Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Forum Podcasts
The Speaker's Forum is held each Sunday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Forum topics often address and spur dialogue about a current local community, statewide, national or international issue. Some forums feature a local author and the topic of the author's new book, or a representative of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) describing the organization’s work, programs, and accomplishments.
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623 episodes
Saving Our Community One Conversation at a Time - Peg Tileston
Peg Tileston has been active in Alaska public policy and conservation issues since arriving in the state 51 years ago. She is on the board of Alaska Common Ground, a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to build coaliti...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1229
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1:16:46
A History of the Theology of Unitarian Universalism - Questions and Answers - Rev. Lise Adams Sherry
Rev. Lise Adams Sherry is the settled minister for the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. She grew up in Oregon as part of a blended family. Her main interests growing up were dancing and theatre--she performed...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1204
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1:13:54
Anti-democracy in America and the Arc of History - UAA History Professor Emeritus Dr. Stephen Haycox
Dr. Stephen Haycox is a distinguished professor of history emeritus, a respected author of numerous books and essays, and a columnist for the Anchorage Daily News. In 2003, he was named the Alaska Historical Society's Historian of the Ye...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1215
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1:18:01
Fighting for the Wrongly Incarcerated—Precedents, Policies, and Prevention - Jory Knott, Executive Director, Alaska Innocence Project
Jory Knott is the Executive Director of the Alaska Innocence Project. A lifelong Alaskan, he earned an interdisciplinary degree in art and music at UAA, then moved to Oregon, where he composed music, wrote grants for creative projects, a...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1208
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1:18:58
One Wedding and Some Numerals — A Fresh Look at Housing - Alaska State Senator Forrest Dunbar
Forrest Dunbar - - was elected to the Alaska State Senate in 2022 as a Democrat representing District J, the East Anchorage, Campbell Park, UMED, College Gate, Airport Heights, Mountainview, and Russian Jack neighborhoods. Af...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1201
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1:23:53
An Update on the Rising Food Insecurity Rate in Alaska–and How to Support FBA - Daniel Bentle, Food Bank of Alaska
Daniel Bentle serves the Food Bank of Alaska as its Chief Philanthropy Officer, leading fundraising, donor relations, marketing and communications, and volunteer efforts to support the organization’s mission to eliminate hunger in our st...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1124
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1:16:47
Progress on Eklutna’s Long Journey Toward Building a Casino - Native Village of Eklutna President and Chief Aaron Leggett
Aaron Legget was born in Anchorage and is Dena’ina Athabascan. He currently serves as the President/Chief of the Native village of Eklutna. Aaron is the Senior Curator of Alaska History and Culture at the Anchorage Museum and serves as a...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1124
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1:12:18
The Nov. 5 Election—What Just Happened? - John-Henry Heckendorn and Burke Croft, Ship Creek Group
John-Henry Henkendornis is the managing partner of the Anchorage-based political consulting firm Ship Creek Group. He has worked on over 100 Alaska political campaigns and initiatives in the last 12 years, helping launch Ship Creek...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1110
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1:08:16
Teaching ESL and Other Life Skills for Success in Jobs and Our Community - Bridget Jochum, Alaska Literacy Program
Bridget Jochum is the Development and Operations Support Coordinator at the Alaska Literacy Program. She supports the fundraising and communications arm of ALP’s programming. Bridget previously worked in refugee resettlement services for...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1103
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1:09:55
The Growing Hazard of Landslides in Alaska - Geologist Bretwood "Hig" Higman
Bretwood "Hig" Higman is a geologist who lives in Seldovia. After graduating from high school there, he spent 13 years in college and grad school, studying glass art and walking from Seattle to the Aleutians before moving back to Seldovi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1027
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1:32:09
How the Alaska Economy Works - Prof. Bob Loeffler, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research
Bob Loeffler is a Research Professor of Public Policy at the UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research, where he teaches and completes research on Alaska's economy, fiscal issues, and natural resources. Along with Dr. Matt Berm...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1020
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1:05:59
Open Forum - Various Speakers, hosted by John McKay
This morning's scheduled speaker was unable to make it to the Forum and is looking forward to being rescheduled. John McKay (our regular host) miraculously rescued the Forum and turned it into an "open forum," allowing folks to participate phys...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1013
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59:53
Big Challenges Facing ASD Classrooms - Corey Aist, President, Anchorage Education Association
Corey Aist is president of the Anchorage Education Association. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a Bachelor of Science in Child Development in 1992. In 1993, Corey and his then-g...
