Rhonda McBride

Researchers predict wetter, warmer weather for Juneau, with less snowfall but also a rise in sea levels that will eventually cover land exposed by melting glaciers — just a few of the changes in climate we could experience in the near future. On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a look at a new report that assesses…

Part 1: Juneau report maps out impacts of climate change and coping mechanisms.

Guests: Jim Powell, Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center and UAS public administration assistant professor and researcher.
The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center recently released a report that looks at the impacts of climate change on the past, present and future of Juneau. It not only analyzes the problems but offers solutions.

Part 2: Monitoring Suicide Basin for glacial dam outbursts.

Guests: Aaron Jacobs, hydrologist and meteorologist, National Weather Service Juneau office.
  A warming climate takes its toll on glaciers and snowmelt, increasing the threat of flooding. Hydrologists like Aaron Jacobs, call this “hidden water,”  water that is held back by glacial dams, that can burst out after long stretches of hot weather and cause a sudden rise in surrounding lakes and rivers. Jacobs talks about…

Part 3: Auke Bay Yoga offers healing plants workshop.

Guests: Lindsey Bloom, founder of Auke Bay Yoga. Heather Evoy is a harvester of plants Alaska Natives have long used for food and healing.
  Auke Bay Yoga is taking time out this Friday to celebrate and savor the plants of summer with an evening dedicated to appreciating local plants and their healing powers. Heather Evoy will share her traditional knowledge about plants  Alaska Natives have used for food and healing.        

  Emily Wall is a teacher, a poet and a collector of stories. As Heather Lende, Alaska’s writer laureate put it,  Wall’s new book, “Breaking into Air,” delves into the messy mysteries of childbirth. On this Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, she’ll share some of the poems inspired by true stories, as well as her own story…

Part 1: Breaking into Air: A collection of birth stories, shared in the language of poetry.

Guests: Emily Wall, poet and author of Breaking into Air.
  Emily Wall has woven together true stories of child birth, retold in a collection of poems. It’s a project that began after the birth of her third daughter, Lucy. Wall discovered that although birth experiences are most often shared in private, they are among some of the most powerful and primal stories.  

Part 2: CBJ’s new Tourism Manager has focused on building relationships.

Guests: Alexandra Pierce, Tourism Manager, City and Borough of Juneau
  As the number of cruise ships in Juneau grew, so did the tensions between the industry and the community. That’s why the City and Borough of Juneau created a new tourism manager position. Alexandra Pierce is the first to hold this job and talks about how, so far, a lot of her energies have…

Part 3: UAS Health Sciences programs, a pathway to a wide range of careers.

Guests: Amy Samuel, UAS Health Sciences Associate Professor and Medical Assisting Program Director. Katie Sill, UAS Sitka Campus Academic Advisor
From caregivers to information management, the University of Alaska Southeast offers many ways to pursue a growing number of careers in health sciences.

The costumes and the language are lush and beautiful, and the plot is full of twists and turns, with lots of laughter — which is what you would expect from a Shakespearean comedy that debuts Friday, July 8 at McPhetres Hall. On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, we’ll hear from the leading man and woman in…

Part 1: Theatre in the Rough performs “Much Ado About Nothing” through July 31st.

Guests: Katie Jensen and Aaron Elmore, co-directors of Much Ado About Nothing.
  It took Theatre in the Rough six months to bring Much Ado About Nothing to the stage — but for Katie Jensen and Aaron Elmore, it’s been well worth the effort. Jensen and Elmore not only co-direct but play Beatrice and Benedick, two of the leading roles. In this conversation, they provide historical context…

Part 2: Ironman Alaska is less than a month away.

Guests: Kara Tetley, Destination Marketing Manager, Travel Juneau
  Organizers for Ironman Alaska, which is set for Sunday, August 7, have billed it as an “epic adventure.” But the planning process for this run-swim-bike triathlon has been a logistical marathon of its own.

Part 3: Juneau Audubon Society: Early July, a good time to observe bird behaviors.

