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Susitna Writer’s Voice is KTNA’s weekly showcase of writing and storytelling from the Upper Susitna Valley and beyond. In short, locally produced episodes, writers and community members share fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, student work, science features, and collaborative pieces. The series celebrates diverse voices, creativity, lived experience, and the stories that connect the community.
This Susitna Writer’s Voice features Arctic Entries. Arctic Entries is coming back to Talkeetna April 4th so what better time to learn more about this unique story telling event. The
This StarDate Susitna is about the equinox, stars and planets now visible during the evenings, and other astro-stuff. Kathleen manipulated the below Star Chart image to show the direction of the Sun’s
This Susitna Writer’s Voice features Erica Watson, a writer living in Denali, Alaska. Erica discusses and reads excerpts from her new collection of essays, Ghost of Distant Trees. Christie interviewed Erica regarding her
The entire Total Lunar Eclipse will be visible from Alaska during the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Learn all about lunar eclipses and what to look for from Kathleen in
This Susitna Writer’s Voice is a new installment with Michael Potter as the Alaskan Cultural Chef. In this episode Michael shares his experience working at the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center
This Susitna Writer’s Voice, features Anchorage author Melissa Saulnier (sawn-yay) reading an excerpt from her recent mystery, Murder on the Rocks, which is set in Talkeetna. An interview with Melissa
In this first-of-2026 edition of StarDate Susitna, Kathleen Fleming talks about the motion of the Moon along the ecliptic, and how to see and identify Jupiter’s 4 Galilean Moons. Among
Kathleen gives a tour of the night sky to night owls, as well as early birds, in this edition of StarDate Susitna. ERROR ALERT: “Guess my head wasn’t in the
Kathleen brings us a December Solstice edition of StarDate Susitna.
