, director, Downtown Business Association

The Juneau Afternoon team is taking a break to observe the holiday. The show will return on Wednesday, November 30 at 3:00 p.m.

Please enjoy these hand-picked holiday specials this week on KTOO:

• • Living On Earth Thanksgiving Special: As Americans gather to give thanks over a feast, a look at how embracing the plant world in our diets connects to climate, health, and democracy. Also, in some Native cultures four more staples join the “Three Sisters” of corn, beans, and squash. The “Seven Sisters” and the importance of saving Native seeds, that and more in this special Thanksgiving edition of Living on Earth from PRX. (Wednesday, November 23, 7:00 pm)
  • Songs of the People: Indigenous Roots of Black Folk Music is a 28-minute audio program hosted by Benjamin Mertz, a song leader in the Black Spiritual tradition. The program will look at pre-20th Century Black music as a folk tradition, exploring its connections to its African ancestry and its similarities to the traditional music of the First Nations in North America. With work songs, drum circles, sacred chants, and songs evoking the imagery of rivers and mountains, Black Spiritual music lives hand-in-hand with other Indigenous music traditions. (Thursday, November 24, 3:00 p.m.)
  • Indigenous YOUth Nation: Indigenous YOUth Nation is a 29 min episode that works to “Celebrate Culture”, “Empower Youth,” “Nourish Knowledge,” “Inspire Intergenerational Dialogue,” and build strong roots for our future generations. (Thursday, November 24, 3:30 p.m.)
  • Giving Thanks: Classical music is the heart and soul of the original Giving Thanks. Between the music, no clichés about pilgrims and pumpkin pies. Instead, it’s a contemporary celebration of the spirit of Gratitude. Whether your listeners are early in the kitchen, on the road to a family gathering, or relaxing after the feast, Giving Thanks provides the perfect atmosphere for Thanksgiving: the warmth of great music, and truly memorable words. With music and stories for Thanksgiving, host John Birge creates a thoughtful, contemporary reflection on the meaning of the holiday. (Thursday, November 24, 6:00 p.m.)
  • Estranged: Host Anita Rao meets two women who — by choice or circumstance — became estranged from their parents. Writer Raksha Vasudevan shares how being an immigrant shapes how she thinks about creating distance from her family, and Tiffany Scott talks about what it was like to be ghosted by her dad. The two reflect on finding belonging elsewhere and seeking support from non-traditional sources. Anita also learns from two siblings who were estranged for more than 40 years that while reconciliation is possible, it’s not for everyone. (Friday, November 25, 3:00 p.m.)

Check out our full schedule here. Have a safe and happy week!