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Gold Nugget Saturdays feature interview nuggets from the past. Like this interview with filmmaker, Bill Bacon, who worked for Walt Disney for 20 years as a nature/wildlife filmmaker. Millions of kids grew up on Bill's films. In 2011, filmmaker, Bill Bacon, joined us to share stories about Disney and coming to Alaska! Also, Steve Rychetnik from SprocketHeads joined us!
It's Gold Nugget Saturday, where we dig out a gold nugget interview from a past Big Alaska Show.
This interview features Bill Bacon, a filmmaker who worked for Walt Disney 20 years before Walt sent Bill to Alaska when it became a state. Bill specialized in wildlife films where millions saw them.
Then Steve Rychetnik, co-owner of Sprocketheads a film production company, joins me to reflect on Bill's film legacy.
There's pure gold in this podcast!
Alaska's Beloved Balladeer, Hobo Jim, passed away last October. But his legacy is forever etched in the Iditarod through his music and his The Iditarod Trail Song, referred to as the Iditarod Anthem. Today's show features broadcast friends Terry Burge, Eddie Parker (Eddie P) and Steve Rychetnik who share Hobo Jim Iditarod memories and reminders why Hobo Jim will be forever in our hearts!
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Close Calls with Mike Ferris
Our Deadliest Catch Myth Buster, Mike Ferris, is back to share another CLOSE CALL and the true reality show of commercial fishing in Alaska!
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It means something extra when Kim Carlson has attendst he annual Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK, as she has done for ten years—raising tens of thousands of dollars. She has dedicated her jumps, first to her mother, who was lost to cancer, and subsequently to other victims and their families.
It was a packed house and a packed show of fun! Alaskans and Texans- in the same room! Only on the Big Alaska Show can such a combination co-exist in the same room.
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