Alaska Uncovered Podcast
Welcome to the Alaska Uncovered Podcast with your host, Jennie Thwing Flaming. Jennie brings you accurate, helpful and entertaining information about Alaska Travel and Life in Alaska. Guests include Alaska travel experts and Alaska business owners, guides and interesting Alaskans. Jennie is a born and raised Seattleite, a former Alaskan and spends several weeks in Alaska each year. She’s an experienced guide and the Founder of the Alaska and Washington travel website, Top Left Adventures. Jennie is joined by occasional co-host, Jay Flaming, her husband for more than 20 years. Jennie and Jay met working in tourism in Skagway, Alaska and also lived in Juneau and Fairbanks together. Jay lived in Fairbanks for 8 years before meeting Jennie in Skagway and grew up in Yellowstone National Park.
Episodes
140 episodes
Best Glacier Experiences in Alaska
Jennie and Jay talk about all the many ways to experience glaciers in Alaska and how to figure out which glacier experience is right for you - hiking? Driving? helicopter? fixed wing plane? boat? Glacier paddleboarding?? We'll help you figure i...
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Episode 140
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37:22
Northern lights chasing demystified with Steve Busby
Aurora expert and guide Steve Busby returns to the podcast for a conversation with Jennie about the northern lights and myths and realities for aurora chasing in Alaska.
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1:04:37
Gold mining as a teenager in the 1970s in Nome with Mike Martinson (Alaska Stories Series)
Jennie’s colleague Mike Martinson joins Jennie to share about his teenage and young adult years gold mining in Nome.Join the Alaska Uncovered Planning Club!
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39:58
Introducing the Alaska Uncovered Planning Club!
Jennie shares an exciting announcement about the new Alaska Uncovered Planning Club and no more paywalled episodes in the main feed at the end of the month.Join the Alaska Uncovered Planning...
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Episode 137
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11:31
Exploring Juneau on your own - no cruise ship required - with Kristi Switzer and Liz Perry
Long time Juneau residents Kristi Switzer and Liz Perry join Jennie to share their favorite things to do in Juneau and why it makes the perfect base camp for Alaskan adventure. We also talk about all the things you can do if you have more ti...
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Episode 136
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46:15
Kodiak’s Brown Bears with Stacey Simmons
Stacey Simmons from Koniag and the Kodiak Brown Bear Center joins Jennie to share about visiting the Kodiak Brown Bear Center to see stunning Brown Bears away from it all. She also shares her favorite things to do in Kodiak. ...
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Episode 135
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58:18
Andy and Chris’s 10th Anniversary Alaska Cruisetour (Traveler Stories Series)
Andy and Chris sit down with Jennie to talk about their decision to do an Alaska Cruisetour for their 10th anniversary and their favorite parts as how they handled concerns about crowds.
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52:46
Jay's Three Seasons as an Archaeologist in Gates of the Arctic National Park (Teaser July Patreon Subscriber Episode)
Jennie and Jay discuss if visiting Alaska’s Arctic is “worth it” and what to expect. Jay also shares about the archaelogy project he worked on for three seasons in Gates of the Arctic National Park.
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Episode 133
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18:18
There's no place like Nome
Shauntel Bruner-Alvanna from Nome joins Jennie to share about what makes Nome special and the unique things you can do in different seasons.Visit Nome...
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Episode 132
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38:38
Breathing Deeply and Experiencing Nature in Juneau with Cindee Brown-Mills
Cindee joins Jennie to talk about deeply connecting with nature through breathe work and slowing down in JuneauBreathe Alaska (save 10% with the code podcast<...
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Episode 131
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29:46
Exploring Valdez with Colleen Stephens and Faith Harris
Colleen Stephens and Faith Harris join Jennie to share their love of Valdez and all the wonderful things to do thereStan Stephens Cruises (use the code akuncovere...
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Episode 130
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41:24
Jennie's trip to Kodiak Island
Jennie shares about her recent trip to Kodiak and how to decide if adding Kodiak to your itinerary is right for you.Sign up for Jennie's Alaska Insider Email newsletter<...
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Episode 129
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19:29
Where can you wing it in Alaska? (Teaser June Patreon Subscriber Episode)
Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question about arrival in Alaska and then talk about places and circumstances where you can visit Alaska without a plan, or only one plan, or last minute.
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Episode 128
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7:34
Elevating your Alaska Photos with Photographer Carl Johnson
Long time Alaskan photographer Carl Johnson joins Jennie to share his decades of wisdom about capturing incredible photos on your trip to Alaska. Alaska Photo Treks
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Episode 127
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45:08
Fishing and Fish Stories from Juneau with Grant Moore
Juneau Fishing Guide and lifelong Alaskan Grant Moore joins Jennie to share his insights about fishing in Alaska, the time he had Gordon Ramsey on his fishing boat, and plenty of fish stories.
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Episode 126
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49:31
An Alaska National Parks Trip with Sonja Jackson (Alaska Traveler Series)
Sonja joins Jennie for another episode in our Alaska Stories Series - this time visiting Alaska’s National Parks and why she decided to skip two and how she felt about it.
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Episode 125
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38:53
Best Alaska Roadside Kitsch (Teaser May Patreon Subscriber Episode)
Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question about the weather then discuss their favorite Alaska Roadside Kitsch.Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode
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Episode 124
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6:04
Local Experience between Anchorage and Whittier or Seward with Mandy Garcia from Salmonberry Tours
Mandy from Salmonberry Tours joins Jennie to talk about the logistics of getting from Whittier or Seward to the Anchorage airport before or after a cruise and how to have an intimate local experience along the way.
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Episode 123
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48:47
Golden Circle Road trip loop from Whitehorse to Skagway, Haines and Kluane National Park with Rebecca Hylton and Viktoria Mühlbauer
Rebecca and Viktoria join Jennie to share about one of the least known and most incredible road trips in the North - the Golden Circle loop between the Yukon and Alaska including logistics, where to stop and where to eat.
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Episode 122
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1:01:28
From Brazil to Talkeetna chasing the Aurora with Dora Redman (Alaska Stories Series)
Northern Lights photographer Dora Redman, also known as Aurora Dora, joins Jennie to share her story of moving from Brazil to Talkeetna as a young woman, adjusting to remote cold wilderness from the urban tropics and becoming a professional ...
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Episode 121
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59:53
Why Can’t You Drive to Alaska’s State Capital - Juneau? (Teaser April Patreon Subscriber Episode)
Jennie and Jay discuss a listener question and then discuss how Juneau became Alaska’s State Capital and why you can’t drive there.Support us on Patreon for access to the full e...
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Episode 120
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12:40
Traveler Stories Series: Al and Carla Visit Every Alaska (and US) National Park
Jennie interviews Al about his and Carla's quest to visit all the US National Parks, including their three trips to visit all 8 Alaska National Parks
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Episode 119
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57:57
What will Visiting Alaska's National Parks in 2025 be like?
Jennie shares what to expect while visiting Alaska's National Parks and other federal lands in 2025 along with her editorial approach for
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Episode 118
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18:16
How to Visit All 8 Alaska National Parks
Jennie shares her advice for travelers on a parks quest hoping to visit all 8 of Alaska's National Parks based on her experience as a traveler, guide and planning custom itineraries for many clients on a quest to visit all the national parks.
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Episode 117
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25:00
Happy (Alaska) National Parks Week!
Jennie and Jay kick off a week of celebrating Alaska's National Parks and public lands with Jay sharing his experience growing up in the National Park Service and working in Alaska's National Parks and both share their advice about visiting the...
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Episode 116
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