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Alaska Teen Media Institute

Alaska Teen Media Institute

The mission of the Alaska Teen Media Institute is to provide teens with the tools and training needed to produce stories and with the opportunity for their stories - told in their own voices - to be shared through a variety of media. ATMI believes the teen perspective is valuable and under-represented. The Alaska Teen Media Institute is a program under the umbrella of Spirit of Youth, 501 (c)(3).

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01:09:29

Musician Bethlehem Shalom | Zoom Room #43

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2024/01/19

Bethlehem Shalom is an artist of many talents: music, fashion, drawing, photography. In 2022 she was an artist-in-residence at the Anchorage Museum, showcasing her eclectic clothing design. This year, she is opening for the band Medium Build at the Bear Tooth Theater on January 26th. It’s part of a series of three shows by Medium Build, all of which sold out in days. Bethlehem stopped by the ATMI studio to speak with producer Madison Dooley about her art, and play a few songs. She talked about

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43:26

”Quantum Cowboys” Director Geoff Marslett | Film Club...

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2024/01/11

Quantum Cowboys tells the story of two hapless drifters in search of an elusive musician. The film utilizes a mix of live action and multiple styles of animation as the characters traverse the American west, as well as space and time. Its cast includes Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone, Kiowa Gordon, David Arquette, and Gary Farmer. It was co-written and directed by our guest, Geoff Marslett. This isn’t Geoff’s first rodeo with ATMI. He moderated the Q&A for our youth film screening After

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46:13

The Boy and the Heron | Film Club #37

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2024/01/04

In 2013, animator and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki released the film “The Wind Rises” then announced his retirement. This was not the first time he publicly retired, and it wouldn’t be his last. This winter, Miyazaki, who is now 82 years old, has released a new film called “The Boy and The Heron.” It follows Mahito, a young boy who moves to the countryside with his father and new stepmother, after the death of his mom during World War II. When Mahito encounters a gray heron that taunts

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01:02:22

Filmmakers Jiin and Bright Chang on ”Stranger” | Film...

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/12/28

In November 2023, siblings Jiin and Bright Chang launched a crowdfunding campaign for a feature film to be shot in Alaska. This spring, they plan to shoot “Stranger.” Jinn is the writer and director of the movie. Bright serves as its producer. Stranger tells the story of a runaway man returning to Alaska to visit his ailing mother. When he gets entangled with the homeless community, he discovers a long-buried family secret that threatens to upend his entire life. ATMI producer Jordan Kehl sat down

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57:36

The Endemic of Podcast in Place

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/11/22

On April 3, 2020 we released the first episode of Podcast in Place: Youth Stories From Quarantine, our series on life in Alaska during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years and 70 episodes later, the global health pandemic was declared over by the World Health Organization on May 11, 2023. So now it's time for Podcast in Place to also come to an end. In this final episode, we take a look back on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected life in Alaska; the healthcare system (7:48), school (17:49), mental

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01:14:33

Singer/Songwriter Ashley Young | Zoom Room #42

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/10/31

Ashley Young is a singer songwriter originally from Yakutat, now based in Anchorage. In the spring she toured with the band Medium Build. Earlier this fall, she went on a tour in the Pacific Northwest with fellow musicians Husse and Zane Penny. Ashley stopped by the ATMI studio to sit down with producer Roey McCowan. In their extended conversation, she talks about the role her Indigeneity plays in her music, shares stories from the road, and much more. Hosted by AJ Yambao. Music by Kendrick

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29:52

Forever Chemicals | Zoom Room #41

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/10/23

In this episode we’re taking a look at how pollutants in drinking water are affecting the health and wellbeing of communities in Alaska. And how these chemicals can stay in a person’s body… forever. ATMI senior reporter Chloe Chaobal began her reporting in 2021 after being awarded a youth mini grant from the Alaska Conservation Foundation. The Youth Mini-Grant program aims to support youth-led projects that address conservation issues in Alaska. Chloe sought this funding after developing an

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22:08

Gruening Middle School and the Earthquake of 2018 |...

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/09/26

On November 30th, 2018, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Anchorage in South Central Alaska. There were numerous property damages were reported, including Gruening Middle School in Eagle River. That morning, when ATMI senior producer Daisy Carter was ducking under a desk, she thought of Gruening, where she had attended middle school. She worried that it wasn't able to sustain such a massive earthquake. And to some degree, she was right. In this episode Daisy explores how the 2018 earthquake affected

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32:41

Zane Penny On His Debut Album | Zoom Room #39

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/09/07

Zane Penny became a youth producer for ATMI way back in 2019, when he was taking the audio and video production class at King Technical High School. He applied his skills to various video, radio, and podcast projects with ATMI throughout the years, including screening short films he’d directed to our annual youth film showcase. But in 2020, Zane took up a new passion: music. Now he’s released his debut, full length album of music, titled New Skin. Prior to the release of New Skin, Zane stopped by