Guests: Brenda Wright, Juneau Audubon Society
  Whether it’s in your own backyard or out in the woods and wetlands surrounding Juneau, there is lots for birdwatchers to see. Brenda Wright describes how birds are busy nesting, raising their young and protecting their turf.

Part 4: Stephen Paea Football Camp

Guests: Stephen Paea, former NFL Player
Stephen Paea, a former NFL player, is holding a four-day kids football camp from July 11-14 at the Diamond Park Field House.

In Sisters of the White Chapel, Theater Alaska brings the music and storytelling of Annie Bartholomew to life. Bartholomew, a fixture of the Juneau folk scene, writes and performs what she calls a Victorian folk opera set in the Klondike gold rush. On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, a preview of this production, which marries history…

Part 1: A short but true story about women during the Klondike Gold Rush, told through music and performance.

Guests: Annie Bartholomew, playwright and composer. Kat Moore, fiddler and performer. Heidi Handelsman, director
  Annie Bartholomew was so haunted by stories she heard about women in the Klondike gold rush, that she couldn’t rest until she wrote a play and wrote songs to go with it. Sisters of White Chapel was the end result, to be performed at several locations in Juneau this month, including the Treadwell Mine…

Part 2: Pickelball draws fans from all age groups in Juneau.

Guests: Mele Maa’ke and Stephen Paea, members of the Crimson Bear Pickleball Club.
Warning: Pickleball is addictive, and there are signs in Juneau that more are more people are getting hooked. Just ask the Alaska Crimson Bear Pickell Ball club, with 125 members and counting.  

Part 3: Eight Juneau gardens featured on 2022 Southeast Master Gardeners Tour.

Guests: Pat Harris and Deb Rudis, board members, Southeast Master Gardeners Association.
Visit eight spectacular gardens and hear from their owners and other experts, who will point out all the highlights and delights.

Senator Dennis Egan was a rare breed of a politician. As a kid he grew up in the Governor’s mansion, savvy to Alaska politics at an early age. He went on to become a pioneer radio broadcaster and then a player in local and state politics – but at heart, he was a guy who…

From parades – to fireworks — to barbeques and watermelon eating contests, there’s no shortage of homegrown fun over in Douglas. On Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, a complete round-up of events — and a visit with some serious soapbox derby competitors. What it takes to cross the finish line. Also, in this program: Why Jonathan Swinton…

Part 1: Douglas July 4th Committee plans three days of family fun.

Guests: Maggie Swanson and Sharon Kelly, Douglas July 4th Committee.
    The Douglas July 4th Committee spends the whole year working with volunteers to plan a holiday weekend of fun. For Maggie Swanson and Sharon Kelly, who volunteer every year, it’s a labor of love. Their focus is on events for children.    

Part 2: Douglas soapbox derby on St. Anns Avenue: It all goes downhill from there.

Guests: David Eckerson, Derby organizer. Contestants: Aaro and Ona Eckerson and Grayson Chapman.
David Erickson began organizing the Douglas Soapbox Challenge two years ago and says he’s still learning about the how to put this event on. “I love the excitement of just watching the kids, when they get up to the top of the ramp, and their eyes.” Eckerson said. “And they’re like, ‘Oh, Lord. Here we…

Part 3: Douglas July 4th deep pit barbecue.

Guests: Debra Gerrish and Claudette Curtis, Douglas Community Methodist Church
    The Douglas Community Methodist Church’s deep pit barbecue is one of the highlights of Douglas’ July 4th celebration. Volunteers serve up barbecued beef sandwiches to raise money for the church’s food bank and other programs. A minister, who had been a pastor in Hawaii, brought the tradition to the church. The coals in…

Part 4: Through the lens of Jonathan Swinton: Juneau in monochrome.

Guests: Jonathan Swinton, photographer.
    Jonathan Swinton is a family therapist — but ever since he was a teenager, photography has been a passion. Today, he prefers to shoot images in black and white, a holdover from his younger days spent in the darkroom. Swinton says he loves the challenge of photographing things that have been discarded and…