Episodes
Monday Sep 13, 2021
S2:E2 - A Long Drive To School: A Trailer Park And Its School Zoning
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
A Long Drive To School: A Trailer Park And Its School Zoning
Students in Dimond Estates neighborhood travel further to than the vast majority of students in the city to get to school – maybe further than any others. Why? Listen and find out.
**Our apologies for the missed edit around 3:50 of this episode.**
#allpeople
All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.
During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.
Can’t make it to a café? No worries.
You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.
Resources used to make this episode:
Anchorage Daily Times, 1970, ‘Mobile Home Park Has Large Recreation Room’, 19 December 1970, viewed 12 September 2021, from https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16BC7D1719AB9B77@2440940-16BC6DC6F6E133BE@5-16BC6DC6F6E133BE@?search_terms
Anchorage Daily News, 1970, ‘Mobile Home Park Opens For Rental’, 20 December 1970, viewed 12 September 2021, from https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-14653E2BF14E0608@2440941-14653BADDDF0B65B@4-14653BADDDF0B65B@?search_terms
Anchorage Daily News, 2003, ‘High School Boundaries On The Move’, 21 January 2003,
viewed 12 September 2021, from
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https://www.asdk12.org/cms/lib/AK02207157/Centricity/Domain/1204/Ethnicity%202020-2021.pdf
https://www.asdk12.org/domain/1254
https://www.asdk12.org/Page/6696
https://www.asdk12.org/Page/6697
https://www.asdk12.org/Page/6698
Tunseth, M., 2015, ‘Anchorage public schools lead nation in diversity’, 23 May, 2015, Anchorage Daily News, viewed 28 January 2019, from https://www.adn.com/education/article/anchorage-melting- pot-diversity/2015/05/24/.
Jay, Z., 2010. Decoded. Random House, p.218
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
There is something about gathering together over a meal that is part of being human, but a dinner party can turn into a fight club if the wrong topic comes up. This season on the AnchorEd City Podcast we are throwing the worst dinner party in the best way. The topics for this season include: race, religion, sex, politics and business, but we plan to discuss them in the best possible way, using hospitality.
#allpeople
All during this season of the AnchorEd City Podcast we are exploring places in the city where things are, or are becoming, more like they should be for all people.
During the months of September, October, and November we are partnering with Kaladi Brothers Coffee to hear from you about what would make Anchorage the way it is supposed to be for all people. Go to: AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople for participating locations and more info.
Can’t make it to a café? No worries.
You can share your thoughts by going to facebook.com/AnchorageUTC.
Resources used to make this episode:
https://sg.theasianparent.com/topics-to-not-talk-about-at-the-dinner-table
http://www.englishchitchat.com/blog/2017/6/15/4-topics-that-are-not-allowed-at-dinner-table
https://wcrz.com/12-topics-to-avoid-at-dinner-parties/
https://henrinouwen.org/meditation/hospitality/
https://henrinouwen.org/read-nouwen/about-henri/
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
This is an encore release of our first episode as we get ready for season 2.
Season 2 starts Monday Sept. 6
Episode 1 notes:
The AnchorEd City podcast is connecting with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. But how do you do that? One way is to be like Mr. Rogers & Sesame Street.
This episode introduces The AnchorEd City Podcast.
#allpeople
AnchorageUTC.org/allpeople
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Between the Seasons 5: Safe at Home: Baseball in Anchorage – Part 2 w/ Katie Ringsmuth
In this Between the Seasons episode we will continue talking baseball in Anchorage with our guest Katie Ringsmuth. Katie is the Alaska State historian, a professor of History at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a baseball fan who curated the exhibition Home Field Advantage: Baseball in the Far North at the Anchorage Museum in 2015 and authored the article “Fields of Dreamers: Baseball in Anchorage, Alaska” in the book Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis in 2018.
