The End of The Road
Episode 1
GHOST TOWN: Tom Kizzia on cold mOuntain Path
November 3, 2021
In our first episode of Season Two we explore the Ghost Town decades of our Kennecott-McCarthy community in remote Alaska by way of an interview with author Tom Kizzia and his new book, Cold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska. We discuss ghost towns and what that means as a metaphor, not just about the past but about how we process the past. Along the way we explore the harrowing stories and thoughts of Jim Edwards as well as our community's relationship with the Ahtna people and culture that predate the arrival of white development, by millennia.
In this Episode
Tom Kizzia: Discusses the process of bringing this book into the world, and the deeper meaning behind the stories he highlights from our town.
Jon Erdman: Interviewer, Producer, and Wrangell Mountains Center Executive Director
Michelle McAfee: Co-host, script writer, audio editor/engineer
Peter Bradley: audio editor
Erin McKinstry: logistical support, coordination
David Jacobs-Strain: Audio Mastering
Tom Kizzia Podcast Preview
Special thanks to the Alaska State Council on the Arts for their generous grant, making Season Two of this podcast possible!
Get your copy of
Cold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska (2021)
Published by Porphyry Press located in McCarthy, AK
Music Attribution
The Day Dawn by Jonathan Greer
https://www.neosounds.com/royalty-free-music/styles/folk License:https://www.thedaydawn_#License_85267-MTR-128016
Red Fern Grows by John Francis Jorgensen (BMI)/Publisher: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
https://www.neosounds.com/royalty-free-music/styles/folk
License: http://RedFernGrows_License_85268-MTR-128017.pdf
Folk Guitar Bed by Jonathan Greer (ASCAP), Adam Carney/Publisher: Pot of Earth (ASCAP)
https://www.neosounds.com/royalty-free-music/styles/folk
License: http://FolkGuitarBed_License_75153-MTR-111530.pdf