Juneau Afternoon
Juneau Afternoon is locally produced and airs on KTOO 104.3 & KAUK 91.7 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Wednesday through Friday. It’s repeated at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO 104.3 & KAUK 91.7.
Host Bostin Christopher interviews guests from local business owners to artists and speakers. If it’s happening in Juneau, you’ll hear about it on the show.
You can find archived episodes below. You may also find Juneau Afternoon on your podcast app of choice, or you can view inside the studio while the show is recording via live streams on KTOO’s YouTube and Facebook pages. Videos are also available inside the links to each episode below (if available).
If you’d like to be a guest on the program, contact us during regular business hours at 907-463-6417, or email juneauafternoon [at] ktoo [dot] org. Send pictures to juneauafternoon [at] ktoo [dot] org.
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Programming support for Juneau Afternoon comes from:
Country Financial, Hansen Gress, Heritage Coffee Roasting Co., and Tongass Federal Credit Union
Tuesday, February 8th: Spruce Root Awards $50,000 to two Southeast tourism businesses. How to become a Master Gardener. How Juneau birds survive the winter.
Twelve businesses in Southeast Alaska were selected as finalists in the Path to Prosperity competition, but only two received $25,000 each — Kasaan Arts, Museum, and Canoes and Fishability in Ketchikan. The winners were selected by Spruce Root, a program that promotes entrepreneurship and business development. On Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Bonnie and Stormy Hamar, owners…
You’ll hear from the winners of the Pathway to Prosperity program, who each won $25,000 to develop their companies. How Spruce Root selected two Southeast tourism businesses based on their feasibility, social and environmental impact.
Love gardening and sharing knowledge about how to grow plants in Southeast Alaska’s challenging soils and climate? Maybe you’re a Master Gardener in the making?A new training program is about to get underway through the Southeast Alaska Cooperative Extension Service. 2022 SE AK Hybrid MG Class Flier
Juneau’s coastal waters, which never freeze, are what keep more than 70 species of birds here in the winter. The tides bring in a constant supply of nourishment. Here’s a preview of the Juneau Audubon Society’s monthly presentation on Thursday, February 10th at 7:0o p.m. via Zoom.
Part 1. Spruce Root 2021 winners
Guests: Izzy Haywood, Spruce Root Program Manager. Bonnie and Stormy Hamar, who run Kassan, Arts, Museum and Canoes. Jack Finnegan, owner of Fishability.You’ll hear from the winners of the Pathway to Prosperity program, who each won $25,000 to develop their companies. How Spruce Root selected two Southeast tourism businesses based on their feasibility, social and environmental impact.
Part 2. Southeast Master Gardener class
Guests: Darren Snyder, agriculture and horticultural agent for Southeast Alaska Cooperative Extension Service.Love gardening and sharing knowledge about how to grow plants in Southeast Alaska’s challenging soils and climate? Maybe you’re a Master Gardener in the making?A new training program is about to get underway through the Southeast Alaska Cooperative Extension Service. 2022 SE AK Hybrid MG Class Flier
Part 3. Juneau Audubon Society: Winter Food for Birds
Guests: Brenda Wright, Juneau Audubon Society Program ManagerJuneau’s coastal waters, which never freeze, are what keep more than 70 species of birds here in the winter. The tides bring in a constant supply of nourishment. Here’s a preview of the Juneau Audubon Society’s monthly presentation on Thursday, February 10th at 7:0o p.m. via Zoom.
Friday, February 4th: Cartographic adventures at this week’s Fireside Lecture. CBJ information survey. Dorolyn Alper featured at the Juneau Artists Gallery.
Maps are often the start of many an adventure. And on this Friday’s Juneau afternoon, Jacquie Foss and Kelsey Aho talk about how map-making is an adventure of its own, a form of storytelling. The two women are data geographers with a passion for using cartography to help people explore forests in Southeast Alaska and…
Why every map of a national forest is a treasure map, a guide to exploring a wealth of resources.
At the start of the pandemic, the ability to get information out quickly to the community became a life and death matter for the City and Borough of Juneau. It used as many ways as possible to get the word out. Now it wants to find out the most effective way to communicate with you.
How art is medicine to Dorolyn Alper.
Part 1. Adventures in cartography
Guests: Jacquie Foss and Kelsey Aho, data geographers for the U.S. Forest ServiceWhy every map of a national forest is a treasure map, a guide to exploring a wealth of resources.
Part 2: How do you get your information about the City and Borough of Juneau?
Guests: Robert Barr, Deputy Manager for the City and Borough of JuneauAt the start of the pandemic, the ability to get information out quickly to the community became a life and death matter for the City and Borough of Juneau. It used as many ways as possible to get the word out. Now it wants to find out the most effective way to communicate with you.
Part 3. Juneau Artists Gallery featured artist
Guests: Dorolyn Alper, art therapistHow art is medicine to Dorolyn Alper.
