Outdoor Explorer

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Randy Dowd, Executive Director and founder of Onward and UpwardOnward and Upward StaffLINKS:Onward and Upward websiteFacebookInstagramYoutubeBROADCAST: Thursday, March 16th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, March 16th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS: Beth Nordlund, executive director Anchorage Park FoundationJoe Connolly, chair of the Glen Alps Road Service Area Board of SupervisorsLINKS:Anchorage Park FoundationGlen Alps Board of SupervisorsBallot information]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST: Steve Mock, Denali Rescue Volunteers, the Alex Lowe Foundation, and the Khumbu Climbing CenterLINKS:Denali Rescue VolunteersKhumbu Climbing CenterDenali Climbing HistoryAlex Lowe Foundation]]>

HOST: Adam VerrierGUESTS:Sara Studebaker-Hall, Director of Operations at TeamUSA BiathlonZach Hall, Team Manager and Head Coach at the Soldier Hollow Olympic Legacy ProgramLINKS:Biathlon AlaskaAnchorage Biathlon ClubNordic Skiing Association of Anchorage: BiathlonTeam USA: Biathlon]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Beth Bragg, former sports editor at the Anchorage Daily News]]>

HOST: Adam VarrierGUEST: Jim BurkholderLINKS:Kincaid Park Web PageKincaid Park Ski Trail MapBROADCAST: Thursday, February 9th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: February 9th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS:Sally Burkholder, the Alaska Ski for Women co-founderMolly Mylius, Alaska Ski for Women race directorBROADCAST: Thursday, January 26th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, January 26th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Dan Osborne, Dick Jabonowski, Ed Minot, Steve O'Brien, Tom Kensler, and MikeSalleeLINKS:Denali Climbing HistoryBROADCAST: Thursday, February 2nd, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, February 2nd, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

What draws us to the outdoors? Marybeth Holleman is an Alaskan writer who's new book of poetry, titled tender gravity, expresses many reasons. Marybeth is a long time Alaskan whose works include The Heart of the Sound and Among Wolves. Her collection of poems are accessible and cover everything from moss to comets and from her garden to the Brooks Range. In her interview with host Paul Twardock she discusses how loss, exploration, activism and day to day life intertwine with her poetry to create this deep and lovely collection.

On the next Outdoor Explorer, the first part of a continuing series of stories about Title IX, the historic legislation passed 50 years ago that changed the landscape of women’s sports. We'll learn about the start and evolution of Title IX and you’ll hear from Chloe Ivanoff, who is bringing her love of wrestling to the girls of Alaska.

HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS:Chris Reynolds, treasurer of Friends of the Stewart Public TrailKelly Becker, a long-time trail adjacent homeownerLINKS:Recreation Access in Anchorage Vol 1“Judge rules that Anchorage’s historic Stewart Trail is open to the public” - The Alaska LandmineFriends of Stewart Public Trail Facebook page“Road rage AK” - Craig Medred ]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUEST: Tom ChoateLINKS: Tom Choate BiographyBROADCAST: Thursday, December 1st, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, December 1st, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

HOST: Paul TwardockGUESTS: Ricky Geese: Director, Division of Parks and Outdoor RecreationZachary Babb: Program Manager, Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA)Alaska; NPSLINKS:Statewide Outdoor Recreation PlanDivision of Parks and Outdoor RecreationBarneys Sports ChaletHoarding MarmotPlay It Again SportsREI AnchorageBROADCAST: Thursday, November 17th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, November 17th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT]]>

On this next Outdoor Explorer, our guests are Jeff Landfield and Paxson Woelber from The Alaska Landmine. The two journalists have reported extensively on disputed access to public lands in Anchorage. Our conversation focused on the history and battle for access to Chugach State Park from the Stewart Trail.]]>

On this Outdoor Explorer, we’ll go for a walk with a man known as The Walking Monk, because he’s walked across North America five separate times and he recently published a book about the people he’s met along the way. Join host Adam Verrier on Outdoor Explorer tohear our discussion about the joys and pleasures of taking a good long walk.]]>

Anchorage's Off the Chain Bicycle Collective is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization aiming to increase bicycle ridership, awareness, and safety. Started as a UAA bike club Off the Chain is housed in a full, but well organized, workspace in Spenard. Open a few evenings a week the shop has all the tools and most parts to fix a bike and volunteers that teach you how to do it. Off the Chain also sells used bikes, and accepts bikes as donations, as a way to cover their costs. Low cost and fun, the organization also offers clinics and outreach all meant to make biking affordable and accessible. On this show host, Paul Twardock visits the shop, with his bike, and gets a tour of the facility, along with some bike repair advice! ]]>

ur guests for this show are Laura Marcus and Zach Brown, the founders and co-executive directors of the Tidelines Institute. On two campuses along Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska, Tidelines Institute offers a variety of programs from a six-month immersive gap year experience to short courses lasting one to three weeks to community workshops. They also host research scientists and a residency program for anyone seeking to advance knowledge, beauty, justice, health,or sustainability. A key piece of the Tidelines Institute experience is being outdoors working, harvesting, hiking, and paddling. Laura and Zach both have unique life paths that led them to collaborate on an environmental leadership and science education experience in one of the most remote and beautiful locations in the world.HOST: Lisa KellerGUESTS: Laura Marcus and Zach Brown, the founders and co-executive directors of the TidelinesInstituteLINKS:Tidelines Institute Facebook pageTidelines InstituteBROADCAST: Thursday, October 27th, 2022. 10:00 am –

On this Outdoor Explorer, we’ll talk to Alice Tower Knapp, who grew up in Anchorage, skiing on the local ski trails and participating in events organized by the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage (NSAA). She eventually ended up in the Middlebury College Athletics Hall of Fame, and was named to the US Ski Team. She recently published a book about the NSAA, called “On Track!”. The book focuses on the history of the organization, its role in the broader community, the advocacy and events organized by the group, and the individuals who have made the NSAA what it is today. Our conversation was recorded while out for a walk during a steady, cold rain at Russian Jack Springs Park one afternoon, soon before the arrival of the first snowfall of the winter.]]>

On this show, our guest is Rick Steves. If you’ve watched public television in the last 20 years, you likely know him from his travel shows Rick Steves Europe and Travel with Rick Steves. Our discussion covers how he turned his passion for travel into a business as well as climate change and travel, why it’s important to say yes to travel opportunities, and his new show The Art of Europe.]]>

HOST: Lisa KellerGUEST: Beth Nordlund, executive director of Anchorage Park FoundationLINKS:Anchorage Park FoundationRegister for the Moose Loop Virtual RaceBROADCAST: Thursday, September 15th, 2022. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKTREPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, September 15th, 2022. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKTSUBSCRIBE: Receive Outdoor Explorer automatically every week via:iTunes EmailRSS FeedPodcast]]>