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The comedian George Carlin once commented that the object of the game of baseball is “To go home. And to be safe – Safe at home” Over the past 106 years many have made Anchorage their home. In this episode we will consider baseball’s role in making people feel safe at home in Anchorage.

Resources Used In Making This Episode:

Anchorage Historical Walking Tour Sign – at the Oscar Anderson House, 420 M St, Anchorage, AK 99501.

Bagoy, J.P., 2001.Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935. Publications Consultants. p.92-93ff

Cernick,C.,Carlson,P.,Kennedy,M.(1981).Anchorage, the Way it was.United States:Historic Landmark Preservation Commission, Municipality of Anchorage. P. 16ff

Downing Bill,L.,Bill,L.(2013).Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935, vol. 3 Ed., Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC. p109ff

Imagining Anchorage: The Making of America's Northernmost Metropolis.(2018).United States:University of Alaska Press. p. 284ff

George Carlin on Football and Baseball:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ebyLkCaAL0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkqNiBASfI

http://www.oscarandersonhousemuseum.org

http://alaskabaseballleague.org/view/alaskabaseballleague/

https://cerchinooks.com/

http://www.anchoragebucs.com/view/anchoragebucs

http://www.glacierpilots.com/view/glacierpilots

https://www.adn.com/sports/alaska-baseball/2021/06/03/watching-the-alaska-baseball-league-is-a-quintessential-summer-experience-games-start-this-weekend/

https://calltothepen.com/2013/06/30/alaska-baseball-league-has-glorious-heritage/

https://www.explorefairbanks.com/event/midnight-sun-baseball-game/5672/

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The AnchorEd City Podcast is currently between seasons. This is the third of our Between the Seasons episodes. We will be doing a number of episodes from time to time as we wait for Season 2 to begin in the fall.

The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. This episode focuses on the people part of that mission as we talk with Dr. Zeynep Kilic, a professor & the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

For more about the film “Tables if Istanbul” go to: http://www.tablesofistanbul.com

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The AnchorEd City Podcast is currently between seasons. This the second of our Between the Seasons episodes. We will be doing a number of episodes from time to time as we wait for Season 2 to begin in the fall.

The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. Today we will focus on the Story part of that mission as we talk with Olivia Cohn from Arctic Entries. Cohn is one of the Story Board members that gives direction to Arctic Entries, she has hosted some of their events, and even told a story of her own.

Check out Arctic Entries at:

https://arcticentries.org

https://www.facebook.com/ArcticEntries

https://www.alaskapublic.org/category/programs/arctic-entries/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arctic-entries/id477943915?mt=2

For information on The Ampersand Series - interactive reflective experiences designed to help participants embrace 2021 with renewed wholeness for sustainability in life & work – go to: https://www.anchorageutc.org/ampersand

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The mission of this podcast is to connect with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people. In the first Between the Seasons Episode we consider the history part of that mission with David Reamer. Reamer is public and academic historian who writes about Anchorage. He is the author of the weekly "Histories of Anchorage" series in The Anchorage Daily News and Tweets about Anchorage history at @ANC_Historian.

For information on The Ampersand Series - interactive reflective experiences designed to help the participants embrace 2021 with renewed wholeness for sustainability in life & work – go to: https://www.anchorageutc.org/ampersand

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In this episode we examine the history of a famous tower in Anchorage, a contest held nearly 80 years ago, and current events as a way to consider what Shalom looks like in the city.

