Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA bear encounter that began with a "curious canter"
Season 7 Episode 2
When a bear starts running towards you, that's never a good thing. So began an uncomfortable standoff between three women on a backpacking trip and a…
3 years, 4 months ago
Protecting Whitehorse from catastrophic wildfire
Season 7 Episode 1
Recent years have seen devastating fires in Albert and B.C. The Whitehorse South Fuel Break is part of a plan to prevent a similar disaster in Whiteh…
3 years, 4 months ago
Hard rock minors: the story of Cows Go Moo
Season 6 Episode 6
Cows Go Moo might sound like child's play, but when they hit the stage it's anything but. While other Yukoners struggled to let off steam during the …
3 years, 5 months ago
When you live at the Arctic Circle and work in hurricane alley
Season 6 Episode 5
Cathy Brais lives at Eagle Plains, kilometre 370 of the Dempster Highway, just shy of the Arctic Circle. Her job as a highway foreperson often takes …
3 years, 5 months ago
It's Harlequin-romance hot up here
Season 6 Episode 4
Whitehorse journalist Haley Ritchie was curious why so many romance books are set in the North. What is it about the cold and dark that get the heart…
3 years, 6 months ago
Demystifying TikToker Sandwich Dad
Season 6 Episode 3
What does it take to make a good sandwich and a good video about making a good sandwiches? We ask Yukon-bred (pun intended) TikToker Jonathan Ostrand…
3 years, 6 months ago
The (river) breakup season
Season 6 Episode 2
Each spring, northern rivers go from solid ice to flowing water. In the best-case scenario this process goes smoothly, but if ice jams form there cou…
3 years, 7 months ago
A Chilkat robe is going home
Season 6 Episode 1
The homecoming of a beautifully woven 19th-century Chilkat robe is cause for celebration and consideration for the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in…
3 years, 7 months ago
She will bike (and push) 430 miles
Season 5 Episode 7
Spending 12 days alone in the wilderness in the depths of winter might seem crazy, but Jessie Gladish keeps going back for more. In previous years, s…
3 years, 8 months ago
The ice swimmers
Season 5 Episode 6
Cold therapy is all the rage right now. Karen meets up with Valerie, who "dips" regularly in a pool chopped out of lake ice, to get the lowdown on ho…
3 years, 8 months ago