The AnchorED City

The Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative
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The AnchorED City Podcast is connecting with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people.

  1. JAN 12

    S5: E8 – North To The Future: Listener Visions

    This season, we used the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” –as a model for how we might positively imagine the future of Anchorage. In this episode, we hear a number of short positive visions for Anchorage’s future.   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

    22 min

  2. JAN 5

    Encore Episode: S1:E5 – Captain Cook Removed From The City Seal

    On December 17, 2025 the Alaska Watchman reported, “In a split decision, the Anchorage Assembly narrowly voted to erase all historical references to the famous Captain James Cook from the city’s official seal.” In light of the new Municipal Seal, and the controversy about the removal of Captain Cook from it, we return to Season 1: Episode 5. I hope you enjoy this Encore Episode about Captain Cook originally titled, The Legacy of Colonialism Part 1: A Statue, a Banner, and a Covenant.   We want to hear your positive vision of the future! Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC     Resources Used To Make This Episode: https://alaskawatchman.com/2025/12/17/anchorage-assemblyman-blasts-colleagues-for-ignoring-public-and-ditching-historic-city-seal/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOwK3NleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYL4ga-dBxk_uQKg2-t6_n6FyOXsttgf_U3X_3ak8GZ9LXwqEov4HZS-GirE_aem_TkaaknsJa6DMueAYQDgh0w http://www.cc.com/video-playlists/qkhul9/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-between-the-scenes/g34af5 https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/06/29/most-agree-on-the-story-of-captain-cooks-time-in-cook-inlet-they-differ-on-how-to-tell-it/ Oleksa, M., 1992, Orthodox Alaska: A theology of mission, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, Crestwood. Newcomb, S., 1992, ‘Five hundred years of injustice’, Indigenous Law Institute, n.d., viewed 30 January 2019, from http://ili.nativeweb.org/sdrm_art.html. Indigenous Values Initiative, 2018, Dum diversas, viewed 14 February 2019, from https://doctrineofdiscovery.org/dum-diversas/. Charles, M., 2016, ‘The doctrine of discovery, war, and the myth of America’, Leaven 24(3), 147-154. http://www.alaskool.org/projects/JimCrow/cov_res.htm https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/02/28/illegal-for-decades-many-anchorage-homes-still-have-covenants-that-prohibit-sale-to-blacks-and-alaska-natives/ Wohlforth, C., 2017, ‘How some Anchorage neighbors redeemed the city's racist past’, Alaska Daily News, 27 February, 2017, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://www.adn.com/opinions/2017/02/27/how-some-anchorage-neighbors-redeemed-the-citys- racist-past/. Ford, A., 2017, ‘Redlining in Fairview’, Anchorage Press, 23 February, 2017, viewed 30 January 2019, from https://www.anchoragepress.com/news/redlininginfairview/article_cb0037a0-f9a7-11e6- b9eb-5fef409ab819.html. https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/09/07/hundreds-gather-in-anchorage-over-holiday-to-commemorate-march-on-washington-anniversary/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/09/07/anchorage-labor-day-rally-urging-racial-equality-draws-hundreds-of-supporters/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/06/25/mayor-berkowitz-to-have-native-village-of-eklutna-decide-what-to-do-with-downtown-captain-cook-statue/ www.smallchurchmusic.com/Song_Display-New.php?SID=2644

    19 min

  3. 12/29/2025

    HELP! WE NEED YOUR POSITIVE VISION OF THE FUTURE IN ANCHORAGE

    We want to hear your positive vision of the future. During this season, we are gathering your optimistic imaginings of Anchorage’s future. To share your vision, simply record a voice memo on your phone and email the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. In the Subject line type, “North to the Future – My Vision.” Once again, send your positive vision for Anchorage’s future to anchorageutc@gmail.com and put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.” #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

    2 min

  4. 12/25/2025

    BTS 38: All I Want For Christmas Is A Headlock: An Anchorage Holiday Story from 1916

