Active Voice: Writers Respond Podcast
1) Eowyn Ivey, Author, "Black Woods, Blue Sky"
Our latest episode was recorded with the keynote speaker for the 2025 Northwords writers conference in Skagway, Alaska. Pulitzer prize nominee Eowyn Ivey talks with guest host Summer Christiansen abo...Show More
2) Shauna Potocky, Poet, "Sea Smoke, Spindrift and Other Spells"
Shauna Potocky is a poet and painter who spent a decade as park ranger in Yosemite National Park. She is now a devoted resident of the community of Seward, Alaska. Along with the Kenai Peninsula, it i...Show More
3) Josh Fortenbery, Writer-Musician, "No Such Thing as Forever"
Katie’s guest Josh Fortenbery plays live tracks and reflects on the writing and music of his debut album. Southeast Alaska grown and produced, No Such Thing as Forever is getting strong reviews in Ame...Show More
4) Kate Troll-All in Due Time
Katie's guest for this episode is Kate Troll, author of a memoir with an unusual focus. It chronicles, as she entered her seventies, the discovery of two siblings Kate never knew existed. And how thes...Show More
5) Lucian Childs, Author, "Dreaming Home"
In this episode, we focus on Dreaming Home, a powerful collection of six linked short stories on the outing of a gay teenager by his younger sister, his father’s violent reaction and how that trauma r...Show More
6) Annie Bartholomew, Writer-Musician, "Sisters of White Chapel"
In her debut album Sisters of White Chapel, Alaskan writer and musician Annie Bartholomew brings a fresh approach to traditional folk music, channeling the under told stories of working women of Alask...Show More
7) Beth Ann Mathews, Author, "Deep Waters"
Beth Ann Mathews, her husband Jim and nine year old son Glen were living a full and vibrant life in Alaska’s capital Juneau, which, as she describes lies, “between the ocean and a retreating glacier, ...Show More
8) Melinda Moustakis, Author, "Homestead"
The first 49 writers Active Voice LIVE podcast, with author Melinda Moustakis on her debut novel, "Homestead." In this episode, we go back in time, to the last years before Alaska became a state, and...Show More
9) Tommy Orange, Author, "There, There"
Tommy Orange on his commended debut novel "There, There", which tells the intertwining stories of Native Americans en route to a pow wow in Orange's hometown of Oakland, California. He discusses what ...Show More
10) Linnea Lentfer, Author, "Hold the Tide"
Linnea Lentfer discusses and reads passages from her debut novel. "Hold the Tide" is told by a young girl raised like the Lentfer, hunting deer and gathering berries in remote and wild Southeast Alask...Show More