Chatter Marks
Episodes
EP 031 The podcast that saved his life with Ralph Sara
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ralph Sara is the host of the Anonymous Eskimo Recovery Podcast, a show that features conversations with guests who are working through alcohol and dr...
EP 030 Creating podcasts about Alaskans with Alice Qannik Glenn, Ralph Sara and Daniel Buitrago
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cody talks with three fellow Alaskan podcasters about what it's like creating podcasts about Alaskans. Alice Qannik Glenn hosts “Co...
EP 029 Writing about a life spent living off the land with Seth Kantner
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Seth Kantner was born and raised in Alaska, among the animals and the wilderness, and his writing reflects that. It draws from personal experie...
EP 028 Teen Climate Communicators on talking about climate change
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Teen Climate Communicators program is hosted by the Anchorage Museum and offers activities and conversations around the past, present and future r...
EP 027 How mapping affects our perspective and understanding of land and our place in the world
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining this conversation are artists Stuart Hyatt, Dan Mills and Christina Seely. Stuart uses sound to understand our relationship with the natural w...
EP 026 How Alaska is contributing to the global conversation surrounding climate change with Brian Brettschneider
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist and a research scientist. He collects data and analyzes it. And within that mountain of data, he believes many...
EP 25 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shapes Alaska’s Past and Future with Aaron Leggett
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Leggett explains the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or ANCSA. ANCSA was established on December 18, 1971, and is a landmark policy for man...
EP 024 What food tells us about love, identity and culture with Julia O’Malley
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Journalism has been part of Julia O’Malley’s life since elementary school, where she remembers carrying around a notebook to keep track of what he...
EP 023 Cultural burning and Indigenous knowledge with Dr. Amy Christianson and Matthew Kristoff
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Amy Christianson is the host of Good Fire, a podcast that explores the social, cultural and ecological importance of fires. For thousands of years...
EP 022 How language influences identity and culture with Kirk Gallardo
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk Gallardo is the Education Interpretation Manager at the Anchorage Museum. His job has many aspects, including outreach, research and curriculum c...
EP 021 Destroying art, compassion for nature and the impermanence of us with John Grade
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Artist and sculptor John Grade's work exists in the intersection of art, education and advocacy. Influenced by the environment and human impact on it,...
EP 020 Living intentionally with Jovell Rennie
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Photographer Jovell Rennie's ingenuity and talent continues to define both his personal and professional ambitions. His drive is influenced by his par...
EP 019 Protection and hope through illustration with Ted Kim
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrator Ted Kim is known for his unique art style, which includes complex and imaginative scenarios. These scenes have a tendency to depict hope a...
EP 018 Rethinking art in the Circumpolar North with Charis Gullickson
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Charis Gullickson is the Curator and Public Sector PHD Student in Art History at the Arctic University of Norway. Charis has a mantra, and that is: mu...
EP 017 Glacial Erratics Part 4: Reconciling ecological loss by seeking reliquaries and memories in the Earth
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series curated by the research collective, Erratics—a curatorial group that creates art that explores geologic phenomena ...
EP 016 Glacial Erratics Part 3: Exploring and reimagining our collective future
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series curated by the research collective Erratics, a curatorial group that creates art that explores geologic phenomena an...
EP 015 Glacial Erratics Part 2: Understanding our relationship with mutations, kin and hybrid bodies
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series curated by the research collective, Erratics, a curatorial group that creates art that explores geologic phenomena a...
EP 014 Glacial Erratics Part 1: How science and art intersect to help us understand humans’ complex relationship with nature
24 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erratics is a curatorial group that creates art that explores geologic phenomena and the effects of human impact on the environment. The group consist...
EP 013 How sound influences our lives and our relationship with the natural world
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cody talks with four artists and musicians about their work on the Anchorage Museum’s new exhibition titled Listen Up: Northern Sou...
EP 012 Finding your passion and chasing it, with artist and muralist Rejoy Armamento
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rejoy Armamento says that she’s always been interested in art, ever since she was a kid, but that it took her a while to reconnect with it in a seri...
EP 011 Indigenous traditions of healing and coming-of-age, with traditional healer Meda DeWitt
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Meda DeWitt was in her early 20s, she began her journey as a traditional healer—she was pursuing a degree in nursing when she says that Spirit ...
EP 010 The importance of diverse voices in media, with photojournalist and documentary photographer Ash Adams
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ash Adams' work tends to focus on people and stories about humanity, and elevating the voices and experiences that have historically been underreprese...
EP 009 The duality of storytelling: Balancing journalism and nuance, with photographer Jeroen Toirkens
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeroen Toirkens is a documentary photographer based out of The Hague in The Netherlands. He mainly works on long-term projects that can take years to ...
EP 008 Women subverting Northern masculine myths with Anchorage Museum curator Francesca DuBrock
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca DuBrock is the Chief Curator at the Anchorage Museum, and she recently finished putting the finishing touches on Extra Tough: Women of the N...
EP 007 Art as self-preservation: Responding to social oppression through creativity, with artist and educator Thomas Chung
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Chung says that he’s always been interested in art, even as a child, but that as he got older it became a means of self-preservation. His upb...
EP 006 Collectivism and action in design with artist and architect Tiffany Shaw-Collinge
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tiffany Shaw-Collinge is an artist, curator and architect based in Alberta, Canada. She says that place and climate contributes to her work in a way t...
EP 005 Indigenous identity and design in professional spaces with Métis artist and architect Tiffany Shaw-Collinge
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tiffany Shaw-Collinge is an artist, curator and architect based in Alberta, Canada. She says that place and climate contributes to her work in a way t...
EP 004 This is Dena’ina ełnena: Understanding histories, land and language with Anchorage Museum curator Aaron Leggett
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Leggett is the president of the Native Village of Eklutna. He is also the Senior Curator or Alaska History and Indigenous Culture at the Anchora...
EP 003 Recording stories of life at the poles with photographer and writer Acacia Johnson
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Acacia Johnson is a photographer focused on human relationships to the environment. She spent most of her twenties traveling around Scandinavia and t...
EP 002 A conversation with writer and photographer Acacia Johnson, at home in Alaska and at the northernmost and southernmost tips of the world
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Acacia Johnson is a photographer focused on human relationships to the environment. She spent most of her twenties traveling around Scandinavia and th...
EP 001 Design with purpose: A conversation with graphic designer Sebastian Garber
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Garber is the Senior Designer at the Anchorage Museum and he is currently working on designing a typeface that includes Alaska Native langua...