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

• https://www.google.com/search?q=mcKay+Tower+anchorage&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS911US911&oq=mcKay+Tower+anchorage&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.8175j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
• https://www.mckinleytower.com/
• https://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2003-12-29/developer-secures-funding-mckay-annex
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1964_Alaska_Quake_L_Street_Apartments.jpg
• https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icri.org/resource/resmgr/crb/2006novdec/CRBNovDec06_McKinleyTower.pdf
• https://www.adn.com/multimedia/slideshow/14-story-skeleton-citys-past-known-mackay-building-has-been-brought-back-life-mckinley/2007/12/16/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2021/01/12/dimond-center-plans-to-close-sunday-after-website-lists-it-as-gathering-site-for-armed-protest/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2021/01/11/fbi-police-investigating-suspicious-vehicle-outside-midtown-mall-in-anchorage/
• https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7202671-Whats-Wrong-With-ANC-Winning-Entry-Anchorage.html
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/01/03/in-1976-a-car-bomb-exploded-in-downtown-anchorage-killing-muriel-pfeil-jr-no-one-was-ever-charged-for-her-death/
• https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/08000882
• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/01/13/anchorage-police-chief-says-department-is-being-proactive-about-potential-violent-protests/
• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/01/11/fbi-police-investigate-suspicious-vehicle-at-midtown-mall/
• https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/shalom-peace/?fbclid=IwAR2VL1n9UFb29RUYvMAheR3LFixgOC2vCp1l3BKjD1GXUX00XlT_nlny3Eg
• Plantinga, C., 2002, Engaging God's world: A Christian vision of faith, learning, and living, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, p. 14-15
• Woodley, R., 2012, Shalom and the community of creation: An indigenous vision, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, p. 10.
• Rocke, K. & Van Dyke, J., 2017, Incarnational training framework: A training guide for developing leaders engaged in city transformation, 2nd edn., Street Psalms Press, Tacoma. P. 49.

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In this episode we continue to think about substance use with our guests:

• Captain Denice Delgado: Associate Anchorage Social Services Director, Salvation Army
• Jamie Louwerse

Resources used to create this episode:

• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/02/01/substance-misuse-cost-alaska-about-35-billion-in-2018-study-says/#:~:text=Substance%20misuse%20cost%20Alaska%20about%20%243.5%20billion%20in%202018%2C%20study%20says,-Author%3A%20Associated%20Press&text=JUNEAU%20%E2%80%94%20Substance%20misuse%20in%20Alaska,services%2C%20a%20yearlong%20study%20said
• https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/McDowell-Group-Alcohol-Misuse-Report-Final-1.21.20.pdf
• https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/McDowell-Group-Drug-Impacts-Report-Final-1.21.2020.pdf
• http://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/SubstanceMisuse.aspx
• Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, n.d., ‘Percentage of people who report illicit drug use within the past 30 days’, Alaska Mental Health Board, viewed 10 May 2019, from http://dhss.alaska.gov/amhb/Documents/data/Illicit Drug Use Prevalence-Alaska and US 2008-2013.pdf.
• Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 2015, ‘Behavioral health disorders among Alaskans’, Alaska Mental Health Board, viewed 10 May 2019, from http://dhss.alaska.gov/amhb/Documents/data/Behavioral_Health_Disorders_Alaskans- 2015.pdf.
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/08/31/alaskans-are-struggling-with-mental-health-during-the-pandemic-but-theyre-also-finding-some-ways-to-cope/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/12/23/overdose-deaths-in-alaska-have-been-on-the-rise-since-the-pandemic-began-report-says/

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Russian Jack Springs Park is tangled in the history of substance use and misuse in Anchorage, as well as the history of treatment and recovery.

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

• http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Russian_Jack_Springs_Park.aspx
• https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/marunenko-jacob-russian-jack/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/#:~:text=Sturgus%20was%20shot%2C%20with%20his,his%20body%20had%20been%20searched
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/03/30/heres-how-russian-jack-park-got-its-name-from-a-notorious-bootlegger-and-murderer/
• https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Russian_Jack_Springs_Park.aspx
• http://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/SubstanceMisuse.aspx
• Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. N.p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 80, 82, 84.
• Dauenhauer, R.L., 2004, Conflicting visions of Alaskan education, 3rd edn., Tlingit Readers, Juneau – pg. 10.
• Tower, E., 1999.Anchorage: From Its Humble Origins as a Railroad Construction Camp. Epicenter Press – pg. 29, 33, 42-44.

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Alaskans spend more per capita than the residents of any other US State. But what happens if you need care and you can’t afford it? Where do you turn?

In this episode we talk to Melinda Freemon, the Executive Director of Anchorage Project Access about how that organization is helping those in need access healthcare in Anchorage.

