Independent journalism and community voices, broadcasting since 1993
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.
Talkeetna performance poet Ellen Thea reads three of her short poems. At midnight, by the river, in the city she put on her wild shoes to journey forth. She,
An essay by Talkeetna resident Bill Was. His blog is talkeetnatraces.com To see light, one must first be receptive to light. This favorite aphorism of mine has all the hallmarks
The focus of this program is what you can see in the pre-dawn sky, for those who are up early! But she starts off, as usual, with La Luna.
A look at the change of the season in September 2004, after a summer a lot like the past one.
As darkness becomes a bigger part of each day, StarDate Susitna host Kathleen Fleming is back to the airwaves. She has a lot to talk about: Visible planets, the
One of a series of travel pieces (this one’s from experiences in Africa) written and recorded for broadcast by Gordy Vernon.
The special rewards of walking in nature on a rainy day.
A little story from the Earth and Beyond archives, about an unusual transformation in a Banty chicken’s life.
For anyone following my blog – talkeetnatraces.com – you may have noticed my ‘public name’ has changed from ‘Newbie Alaskan’ to ‘Forever Alaskan’. Given it has now been two years
