The Denali Press Podcast

What's it like to participate in Alaska's homestead lottery?

In this Earth Day homage, Tanyo Ravicz offers a paean to nature and to Alaska.

What the hunt for a new weapon tells us about life on Alaska's Kodiak Island.

There is no separating the ecology of bears in Alaska from the reality of guns.

A look at some of the non-lethal means of ensuring things don't go badly in bear country.

Is it possible to trap a ghost? In this prizewinning Alaskan story, young Jed Hanson, mourning his late father at Christmastime, finds out.

How the author was charged by a Kodiak brown bear, and how a bagful of fish almost caused him a coronary.

In this episode, the author reads from a "lost chapter" of LAND OF BEAR AND EAGLE and considers the importance of radio technology in the Alaskan bush.

The inaugural episode of the Denali Press Podcast reveals how Tanyo Ravicz came to homestead on Kodiak Island in Alaska, the experience which inspired his new book of nonfiction, LAND OF BEAR & EAGLE: A HOME IN THE KODIAK WILDERNESS.