Alaska Voices

Alaska Voices

Recording and sharing Alaska's place-based stories.

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2026 Radio Series – Episode 3: Leadership

August 5, 2026 • 53 mins
"this is what I want our kids to have. This is why we do the things. That's why Tlingit and Haida and and all these organizations, it's like we're a race against the clock. But at the same time, the solution is just to be indigenous." -Gloria Wolfe
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2026 Radio Series - Episode 2: Community

July 29, 2026 • 53 mins
"When I first came here, the idea of a smoky summer was more of a novelty than an almost annual event" -Scott Rupp
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2026 Radio Series - Episode 1: Family

July 22, 2026 • 53 mins
"I think about all of the opportunities that I've had to interact with science from an early age, and the ability that we've had to give that opportunity to other people, but also the fact that this is a very, very unique opportunity that I've been given, and I'm really grateful for it." -Merridy Littell
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Season 2 comes to an end

February 16, 2026 • 9 mins
"To facilitate that space, you then see how people leave in a really good mood after having connected with a person."
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The work of being ourselves: Following the tides from Yakutat to Kasaan

February 9, 2026 • 23 mins
"Could you even imagine if you could try to outgive me? ʼI’m going to give better than you.ʼ What kind of world would we live in?" -George Nix
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Paths to the Arctic converge in coproduction

February 2, 2026 • 11 mins
"A lot of what I’ve learned is the academic history of exploitation of communities in the Arctic. Iʼm trying to teach myself as much as I can such that when I’m in a position that I am leading a project, that I have input to make sure that things are done correctly" -Margaret Anamaq Rudolf
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Translating and curating climate data for everyday use

January 26, 2026 • 11 mins
"I would encourage people to not despair in this prospect of an unknowable climate future. We have tools, good tools, to get an idea of what might be coming." -Charlie Parr
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Wildfire wisdom under cathedral trees

January 20, 2026 • 9 mins
"We call them our cathedral trees, I don’t think they grew up to have this much wind, so you hear them snapping during wind events, too. And it’s warmer. It’s much warmer. We don’t have those 40 below for a week at a time anymore." -Mary Burtness
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Field log: A full career of fundamental boreal forestry

January 12, 2026 • 13 mins
"I remember his frustration as budgets were being cut. Now most of us experienced a mixture of apprehension and anger. The anger from the injustice of it and apprehension from how is this going to affect what matters to me? Not just my job, although that’s there, but also the things that I’m doing that I think are important And as near as I could tell, he experienced only anger. He was pissed." - Dave Valentine
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Deciphering the many facets of weather

January 5, 2026 • 9 mins
"Come here and find out that million-acre years are pretty common and they’re dealt as extreme years, but in more recent years, you wind up seeing more and more million acres burned." -Jacob Coffey
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Partnering with communities for reciprocal research

December 29, 2025 • 11 mins
"There’s this history of research happening, disregarding those pieces, and I’m really excited about this as a mechanism to shine a light on that, and ask those questions: does this work really need to be done? Are you willing to invest in the relationships with the community to ensure that your work is meaningful to the people who live here, and if not, then maybe we need to think twice about it." -Lauren Bell
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Supercomputer as stepping stone

December 22, 2025 • 9 mins
"I was always interested in technology, ever since I was a little kid. I remember the first computer my dad bought us was an old Compaq and he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread." -Bob Torgerson
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Tracking bear dens with dogs and drones

December 16, 2025 • 9 mins
" It's a working dog that's here to help keep you safe. And no one wants to pet your drone, you know? But they might want to pet your dog." -Nils Pedersen
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Identifying incompatibilities and resolving conflicts in research

December 8, 2025 • 11 mins
"When I see people, I’d say maybe more senior personnel, get very angry about this, that, or the other, it almost comes out as like, an entitlement to that anger. ʼI have every right in the world to be this way,ʼ and there’s no longer any room to be like, ʼHm, maybe we need to take a step back.ʼ" -Jessie Young-Robertson
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Navigating the last mile to deliver research results

December 1, 2025 • 9 mins
"I think it’s something that you and I have in common—loving to do science but really wanting to see it connect with the people who need it." -Nancy Fresco
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Alaska Voices Season 2 Coming Soon

November 25, 2025 • 1 min
The second season of Alaska Voices will be released December 1st with new episodes every Monday. Listen for your weekly dose of Alaskan lore, place-based knowledge, science stories, and climate adaptation.
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Alaska Weather Voices - Episode 4: Reflections

May 23, 2025 • 19 mins
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman shares lessons learned throughout his time in Alaska. He offers advice on how to build trust and serve rural communities. “Ultimately I feel like I’ve ...
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Alaska Weather Voices - Episode 3: Successes

May 21, 2025 • 17 mins
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman shares key career accomplishments, and several collaborators weigh in on what makes Rick such a trusted source of climate information in Alaska. The episode include...
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Alaska Weather Voices - Episode 2: Career

May 16, 2025 • 13 mins
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman outlines the bulk of his career thus far, covering his time at the National Weather Service in Nome and Fairbanks as well as his transition to working for ACCAP in ...
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Alaska Weather Voices - Episode 1: Origins

May 14, 2025 • 10 mins
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman describes how he came to love weather, climate and Alaska. Starting in childhood, the episode follows Rick from elementary school projects on Alaska and tracking th...
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