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Trapper Creek Festivals
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
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Today we’ll be focusing on two annual festivals across the river from Talkeetna in Trapper Creek. If you’re looking for summer fun, or if you want ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Susitna Valley Mushing Events
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’ll hear about Alaska’s state sport, dog mushing, and how mushing events have played a role in life in the area. Mushing races can be as ...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oosik Classic Ski Race and Tour
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’re looking at another annual gathering that brings hundreds of people to Talkeetna each March. In most years, it is a reminder that Spri...

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Moose Dropping Festival
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’re looking at an event…or rather two events with very similar names and themes having to do with…moose excrement. Come along as we hear ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Miner’s Day
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Today, we’re exploring another festival from Talkeetna’s recent past, Miner’s Day. It’s another example of the sort of celebration that took place...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Talkeetna Bachelor Auction and Ball
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re taking a look at the event that has turned the darkest time of year into the biggest party for the last forty years, the Tal...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wilderness Woman Contest
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
One of the more common questions visitors ask Talkeetna residents is what we do in the winter. We’re starting off our second season by answering p...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
KBFT Outdoor Series - Maurice Champaine dogs
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we meet with Bois Forte Elder Maurice Champaine - who shares his knowledge on dogs and dog sledding.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 08:33
Canyonlands, Utah
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Canyonlands, Utah.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #24: Happiness
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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How do you quantify something as indescribable as happiness? Michael Hobbes searches for a way to measure life satisfaction that works in both the ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #23: Airlines
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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A lot has changed since the first days of aviation, from beverage service to affordable plane tickets. Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginzel recap the hist...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Martha’s Vineyard: Along the Deaf Heritage Trail and beyond
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard is where the Wampanoag Tribe has settled.
Hear the stories few are sharing about Martha’s Vineyard—from the Deaf Heritage Trail, African American Heritage Trail and beyond.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 27:57
Part Three: Molly McKenzie
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Guatemalan Connections Part Three: Molly McKenzie was adopted from Guatemala in 1992 by her two moms, now retired navy captains who provided her wi...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2021
  • Length: 19:47
You Don't Have to be Rich to Drive Electric
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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EV carshares in low income neighborhoods and low priced used electric vehicles are making them accessible for everyone.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Look of Music: Of Beatle Boots, High Heels, and Blue Tuxedos
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: James Brown on stage in 1964, Credit: Getty
As live music venues open up, Gwen talks to New Orleans performers about the look of music in their shows -- and their earliest concert memories.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
Bucket of Blood and Belle's Barn
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Join us in this episode as we wrap up our first season with two buildings that used to form part of daily life for many in Downtown Talkeetna, but ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Miners and Trappers Cabins
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we take a tour of some the humble yet vital cabins that sheltered miners and trappers in the area, many of which still stand today...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Forks Roadhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we head across the river, past Trapper Creek, and toward the Petersville mining district, where we find the Forks Roadhouse miles ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Curry
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re headed to Curry, a place “up the tracks” from Talkeetna that has been the site of a luxury hotel, a thriving small town, and...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Nagley’s General Store
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re visiting one of the first buildings you see as you turn onto Talkeetna’s Main Street, Nagley’s General Store. Since it was b...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Talkeetna Roadhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Since being built by Frank Lee around 1916 and later moved to its current location, the Talkeetna Roadhouse has been a staple of local life. Today...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Schoolhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
For more than eighty years, the territorial schoolhouse building has stood in Downtown Talkeetna, Alaska. It has served many purposes over the dec...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Fairview Inn
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
The Fairview Inn is referred to by some as “Talkeetna’s living room.” On this episode of the Blue Tarp, we hear from people for whom the Fairview ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Military Women’s Memorial: A little known gem preserving HERstory
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Phyllis Wilson's Military headshot
Phyllis Wilson, a retired Army veteran of 37 years and President of the Military Women’s Memorial Foundation, joins us to talk about the Memorial a...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 42:48
Franklin, Tennessee’s Fuller Story: History beyond the Battlefield and Whiskey
From: World Footprints LLC
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Hear about the initiative Franklin, Tennessee has launched to preserve and share a fuller and accurate truth about its place in American history.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 32:22

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