Thursday, February 3rd: Winter Storm Advisory
Juneau has been hit with a series of storms this winter that brought heavy snow, followed by record heavy rains, which in turn brought flooding, roof collapses and avalanches. This week another system is pushing through Southeast Alaska dumping a load of heavy snow. How fast it turns into rain, depends upon the outcome of…
Weather wars: Cold air vs. warm air
Guests: Pete Boyd, Meteorologist, Juneau National Weather Service
Wednesday, February 2nd: Kirsten Shelton exhibit opens at Juneau-Douglas City Museum. Juneau Police Department monthly update. Nancy DeCherney’s Juneau First Friday preview.
Through pen and ink, Kirsten Shelton brings the Southeast rain forest to life with almost a photographic clarity. She’s the featured artist this month at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum and a guest on Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon. Also on this program: A winter-safety update from the Juneau Police Department February’s Juneau arts scene. Nancy DeCherney’s First…
Kirsten Shelton says her work inspired by watching the wonder her two daughters experience, as they explore Juneau’s trails, forests and beaches.
A look at winter public safety, a recent BB gun attack and ongoing police recruitment and training efforts.
From the Wearable Arts Show , to a photo exhibit featuring Romeo the wolf, to Perseverance Theatre’s performance of The Brothers Paranormal, a lot is happening in Juneau this February.
Part 1. Quilled close encounters in the temperate rain forest
Guests: Kirsten Shelton, February’s featured artist. Elissa Borges, Curator of Public Programs, Juneau-Douglas City Museum.Kirsten Shelton says her work inspired by watching the wonder her two daughters experience, as they explore Juneau’s trails, forests and beaches.
Part 2. Juneau Police public safety update
Guests: Lt. Krag CampbellA look at winter public safety, a recent BB gun attack and ongoing police recruitment and training efforts.
Part 3. Juneau’s February arts and culture scene.
Guests: Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director, Juneau Arts and Humanities CouncilFrom the Wearable Arts Show , to a photo exhibit featuring Romeo the wolf, to Perseverance Theatre’s performance of The Brothers Paranormal, a lot is happening in Juneau this February.
Tuesday, February 1st: Romeo remembered in photos. Southeast Cooperative Extension Service February offerings. Remembering Buddy Tabor.
It’s been thirteen years since Romeo the wolf was last spotted wandering Mendenhall Glacier, crossing paths with skiers and their pets. But during the month of February, Romeo will return to Juneau, celebrated in photographs, music and art. On this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, the story behind a collection of twenty photographs that will be featured…
Information about the Diabetes Supper Club, a program for people who have been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Also plans for the Cooperative Extension Service’s summer boat tour, which travels to communities in Southeast Alaska to offer courses.
The Romeo photo exhibit is part of the Orpheus project, one of many tributes to Juneau’s famous wolf during the month of February. It opens at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center as a First Friday exhibit on Feb. 4, 2022.
It’s been ten years since Buddy Tabor died, but the music of this longtime Juneau singer-songwriter is still enjoyed by many. On Wednesday night, from 9:00-11:00 p.m., Katie Bausler will feature some of Tabor’s work on her program on KRNN, Stormy Weather. She talks about his contribution to the Juneau music scene, beyond his vast…
Part 1. Southeast Cooperative Extension Service
Guests: Sarah Lewis, Family & Community Development Agent for SoutheastInformation about the Diabetes Supper Club, a program for people who have been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Also plans for the Cooperative Extension Service’s summer boat tour, which travels to communities in Southeast Alaska to offer courses.
Part 2. Romeo Photo Exhibit
Guests: Kerry Howard & Matthew Brown, Romeo Photo Exhibit CuratorsThe Romeo photo exhibit is part of the Orpheus project, one of many tributes to Juneau’s famous wolf during the month of February. It opens at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center as a First Friday exhibit on Feb. 4, 2022.
Part 3. Remembering Buddy Tabor.
Guests: Katie Bausler, KRNN volunteer and fan of Buddy Tabor.It’s been ten years since Buddy Tabor died, but the music of this longtime Juneau singer-songwriter is still enjoyed by many. On Wednesday night, from 9:00-11:00 p.m., Katie Bausler will feature some of Tabor’s work on her program on KRNN, Stormy Weather. She talks about his contribution to the Juneau music scene, beyond his vast…
Friday, January 28th: From the Andes to the Alps, Ulyana Horodyskyj on science in extreme environments. Interest in Juneau homeschooling still strong.
Science and mountaineering go hand in hand for Ulyana Horodyskyj. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, she’ll talk about her recent trip to the Andes to view the wreckage of plane that crashed in a mountainside 50 years ago, recently exposed by a melting glacier. She’ll also talk about conducting research in extreme environments and the…
Ulyana Horodyskyj uses her skills as both a scientist and a mountaineer to research the impacts of climate change in some of the world’s most extreme environments. She talks about her recent visit to an Andes mountainside, where a plane crashed 50 years ago. Out of 45 passengers, sixteen survived after 75 harrowing days.
