The Denali Press Podcast

The Denali Press Podcast looks at Alaska topics with a literary angle and literary topics with an Alaska angle.

Episodes

"If it's land you want, state's got it"

May 15, 2023 • 7 mins

What's it like to participate in Alaska's homestead lottery?

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Earth Day

April 16, 2023 • 9 mins

In this Earth Day homage, Tanyo Ravicz offers a paean to nature and to Alaska.

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Brown Bears, Pt. 4: Saga of a Shotgun

March 15, 2023 • 10 mins

What the hunt for a new weapon tells us about life on Alaska's Kodiak Island.

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Brown Bears, Pt. 3: Gunsmith Wanted

February 15, 2023 • 9 mins

There is no separating the ecology of bears in Alaska from the reality of guns.

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Brown Bears, Pt. 2: Bells & Whistles

January 15, 2023 • 13 mins

A look at some of the non-lethal means of ensuring things don't go badly in bear country.

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A Young Trapper's Christmas

December 15, 2022 • 15 mins

Is it possible to trap a ghost? In this prizewinning Alaskan story, young Jed Hanson, mourning his late father at Christmastime, finds out.

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Brown Bears , Pt. 1: The Bearproofed Cabin

November 15, 2022 • 9 mins

How the author was charged by a Kodiak brown bear, and how a bagful of fish almost caused him a coronary.

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Getting Word in the Wilderness

October 15, 2022 • 8 mins

In this episode, the author reads from a "lost chapter" of LAND OF BEAR AND EAGLE and considers the importance of radio technology in the Alaskan bush.

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LAND OF BEAR & EAGLE: The Backstory

September 16, 2022 • 6 mins

The inaugural episode of the Denali Press Podcast reveals how Tanyo Ravicz came to homestead on Kodiak Island in Alaska, the experience which inspired his new book of nonfiction, LAND OF BEAR & EAGLE: A HOME IN THE KODIAK WILDERNESS.

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