The Alaska Show

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A Tour of Your Homer with Gert Seekins - HAP #22 Nov 13, 2019

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This week we sit down with Gert Seekins, Homer resident since 1969 and founder of many of its first tourism businesses, to talk about how she came to Alaska from Wisconsin, starting some of the first B&B's, fishing charters, and tour businesses in Homer, and her passion for hunting.

Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ (1:14)

Spoonful of Medicine with Dr. Rob Downey of South Peninsula Hospital (8:25)

Interview with Gert Seekins (17:38)

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Ain't That a Hole in the Boat with Dan Rainwater - HAP #21 Nov 06, 2019

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This week I sit down with Dan Rainwater, boat builder at Bay Welding, to discuss growing up in Homer with homesteader parents, the craft and responsibility of building boats for Alaska, hunting, and the future of Homer.

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Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ (3:40)

Spoonful of Medicine with Orthopedic PA Dharti Patel (12:37)

Interview with Dan Rainwater(18:11)

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Stitching Together a Life in Alaska with Kate Mitchell - HAP #20 Oct 30, 2019

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I sit down this week with Kate Mitchell, founder of NOMAR in Homer, to learn about how she grew up, how layoffs at Boeing caused her to join the Coast Guard and head up to Alaska, how she started NOMAR, her philosophy on business, and how her entrepreneurial spirit, love of Homer, and the dying art of sewing cultivated an unlikely manufacturing success.

Segments

Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ (1:40)

Spoonful of Medicine with Nurse Midwife Julie McCarron (8:05)

Interview with Kate Mitchell (16:28)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Office Hours will be held at Kbay Cafe from 10am - 2pm this weekend and we welcome your feedback on Facebook, Instagram or email at homeralaskapodcast@gmail.com

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Hospital General with Ryan Smith - HAP #19 Oct 23, 2019

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This week we sit down with Ryan Smith, the new CEO of South Peninsula Hospital, to discuss his new role as CEO, the culture and goals of SPH, his return to the Homer community after 20 years working in other places, and how and why he got into hospital administration as a career.

In our new segment Spoonful of Medicine we talk to Meredith Pearson, Clinical Coordinator for Infusion and Oncology at SPH, about her role administering chemotherapy and other infusion therapies.

In Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ we talk about JJ's photography tip, going with a gut feeling, and making friends as an adult.

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Zen and the Art of Commercial Fishing with Infants with Megan Corazza - HAP #18 Oct 16, 2019

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This week I sit down with Megan Corazza - lifelong Homer resident, 20 year fishing boat captain, and accomplished horseback hunter - to talk about her life. We dig into her psyche a little and talk about what drives her to keep fishing and hunting in the Alaskan wilderness, her experience as a skipper in Prince William Sound, how to raise a baby on a seiner, her parents and childhood, and why the culture of commercial fishing in Alaska is so special.

In "Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ", JJ and Alex talk about how the role of a portrait photographer has changed in the last three decades, misconceptions about social media, and how Facebook and Instagram have turned into essential tools for our businesses.

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The Best Part of Waking Up is Ethan Smith in His Cup - HAP #17 Oct 09, 2019

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Ethan Smith, the owner of The Coffeesmith, dropped by our brand new state-of-the-art studio (my apartment living room) to chat with The Homer Alaska Podcast. I talk to him about how and why he started Homer's newest drive-thru coffee shop, what it's like to work in a giant cup, his philosophy on coffee and business, his story of growing up in Seward and Valdez, his family, and Homer's community.

Also, Alex and JJ discuss JJ's first week as a full-time photographer, the value of an idea, and the newest health revelations around vaping in "Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ."

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Life Imitating Art with Asia Freeman - HAP #16 Oct 02, 2019

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This week I speak with Asia Freeman, the Artistic Director of the Bunnell Arts Center in Homer. We talk about her childhood being raised outside of Homer by an artistically talented mother and a rugged father, the artistic vs entrepreneurial tendencies in artists, what Alaska can learn from Iceland in terms of developing its creative economy, her time at Yale, and the Bunnell Arts Center.

Other segments include "Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ" where we discuss taking negative feedback in a creative endeavor and our siblings (including a very funny prank JJ played on his brother), and "Alaska Property Bros" with Marjolein Cardon where she talks about how she and her team at Kachemak Group Real Estate do due diligence on behalf of buyers.

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History 201 with Clem Tillion - HAP #15 Sep 25, 2019

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This week we're publishing the second part of a special two-part series with Clem Tillion: combat veteran of the WWII South Pacific Theater, a homesteader in Halibut Cove since the late 1940s, nine-term state legislator, and history buff. We talk a lot about his career in fisheries management, what Alaska has done well to manage its resources and what it could have done better, his political career, and the permanent fund.

I also sit down with Marjolein Cardon from Kachemak Group Real Estate to discuss the marketing and legal protections she provides sellers in a transaction. Finally, I introduce my new co-host for the first part of each show - Josiah Coe - and we talk about the worst jobs we've ever had.

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History 101 with Clem Tillion - HAP #14 Sep 18, 2019

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I sit down with Clem Tillion for the first of two episodes with him. Clem is in his mid-90s, is a combat veteran of the WWII South Pacific Theater, a homesteader in Halibut Cove since the late 1940s, a nine-term state legislator, and a history buff. This episode we discuss his childhood, his time fighting in World War II, coming to Alaska, homesteading Halibut Cove, and his relationship with Jay Hammond and his wife Diana Tillion.

We also start the end of our "Alaska Property Bros" segment with the first of three parts with Marjolein Cardon discussing the value of working with Kachemak Group Real Estate vs For Sale By Owner and I discuss one thing I hate about shopping at Safeway.

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The Liveliest Catch with Deb Rhoades - HAP #13 Sep 12, 2019

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This week I speak to Deb Rhoades about her lifelong love of Alaska, how she has carved out a niche in the fishing/marine industry that does not involve being a deckhand or running a boat, how she hustles to stay in Alaska, and her work in production on The Deadliest Catch.

I also discuss where I've been all summer, my new "Office Hours" at Stowaway Cafe (Saturdays 10am - 2pm) and how and why you should support the show!

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