Christmas 2023 Show!

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Hershey Christmas Kisses TV commercial has played consistently for 35 years. Why? We maintain it’s because of our guest, Steven Alvarez, who shares this classic tale!

Hershey Christmas Kisses TV commercial has played consistently for 35 years.

Why? We maintain it’s because of our guest, Steven Alvarez, who shares this classic tale!

Speaking of tales – our Big Alaska Guest Tourists, Pat and Dave Huff from Saginaw, TX try to answer our Tall Alaska Tale (we warned them – we’re eligible to win our own prizes!)

Kurt Riemann from Surreal Studios fingerprints are all over this from his Merry Christmas From Alaska #3 with Hobo Jim’s “Silent Night” to the “Amazing Musical Hands of Mr. Steve Stripling” (which he named!).


Listen to the full podcast and Merry Christmas!

Christmas 2023 Show!
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Tuba Christmas, Seward’s Christmas Tree Rootin’, Tootin’ Rotary News!

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Tuba Christmas, Seward’s Christmas Tree Rootin’, Tootin’ Rotary News!
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Tuba Christmas Director, Neal Haglund, proves just the word “tuba” is funny!

Then Author/historian, Doug Capra, shares a tale of Seward’s iconic Christmas tree shining high above from Bear Mountain with this message of hope: “Look up and shut up!”

Plus, Rootin Tootin Rotary News with Alaska's immediate past Rotary District Governor, Mike Ferris! Rotary does the work. We do the rootin’ tootin’!

Book Reviews: Authors Lolo Paige and Mr. Whitekeys Join Us

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BAS-12-9-23 FULL SHOW PODCAST Lolo Paige, Mr. WhitekeysBook Reviews: Authors Lolo Paige and Mr. Whit
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Mr. Whitekeys entertains us with his latest book, The Voyage of the Alaska Union: Adventure, Danger, Scurvy, Romance www.mrwhitekeys.com. Keys' pursuit of this story is much like the journey the men in it who sought their Gold Rush fortunes. Both discovered gold - just not for them, but for our entertainment! Check out our podcast

LoLo Paige, author of the Blazing Hearts Romance Novels, shares how she converted a lack of the Irish luck experience into a luck of the Irish romantic tale in, Irish Thunder.

We also asked Lolo to be our Big Alaska Show Book Reporter at a 20 BOOKS 2023 VEGAS Convention. This is what she sent!

BAS-12-9-23 LOLO PAIGE REPORTING FROM VEGAS
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Bluegrass and Barbershop Music for the Holidays

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Bluegrass and Barbershop Music for the Holidays
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These musical genres are connected at the hip with harmony, family, food and fun stories! Joining us is Jonathan Buckner from Chosen Road, an award winning gospel bluegrass band from West Virginia, and pastor Tracy Simmons from Christ Community Church Alaska. Plus, part 2 of the continuing saga of mishaps with the Frozen Pipes, the barbershop quartet that inspired audiences to rise from their seats and head for the exits!