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A Juneau AfternoonPublic Market, Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Kim Heacox on ‘The Power of Story in Addressing the Climate Crisis’
Juneau Afternoon episode for Wednesday, November 26, 2025:
Juneau’s annual Thanksgiving tradition, The Public Market, features demonstrations from Capital City Fire and Rescue and new vendors such as Sweet Spot Studios, which is expanding to create a new store with baking and decorating classes in Juneau.
Juneau Community Bands’ presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” is Saturday, November 29, at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 30, at 2:00 p.m. at Ḵunéix̱ Hídi Northern Light United Church.
Gustavus author Kim Heacox is known for his novels, but he has also written articles for The Guardian on climate change. He will give a presentation...
2025-11-2700 min
TALK by TurnerNational Parks and Wildlife Protection: Current Threats and Taking Action with Kim HeacoxIf you’re feeling anxious about climate change and are looking for ways to protect our natural world, you won’t want to miss this episode. This week on TALK by Turner, we're joined by former ranger with the U.S. National Park Service, opinion columnist for The Guardian, and award-winning author Kim Heacox. In this conversation, Kim is discussing the importance of protecting our natural world, tourism in Alaska, and whether or not we can reverse climate change. From funding for the National Parks and changes to the Endangered Species Act, we're diving into all of the biggest head...
2025-05-2228 min
Bookstore ExplorerEpisode 57: Hearthside Books & Toys, Juneau, AlaskaThis week, we visit Hearthside Books & Toys in Juneau, Alaska. Owner Olga Lijó Seráns has owned Hearthside since 2022, but the store has been serving the people of Juneau for nearly 50 years. She takes us through its rich history and how things have been going since she took over.Books We Talk About: If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende, 90 Short Walks Around Juneau by Mary Lou King, Homestead by Melinda Moustakis, and Jimmy Bluefeather by Kim Heacox
2024-02-2039 min
Discover Top Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeJimmy Bluefeather by Kim HeacoxPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610772 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Jimmy Bluefeather Author: Kim Heacox Narrator: Kaipo Schwab Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 10 minutes Release date: September 13, 2022 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native ('with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in'), he's the last living canoe carver in the village of Jinkaat, in Southeast Alaska. When his grandson, James, a promising basketball...
2022-09-1430 min
Escape To Into A Uplifting Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Jimmy Bluefeather by Kim HeacoxPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/152286to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Jimmy Bluefeather
Author: Kim Heacox
Narrator: Kaipo Schwab
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
Release date: 09-13-22
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: Indigenous
Publisher's Summary:
Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native ("with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in"), he's the last living canoe carver in the village of Jinkaat, in Southeast Alaska. When his grandson, James...
2022-09-1310h 09
Alaska Story ProjectASP 20, writer Kim HeacoxAward winning author of several books, including The Only Kayak and Jimmy Bluefeather, Kim Heacox is also an opinion piece writer for The Guardian US. He’s published some 18 pieces—10 in the last year with The Guardian. Kim: “My Guardian pieces are framed within my credo of activist writing, that it’s not only my right but my responsibility to challenge power & the prevailing order, to speak out as best I can, using story, humor and a few numbers, maybe even a little parody. Taped onto the upper right-hand corner of my laptop is a small piece of paper wit...
2022-05-3129 min
2022-02-2703 min
AntropocenoPronto será demasiado tarde para el Amazonas por Kim HeacoxLa selva amazónica está perdiendo 200.000 acres (809 kilómetros cuadrados) por día.
Pronto será demasiado tarde.
Kim Heacox para The Guardian.
Desde 1988, los seres humanos han destruido un área de selva tropical aproximadamente del tamaño de Texas y Nuevo México juntos.
Poco antes de cumplir 44 años, en diciembre de 1988, el cauchero y activista ambiental brasileño Chico Mendes predijo que no viviría hasta Navidad. “Al principio”, dijo, “pensé que estaba luchando para salvar los árboles de caucho, luego pensé que estaba luchando para salvar la selva amazónica. Ahora me doy cuenta de que estoy luchando por la human...
2021-10-0911 min
Indecisive PodcastIf I only had the Nerve - Warrants and COVID and Wolves Oh My!If I only had the Nerve from the Wizard of Oz - I've always loved the Wizard of Oz. It is a timeless classic that I could watch anytime because it has so many lessons to share. Like, watch out for poppy fields and flying monkeys. Follow the path to your destination and don't trust men that make a big show because they might be full of just hot air. And, if we stick together, no matter what our difference, we can overcome terrible odds, and sometimes all it takes is a little water. Well, today's episode has nothing...
2021-05-1941 min
Have You Considered?Climate Change, Nature and the Tongass Forest w/ Kim HeacoxToday I’m speaking with Kim Heacox, an award winning American author of 15 books, as well as a well published photographer living in Gustavus, Alaska next to Glacier Bay National Park. We speak about the universal connection we have to nature, climate change, the Tongass National Forest logging regulations, Greta Thunberg, the Tragedy of the Commons, Deep Time, and the importance of love and compassion. Hope you enjoy, and be sure to check out his books and articles!
2020-12-031h 23
National Parks Traveler PodcastNational Parks Traveler: Glacier Bay, Wildfires, And Rocky Mountain ConservancyEstee Rivera, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Conservancy, discusses the damage wildfires inflicted on Rocky Mountain National Park and the role the conservancy is taking in helping park staff rehabilitate areas impacted by the fires and interpret the intense fire season. And Kurt Repanshek visits with Kim Heacox, a former park ranger turned writer and photographer at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
2020-11-1557 min
49 Writers Active Voice PodcastKim Heacox, Author, Activist, ColumnistGustavus based writer Kim Heacox sounds a warning bell and gives hope for the future in this packed exchange with host Katie Bausler. Kim's wilderness activism has infused his writing and photography of than a dozen books over the past twenty-five years. His novel, Jimmy Bluefeather, won the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award. And his 2005 memoir, The Only Kayak is rife with prescient realizations about the times we live in. His latest focus is on writing opinion pieces for daily newspapers .
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2019-08-2424 min
Futility ClosetJohn Muir and Stickeen One stormy morning in 1880, naturalist John Muir set out to explore a glacier in Alaska's Taylor Bay, accompanied by an adventurous little dog that had joined his expedition. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the harrowing predicament that the two faced on the ice, which became the basis of one of Muir's most beloved stories. We'll also marvel at some phonetic actors and puzzle over a season for vasectomies. Intro: In 1904 a 12-year-old J.R.R. Tolkien sent this rebus to a family friend. I...
2017-07-1732 min