Ed Dodd and his wife purchased Classic Toys in 1998 from its original owners. It has been longstanding local business in the community that has seen generations of customers come through its doors. Normally the holiday shopping season would be its most profitable time of the year. But when you add in a pandemic and […]
Tonei Glavinic was a member of ATMI from 2006 to 2008. Currently they live in Mexico City. After a recent trip to Washington D.C., Tonei started to feel sick. They got tested and sure enough, they had contracted Covid-19. ATMI senior producer Sam Bernitz spoke with Tonei on November 24th, 2020, to hear about their […]
Danyelle Kimp is a music teacher at Russian Jack Elementary and this year he’s tasked with the difficult challenge of teaching young students virtually. ATMI senior producer Daisy Carter spoke with him about the challenges of online learning, dealing with the constantly changing plans to return to in-person classes, and the positive impacts music has […]
Our final radio show of 2020 features segments from recent episodes of our podcast series, a segment on the Third Coast International Audio Festival, and much more! Hosts: Quinn White and Cornilius Nelson News: Sam Bernitz Full Show Third Coast International Audio Festival by Cornilius Nelson ATMI senior producer Cornilius Nelson reflects on his trip […]
Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena’ina people whose land we work on. And in this episode we’re going to talk more about that. Melissa Shaginoff, who in addition to being an artist and curator, hosts land acknowledgment workshops for the YWCA Alaska. ATMI senior producer […]
Contact tracing is an essential part of combating the spread of Covid-19. Not only do contact tracers work to discover where a person infected with the coronavirus may have contracted it, they also attempt to inform others about possible infection. But there is a lot more to the complicated work that they do. In this […]
Youth 4 Change is an Anchorage-based organization that looks to address and minimize the oppression of Black, Indigenous, People of Color within the education system by uplifting youth voices. In this episode we’re going to hear from two of the group’s members, Stefani Martinez and Ruth Dan. They spoke with ATMI senior producer Cornilius Nelson […]
On November 8th, the Anchorage School District Superintendent announced that they would not be following through with a plan to bring pre-school through second grade and some special education programs back to in-person learning. This was at least the third time this year that ASD has had to reverse course in reopening schools, due to […]
November’s show includes segments from four of our recent podcast episodes, as well as ATMI producer Riley Taylor’s reflections on voting for the first time, and much more. [Hosts Daisy Carter and Quinn White recorded their portion of the episode on November 4th, the day after the election. Sam Bernitz recorded his news headlines on […]
Anchorage Youth Vote is a nonpartisan organization that works to empower youth to vote and be engaged in the democratic process. In a normal year they would be putting on mock elections, hosting candidate forums for state-wide races, and getting into the community to educate youth about the rights and responsibilities of living in a […]
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