Communication
2026 Radio Series – Episode 1: Family
“I think about all of the opportunities that I’ve had to interact with science from an early age, and the ability that we’ve had to give that opportunity to other people, but also the fact that this is a very, very unique opportunity that I’ve been given, and I’m really grateful for it.” -Merridy Littell
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“To facilitate that space, you then see how people leave in a really good mood after having connected with a person.”
Read MoreTracking bear dens with dogs and drones
” It’s a working dog that’s here to help keep you safe. And no one wants to pet your drone, you know? But they might want to pet your dog.” -Nils Pedersen
Read MoreNavigating the last mile to deliver research results
“I think it’s something that you and I have in common—loving to do science but really wanting to see it connect with the people who need it.”
-Nancy Fresco
Alaska Voices Season 2 Coming Soon
The second season of Alaska Voices will be released December 1st with new episodes every Monday. Listen for your weekly dose of Alaskan lore, place-based knowledge, science stories, and climate adaptation.
Read MoreAlaska Weather Voices – Episode 3: Successes
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman shares key career accomplishments, and several collaborators weigh in on what makes Rick such a trusted source of climate information in Alaska. The episode includes conservations with Gay Sheffield (University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bering Strait Sea Grant Agent), Diana Haecker (Nome Nugget, editor), Ed Plumb (National Weather Service, marine and coastal flood program manager), and Uma Bhatt (University of Alaska Fairbanks, professor of atmospheric sciences).
“There’s people with lots of questions. And people know for the weather and storms, everyone gets a service. You can pick up the paper, there’s Rick Thoman. Facebook, there he is. And we know that takes time.” – Gay Sheffield
Read MoreAlaska Weather Voices – Episode 2: Career
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman outlines the bulk of his career thus far, covering his time at the National Weather Service in Nome and Fairbanks as well as his transition to working for ACCAP in 2018. The episode delves in on defining moments that set the trajectory for his career and approach working with Alaska communications.
“Nome was my very first lesson in listening to what’s important to people as far as weather and climate impacts and the kinds of information that they need.” –Rick Thoman
Read MoreAlaska Weather Voices – Episode 1: Origins
This podcast miniseries focuses on the life and career of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)’s climate specialist, Rick Thoman. This podcast, hosted by Liz Carter, is made by ACCAP in partnership with Alaska Voices. In this episode Rick Thoman describes how he came to love weather, climate and Alaska. Starting in childhood, the episode follows Rick from elementary school projects on Alaska and tracking the weather in Pennsylvania to his first Alaska trip in 1986 that launched his weather and climate career.
“I’ve been interested in weather and climate from my earliest memories. As a child, probably late elementary school, junior high school age, every morning I would get up and I would look at the temperature on the thermometer that was outside my bedroom window. And I would write it down and I would plot it on a piece of graph paper.” – Rick Thoman
Read MoreAlaska Weather Voices Miniseries Starts Wednesday
This Wednesday weʼll release, the first episode of the 4-episode miniseries on Alaskaʼs beloved weather and climate communicator, Rick Thoman. Stay tuned for Rickʼs story and a new Alaska Voices season.
Read MoreTracking community coastal change
“I’ve seen an artistry come out of Alaska, it has changed, the way in which we’ve articulated in which our resources are important to us and how we’ve done that through art, and other type of expression, that makes me really hopeful.” – Davin Holen
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