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

• https://www.adn.com/opinions/2020/07/12/tackling-alaskas-high-health-care-costs/
• https://alaskapolicyforum.org/2020/06/report-health-care-costs-alaska/

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Looking around downtown Anchorage today one might wonder why there isn’t a hospital. Many cities have a hospital located in the central business district of the city, but not Anchorage. This has not always been the case.

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/christensen-andrew/

http://www.holyfamilycathedral.org/history.html

https://vilda.alaska.edu/digital/collection/cdmg11/id/7262/rec/419

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On this episode we will consider violence in Anchorage and how we all might be part of making our city a more safe and peaceful place with our guests:

• Victoria Shanklin: Executive Director, Victims For Justice.
• Tammie Willis: Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator, AWAIC.
• Melissa Burke: Pastor, Entrepreneur, Artist and Founder of Worship and Justice Movement.

Resources Used to Make this episode:

• Alaska Dispatch News, 2017, ‘Alaska Dispatch News poll: Crime’, Alaska Daily News, 18 January, 2017, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2017/01/18/alaska-dispatch-news-poll-crime/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/01/01/in-anchorage-28-people-died-by-homicide-this-year/
• https://www.facebook.com/notes/anchorage-police-department/update-1st-to-3rd-quarter-crime-data/10157935678014335/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2020/09/08/anchorage-homicide-rate-drops-significantly-so-far-this-year-as-police-say-most-types-of-crime-are-trending-downward/
• https://www.adn.com/opinions/editorials/2020/01/04/near-record-homicides-in-anchorage-show-little-public-safety-progress/
• Boots, M.T., 2016, ‘Anchorage is on track to break the record for most homicides in one year. What is going on?’, Alaska Daily News, 3 September, 2016, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/09/03/anchorage-is-on-track-this- year-to-break-its-annual-homicide-record-whats-going-on/
• Volf, M., 1996, Exclusion and Embrace: A theological exploration of identity, otherness, and reconciliation, Abingdon Press, Nashville, p.98.

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If you walk a few hundred yards on Cordova Street - if you know where to look - you can begin to understand the history of violence in Anchorage and it all begins with the unsolved case of the first Chief of Police.

Resources Used to Create This Episode:

• https://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/FindingAids/hmc-0807.html
• Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 74-89
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/01/13/who-killed-anchorages-first-police-chief-nearly-100-years-later-its-still-a-mystery/
• https://auntphilstrunk.com/anchorages-first-police-chief-murdered/
• https://www.muni.org/Departments/police/Pages/History.aspx
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/how-a-chance-encounter-in-downtown-anchorage-led-to-a-major-break-in-5-homicide-cases/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/11/15/apd-gun-used-by-suspect-in-saturday-police-shooting-implicated-in-five-anchorage-homicides/
• http://mostlyghosts.com/the-haunting-of-the-historic-anchorage-hotel/

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On this episode we consider the Anchorage economy – past, present, future – with these guests:

• Neal Fried is an economist with the Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development.
• Matthew Berman is a professor of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
• George Martinez is a community entrepreneur, small business owner, diplomat and educator. He is theProgram Director for the Alaska Humanities Forum and is a candidate for Mayor of Anchorage in 2021.
• Fred Laurion is a financialadvisor. He is the Senior Vice-President for Primerica in Anchorage.

Neil Fried’s article “The Anchorage Economy: The First Hundred Years can be found at: http://labor.state.ak.us/trends/dec14.pdf

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Before there was the city of Anchorage, there was the town of Knik. In this episode we examine the rise and fall of Knik as we begin to consider the economy of Anchorage.

This episode owes a huge debt to historian Coleen Mielke. Check out her work out at:

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~coleen/genealogy/knik.html
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~coleen/genealogy/map.html

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

• http://www.wkhsociety.org/museums.html
• https://matanuskacolony.wordpress.com/tag/knik/
• Downing Carlson, Phyllis., Downing Bill, Laurel. Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's History Alive!. N.p.: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014. – pg. 26-29
• https://auntphilstrunk.com/town-called-knik/#:~:text=Knik%2C%20about%2040%20miles%20north,also%20streamed%20into%20Cook%20Inlet.