    We are reaching back into history to a very early Christmas in Anchorage to talk about wrestling. Yep, you read that right, wrestling. In the early days of Anchorage, wrestling was extremely popular, and it didn’t even stop for Christmas.   We want to hear your positive vision of the future! Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Theme Music for this Episode: Sleigh Ride Party, Jingle Bells [1898] by Edison Male Quartette is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.     Resources Used To Make This Episode:   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F886801FADD3B1%402421137-16F8842D266007FC%404-16F8842D266007FC%40?search_terms=Christmas&text=Christmas&content_added=&date_from=1916&date_to=1916&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&pdate=1916-09-30   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F88707D23B702A%402421210-16F718AB969D0A0B%409-16F718AB969D0A0B%40?search_terms=wrestling&text=wrestling&content_added=&date_from=1916&date_to=1916&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=new&page=1&pdate=1916-12-12   https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/12/27/a-legendary-1989-wwf-match-in-anchorage-is-one-of-the-last-holy-grails-in-pro-wrestling/   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F886626C19B013%402421169-16F7189E80052E86%403-16F7189E80052E86%40?search_terms=Wrestling&text=Wrestling&content_added=&date_from=1916&date_to=1917&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1916-11-01   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F88663085D240F%402421170-16F7189ED8F5F929%405-16F7189ED8F5F929%40?search_terms=Wrestling&text=Wrestling&content_added=&date_from=1916&date_to=1917&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1916-11-02   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F886637B5D0206%402421171-16F7189F2F4E2069%400-16F7189F2F4E2069%40?search_terms=Wrestling&text=Wrestling&content_added=&date_from=1916&date_to=1917&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=3&pdate=1916-11-03 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https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F8869BD20084A0%402421200-16F718A8B431FCD8%4011-16F718A8B431FCD8%40?search_terms=%22Young%2BViking%22&text=%22Young%20Viking%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=1&pdate=1916-12-02   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F8871B7064561C%402421216-16F883CCA26D9588%407-16F883CCA26D9588%40?search_terms=%22Young%2BViking%22&text=%22Young%20Viking%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=3&pdate=1916-12-18   https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F88705411688C0%402421205-16F8835CD577F7A0%4011-16F8835CD577F7A0%40?search_terms=%22Young%2BViking%22&text=%22Young%20Viking%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1916-12-07   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    35 min

  5. 12/22/2025

    S5: E7 – North To The Future: Alaska Version 3 w/ Kitty Farnham and Ky Holland

    This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. In this episode, I talk with Kitty Farnham and Ky Holland about Alaska Version 3. AKV3, like this season of the podcast, is imagining the future of Alaska.   We want to hear your positive vision of the future! Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”   www.akv3.com  www.facebook.com/AlaskaV3 www.facebook.com/RepKyHolland https://kyholland.com   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used To Make This Episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_the_North https://www.adn.com/arts/article/sculpture-personifies-worlds-watchman/2010/04/26/ https://www.adn.com/alaska-beat/article/anchorage-welcomes-massive-new-sculpture/2010/04/26/

    52 min

  6. 12/15/2025

    S5: E6 – North To The Future: Wellness w/ Alisa Marie Selvaggio & Jay Butler

    This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. In this episode, I talk with Alisa Marie Selvaggio & Jay Butler about their positive visions for wellness in Anchorage.   We want to hear your positive vision of the future! Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”   https://www.burnbloom.com https://www.facebook.com/burnbloom @burn.bloom   https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-health/index.cshtml   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used To Make This Episode: https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/02/02/the-spa-unified-a-generation-of-anchoragites-heres-what-happened-to-it/ https://www.adn.com/sports/running/2018/09/11/50-years-later-tuesday-night-is-still-the-time-to-run-in-anchorage/#:~:text=The%20original%20series%20was%20part,in%20crazy%20colors%20at%20another https://alaskasportshall.org/programs/healthy-futures/

    59 min

  7. 12/08/2025

    S5: E5 – North To The Future: The Economy w/ Yereth Rosen

    This season, we are considering the Alaska State Motto – “North to the Future” as a model for a positive imagining of Anchorage’s future. In this episode, I talk with Yereth Rosen about her positive vision for Anchorage’s economy.   We want to hear your positive vision of the future! Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”   https://alaskabeacon.com https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaBeacon https://bsky.app/profile/yjrosen.bsky.social   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC   Resources Used To Make This Episode: https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/Communications/Alaska_Railroad_Historic_Timeline_or.pdf https://www.anchoragechamber.org/about-us/ https://labor.alaska.gov/trends/trendspdf/dec99.pdf https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/09/06/a-1944-contest-asked-the-question-whats-wrong-with-anchorage-this-was-the-winning-response/ https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16C00FD5BB54D70B%402446851-16C00DA348DE96F2%4018-16C00DA348DE96F2%40?search_terms=%22anchorage%27s%2Beconomic%2Bfuture%22&text=%22anchorage%27s%20economic%20future%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&pdate=1987-02-24 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F772045A8D46F3%402435893-16F6716D5B20056F%404-16F6716D5B20056F%40?search_terms=Scandinavian%2BAirlines%2BSystem&text=Scandinavian%20Airlines%20System%20&content_added=&date_from=1957&date_to=1957&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&pdate=1957-02-23 https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:14454275A04DAA79@NGPA-AKADN-16F7722BE3EAB32E@2435865-16F6716674D83203@7?pdate=1957-01-26 https://dot.alaska.gov/anc/passengers-about.shtml

    43 min

  8. 12/01/2025

    North To The Future: Taking A Break...Your Vision of the Future

    We are taking a break this week from Season 5: “North to the Future,” but it’s an excellent time for you to consider your dream for Anchorage’s future. We want to hear your positive vision of the future! Record a voice memo on your phone of your positive vision for Anchorage’s future and send the audio file to anchorageutc@gmail.com. Please put in the subject line of your email “North to the Future – My Vision.”   #anchoredcity https://anchorageutc.org https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC @AnchorageUTC

    2 min
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The AnchorED City Podcast is connecting with Anchorage’s soul through her history, stories, and people.

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    The Anchorage Urban Training Collaborative
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
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