My Alaska Summer
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Hello! My name is Emily Charash and I am from New York City. In 2021, I decided to spend my summer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska. I wanted to meet new people, explore a new place, and take classes you could only find in...
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United States
Description:
Hello! My name is Emily Charash and I am from New York City. In 2021, I decided to spend my summer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska. I wanted to meet new people, explore a new place, and take classes you could only find in the 49th state. For this show, I teamed up with UAF to bring you along on my summer adventures. You’ll meet the friends I made, you’ll shadow me in my classes—“Fly Fishing Weekend,” “Archeology Field School” and several others— and you’ll hear my thoughts as a New Yorker traveling and taking classes in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Language:
English
Episodes
Life up North
4/5/2022
In this episode, we are talking about what it's really like to live near the Arctic Circle. We talk with Brandon Boylan, my professor for International Relations of the North, about how climate change is affecting Alaska and with Pat Druckenmiller, a paleontologist and director of the University of Alaska Museum of the North.
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Duration:00:26:49
Digging up a ghost town
4/5/2022
In this episode, we’re going digging at the Chena townsite with my archaeology class. We’ll talk to Justin Cramb, the professor for the Archaeological Field School course exploring Chena, a town that was abandoned over 100 years ago. Listen along to see what remnants of the human past my classmates and I find. (Hint: Mostly iron nails) -EC
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Duration:00:21:20
Road tripping to a rural village
4/5/2022
In this episode, you’re coming with me on my road trip to the village of Nenana, where I talk to Chief Tim McManus and tribal administrator Jessica Shaw about life in their village. We also talk to Noelle Iles, the professor of my Economy of Rural Alaska course, about subsistence living and what that looks like in Alaska. -EC
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Duration:00:18:12
Conversations about Alaska Native corporations
4/5/2022
In this episode, we talk to Betty Ross, the professor for my Alaska Native Corporations course, about the history of the formation of the corporations via the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. We also talk to Shauna Hegna, president of Koniag Inc., about how Native corporations help their shareholders. -EC
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Duration:00:20:25
Welcome to Fairbanks, Alaska
4/5/2022
In this episode, I’m taking you with me from New York City to Fairbanks, located about 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle. We’ll get settled at UAF, meet people around town, learn about the history of Fairbanks from a town historian and hit up the visitors center. -EC
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Duration:00:17:29
Fly Fishing on Alaska waters
4/5/2022
In this episode, I put on my waders and head to the beautiful Alaska waters to try my hand at fly fishing. You’ll hear conversations with my fly fishing instructor, Shann Jones, about all things fly fishing and why people love life in the North. -EC
Duration:00:10:33
Let's Go to Alaska!
3/15/2022
Here's a preview of what's to come on this series. Stay tuned!
Duration:00:01:01