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Co-host, Mike Ford, and I get to celebrate going into our 19th season and looking back at just a fraction of the amazing and fun people we've met along the way. And it all started in a liquor closet at the Breeze Inn because there was no electrical outlet for our equipment! We were rushed into a liquor room with a landline, cases of scotch stacked for chairs for our guests, made it on time and the rest is history! Join us for our fun podcast!
Annette Vrolyk with the American Cancer Society and broadcast veteran, John Thiompson, join us to talk about the 40th Anniversary for the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward. John and Uncle Steve will be MC-ing the January 18th event.
Plus, we talked about John's broadcast career and even have a Tall Alaska Tale!
Polar Bear Jump Off 2025 Information:
https://www.seward.com/event/seward-polar-bear-jump/113/
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Photo provided by Doug Capra
Alaska Nellie came to Seward, AK in 2015 and became legend is not an overstatement. Alaska Nellie was smart, refined and rugged as any seasoned sourdough. Fresh off a lecturer to the historical society, author, historian and lecturer, Doug Capra, joins us to talk about Alaska Nellie!
You can find Doug's book The Spaces Between in our Book Review Section. Check out today's podcast with Doug Capra!
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival 5/8-12/2024
This premiere Homer birding event, features 22 million birds! Joining us - Festival Coordinator, Melanie Dufor, Homer Visitor Center Manager, Lora Haller and Keynote speaker, renowned birder and author, Ted Floyd. www.kachemakshorebird.org
Podcast below (Time stamp: 4:15 - 21:35)
Alaska Moving Images Preservation Association
AMIPA President, Rob Stapleton talks about the archiving historic film/video footage service they provide. He speaks of their fundraiser and the screening of Only Angels Have Wings (1939), featuring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Rita Hayworth (in her first major role).
Podcast below (Time stamp 22:05 - 32:15)
Mr, Fur Face- Beard and Moustache Competition
Rogaines' enemy! This competition honors hair - the more, the better! Neal Haglund explains the event, the tradition and the categories!
Podcast below (Time stamp 32:17 - 50:44)
The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake Part 2
We continue sharing stories from people who were there like Tim Sullivan Sr and broadcast legend, Herb Shaindlin.
Author/Historian and Seward resident, Doug Capra, talks about Seward's response from the day after and for which they received an "All American City" award. He speaks about his article The Luxury of Forgetting: The town of Seward after the 1964 Good Friday Alaska Earthquake.
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To hear Doug Capra's complete interview and to read his article, The Luxury for Forgetting, click here
Photos courtesy of the U.S. Army
10 years ago Christie jumped at the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward in memory of Joe Krones' brother, Jimmy. Christie never knew Jimmy or the Krones family. But that's the heart Christie has in the fight against cancer and why she's raised about a quarter million dollars over 21 years of jumps!
Today's show Christie and Joe meet for the first time.
Christie is from Homer and on the rescue team for sea otter and seal pups.
Joe lives in Oklahoma City and is a Barbershop Quartet International Gold Medalist.
Such diverse lives with one thing in common - the Polar Bear Jump Off and the fight against cancer!
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We celebrate our 18th Anniversary of the Big Alaska Show at the 39th Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK! We play clips from past shows at the Jump.
We also have our Science Guy, Dr. Gordon Snyder, talk about the whales that visit Seward’s rich feeding grounds.
Plus, we have a Tall Alaska Tale!
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The Iditarod has a rich history - and we're talking a gold history! That's why we bring historian and author, Steve Levy, to share tales of the Iditarod and the Alaska Gold Rush going on at the time!
You'll also find his book, "The Human Face of the Alaska Gold Rush: It Was a Righteous Time With Saints And Scoundrels Living Side By Side" on our Big Alaska Show Book Review Section.
Plus, we share a gold nugget memory with an interview with Alaska's Balladeer, Hobo Jim, we did back in 2008.
Hobo Jim 2008
Listen to our interview from 2008 with Hobo Jim!
We get our sockeye salmon from commercial fisherman, Jason Tanner, and owner of Tanner's Alaskan Seafood www.tannersfish.com!
We liked it so much, we wanted to meet him. You can too!
Homer has its share of Alaska reality shows. Our favorite Homer-oid, Christie Bond-Hill's is better than any of 'em!
She's raised 1/4 of a million $$$ in the fight against cancer at the Polar Bear Jump Off, blows TAPS for veterans, works for a veterinarian and holds a research and rescue position for seals and otters at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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You can join the fun every Saturday morning at 9:05a-10a (Alaska Time), broadcast on Alaska's oldest station, KFQD 103.7 FM / 750 AM, as thousands of Alaskans tune in, or online at The Big Alaska Show But, that’s just the tip o’ the iceberg!
Mike Ferris is back from commercial fishing and it's not pretty! A tough business and Mike tells it like it really is like to commercial fish in Alaska.
You want a physical and mental challenge? Try commercial fishing in Alaska! Or you can enjoy our podcast and be grateful Mike is telling the story and not you!
It means something extra when Kim Carlson has attendst he annual Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK, as she has done for ten years—raising tens of thousands of dollars. She has dedicated her jumps, first to her mother, who was lost to cancer, and subsequently to other victims and their families.
It was a packed house and a packed show of fun! Alaskans and Texans- in the same room! Only on the Big Alaska Show can such a combination co-exist in the same room.
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