On Step Alaska

Episode 262 - How do Alaska kids stack up?

In this episode I talk to the 2018 Ketchikan High School Valedictorian, Largim Zhuta, about leaving a small town on an island in Alaska, to pursue a mechanical engineering degree at Santa Clara University. We talk about what happens when you're surrounded by Valedictorians, paying for college, energy production and storage, and the difference between working on solutions for problems and working on ways to make money off people.

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Episode 261 - Custom home building in SE Alaska

Larry Jackson and I talk about winters in Ketchikan and custom home building from the wheelhouse in his custom home. Larry used repurposed wood from around town, rocks from local beaches along with other local inspiration to building his home. He and I talk about the dynamics of designing and building a home, as well as the stress of having a dock during a winter storm, especially a storm took out the ramp and pier last year. (Photo is from the summer before that disaster)

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Episode 260 - Alaska Outdoor Girl

Erika Smith is known in the social media world as AlaskaOutDoorGirl. In this episode we talk about skiing, fishing, the dating scene in Alaska, coping with winter, growing your community and how long we'd last on Alone.

 

 

Episode 259 - Best of 2021 - Sheep and bears with Tyler Freel

To close out the year, I found two of the best from dozens of great episodes with great guests. In this episode Outdoor Life writer and Tundra Talk host Tyler Freel and I talk about grizzly bear hunting, processing black bear, archery, protecting public land and how some hunts never get old.

This podcast was first released in April.

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Episode 258 - Best of 2021 - Alaska Bison

To close out the year, I found two of the best from dozens of great episodes with great guests. In this episode I talk to fellow product of Prince of Wales, Melissa Castle, who took a bison in interior Alaska. We talk about her upbringing in Craig, the best parts of living in Anchorage and the details of her hunt.

This episode was released in April.

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Episode 257 - Fly fishing in Alaska

Alaska Fly Fishing Goods owner Brad Elfers joins me to talk all things fly fishing in Alaska. We discuss fishing opportunities in Juneau, dissect the Kenai and Kasilof rivers, fishing with mouse patterns, steelhead flies, regionally effective flies and industry improvements in rods, reels and waders.

 

 

Episode 256 - Best of the year

In this episode Abby and I recap our top fishing, hunting and camping moments of the year. We also discuss making moves on mountain goats in the fog, rainbow trout on the Kenai, Wyoming mule deer, boat camping, hunting pressure, hunting strategies and home building.

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Episode 255 - From teacher to big game guide

Tongass Talk co-host Adam Krick went from teacher in Alaska to big game guide in Alaska. In this episode we talk about if teaching is like guiding, similarities between hunting Alaska and hunting the Lower 48, how to hunt crowded areas, the benefits of being on the road system and plans for 2022.

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