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In this episode we continue to unpack the legacy of colonialism with these guests:

• Shawna Larson (Deputy Director of the Native Movement)
• Aaron Leggett (Senior Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Culture at Anchorage Museum and the President of the Native Village of Eklutna)
• TJ Smith (President of the Indigenous Ministers Association and Pastor of New Song Covenant Church in Anchorage)
• Curt Karns (Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Yukon)
• Curtis Ivanoff (Superintendent of the Alaska Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church)

More from our guests / resources they mentioned:

• All about the excellent work of Native Movement including the trainings they offer: https://www.nativemovement.org
• Mark Charles TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery: https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history
• Is an apology in order? By Curtis Ivanoff: https://issuu.com/eccaksinew/docs/spring_2017
• About the Indigenous Ministers Association of the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://www.northwestconference.org/interview-with-the-rev-tj-smith-president-of-the-indigenous-ministers-association/
• About indigenous leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://covenantcompanion.com/2020/03/12/sacred-stories/
• News Story about the Presbyterain Church apology: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/08/presbyterian-church-formally-apologizes-to-north-slope-natives-for-denouncing-culture/

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

• https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1720/the-art-of-fiction-no-139-chinua-achebe
• https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/history-is-written-by-the-victors-quote-origin.html
• George Santayana (1905)Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, volume1 of The Life of Reason https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15000/15000-h/15000-h.htm#vol1
• https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
• https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/
• Jones, P., 2010, City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks.

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There was SO MUCH good stuff in the interviews for episode 6 that we had to make this bonus audio available. Here is more on the legacy of colonialism from these guests:

• Shawna Larson (Deputy Director of the Native Movement)
• TJ Smith (President of the Indigenous Ministers Association and Pastor of New Song Covenant Church in Anchorage)

More from our guests / resources they mentioned:

• All about the excellent work of Native Movement including the trainings they offer: https://www.nativemovement.org
• Mark Charles TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery: https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history
• About the Indigenous Ministers Association of the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://www.northwestconference.org/interview-with-the-rev-tj-smith-president-of-the-indigenous-ministers-association/
• About indigenous leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://covenantcompanion.com/2020/03/12/sacred-stories/

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What connects the Captain Cook statue, a missing Black Lives Matter banner, and housing covenants in Anchorage? We explore the answer to that question in this episode.

Resources used to make this episode:

• http://www.cc.com/video-playlists/qkhul9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-between-the-scenes/g34af5
• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/06/29/most-agree-on-the-story-of-captain-cooks-time-in-cook-inlet-they-differ-on-how-to-tell-it/
• Oleksa, M., 1992, Orthodox Alaska: A theology of mission, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood.
• Newcomb, S., 1992, ‘Five hundred years of injustice’, Indigenous Law Institute, n.d., viewed 30 January 2019, from http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html.
• Indigenous Values Initiative, 2018, Dum diversas, viewed 14 February 2019, from https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/dum-diversas/.
• Charles, M., 2016, ‘The doctrine of discovery, war, and the myth of America’, Leaven 24(3), 147-154.
• http://www.alaskool.org/projects/JimCrow/cov_res.htm
• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/02/28/illegal-for-decades-many-anchorage-homes-still-have-covenants-that-prohibit-sale-to-blacks-and-alaska-natives/
• Wohlforth, C., 2017, ‘How some Anchorage neighbors redeemed the city's racist past’, Alaska Daily News, 27 February, 2017, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/02/27/how-some-anchorage-neighbors-redeemed-the-citys- racist-past/.
• Ford, A., 2017, ‘Redlining in Fairview’, Anchorage Press, 23 February, 2017, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/redlininginfairview/article_cb0037a0-f9a7-11e6- b9eb-5fef409ab819.html.
• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/09/07/hundreds-gather-in-anchorage-over-holiday-to-commemorate-march-on-washington-anniversary/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/09/07/anchorage-labor-day-rally-urging-racial-equality-draws-hundreds-of-supporters/
• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/06/25/mayor-berkowitz-to-have-native-village-of-eklutna-decide-what-to-do-with-downtown-captain-cook-statue/
• www.smallchurchmusic.com/Song_Display-New.php?SID=2644

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