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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.
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Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie shares about her visit this summer to Snug Harbor Outpost at Lake Clark National Park and the Porter Family share their stories of growing up here and building a place for visitors to come for authentic Alaska adventures, incredible food and unique bear viewing. Join the Alaska Uncovered Planning Club on Patreon Snug Harbor Outpost Get on my Alaska Insider Newsletter email ...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie shares three reflections from the 2025 summer Alaska season as well as a behind the scenes conversation with the Riverboat Discovery and an around the dinner table conversation with Alaskans about their favorite Alaska foods. Join the Alaska Uncovered Planning Club on Patreon Get on my Alaska Insider Newsletter email list Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itinerar...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 it out. Join the Alaska Uncovered Planning Club on Patreon Get on my Alaska Insider Newsletter email list Shop all Alaska Travel planners an...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Book Greatland Adventures northern lights tours in Anchorage and Fairbanks (use code alaskauncovered10 to save 10%) Join the Alaska Uncovered Planning Club! Get on Jennie's Alaska Insider Newsletter email ...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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! Get on my Alaska Insider Newsletter email list Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Book a planning session with Jennie Have Jennie plan your trip for you Follow Jennie on Instagram Mu...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 Club on Patreon Get on my Alaska Insider Newsletter email list Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Book a planning session with Jennie Have Jennie plan your trip...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 time to spend there than just a day on a cruise ship, though you’ll get plenty of ideas for that too. Travel Juneau Alaska 2025 Stickers Sho...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Kodiak Brown Bear Center Alutiiq Museum Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram ...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Support Alaska Uncovered on Patreon as a free or paid subscriber Book a trip planning session with Jennie Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Inst...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries (and 2025 Alaska stickers!) Follow Jennie on Instagram Music cred...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patreon as a free or paid subscriber Music credits: Largo Montebello, by Domenico M...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Cindee joins Jennie to talk about deeply connecting with nature through breathe work and slowing down in Juneau Breathe Alaska (save 10% with the code podcast Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patreon as a free or paid subscriber Music credits: Largo Montebello, by Dom...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Colleen Stephens and Faith Harris join Jennie to share their love of Valdez and all the wonderful things to do there Stan Stephens Cruises (use the code akuncovered to save 10% on your tour) Discover Valdez Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patreon as a free or paid subscriber...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 Alutiiq Museum Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patreon as a free or paid subscriber Support the show
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Support us on Patreon for access to the full episode Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries (and 2025 Alaska stickers!) Follow Jennie on Instagram Music credits:&nbs...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 (Carl’s photography tours) Arctic Light Images (Carl’s photography) Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patr...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Juneau Charters (Grant’s fishing company) Juneau Food Tours Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Unc...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. InsureMyTrip (Travel Insurance) Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patreon as a free or paid subscriber ...
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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 Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries (and 2025 Alaska stickers!) Follow Jennie on Instagram Music credits: Largo Montebello, by Domenico Mannelli, CC. Support the show
Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) 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. Salmonberry Tours Alaska 2025 Stickers Shop all Alaska Travel planners and premade itineraries Follow Jennie on Instagram Support Alaska Uncovered on Patr...
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