That's right, we are going to be on the radio.
Years ago shortly after I built the cabin at the East Pole,
while I was away for a while I learned a radio station had begun broadcasting
from the town closest to the cabin. When I returned that March, I got the radio
going and found the station, then listened too it while I did those things you
need to do when you first start activating a cabin after you've been gone for a
while.
Now and then I caught what was on the radio. It was a radio reader program where
someone reads a book in segments daily. Occasionally I heard a familiar phrase
or word but I never really focused on them. After maybe an hour I took a
break, opened a beer and sat down and then listened more closely. That's when I
realized why some of those snippets had sounded so familiar. It was the time of
year the Iditarod race was running and the guy on the radio was reading MY
book. Holy author, Batman. What a treat. I knew I was home. It has remained a
high point in my life.
Now I am going to be on the air at the very same station. I
will be on March 4 with Joe May, who won the race in 1980 and is a grand story
teller, and Raine Hall who has worked with the Iditarod since Day 1 and was a
guiding force behind our new book Iditarod – The First Ten years. Joe won the race in 1980 and wrote several articles in the book including a classic history on the evolution of the dogs, so the show should be quite entertaining.
And here's the best part. It will be live-streamed. The
station is KTNA a public radio station in Talkeetna, Alaska, and the show is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. March 4. That's 2 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Central and 11 a.m. West Coast. Here is the link to the live stream. So no matter where you are you cannot escape (unless you
want to).
After the show we will be over at the Talkeetna library where
we can chat and sign books.
I will put up a reminder again the day before the show.
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