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    As Ironman Alaska competitors from all over the country converge on Juneau, they’ll find local athletes ready to put their hometown advantage to the test. Members of the High Cadence Tri Team, lead by Jamie Bursell, will be on this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon.  From special diets to training regimes t0 juggling day jobs,…

Part 1: Ironman athletes: Preparing for Sunday’s triathlon.

Guests: Jamie Bursell, coach for High Cadence Tri Team with team members: Melanie White, Alec Nevalainen, and Charlie Waters.
Juneau’s first ever Ironman Triathlon is coming up this Sunday.  Hear how athletes are preparing, and what you can expect this Sunday.  Spoiler:  Coach Jamie says you just might be inspired to train for one yourself!  

Part 2: Made of Rain, new poems from Linda Buckley.

Guests: Linda Buckley, writer.
Author and musician Linda Buckley is best known for her children’s books, “The Bear in the Blueberry” and the “Humpback in the Herring,” but she has just released a collection of poems written over the years reflecting on the natural world.

Part 3: Artist Keke Tian Ke – this month’s Juneau Artist Gallery Featured Artist

Guests: Keke Tian Ke, artist
Juneau Artists Gallery’s newest artist shares about living in Juneau, her artistic inspiration, and her upcoming opening.

Part 4: UAS Enrollment Day is Coming Up!

Guests: Brittni Wisner, UAS Admissions Counselor
College enrollment can be quite a maze to navigate, but Brittni Wisner shares how to make the process as simple as possible at UAS’s Enrollment Day this Tuesday August 9, 2022.

In the last five years, more than a million pounds of Juneau food scraps have been turned into compost, thanks to Lisa Daugherty and her love of recycling. On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Daugherty talks about the company she founded, Juneau Composts, a passion project that has been increasingly been embraced by the community. Also…

Part 1: What’s next for Juneau Compost?

Guests: Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts
  Lisa Daugherty talks about how her business, Juneau Compost, continues to grow, yet is still a long ways from diverting all of the food waste that currently goes into the dump. She is currently working with the City and Borough of Juneau to expand her operations.

Part 2: Crystal Jackson: Alcohol and Ink painting technique.

Guests: Crystal Jackson, artist. Christy NaMee Eriksen, owner of Kindred Post.
Crystal Jackson’s paintings are full of swirls and wispy patterns of pigment, so fluid that the colors seem to play with each other — some of the magic she  creates with alcohol inks. She markets her paintings of wildlife and scenery under the name of Chromatic Crystal. Jackson will demonstrate her alcohol ink technique at…

Part 3: Space-Time Colonialism: Alaska’s Indigenous and Asian Entanglements

Guests: Juliana Hu Pegues, author and assistant professor, Cornell University. Christy NaMee Eriksen, owner of Kindred Post. Kendra Herget, Kindred Post general manager.
  Juliana Hu Pegues was born in Taiwan but raised in Juneau, where stories about immigrants and Indigenous peoples fed a lifelong curiosity  about the impacts of colonialism. Today, she is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where she teaches English literature and courses in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, as well as…

Part 4: August 2022: Juneau Art and Humanities Council update.

Guests: Kathleen Harper, Juneau Arts and Humanities Council.
An overview of August’s First Friday events and the Juneau arts scene.

A year after completion, the greenhouse has produced its share of successes and setbacks.

Organizers of the Alaska Ironman triathlon have had their own marathon, preparing for the arrival of more than a thousand participants. They’ve faced many challenges along the way, with more to come as August 7th approaches, when the event gets underway. On this Friday’sJuneau Afternoon, a look at the logistics for the first Ironman competition…

Part 1: Ironman: An epic adventure with epic logistics.

Guests: Liz Perry, Executive Director, Travel Juneau. Kara Tetley, Destination Marketing Manager, Travel Juneau.
Planning for Ironman Alaska has been unchartered territory for organizations like Travel Juneau and the City and Borough of Juneau. They’ve have had to navigate some unexpected challenges and prepare for an influx of visitors comparable to Celebration. In this conversation, a look at the community’s role as host of what’s being billed as an…

Part 2: Shéiyi X̱aat Hít Youth Shelter reaches one-year milestone.

Guests: Jorden Nigro. Zach Gordon Youth Services Manager
It was only a year ago that the City and Borough of Juneau opened up Shéiyi X̱aat Hít, also known as the Spruce Root House. The youth shelter is run in partnership with the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority and has begun to make inroads in helping  young people who have either run away from family, or…

Part 3: Juneau Audubon Society rare bird alert: Colorful Wood Duck sightings.

Guests: Brenda Wright, Programs Manager, Juneau Audubon Society.
Brenda Wright from the Juneau Audubon Society has an update on Wood Duck sightings in Juneau. The Wood Duck, one of the most beautiful and colorful of birds, is a rare visitor to Alaska. Also in this interview, advice on how to prevent bird window strikes.

Fifty thousand dollars in prizes. Training on how to run a successful small business. Just a few of the incentives for entrepreneurs to compete in the Path to Prosperity Contest. In this year’s competition, Spruce Root has selected twelve finalists from across Southeast Alaska. Meet two of them on this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, as well…

Part 1: Regenerative tourism is the focus of Path to Prosperity’s business competition

Guests: zzy Haywood, Path to Prosperity (P2P) Competition Administrator; Aaron Angerman, P2P Finalist, Scoot AK (Wrangell); Andrew Jylkka, P2P Finalist and Owner of Southeast Dough Company (Sitka)
Finalists for Spruce Root Community Development’s Path to Prosperity competition are selected based on how their business can support their community. This year’s theme is “regenerative tourism,” which means putting more control of the visitor industry into the hands of Alaskans, especially in rural regions, so they can put money back into the local economy.…

Part 2: How Alaskans can sponsor Ukranian refugees.

Guests: Bridget Smith, Juneau Ukraine Family Settlement. Zori Opanasevych, executive director, New Chance Ukraine Relief.
There are groups like New Chance Ukraine Relief, working to help Ukrainians resettle in Alaska. Some like Ukraine Juneau Family Relief are sponsoring refugees, while others are finding different ways to contribute.

Part 3: Hula dancers help Juneau man get back on his feet.

Guests: Elsa Demeksa and Tonia Kramp, members of Hui Hula o Manoa
The year got off to a devastating start for Kalei Wery, who fell off a ladder and remains on a long road to recovery from his injuries. Wery, originally from Hawaii, has lived in Juneau more than 30 years, perhaps best known for his Christmas decorations that feature a huge Meli Kalikimaka sign outside his…

  Juneau heads into the weekend with more wet weather in the forecast, possibly a break on Saturday, but rain intensifying on Sunday. Wes Adkins, one of the lead forecasters in the Juneau National Weather Service office says, we may end July on a drier and warmer note. Listen to Wes Adkin’s conversation with Rhonda…