Links to Photos:
1915 Anchorage 4th of July Baseball Game
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/131/
1915 Anchorage Team(s) for the 4th of July Baseball Game
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/353
https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354451121616027
Game on the Field Where the Anchorage Museum Now Stands
https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354450228282783
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/329/rec/4
Baseball Grounds at Potter Creek
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/4606/rec/1
1915 Newsreel of Anchorage
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg11/id/35593/
Benefit Ballgame Game
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/6313/rec/31
Anchorage v. Seward Game 1915
https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354450504949422
Seward v. Anchorage Baseball Series – August 1916 – Seward Newspaper accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKYk0Yjxlic
1914 Women’s Indoor Team
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg2/id/325/rec/1
Program for Satchel Paige’s 1965 Visit to Anchorage
https://www.facebook.com/TundraVision/photos/354450921616047
Alaska Baseball League Players
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/07/03/homefield-advantage-baseball-in-the-far-north/
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363157972465
Links to More on Anchorage Baseball History:
https://www.adn.com/culture/slideshow/photos-baseball-far-north/2015/05/15/
https://pointstreak.com/news_story.html?id=149432
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/04/06/video-frontier-baseball/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txW0gWU3nrs
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/10/07/revisiting-alaska-baseball-history/
https://www.adn.com/culture/article/innings-under-midnight-sun/2015/05/15/
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/07/03/homefield-advantage-baseball-in-the-far-north/
Monday Jun 28, 2021
BTS:4 - Between The Seasons 4: Safe at Home: Baseball in Anchorage - Part 1
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
The comedian George Carlin once commented that the object of the game of baseball is “To go home. And to be safe – Safe at home” Over the past 106 years many have made Anchorage their home. In this episode we will consider baseball’s role in making people feel safe at home in Anchorage.
Resources Used In Making This Episode:
Anchorage Historical Walking Tour Sign – at the Oscar Anderson House, 420 M St, Anchorage, AK 99501.
Bagoy, J.P., 2001. Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935. Publications Consultants. p.92-93ff
Cernick, C., Carlson, P., Kennedy, M. (1981). Anchorage, the Way it was. United States: Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, Municipality of Anchorage. P. 16ff
Downing Bill, L., Bill, L. (2013). Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935, vol. 3 Ed., Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC. p109ff
Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis. (2018). United States: University of Alaska Press. p. 284ff
George Carlin on Football and Baseball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ebyLkCaAL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI
http://www.oscarandersonhousemuseum.org
http://alaskabaseballleague.org/view/alaskabaseballleague/
http://www.anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs
http://www.glacierpilots.com/view/glacierpilots
https://calltothepen.com/2013/06/30/alaska-baseball-league-has-glorious-heritage/
https://www.explorefairbanks.com/event/midnight-sun-baseball-game/5672/
Monday Jun 07, 2021
BTS:3 - Between the Seasons 3: People w/ Zeynep Kilic
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
The AnchorEd City Podcast is currently between seasons. This is the third of our Between the Seasons episodes. We will be doing a number of episodes from time to time as we wait for Season 2 to begin in the fall.
The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. This episode focuses on the people part of that mission as we talk with Dr. Zeynep Kilic, a professor & the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
For more about the film “Tables if Istanbul” go to: http://www.tablesofistanbul.com
Monday Mar 15, 2021
BTS:2 - Between the Seasons 2: Stories w/ Olivia Cohn
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
The AnchorEd City Podcast is currently between seasons. This the second of our Between the Seasons episodes. We will be doing a number of episodes from time to time as we wait for Season 2 to begin in the fall.
The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. Today we will focus on the Story part of that mission as we talk with Olivia Cohn from Arctic Entries. Cohn is one of the Story Board members that gives direction to Arctic Entries, she has hosted some of their events, and even told a story of her own.
Check out Arctic Entries at:
https://www.facebook.com/ArcticEntries
https://www.alaskapublic.org/category/programs/arctic-entries/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arctic-entries/id477943915?mt=2
For information on The Ampersand Series - interactive reflective experiences designed to help participants embrace 2021 with renewed wholeness for sustainability in life & work – go to: https://www.anchorageutc.org/ampersand
Monday Mar 01, 2021
BTS:1 - Between the Seasons 1: History w/ David Reamer
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. In the first Between the Seasons Episode we consider the history part of that mission with David Reamer. Reamer is public and academic historian who writes about Anchorage. He is the author of the weekly "Histories of Anchorage" series in The Anchorage Daily News and Tweets about Anchorage history at @ANC_Historian.
For information on The Ampersand Series - interactive reflective experiences designed to help the participants embrace 2021 with renewed wholeness for sustainability in life & work – go to: https://www.anchorageutc.org/ampersand
Monday Jan 18, 2021
S1:E15 - A Tower, a Contest, Threats and the Shalom of the City.
