The AnchorED City Podcast is connecting with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people.
Episodes
Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
This season, we used the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” –as a model for how we might positively imagine the future of Anchorage. In this episode, we hear a number of short positive visions for Anchorage’s future.
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Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
On December 17, 2025 the Alaska Watchman reported, “In a split decision, the Anchorage Assembly narrowly voted to erase all historical references to the famous Captain James Cook from the city’s official seal.”
In light of the new Municipal Seal, and the controversy about the removal of Captain Cook from it, we return to Season 1: Episode 5. I hope you enjoy this Encore Episode about Captain Cook originally titled, The Legacy of Colonialism Part 1: A Statue, a Banner, and a Covenant.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
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Resources Used To Make This Episode:
http://www.cc.com/video-playlists/qkhul9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-between-the-scenes/g34af5
Oleksa, M., 1992, Orthodox Alaska: A theology of mission, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood.
Newcomb, S., 1992, ‘Five hundred years of injustice’, Indigenous Law Institute, n.d., viewed 30 January 2019, from http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html.
Indigenous Values Initiative, 2018, Dum diversas, viewed 14 February 2019, from https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/dum-diversas/.
Charles, M., 2016, ‘The doctrine of discovery, war, and the myth of America’, Leaven 24(3), 147-154.
http://www.alaskool.org/projects/JimCrow/cov_res.htm
Wohlforth, C., 2017, ‘How some Anchorage neighbors redeemed the city's racist past’, Alaska Daily News, 27 February, 2017, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/02/27/how-some-anchorage-neighbors-redeemed-the-citys- racist-past/.
Ford, A., 2017, ‘Redlining in Fairview’, Anchorage Press, 23 February, 2017, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/redlininginfairview/article_cb0037a0-f9a7-11e6- b9eb-5fef409ab819.html.
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
We want to hear your positive vision of the future. During this season, we are gathering your optimistic imaginings of Anchorage’s future. To share your vision, simply record a voice memo on your phone and email the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. In the Subject line type, “North to the Future – My Vision.” Once again, send your positive vision for Anchorage’s future to anchorageutc@gmail.com and put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
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Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
We are reaching back into history to a very early Christmas in Anchorage to talk about wrestling. Yep, you read that right, wrestling. In the early days of Anchorage, wrestling was extremely popular, and it didn’t even stop for Christmas.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
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Theme Music for this Episode:
Sleigh Ride Party, Jingle Bells [1898] by Edison Male Quartette is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
Resources Used To Make This Episode:
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. In this episode, I talk with Kitty Farnham and Ky Holland about Alaska Version 3. AKV3, like this season of the podcast, is imagining the future of Alaska.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
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Resources Used To Make This Episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North
https://www.adn.com/arts/article/sculpture-personifies-worlds-watchman/2010/04/26/
https://www.adn.com/alaska-beat/article/anchorage-welcomes-massive-new-sculpture/2010/04/26/
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. In this episode, I talk with Alisa Marie Selvaggio & Jay Butler about their positive visions for wellness in Anchorage.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
https://www.facebook.com/burnbloom
@burn.bloom
https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-health/index.cshtml
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https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
@AnchorageUTC
Resources Used To Make This Episode:
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. In this episode, I talk with Yereth Rosen about her positive vision for Anchorage’s economy.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaBeacon
https://bsky.app/profile/yjrosen.bsky.social
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https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
@AnchorageUTC
Resources Used To Make This Episode:
https://www.anchoragechamber.org/about-us/
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
We are taking a break this week from Season 5: “North to the Future,” but it’s an excellent time for you to consider your dream for Anchorage’s future.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
#anchoredcity
https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
@AnchorageUTC
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. On this episode, I talk with Laurie Wolf about her positive vision for Anchorage’s non-profits.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
www.facebook.com/theforakergroup
@ theforakergroup
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https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
@AnchorageUTC
Resources Used To Make This Episode:
https://pioneerschoolhouse.com/our-history/
https://alaskapublic.org/uncategorized/2014-11-26/annual-salute-to-community-volunteers
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
This episode is going to get weird. This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. On this episode, AnchorED City Podcast host Joel Kiekintveld interviews himself about the future of religion in Anchorage.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
https://www.facebook.com/akReclaim
@akReclaim
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https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
@AnchorageUTC
Resources Used To Make This Episode:
https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/portland-vancouver-or-wa/
https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/region/united-states/
https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/state/alaska/
https://www.oca.org/parishes/oca-ak-eklsnc
https://www.stseraphim.org/radonitsa-the-orthodox-rejoicing-day-for-the-dead/
Smith, Gregory A. “Religious ‘nones’ in America: Who They Are and What They Believe.” Pew Research Center, January 24, 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe/.
See: Smith, Gregory A. “Has the Rise of Religious ‘nones’ Come to an End in the U.S.?” Pew Research Center, January 24, 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/24/has-the-rise-of-religious-nones-come-to-an-end-in-the-us/.
