The AnchorED City

Sep 03 2024 88 ep. 32 mins 14

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The AnchorED City Podcast is connecting with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people.

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ACCEE Series #2: w/ Trevor Storrs & Austin Quinn-Davidson

Sep 03 2024 46 mins

Back on April of this year I talked with members of the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund implementation team. At that time they were doing research and hearing from the community about how to spend the $5 million dollars of marijuana tax money earmarked for Child Care and Early Education made possible by Proposition 14 in 2023. They have now arrived at their recommenda

BTS: 30 – A Hall of Fame Player in Anchorage

Jul 01 2024 15 mins

There have been a good number of Major Leaguers to have their start in Alaska playing summer college baseball. Only two are in the Hall of Fame – Tom Seaver and Dave Winfield. But before there ever was summer college baseball in the state, one Hall of Fame player spent a part of their early career in Alaska. For that story we need to go back to 1946. #anchoredcity https://ancho

BTS: 29 – Not Just Passing Through Fairview w/ Allen Kemplen, Bryan Hawkins & Lindsey Hajduk

Jun 10 2024 68 mins

The neighborhood of Fairview, on the Northside of Anchorage, is considered one of Anchorage’s original four neighborhoods along with Downtown, South Addition and Mountain View. However, what is less known is that Fairview was once its own individual town independent of Anchorage. Today most Anchorage residents don’t think about Fairview too much. In fact most residents only int

BTS: 28 – First Female Mayor - Encore Episode

Jun 03 2024 16 mins

Anchorage has its first elected female mayor. In light of the election of Suzaane LaFrance as Anchorage’s mayor we are returning to a previous episode - S2:E10: Anchorage, Boston, Elections and All Male Mayors – which outlines the city’s history of electing only men to the Anchorage’s top office. #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

ACCEE Fund Series #1: w/ Trevor Storrs, Kathleen McArdle & Jessica Simonsen

Apr 22 2024 42 mins

In April of 2023 Anchorage Voters passed Proposition 14 by a 12-point margin. That proposition dedicates marijuana tax money to child care and early child care education – estimated to be between $4 & $6 million per year. These funds seem to come at just the right time. Due to the scarcity of programs as well as the cost of care and lack of high-quality child care means that

BTS: 27 – The Truth About Fentanyl - Part 2

Feb 12 2024 31 mins

Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is killing Alaskans. In a report released in September of 2023 about drug overdose deaths in Alaska it was noted that “Fentanyl was involved in four out of five opioid overdose deaths, and many of these fentanyl-involved overdose deaths involved an additional substance, such as methamphetamine or heroin.” On this episode we hear a series of sho

BTS: 26 – The Truth About Fentanyl - Part 1

Feb 05 2024 20 mins

Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is killing Alaskans. In a report released in September of 2023 about drug overdose deaths in Alaska it was noted that “Fentanyl was involved in four out of five opioid overdose deaths, and many of these fentanyl-involved overdose deaths involved an additional substance, such as methamphetamine or heroin.” On this episode we hear remarks from an

S4:E12 – What is Possible?: Necessary / Possible / Impossible

Jan 08 2024 6 mins

St Francis of Assisi is quoted as saying, “Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” On this episode we end season 4 by considering how each of us moves forward into doing the impossible. #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC Resources Used to Make This Episode:

BTS: 25 – Christmas Special: Gingerbread Village and the Building of a City

Dec 25 2023 8 mins

Chef Joe Hickel has created his last gingerbread village and it gives us a way to make our city a better place. https://www.captaincookchristmas.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hotel-Captain-Cook/121352828027525 @thehotelcaptaincook #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC Resources Used to Make This Episode: https://www.a

S4:E11 – What is Possible?: Creative Community Responses To Homelessness w/ Undra Parker & Matt Schultz

Dec 18 2023 41 mins

On this episode we ask “What is Possible?” in the area of homelessness and receive two creative, community-based responses from Pastors Undra Parker and Matt Shultz. https://www.shilohmbcalaska.org/ https://www.facebook.com/shiloh.alaska.5 https://firstpresanchorage.org/ https://www.facebook.com/FPChurchAnch @fpchurchanch https://christianhealth.org #anchoredcity https