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
In this episode we examine the history of a famous tower in Anchorage, a contest held nearly 80 years ago, and current events as a way to consider what Shalom looks like in the city.
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
- https://www.google.com/search?q=mcKay+Tower+anchorage&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS911US911&oq=mcKay+Tower+anchorage&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.8175j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
- https://www.mckinleytower.com/
- https://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2003-12-29/developer-secures-funding-mckay-annex
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1964_Alaska_Quake_L_Street_Apartments.jpg
- https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icri.org/resource/resmgr/crb/2006novdec/CRBNovDec06_McKinleyTower.pdf
- https://www.adn.com/multimedia/slideshow/14-story-skeleton-citys-past-known-mackay-building-has-been-brought-back-life-mckinley/2007/12/16/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2021/01/12/dimond-center-plans-to-close-sunday-after-website-lists-it-as-gathering-site-for-armed-protest/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2021/01/11/fbi-police-investigating-suspicious-vehicle-outside-midtown-mall-in-anchorage/
- https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7202671-Whats-Wrong-With-ANC-Winning-Entry-Anchorage.html
- https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/01/03/in-1976-a-car-bomb-exploded-in-downtown-anchorage-killing-muriel-pfeil-jr-no-one-was-ever-charged-for-her-death/
- https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/08000882
- https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/01/13/anchorage-police-chief-says-department-is-being-proactive-about-potential-violent-protests/
- https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/01/11/fbi-police-investigate-suspicious-vehicle-at-midtown-mall/
- https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/shalom-peace/?fbclid=IwAR2VL1n9UFb29RUYvMAheR3LFixgOC2vCp1l3BKjD1GXUX00XlT_nlny3Eg
- Plantinga, C., 2002, Engaging God's world: A Christian vision of faith, learning, and living, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, p. 14-15
- Woodley, R., 2012, Shalom and the community of creation: An indigenous vision, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, p. 10.
- Rocke, K. & Van Dyke, J., 2017, Incarnational training framework: A training guide for developing leaders engaged in city transformation, 2nd edn., Street Psalms Press, Tacoma. P. 49.
Monday Jan 11, 2021
S1:E14 - Substance Use Part 2 w/ Captain Denice Delgado and Jamie Louwerse
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
In this episode we continue to think about substance use with our guests:
- Captain Denice Delgado: Associate Anchorage Social Services Director, Salvation Army
- Jamie Louwerse
Resources used to create this episode:
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/02/01/substance-misuse-cost-alaska-about-35-billion-in-2018-study-says/#:~:text=Substance%20misuse%20cost%20Alaska%20about%20%243.5%20billion%20in%202018%2C%20study%20says,-Author%3A%20Associated%20Press&text=JUNEAU%20%E2%80%94%20Substance%20misuse%20in%20Alaska,services%2C%20a%20yearlong%20study%20said
- https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/McDowell-Group-Alcohol-Misuse-Report-Final-1.21.20.pdf
- https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/McDowell-Group-Drug-Impacts-Report-Final-1.21.2020.pdf
- http://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/SubstanceMisuse.aspx
- Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, n.d., ‘Percentage of people who report illicit drug use within the past 30 days’, Alaska Mental Health Board, viewed 10 May 2019, from http://dhss.alaska.gov/amhb/Documents/data/Illicit Drug Use Prevalence-Alaska and US 2008-2013.pdf.
- Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 2015, ‘Behavioral health disorders among Alaskans’, Alaska Mental Health Board, viewed 10 May 2019, from http://dhss.alaska.gov/amhb/Documents/data/Behavioral_Health_Disorders_Alaskans- 2015.pdf.
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/08/31/alaskans-are-struggling-with-mental-health-during-the-pandemic-but-theyre-also-finding-some-ways-to-cope/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/12/23/overdose-deaths-in-alaska-have-been-on-the-rise-since-the-pandemic-began-report-says/
Monday Jan 04, 2021
S1:E13 - Substance Use Part 1: A bootlegger, a Jail and a Bike Trail
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Russian Jack Springs Park is tangled in the history of substance use and misuse in Anchorage, as well as the history of treatment and recovery.
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
- http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Russian_Jack_Springs_Park.aspx
- https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/marunenko-jacob-russian-jack/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/#:~:text=Sturgus%20was%20shot%2C%20with%20his,his%20body%20had%20been%20searched
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/03/30/heres-how-russian-jack-park-got-its-name-from-a-notorious-bootlegger-and-murderer/
- https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Russian_Jack_Springs_Park.aspx
- http://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/SubstanceMisuse.aspx
- Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. N.p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 80, 82, 84.
