3 MAR 2024 · The Iditarod 2024 Teacher, Kate Newmeyer shares Iditarod lessons for her 5th grade - can you say DNA sequencing?! Then off to the Outhouse Races where we introduce and present the Red Lantern of the Outhouse Races with the Big Alaska Show Fur Trapper Crapper Trophy! Thankfully presented to a visiting team from Seattle - the "Bob Ross Happy Trees" team! Plus, we have a Tall Alaska Tale!

25 FEB 2024 · The Open World Championship Dog Sled Races are underway and the competition is exciting! The Anchorage downtown start is unique and gives up close action to cheering crowds. We talk with pros about the race and what makes it so special. We continue to honor the 25th Anniversary of the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail program as Annie McGuire and Heidi Sloan join us. Check out last week's podcast to hear more of the TOT stories!Fur Rondy and Iditarod stories - check out our podcast for today's show!

19 FEB 2024 · The Iditarod celebrates its 25th Anniversary of the Teacher on the Trail program. We talk with Jane Holmes, the Director of Education of the Iditarod Trail Committee, and former Teachers on the Trail who have used the Iditarod as an exciting educational tool for many disciplines for their students. The Iditarod excites young people and the program is growing. Why? Because it's fun!Visit the Iditarod and Teacher on the Trail at http://www.iditarod.com and https://iditarod.com/edu/category/teacher-on-the-trail/Listen to our podcast!

5 FEB 2024 · President, Tim Tillman, and Past President, Steve Kari, join us to share an update coming into the 2024 season as they are rebuilding after coming out of the pandemic. The Anchorage Midnight Sons have been in existence since 1968! We even have a Tall Alaska Tale!

5 FEB 2024 · 10 years ago Christie jumped at the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward in memory of Joe Krones' brother, Jimmy. Christie never knew Jimmy or the Krones family. But that's the heart Christie has in the fight against cancer and why she's raised about a quarter million dollars over 21 years of jumps!Today's show Christie and Joe meet for the first time.Christie is from Homer and on the rescue team for sea otter and seal pups. Joe lives in Oklahoma City and is a Barbershop Quartet International Gold Medalist.Such diverse lives with one thing in common - the Polar Bear Jump Off and the fight against cancer!Checkout their podcast!

21 JAN 2024 · Our Big Alaska Book Review panel features authors and their books, Richard Chiappone, https://www.bigalaskashow.com/book-reviews/the-hunger-of-crows, , and Steven Levi, https://www.bigalaskashow.com/book-reviews/bonfire-saloon. Get these 5 Alaskan authors together and you can't help but have fun and laugh - good books too!

14 JAN 2024 · We celebrate our 18th Anniversary of the Big Alaska Show at the 39th Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK! We play clips from past shows at the Jump. We also have our Science Guy, Dr. Gordon Snyder, talk about the whales that visit Seward’s rich feeding grounds.Plus, we have a Tall Alaska Tale!

23 DEC 2023 · Hershey Christmas Kisses TV commercial has played consistently for 35 years. Why? We maintain it’s because of our guest, Steven Alvarez, who shares this classic tale! Speaking of tales – our Big Alaska Guest Tourists, Pat and Dave Huff from Saginaw, TX try to answer our Tall Alaska Tale (we warned them – we’re eligible to win our own prizes!) Kurt Riemann from Surreal Studios fingerprints are all over this from his Merry Christmas From Alaska #3 with Hobo Jim’s “Silent Night” to the “Amazing Musical Hands of Mr. Steve Stripling” (which he named!). Listen to the full podcast and Merry Christmas!

18 DEC 2023 · Tuba Christmas Director, Neal Haglund, proves just the word “tuba” is funny! Then Author/historian, Doug Capra, shares a tale of Seward’s iconic Christmas tree shining high above from Bear Mountain with this message of hope: “Look up and shut up!”Plus, Rootin Tootin Rotary News with Alaska's immediate past Rotary District Governor, Mike Ferris! Rotary does the work. We do the rootin’ tootin’!

9 DEC 2023 · LoLo Paige, author of the Blazing Hearts Romance Novels, updates us on a recent book, Irish Thunder https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201847187-irish-thunder, while Mr. Whitekeys' entertains us with his latest book, The Voyage of the Alaska Union: Adventure, Danger, Scurvy, Romance http://www.mrwhitekeys.com.