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Take a trip across Alaska without leaving your car, office, home or iPod. AK explores the people and places that make Alaska unique. Visit us online at AKRADIO.ORG for a complete archive or to sign up for e-mail updates.
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Take a trip across Alaska without leaving your car, office, home or iPod. AK explores the people and places that make Alaska unique. Visit us online at AKRADIO.ORG for a complete archive or to sign up for e-mail updates.
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Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc 3877 University Dr Anchorage AK 99508-4676 907-550-8400
Episodes
PrEP prevents HIV transmission and it’s free. Why can’t some Alaskans get it?
11/7/2023
Robin Lutz, executive director at the Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, or 4-As, said the organization has been talking with people newly diagnosed with HIV. She said Alaskans face many barriers to accessing PrEP.
Duration:00:05:02
Why are more Alaskans in the Interior contracting HIV?
11/6/2023
Health officials are working to better understand why Fairbanks and the Interior have seen a cluster of new HIV cases over the past two years.
Duration:00:03:19
Dramatic day in U.S. House as members oust the speaker
10/3/2023
An ominous murmur arose after the vote was announced, D.C. correspondent Liz Ruskin says.
Duration:00:03:50
Four years into the Yukon salmon collapse, an Interior Alaska village wonders if it will ever fish again
9/15/2023
Gwichyaa Zhee, also known as Fort Yukon, has always depended on salmon. But for the fourth year in a row, managers have severely restricted fishing, as the Yukon River king and chum salmon runs collapsed. Residents say the closures have been devastating to their way of life.
Duration:00:04:50
When Alaska wilderness adventures go wrong, mental mistakes are sometimes to blame
7/13/2023
Wilderness safety instructor Deb Ajango says adventurers can make thinking errors that, in some cases, make an uncomfortable situation much worse.
Duration:00:06:20
For Indigenous Alaskans, congressional election brings flood of emotions, online and off
9/6/2022
The election of Yup'ik Mary Peltola brought unexpected tears to some Alaska Native people.
Duration:00:02:45
For 13 years she’s cared for her husband who has memory loss. Now she’s looking for help.
6/1/2022
The number of Alaskans with memory loss is set to nearly double by 2030. Resources to help are limited, but navigators help caregivers find them.
Duration:00:04:03
Asking the right questions can stop eating disorders from progressing, experts say
5/9/2022
“One of the most important things is to identify an eating disorder early before you get the complications,” said Dr. Rachel Lescher.
Duration:00:02:51
An alternative high school in Anchorage is focusing on mental health to help students graduate
4/20/2022
Karen Hobart said her main goal as a school counselor is to help kids graduate, and that means looking at a lot more than just their grades or the number of credits they’ve earned. She also connects them to resources like food, safe transportation, or different types of mental health care.
Duration:00:04:33
Recovering out loud: How one Alaskan created a podcast to support his sobriety and help others too
4/13/2022
Through podcasting, music and story sharing, Ralph Sara is working to make people see that recovery from addiction is possible.
Duration:00:03:51
IñuPiphany aims to teach Alaska Native women craft skills in Anchorage — and help beat addiction
4/7/2022
Helen Lane says the space’s twin purpose fills a void in Anchorage, where many Native women don’t have access to elders’ knowledge about crafts and where many struggle with drug addiction and alcoholism.
Duration:00:03:17
How to help people understand the complexity of mental health
3/30/2022
An Anchorage teenager made major shifts in his approach to life and is about to graduate high school. He never saw a therapist, never thought about mental health. But mental health is tied to all of it.
Duration:00:04:47
In Unalakleet, pizza orders from around the world give exhausted mushers a boost
3/14/2022
“Nice to be in Eskimo country!” said Iñupiaq musher Ryan Redington. He said his mother was born and raised in Unalakleet, and it’s been nice to visit with the community.
Duration:00:00:57
Here’s what McGrath looks like as Iditarod mushers settle into their 24-hour stop
3/9/2022
One musher has regrets. Another is focused on canine appetite. And a third is relieved to have survived the "spiciest" trail.
Duration:00:02:47
People harm themselves to cope with big emotions. You can help them heal.
3/4/2022
Self-harm is a coping mechanism and a call for help. It can also be extremely hard to talk about.
Duration:00:03:33
Qawalangin Tribe uses traditional craft as a route to wellness
1/12/2022
Beginner weaving, beading and embroidery are just a few of the themed craft nights that have been hosted so far.
Duration:00:04:02
A new crisis team in Fairbanks is responding to mental health calls and freeing up other emergency resources
12/10/2021
The city’s Mobile Crisis Team started two months ago and is bringing mental health services directly to people in crisis.
Duration:00:04:39
‘So much hope’: Alaskans say peer support can make recovery possible
11/24/2021
Peer mentors can now receive certification in Alaska to provide support for people in recovery from substance use and mental health issues.
Duration:00:04:15
Tensions over PFD fuel talks of a new constitutional convention. Alaskans will vote on whether that time has come.
11/19/2021
Next year, Alaska voters will decide whether to hold a new constitutional convention. They’ve rejected similar questions over the past 50 years. But anger over the permanent fund dividend is fueling talk of overhauling the Alaska Constitution.
Duration:00:05:30
Staff turnover, overcrowding, bitter cold: Anchorage’s homelessness response stumbles amid transitions
11/19/2021
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration has lost about a half dozen officials the past several weeks among officials working on the city’s response to homelessness at a time when temperatures have dropped below zero degrees in some parts of town.
Duration:00:04:37