The Alaska Show

This week we sit down with Pat McBride, former captain of the F/V Judy B - a black cod longliner that he ran in the Aleutians and Gulf of Alaska for 24 years. Pat has had an amazing life story growing up around the Chesapeake Bay and falling in love with Alaska at age 11 on a trip here with his brother. Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ (0:54) Spoonful of Medicine with SPH - Peggy Ellen Kleinleder (9:45) Interview with Pat McBride (17:01) HomerAlaskaPodcast.com

We sit with brothers Collin and Camron Hagen to discuss their uncertain move to Homer at a young age, the scrappy start in the fishing industry, why a fart machine was the best gift they received in high school,  their last fight, standing up for your brother, leaving and returning to Homer, and the future of our town. Intro/Chewing the Fat (1:16)  Spoonful of Medicine with South Peninsula Hospital - June Yamamoto (11:17)  Interview with Camron and Colin Hagen (17:47) www.HomerAlaskaPodcast.c

This week we sit down with Doug Bowen, owner of Alaska Boats and Permits, to discuss his business of brokering vessels, IFQ, and limited entry fishing permits. We discuss his business, the markets, and moving to Homer. Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ (0:56) Spoonful of Medicine with SPH - Anna Hermanson (11:19) Interview with Doug Bowen (17:09) ANNOUNCEMENTS No office hours this week and no episode on Christmas! The Alaska Show is going live on February 10th! www.HomerAlaskaPodcast.com

Since we had a last minute interview cancellation and it's the holiday season we chose to take this episode to reflect on 2019, look forward to 2020, take listener questions, and interview each other. If you are interested in how the show came to be, where it's going, or want to learn more about JJ and Alex this episode is for you! www.HomerAlaskaPodcast.com Looking back on 2019 and forward to 2020 (1:15) Events (20:58) Social Media Questions (25:16) Questions for each other (46:58)

This week we sit down with Bekah Dalke, owner of Oodalolly, to discuss how she founded the home decor and gift store, how she selects what to sell, her relationship with her customers at Oodalolly, and she gives us some advice on the perfect Christmas gift in a variety of scenarios! Segments: Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ (1:25) Spoonful of Medicine with Dr. Neil Schott at South Peninsula Hospital (12:28) Interview with Bekah Dalke, Owner of Oodalolly (19:18) www.HomerAlaskaPodcast.com

This week we sit down with Scott Dickerson, owner of Dickerson Stills + Motion, proprietor of SurfAlaska.net, and the sometimes captain of the Milo. Scott talks about how he got into photography, shooting for brands like Mountain Dew, National Geographic, and Patagonia, and how he turned his passion for Alaska's exploratory surfing into a way to bring passionate surfers from all around the world to Homer. Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ  (0:59) Spoonful of Medicine (21:23) Interview (29:50)

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)  ANNOUNCEMENTS: We will NOT have office hours this weekend

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. Segments 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) Patreon.com/homeralaskapodcast ANNOUNCEMENTS: Office Hours will be held at Kbay Cafe from 10am - 2pm this weekend

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 (1:40) Spoonful of Medicine (8:05) Interview (16:28) HomerAlaskaPodcast.com IG: @HomerAlaskaPodcast

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. Segments "Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ" and "Spoonful of Medicine." Office Hours will be held at Kbay Cafe from 10am - 2pm this Saturday. Please give us feedback! IG @homeralaskapodcast HomerAlaskaPodcast.com

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. HomerAlaskaPodcast.com Instagram.com/HomerAlaskaPodcast

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 photography, ideas, and vaping in "Chewing the Fat with Alex and JJ."

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. Patreon.com/homeralaskapodcast HomerAlaskaPodcast.com/store

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 sit down with Clem Tillion for the first of two episodes this week. 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. www.HomerAlaskaPodcast.com