Talk of Alaska 8/23: Alaskans Adapting to Climate Change
I’m guest hosting Talk of Alaska, a statewide call-in show on public radio, so keep an ear out for me and send me your show ideas.
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For the ADN: What it means to take a shower when you’re homeless
Anchorage’s homeless population is highly visible in some respects — most recently in news stories about crime and loitering in Town Square Park — but people standing outside the shower house this week described feeling invisible. Looking dirty, especially, marks you as different, they said. People look right through you.
“Made of Salmon” (and my first book chapter !) out this week!
In which I reveal that my grandmother cooked fish in the dishwasher. Top rack.
The business of mushing, powered by sled dogs and Facebook (For The Guardian)
The sport is an old-fashioned test of endurance, but increasingly, getting by as a musher is linked to savvy in the digital world.
How not to write about food (for KTUU)
Wherein Rebecca Palsha makes me say my least favorite food words.
Is toxic algae killing animals across Alaska? (For Al Jazeera America)
The massive seabird die-off is part of a larger story about the health of Alaska’s oceans as sea temperatures rise. For more than a year, scientists have been cataloging smaller, unexplained episodes of animals dying on beaches — including other birds, sea otters, sea lions, several species of whales, starfish and fish.
Palin is invisible in the state that once loved her (For The Guardian)
Did she give much thought to what she was leaving behind? Does she miss it?