A paper boat made by KTOO staff braves Gold Creek. July 11, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cj_race-2.mp3 Alaskans celebrate the Fourth of July in a myriad of ways, whether it’s log-rolling competitions, launching cars off of cliffs, or jumping high in the air in the blanket toss. Do you have a …

This wind turbine on Gastineau Channel generates just under 10% of the electricity needed to run Juneau’s Coast Guard station. (Photo by KTOO/Clarise Larson)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/27CJwind.wav On a windy day in Juneau, you can see state flags fluttering along Egan Drive or a bald eagle coasting over Gastineau Channel. On …

Gary Waid points to the man depicted on the “Raven discovering mankind in a clamshell” mural at City Hall on Monday, June 11, 2024. The man is modeled off of Waid in the ’80s. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CJmuralMP3.mp3 Spanning an outside wall of City Hall in downtown Juneau, there’s a 10-and-a-half by 61-…

People walking at Aanchg̱altsóow, or Auke Recreation Area, on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CJAukeRec.mp3 Every other June, canoes — or yaakw — arrive at a beach in Juneau. With carved formline paddles in hand, Southeast Alaska Native people row for days to get there. They come for …

A raven sits on the roof of the Foodland grocery store on Thursday, May 16 2024. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/16CJravens-new.wav Marc Wheeler lives in downtown Juneau, close to the Foodland grocery store. He often stops there for lunch. That’s when he sees the parking lot’s resident ravens. “I’ll be li…

The De Hart’s gas station in Auke Bay charged $3.49 per gallon on Feb. 15, 2024. (Katie Anastas/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/12CJgas.mp3 On a sunny Saturday at the Fisherman’s Bend gas station back in February, Juneau resident Joyce Sepel was filling up her tank. She said the Auke Bay gas station is her favorite. “I’ve bee…

Signs tell Juneau residents where to deposit their recyclables at the city Recycling Center in Lemon Creek. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/05CJRecycling.mp3 Editor’s Note: After we finished this story, a power outage forced the city’s recycling center to close for repairs. The city’s public works depa…

Makenzie O’Halloran makes a sandwich at Subway in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CJfastcurious3.wav Fast-food restaurants have come and gone from Juneau for decades — but very few stick around for long. Beyond Subway, McDonald’s, Domino’s, Papa John’s and Papa…

The Salvation Army Family Store on a busy Saturday donation day in February 2024 (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/26cjthrift.wav Dick Wood wrestled white garbage bags and cardboard boxes from the backseat of his beat up red car. There were children’s books, toys and clothes that once belonged to Wood’s son…

Snow dusts trees on a mountain in Juneau on Nov. 30, 2023. (Katie Anastas/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CJnames_lede.mps_.mp3 Anywhere you go in Juneau, there are mountains shooting up…

Alaska’s Capitol has a ground floor and a first floor. It’s relatively uncommon in American buildings. (Katie Anastas/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/24capitol.wav When Americans walk into a multi-story building, they’d usually say they’re on the first floor. Not in the lobby of Alaska’s Capitol building. “It has a very Europ…

A jumble of fallen trees at Auke Nu Cove caught the attention of a Curious Juneau listener (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/26microbursts.wav If you look across Auke Nu Cove from the parking lot at the Juneau ferry terminal, there’s a strange patch of fallen trees — about a dozen — that are splayed out in…

A Coast Guardsmen working on the recovery of the 81-year-old tugboat Tagish, which sank just south of Juneau’s cruise ship docks in December, 2022. (Courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Juneau)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/29CoastGuard_adjusted.mp3 At a Coast Guard change-of-command ceremony on Thursday, about 30 active-duty Coast Gua…

A sign at the airport tells drivers to go no faster than 19 1/2 mph. (Katie Anastas/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/05sign.wav On a rainy afternoon at the Airport Dike Trail, Laura Minne is walking her dog, Bodhi. Over on the airport side of the fence, a speed limit sign tells drivers to go no faster than 19 ½ miles per hour.…

Charles McKenry poses in front of the menu at Juneau’s downtown Taco Bell in 1999. (Photo courtesy of Charles McKenry)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/03TacoBell.mp3 In the late ’90s, Juneau had two Taco Bells. But by the early 2000s, they were both gone. Juneau has a history of fast food franchises coming and going, but the disapp…