“Religious Change in America.” PRRI, May 15, 2025. https://www.prri.org/research/religious-change-in-america/#:~:text=Slightly%20more%20than%20three%20in,sexual%20abuse%20scandals%20(31%25).
Jones, Jeffrey M. “U.S. Church Membership Falls below Majority for First Time.” Gallup.com, March 26, 2025. https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx.
Earls, Aaron. “Small Churches Continue Growing-but in Number, Not Size.” Lifeway Research, August 21, 2024. https://research.lifeway.com/2021/10/20/small-churches-continue-growing-but-in-number-not-size/.
Burge, Ryan. “Is Anyone Going to Church More Now than They Used To?” Graphs about Religion, November 2, 2023. https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/is-anyone-going-to-church-more-now.
Kiekintveld, J.S., 2019. Join Me in the Commons: Towards a Contextual Urban Ministry Education Model for Anchorage, Alaska (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pretoria (South Africa)) - https://repository.up.ac.za/items/1627110e-393d-4b3b-abc2-5389ddd94f91
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
During Season 5, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. On this episode, we hear from Erin Baldwin Day, who represents District 4 (Midtown) on the Anchorage Assembly, and Matt Schultz, who is running for Alaska’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, as they dream of Anchorage's future in politics.
We want to hear your positive vision of the future!
Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”
https://www.erin4anchorage.com
https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/pages/about%20us%20-%20member%20profiles.aspx
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https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
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Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
On Saturday, November 8, 2025, there will be a Day of Storytelling for the Tikahtnu Upper Cook Inlet as part of an effort to have our area designated as a National Heritage Area. At that event, more than fifty "storytellers from across the Anchorage-Tikahtnu Upper Cook Inlet area are coming together to reflect on who we’ve been, who we are now, and who we want to become. "
In this episode, AnchorED City Podcast host Joel Kiekintveld shares the story he will tell at the event.
https://www.akhf.org/events/tikahtnu-upper-cook-inlet-national-heritage-area-day-of-storytelling
https://sites.google.com/akhf.org/tuci-nha/home
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Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
S5: E1 – North To The Future: Season 5 Introduction
This episode is the first of a new season. In Season 5 we will be considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for how we positively think about the future.
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Resources Used I Make This Episode:
Brueggemann, W., 2001, Prophetic imagination: Revised edition, Fortress Press, Minneapolis.
https://sites.kpc.alaska.edu/jhaighalaskahistory/timeline/
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/alaska-purchase
https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/alaska/the-alaska-purchase/
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
BTS 36: Returning to The Hydra of Homelessness – Micro-Unit Housing
Season three of this podcast was titled “The Hydra of Homelessness.” In that season, back in 2022, we looked at a number of different issues connected to homelessness to get a more complete view of the complexity of that issue. On this episode we are returning to the Hydra of Homelessness.
Joel talks with Julie Graham the Board Chair of In Our Backyard – “a nonprofit founded by members of Central Lutheran Church in Anchorage, Alaska that proactively addresses the needs of our unhoused neighbors using micro-units.”
Joel also speaks with Eric Visser from Visser Construction about the mirco-units The municipality is building for the purposes of recovery residences. Mayor LaFrance has stated that “These micro-units will be a vital bridge to stability for people as they transition out of homelessness.”
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Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
On Saturday November 8, 2025 there will be a Day of Storytelling for the Tikahtnu Upper Cook Inlet as part of an effort to have our area designated as a National Heritage Area. At that event more than fifty "storytellers from across the Anchorage-Tikahtnu Upper Cook Inlet area are coming together to reflect on who we’ve been, who we are now, and who we want to become. "
On this episode we hear Jasmine Redgrave's story and talk with Taylor Strelevitz about the event.
https://www.akhf.org/events/tikahtnu-upper-cook-inlet-national-heritage-area-day-of-storytelling
https://sites.google.com/akhf.org/tuci-nha/home
https://seestories.org/videos/anchorage-refugees/
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https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC
@AnchorageUTC
Monday Sep 01, 2025
Monday Sep 01, 2025
The Dashboard Diaries #4: Wenatchee, WA
It can be hard for Alaskans to feel connected to the rest of the country. I recently went on a nearly coast to coast drive with my daughter and her family as they moved from South Carolina to Washington State. As we drove 500-mile days for a week a few connections between places on our drive and my home city of Anchorage emerged.
Welcome to the Dashboard Diaries a special four-part mini-series brought to you by the AnchorED City Podcast.
During this four-part mini-series we will connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people by connecting to four places along the road from our drive across this vast land of ours.
On this episode we consider a connection between Wenatchee, WA and Anchorage.
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Theme Music by Tech Oasis from Pixabay
Resources Used To Make This Episode:
https://www.thespruce.com/beaux-arts-architecture-4846172
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/04000953_text
https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC002
https://www.historylink.org/file/8634
https://www.wenatcheewa.gov/visitor-info/history-and-culture/great-northern-railway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_O._Solberg
https://thecentralbuilding.com/property
https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AK-01-SC011