Alaska TravelGram

Whale of a time on the Alaska Travelgram podcast! Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We had a whale of a good time on the Podcast the other day. Co-host Erin Kirkland brought a friend: Dee Buchanon from CIRI Alaska Tourism. They’re the folks who run Kenai Fjords Tours(that’s the Aialik Voyager, above, in front of Aialik Glacier). Erin and Dee went on a cruise in Seward–and brought back all sorts [...]

LIVE from the Alaska Native Heritage Center Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wow! We had a great podcast session at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Listen to the whole show, featuring co-host Erin Kirkland (left, above) and Melissa Saunders (center) , the center’s marketing director. Oh. And me. Right. HA At the beginning, you’ll hear Mattox Metcalf playing the skin drum. Great stuff! Watch the video here. Throughout [...]

The One, True Alaska Travelgram Podcast! Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Yep. It’s the first “true” podcast from the Alaska Travelgram radio show! Erin Kirkland and I hooked up with sound engineer Kirby Kauffman to produce our first show. We feature some great news you can use, including: a. Major Marine Tours Resurrection Bay Cruise in Seward! b. Seattle Food Tours–a little “research” on Capitol Hill! [...]

Visiting with Rich Kirkwood of Kennicott Glacier Lodge in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park! Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well, it’s another GREAT edition of the Alaska Travelgram radio show. This week it aired today (Saturday) between 12-1pm. What time next week? Well, I think it’s going to air on Thursday, between 2-3pm. We’ll post the exact time/date when…uh….well, when we know for sure. HAHA. Still working out the kinks in the programming…but we [...]

Julie Saupe in the KOAN Studio, talking about "Visit Anchorage"! Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Hey–we hosted Julie Saupe, WIC (Woman In Charge) down at Visit Anchorage. Oh–we had a rolickin’ good time, too! We started out talking about G-R-E-A-T Club 49 air fares from our friends at Alaska Airlines, plus Erin’s F-A-B trip in the blazing spring sunshine up to Curry on the Alaska Railroad‘s Ski Train! Wow.! Julie [...]

Pudge Kleinkauf of WomensFlyfishing.net joins us in the studio Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We had a wonderful on-air visit in the KOAN studio with Pudge Kleinkauf of WomensFlyfishing.net . Above, Pudge makes a cast. Suh-weet. Photo by Michael DeYoung. Pudge is our favorite Girl-Angler –and she travels all around Alaska coaching women on how to get out and relax while fishing. No–really. Listen as Erin quizzes her, before [...]

Kirsten Dixon talks about gourmet cooking, their lodges and their brand-new grandson! Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Big day in the KOAN studio today. We hosted Kirsten Dixon of Within the Wild Adventure Lodges. Above–a nice day at Winterlake Lodge on the porch!  Kirsten and her husband, Carl, own three lodges: Winterlake Lodge, Redoubt Bay Lodge and Tutka Bay Lodge. Each of the lodges sports a unique wilderness setting for adventurers. Winterlake, [...]

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Ah. Co-host Erin Kirkland brought in Riley, the Alaska Travelgram Wonder Dawg to the studio! We talked about snowy adventures around the state–and asked Jake Frank from Denali National Park to call in and talk about winter in the park! Listen up on some tips on enjoying Denali National Park during the winter. And yes, it’s [...]

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Co-host Erin Kirkland hosts Casey Ressler from the Mat-Su Visitors Bureau in the studio–talking about all the great stuff going on this weekend, including the “real start” of the Iditarod in Willow on Sunday!! I called in from Valdez, deep in the dark heart of “Snowpocalypse”. Good news: if you like to play in the [...]