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01:14:55

Medium Build | Zoom Room #38

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/08/23

Nick Carpenter has been making music in Alaska under the name Medium Build since 2016. Drawing inspiration from 80s country music and 90s RnB, Medium Build’s songs convey intimate stories drawn from Carpenter’s personal experiences. Earlier this summer, Medium Build signed a major label contract with Islands Records. This fall they head out on tour in the lower 48, then it’s off to Europe. ATMI producer Maria Koop sat down with Carpenter in our studio for an extended conversation about his music

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01:31:09

Barbenheimer | Film Club #35

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/08/14

In this special episode we have a double feature: Barbie and Oppenheimer, also known collectively as Barbenheimer. Since it was announced that Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Mattel movie would be released on the same day, a hype began to build. The memes were endless. People made posters combining the two movies. Fans wore all pink to screenings of Barbie, or all black for Oppenheimer. Some vice versa. Both movies made a killing at the box office. Barbie even

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37:30

Asteroid City | Film Club #34

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/08/03

For this episode we’re talking about Asteroid City, the new film from director Wes Anderson. The story takes place in the 1950’s at a junior stargazing event in the desert. But after an extraterrestrial encounter disrupts an evening festivity, the characters are left to wonder what it all means. It’s also a play within a television show. But it’s a movie. It’s hard to explain. Our ATMI film critics sat down to talk about the movie’s puzzling messages, the stacked A-list cast, visual motifs standard

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01:02:19

Youth Filmmaker Roundtable | Film Club #33

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/07/24

We’re doing something a bit different with this episode. Rather than dish on the latest hit movie, we’re turning the mic over to our own aspiring filmmakers. ATMI producers Kendrick Whiteman, Daisy Carter, Logan Tyler Smith, and AJ Yambao all sat down to talk about their experiences making and studying films, some of the lessons they’ve learned along the way, the impact they hope their work will have, and much more. Hosted by Ormund Alaois. Music by Kendrick Whiteman. Alaska Teen Media Institute is

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57:30

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse | Film Club #32

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/07/10

For this episode, we’re talking about the new animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. A sequel to the 2018 chapter Into The Spider-Verse, it picks back up with our hero Miles Morales as he tries to balance life in high school, the expectations of his parents, and his responsibilities being your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. But when fellow Spider-person Gwen Stacy crosses the multiverse to pay him a visit, Miles is thrust into another adventure that takes him out of his dimension and

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37:49

Dr. Anne Zink on the Endemic Phase of Covid | Podcast...

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/06/27

It’s official, folks! The Covid-19 pandemic is over. On May 5th the W.H.O declared an end to the global health emergency. The virus is now in its endemic phase. But that’s not exactly as final as it sounds. Alaska's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink dropped by our studio to chat with ATMI producer Roey McCowan about what Covid’s endemic phase means and what life we look like now that the pandemic emergency declarations are over. They spoke on April 25th, 2023, before the W.H.O. ended the global

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55:41

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Film Club #31

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/06/16

We’re back in the MCU for this episode, talking about Volume 3 of the Guardians of the Galaxy series. The movie focuses on the backstory of Rocket Racoon, after his creator, The High Evolutionary, reimurges to take him back. This sets the Guardians on a new adventure to save not only the galaxy again, but to protect the found family they’ve worked so hard to forge. Our ATMI producers got together in the studio to talk about Guardians 3, its impact on the state of superhero movies, the dropping of

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49:39

What Happened To Contact Tracing with Annie...

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/06/06

In November 2020, we interviewed Annie Thomas-Landrum about her work as the project manager for the UAA Surge Contact Tracing Team. At the time, before vaccines were widely available, contact tracing was a vital tool in slowing the spread of Covid-19. But as time went on, vaccines became available and new variants caused case counts to skyrocket, we heard less and less about contact tracing. So in this episode, ATMI producer Edison Wallace-Moyer speaks with Annie again. She and her contact tracing

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55:01

Vintage Alaska Commercials with Historian David...

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/05/25

In this episode we’re looking back on an aspect of Alaska’s history that isn’t often revisited, but lives on in the hearts of many who grew up here: TV commercials. David Reamer normally spends his time writing a weekly column in the Anchorage Daily News about the history of Alaska. He also co-authored the book “Black Lives in Alaska: A History of African-Americans in the Far Northwest.” But recently, he’s been spending his free time finding and compiling old, local commercials from across the

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50:46

Voice Actor Kira Buckland | Zoom Room #36

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/05/09

Kira Buckland is a voice actor whose work mainly includes characters in English dubbed Japanese anime, cartoons, and video games. She has over 300 voice credits including the anime television series Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and role-playing video game Genshin Impact. Born and raised in Alaska, Buckland studied Japanese at UAA. When she was a student at West High School she founded Senshi-Con, an annual anime convention in Anchorage that still happens every year. On top of all that, she also

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30:15

My Neighbor Totoro | Film Club #30

Alaska Teen Media Institute ·

2023/05/01

Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation company responsible for some of the most renowned and beloved animated films of all time. Founded in 1985, it has produced hand-drawn animated classics like “Spirited Away,” “Princess Mononoke,” “Grave of the Fireflies,” and many more. This year, many of the films from the studio’s co-founder Hayao Miyasaki are getting a theatrical re-release in the U.S. So we thought we would revisit his works as they are coming back to the big screen. Miyazaki’s first film

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