- Dauenhauer, R.L., 2004, Conflicting visions of Alaskan education, 3rd edn., Tlingit Readers, Juneau – pg. 10.
- Tower, E., 1999. Anchorage: From Its Humble Origins as a Railroad Construction Camp. Epicenter Press – pg. 29, 33, 42-44.
Monday Dec 28, 2020
S1:E12 - Health Care Part 2 w/ Melinda Freemon
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Alaskans spend more per capita than the residents of any other US State. But what happens if you need care and you can’t afford it? Where do you turn?
In this episode we talk to Melinda Freemon, the Executive Director of Anchorage Project Access about how that organization is helping those in need access healthcare in Anchorage.
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
Monday Dec 21, 2020
S1:E11 - Health Care Part 1: Hospitals in downtown Anchorage?
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Looking around downtown Anchorage today one might wonder why there isn’t a hospital. Many cities have a hospital located in the central business district of the city, but not Anchorage. This has not always been the case.
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/christensen-andrew/
http://www.holyfamilycathedral.org/history.html
https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg11/id/7262/rec/419
Monday Dec 14, 2020
S1:E10 - Violence Part 2 w/ Victoria Shanklin, Tammie Willis & Melissa Burke
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
On this episode we will consider violence in Anchorage and how we all might be part of making our city a more safe and peaceful place with our guests:
- Victoria Shanklin: Executive Director, Victims For Justice.
- Tammie Willis: Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator, AWAIC.
- Melissa Burke: Pastor, Entrepreneur, Artist and Founder of Worship and Justice Movement.
Resources Used to Make this episode:
- Alaska Dispatch News, 2017, ‘Alaska Dispatch News poll: Crime’, Alaska Daily News, 18 January, 2017, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/01/18/alaska-dispatch-news-poll-crime/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/01/01/in-anchorage-28-people-died-by-homicide-this-year/
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/anchorage-police-department/update-1st-to-3rd-quarter-crime-data/10157935678014335/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2020/09/08/anchorage-homicide-rate-drops-significantly-so-far-this-year-as-police-say-most-types-of-crime-are-trending-downward/
- https://www.adn.com/opinions/editorials/2020/01/04/near-record-homicides-in-anchorage-show-little-public-safety-progress/
- Boots, M.T., 2016, ‘Anchorage is on track to break the record for most homicides in one year. What is going on?’, Alaska Daily News, 3 September, 2016, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/09/03/anchorage-is-on-track-this- year-to-break-its-annual-homicide-record-whats-going-on/
- Volf, M., 1996, Exclusion and Embrace: A theological exploration of identity, otherness, and reconciliation, Abingdon Press, Nashville, p.98.
Monday Dec 07, 2020
S1:E9 - Violence Part 1: The Unsolved Case of the 1st Chief of Police
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
If you walk a few hundred yards on Cordova Street - if you know where to look - you can begin to understand the history of violence in Anchorage and it all begins with the unsolved case of the first Chief of Police.
Resources Used to Create This Episode:
- https://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/FindingAids/hmc-0807.html
- Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 74-89
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/
- https://auntphilstrunk.com/anchorages-first-police-chief-murdered/
- https://www.muni.org/Departments/police/Pages/History.aspx
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/how-a-chance-encounter-in-downtown-anchorage-led-to-a-major-break-in-5-homicide-cases/
- https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/apd-gun-used-by-suspect-in-saturday-police-shooting-implicated-in-five-anchorage-homicides/
- http://mostlyghosts.com/the-haunting-of-the-historic-anchorage-hotel/
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
On this episode we consider the Anchorage economy – past, present, future – with these guests:
- Neal Fried is an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
- Matthew Berman is a professor of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
- George Martinez is a community entrepreneur, small business owner, diplomat and educator. He is the Program Director for the Alaska Humanities Forum and is a candidate for Mayor of Anchorage in 2021.
- Fred Laurion is a financial advisor. He is the Senior Vice-President for Primerica in Anchorage.
Neil Fried’s article “The Anchorage Economy: The First Hundred Years can be found at: http://labor.state.ak.us/trends/dec14.pdf