Alaska Uncovered Podcast
Welcome to the Alaska Uncovered Podcast with your host, Jennie Thwing Flaming. Jennie brings you accurate, helpful and entertaining information about Alaska Travel and Life in Alaska. Guests include Alaska travel experts and Alaska business owners, guides and interesting Alaskans. Jennie is a born and raised Seattleite, a former Alaskan and spends several weeks in Alaska each year. She’s an experienced guide and the Founder of the Alaska and Washington travel website, Top Left Adventures. Jennie is joined by occasional co-host, Jay Flaming, her husband for more than 20 years. Jennie and Jay met working in tourism in Skagway, Alaska and also lived in Juneau and Fairbanks together. Jay lived in Fairbanks for 8 years before meeting Jennie in Skagway and grew up in Yellowstone National Park.
Episodes
Cindee joins Jennie to talk about deeply connecting with nature through breathe work and slowing down in Juneau
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Colleen Stephens and Faith Harris join Jennie to share their love of Valdez and all the wonderful things to do there
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Jennie shares about her recent trip to Kodiak and how to decide if adding Kodiak to your itinerary is right for you.
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Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question about arrival in Alaska and then talk about places and circumstances where you can visit Alaska without a plan, or only one plan, or last minute.
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Long time Alaskan photographer Carl Johnson joins Jennie to share his decades of wisdom about capturing incredible photos on your trip to Alaska.
Alaska Photo Treks (Carl’s photography tours)
Arctic Light Images (Carl’s photography)
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Juneau Fishing Guide and lifelong Alaskan Grant Moore joins Jennie to share his insights about fishing in Alaska, the time he had Gordon Ramsey on his fishing boat, and plenty of fish stories.
Juneau Charters (Grant’s fishing company)
Sonja joins Jennie for another episode in our Alaska Stories Series - this time visiting Alaska’s National Parks and why she decided to skip two and how she felt about it.
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Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question about the weather then discuss their favorite Alaska Roadside Kitsch.
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Mandy from Salmonberry Tours joins Jennie to talk about the logistics of getting from Whittier or Seward to the Anchorage airport before or after a cruise and how to have an intimate local experience along the way.
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Rebecca and Viktoria join Jennie to share about one of the least known and most incredible road trips in the North - the Golden Circle loop between the Yukon and Alaska including logistics, where to stop and where to eat.
Northern Lights photographer Dora Redman, also known as Aurora Dora, joins Jennie to share her story of moving from Brazil to Talkeetna as a young woman, adjusting to remote cold wilderness from the urban tropics and becoming a professional photographer.
Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question and then discuss how Juneau became Alaska’s State Capital and why you can’t drive there.
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Driving from Fairbanks to Dawson City on Top of the World Highway
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Jennie interviews Al about his and Carla's quest to visit all the US National Parks, including their three trips to visit all 8 Alaska National Parks
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Jennie shares what to expect while visiting Alaska's National Parks and other federal lands in 2025 along with her editorial approach for
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Jennie shares her advice for travelers on a parks quest hoping to visit all 8 of Alaska's National Parks based on her experience as a traveler, guide and planning custom itineraries for many clients on a quest to visit all the national parks.
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Jennie and Jay kick off a week of celebrating Alaska's National Parks and public lands with Jay sharing his experience growing up in the National Park Service and working in Alaska's National Parks and both share their advice about visiting them.
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Stacey and Gary Quimby from RVing to Alaska join Jennie to talk about myths and realities of driving your RV to Alaska as along with their favorite stops along the way.
RVIng to AK with Stacey and Gary
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Renea Ranch from Park Connection and Alaska Tour & Travel joins Jennie to talk about getting around Alaska without a car by using the Park Connection bus service.
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Adventure Racers and podcast hosts Andrea Anderson and Chip Dodd join Jennie to share about their Alaska trip in 2024 including visiting Cordova
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Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question about the possibility of a volcanic eruption and then discuss some of their favorite landscapes and scenery in Alaska.
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