A street light near the Juneau Public Library glows purple on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. (Photo by Bridget Dowd/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/24PurpleLights.mp3 On a foggy Sunday night in Juneau, the corner of Ferry Way and Marine Way is made eerie by a violet glow coming from a nearby street light. It’s just one of several lig…

A Maloja Snake or naagáas’ cloud formation over downtown Juneau at dawn on Aug. 26, 2021. (Image captured from SnowCloud Services webcam) In the 2014 film “Clouds of Sils Maria,” the climax of the story features a scene in the Swiss Alps where the two lead actresses, Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche, hike up high in the mountains to witness an …

The 1958-1959 girls’ high school rifle club poses for a yearbook photo in the basement of Harborview. (Courtesy of Karleen Grummett) As part of KTOO’s Curious Juneau project, a listener asked: “Was there really a gun range in the basement of Harborview Elementary School?” The short answer is yes. It was there for decades, and there are plenty of pe…

We took some time to sit down and talk with Evan and Miss Guise to learn how they got into performing, they’re experiences and the drag life in Juneau. Have a listen.

Sunday Morning Service March 15, 2020Oleh JCC Podcasts

Sunday Morning Service March 8, 2020Oleh JCC Podcasts

March 1, 2020Oleh JCC Podcasts

Oleh JCC Podcasts

I had the amazing opportunity to spend some time talking with the lovely Miss Gigi Monroe, where I learned more about her history as a drag performer and more about drag as a performance art. I can’t thank her enough for taking time out of her busy day.

https://media.ktoo.org/2019/05/28GOLDDREDGE-CJ-NPR1.mp3 It’s after work, and the summer sun and the tide are out at John Wright’s go-to fishing spot in Juneau: the wide, sandy beach where Sheep Creek meets Gastineau Channel. “I’ve been fly fishing in Alaska — Juneau specifically — for seven years. I’ve been fly fishing for 20 years. I’m 32, so that…

Even in the middle of the workday on Tuesday, there’s steady traffic at Costco in Juneau. The city assessor’s records put its total square footage at 76,696. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)https://media.ktoo.org/2019/03/28COSTCO-CJ.mp3 The other day, Phil Fleming was loading up a car in the parking lot of the Costco in Juneau. He said a salty version …

Doc sits down with Caleb and Reid from JMBA to talk about Juneau trails.

Ben is writing an article about podcasting in Alaska so I used the interview as fodder for a second episode of the Podcast in a Backpack series. I do most of the talking in this interview so it'll be a real different speed. Apologies that there's no video! It was bolluxed and we just gotta roll with what we can!…

James Brooks is transitioning from the capitol reporter for the Juneau Empire to the Anchorage Daily News covering the same beat. I get a little insight into his personal life, ask some questions from the audience, and discover his need to be the one and only Highlander.

We welcome Natalie to the podcast and learn about her cycling history and what brought her to Juneau.

Ken and Brandal shoot the breeze and nerd out over bike stuff in their first podcast episode.

This is the last song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the rest of it at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the tenth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the nineth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the eighth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the sixth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the sixth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the fifth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the fourth song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the third song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

This is the second song on my album Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.futurefolkrecords.com/releases_Humans_Want_Wrong.htmOleh Adam LaMotte

The first song on my album called Humans Want Wrong. You can find the whole thing at http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ziotmmg2qdmOleh Adam LaMotte

An English folk song at the request of Carla Neuss.Oleh Adam LaMotte

New One. Hope you like it.Oleh Adam LaMotte

Thanks to Marina Day on the violin and Lilah Anderson on the clarinet.Oleh Adam LaMotte

Finally a new song on the podcast.Oleh Adam LaMotte

This is a cover of the song by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse. Thanks to Jacob Jaffe and Karl Lang for recording the saxophones.Oleh Adam LaMotte

New song.Oleh Adam LaMotte

This is the theme song I wrote for my friend Alex Tatusians radio show, No Radio. I strongly suggest you look it up at http://web.mac.com/alextat/iWeb/NoRadio/theShow/theShow.html If that link gets totally jumbled, it’s the podcasts fault.Oleh Adam LaMotte

A cover of the Rolling Stones song I made for my friend Allison on her Birthday.Oleh Adam LaMotte