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Season 2024
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Episode 1006
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1:20:24
Remembering U.S. Senator Bob Bartlett - Joe Josephson, former State Senator, and Bartlett Aide, with Andy Josephson
Joe Josephson has a long political and public service history in Alaska, beginning in 1957 when he served as legislative assistant to Alaska Delegate in Congress, E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. In 1959, When Bartlett became Alaska's first United ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 929
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56:51
De-weaponizing the Bible - Rev. Matt Schultz
Rev. Matt Schultz graduated from Westminster College with a BA in Art in 1995. He is married to Rev. Elizabeth Schultz. Together, they attended Princeton Theological Seminary and are ordained as pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA). ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 922
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1:17:53
Turning 90: Approaching My Next Summit, and Still Stopping for the Flowers - Tom Choate
Tom Choate is a mountain climbing legend, former college biology professor with a Ph.D. from the University of Montana, who was a ski infantryman and served in a US Army intelligence and reconnaissance unit at Fort Richardson during the ...
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Season 2024
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Episode 915
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1:13:03
A TV & Film Actors Play about Battling His Sons Brain Cancer with Hope & Love - James Morrison, Paul Brown, Dave Block
James Morrison is a playwright, TV, film, stage actor, filmmaker, poet, singer-songwriter, and yoga teacher. He was raised in Anchorage, served his theatrical apprenticeship with the Alaska Repertory Theatre, and since has appeared at the La Jo...
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Season 2024
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Episode 908
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1:05:39
Ballot Measure #1: Higher Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave and Worker Protections - AFL-CIO President Joelle Hall
Joelle Hall is the President of the Alaska AFL-CIO, elected in 2020. She is the first woman to hold the role. Before her election, she served as the Alaska AFL-CIO Political Director for 11 years. Joelle has worked in Alaska politi...
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Season 2024
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Episode 901
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1:19:14
The View from Inside Alaska Airlines - Alaska Airlines Vice-President Marilyn Romano
Marilyn Romano is the Alaska regional vice president for Alaska Airlines. She spent nearly two decades with the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the second largest paper in Alaska, and 11 years as publisher. She was the newspaper’s first woma...
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Season 2024
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Episode 824
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1:23:03
The Pioneering Photography of Bradford Washburn - John Hagen, Anchorage Museum
John Hagen is the Curator of Indigenous Art and Initiatives at the Anchorage Museum. Hagen works to further the Museum's work with Alaska living cultures, with an emphasis on Indigenous art, artists, climate change, national and internat...
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Season 2024
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Episode 818
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1:10:35
Alaska Woman Ascend: Helping Progressive Women Run, Vote & Win - Suzanne Little
Suzanne Little has worked extensively in partnership with Alaska Native Tribes who live in intrinsic connection with remote lands across the state. She is currently staff to the 38-Tribe Bering Sea Interior Tribal Commission. Her work ai...
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Season 2024
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Episode 811
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1:16:28
Documenting the Death Penalty in the US Through Photographs for over 25 Years - Scott Langley, photographer and human rights activist
Scott Langley is a New York-based photographer specializing in documentary work on human rights in the United States and elsewhere. His work has been widely exhibited worldwide, and he often travels with his exhibits to give presentation...
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Season 2024
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Episode 804
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1:15:50
Tiny Shelter Pilot Project for Interim Housing of Homeless Seniors - Betsy Baker, In Our Backyard
Betsy Baker is a board member of In Our Backyard, a new Anchorage nonprofit whose mission is to provide safe interim housing and connections to support services for unhoused senior neighbors. Dr. Baker is an international lawyer whose co...
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Season 2024
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Episode 728
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1:13:08
The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: A Conversation - Kate McClellan
Kate McClellan was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and spent her youth in the suburbs of Chicago. In 1977, just before she turned 17, she left a traumatic home life and headed for Alaska in a VW bus, moving here permanently in 1986. Kate...
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Season 2024
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Episode 721
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1:17:28
Academies of Anchorage—How A New Program Will Reshape ASD High School Education - Cindy Chaput & Misha Chakraborty
Cindy Chaput is the College, Career, and Life Ready Director for the Anchorage School District. An Alaskan resident for 28 years, Cindy has spent three decades in the education sector, gaining valuable experience in administration and co...
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Season 2024
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Episode 714
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1:24:39