As the City and Borough of Juneau emerges from the pandemic, Rorie Watt hopes he can move some important projects off of the back burner this year, Among them: building a new city hall, moving the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to a new location, and utilizing the new tourism director position to build better relationships between…
Why interest in homeschooling in the Juneau School District remains strong. How enrollment in the HomeBridge program has grown from 35 students two years ago, to 450 last year. Enrollment remains strong, between 250-275 students this school year.
Part 1. Adventures in science and mountaineering.
Guests: Ulyana HorodyskyjUlyana Horodyskyj uses her skills as both a scientist and a mountaineer to research the impacts of climate change in some of the world’s most extreme environments. She talks about her recent visit to an Andes mountainside, where a plane crashed 50 years ago. Out of 45 passengers, sixteen survived after 75 harrowing days.
Part 2. City Manager Rorie Watt on climbing out of the pandemic
Guests: Rorie Watt, City and Borough of Juneau ManagerAs the City and Borough of Juneau emerges from the pandemic, Rorie Watt hopes he can move some important projects off of the back burner this year, Among them: building a new city hall, moving the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to a new location, and utilizing the new tourism director position to build better relationships between…
Part 3. Juneau HomeBridge program open house
Guests: Mark Gunkel, advisory teacher for the Juneau School District HomeBridge programWhy interest in homeschooling in the Juneau School District remains strong. How enrollment in the HomeBridge program has grown from 35 students two years ago, to 450 last year. Enrollment remains strong, between 250-275 students this school year.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022: CBJ response to weather-related emergencies. February is Romeo month. Breweries team up for Pour the Love 2022.
From flood damage, to roof collapses to avalanche danger, it would seem that the City and Borough of Juneau is under assault from the weather. On Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, CBJ’s Emergency Services Manager, Tom Mattice will talk about staying safe through times of record rainfall and other weather threats. How local breweries are teaming up…
How local breweries are teaming up to help fund the a new public use cabin at Eaglecrest Ski Area.
The Orpheus Project is planning a month-long series of events in February to celebrate the life of Romeo, the wolf, who wandered on the outskirts of Juneau and interacted with humans and their pets.
With record rains, following heavy snowfall in December, the weather has caused floods, roof collapses and avalanches. How the City of Borough of Juneau is responding to weather patterns that are unprecedented.
Part 1: Part 1. Pour the Love fundraiser
Guests: Meghan Chambers, Evan Wood and Dave ScanlanHow local breweries are teaming up to help fund the a new public use cabin at Eaglecrest Ski Area.
Part 2: Part 2. Romeo remembered in month-long celebration.
Guests: Todd Hunt, Juneau Composer. Orpheus Project Artistic Director.The Orpheus Project is planning a month-long series of events in February to celebrate the life of Romeo, the wolf, who wandered on the outskirts of Juneau and interacted with humans and their pets.
Part 3: Part 3. CBJ response to weather threats.
Guests: Tom Mattice, Emergency Manager for the City and Borough of Juneau.With record rains, following heavy snowfall in December, the weather has caused floods, roof collapses and avalanches. How the City of Borough of Juneau is responding to weather patterns that are unprecedented.
Tuesday, January 25th: Juneau’s board game extravaganza, Platypus Con, is back again. The Learning Connection offers in-person classes. Climate change’s impact on Southeast Alaska gardens.
Transforming Mars. Bastion. Furnace. Wild Space. Just to name a few, out of more than a thousand board games available to try-out this weekend at Platypus Con, a board game extravaganza that has returned to Juneau. On Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Joshua Warren, the founder of Platypus Con, will talk about how he created this event…
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Friday, January 21st: A month of tributes to Romeo, the wolf. Annette Smith’s adventures in scuba diving. CBJ Manager Rorie Watt on climbing out of the pandemic.
Romeo, the wolf who befriended Juneau dogs, will remembered in a month-long celebration of art, music and poetry. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, Rhonda McBride talks with composer Todd Hunt about Wolf Songs, a premiere of two commissioned pieces to be performed by a chamber orchestra in February. Also on Friday’s Juneau Afternoon: Underwater adventures,…
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Wednesday, January 19th: Inspiring Girls Expeditions. Carin Silkaitis, new UAS Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Juneau Youth Services therapeutic foster care program. Big Brothers, Big Sisters take part in National Mentoring Month.
To lead and succeed. That’s the motto of the Inspiring Girls Expeditions program, which uses art and wilderness exploration to encourage more young women to pursue careers in science. On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at a summer science and art program for high school girls. How to apply for tuition-free expeditions that include…
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