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  • Episode 139: Deanna Barbarick - Alaska Pioneer and Pilot - Influence from a Legend
    Oct 22 2026

    Deanna Barbarick is your basic favorite aunt. She’s funny, patient, has a killer PB&J recipe and she’s had an engine failure that required her to land on a highway. You know, the usual. Join us for a conversation about stalls, spins and engagement rings.

    In this episode, Deanna talks about moving to Alaska, and her realization that she was going to be a pilot.

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    13 min
  • Episode 138: Mike Freeman - Vintage Alaska Highway and Beyond - Frostbite and a Sale
    Oct 15 2026

    This is referred to as a corner piece of the puzzle. We talk with Mike Freeman. He drove a ‘41 Ford up the Al-Can in 1961. Mike sold computers for IBM, helped grow an auto parts chain in far flung locations of Alaska and encouraged his son to try new things. By now you know his son, Phil, pretty well. After listening to Mike, you’ll understand him better.

    Mike regales one last story about frostbite and a sale.

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    7 min
  • Episode 137: Mike Freeman - Vintage Alaska Highway and Beyond - An Unconventional Way
    Oct 8 2026

    This is referred to as a corner piece of the puzzle. We talk with Mike Freeman. He drove a ‘41 Ford up the Al-Can in 1961. Mike sold computers for IBM, helped grow an auto parts chain in far flung locations of Alaska and encouraged his son to try new things. By now you know his son, Phil, pretty well. After listening to Mike, you’ll understand him better.

    In this episode, Mike talks about his unconventional business life in Alaska and the love of logistics.

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    12 min
  • Episode 136: Mike Freeman - Vintage Alaska Highway and Beyond - An Engine and a Prayer
    Oct 1 2026

    This is referred to as a corner piece of the puzzle. We talk with Mike Freeman. He drove a ‘41 Ford up the Al-Can in 1961. Mike sold computers for IBM, helped grow an auto parts chain in far flung locations of Alaska and encouraged his son to try new things. By now you know his son, Phil, pretty well. After listening to Mike, you’ll understand him better.

    In this episode, Mike talks of living and adventuring in Alaska, a close call, and doors opened by Rotary.

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    12 min
  • Episode 135: Mike Freeman - Vintage Alaska Highway and Beyond - Falling Upstairs in the Far North
    Sep 24 2026

    This is referred to as a corner piece of the puzzle. We talk with Mike Freeman. He drove a ‘41 Ford up the Al-Can in 1961. Mike sold computers for IBM, helped grow an auto parts chain in far flung locations of Alaska and encouraged his son to try new things. By now you know his son, Phil, pretty well. After listening to Mike, you’ll understand him better.

    In this episode, Mike talks of an unconventional father, a wide open start in Alaska and a memorable horse rental.

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    8 min
  • Episode 134: Mike Freeman - Vintage Alaska Highway and Beyond - Toad River Blues
    Sep 17 2026

    This is referred to as a corner piece of the puzzle. We talk with Mike Freeman. He drove a ‘41 Ford up the Al-Can in 1961. Mike sold computers for IBM, helped grow an auto parts chain in far flung locations of Alaska and encouraged his son to try new things. By now you know his son, Phil, pretty well. After listening to Mike, you’ll understand him better.

    In this episode, Mike talks about breaking down in the wilds of Canada in 1961, the logistics of moving to Alaska and a future unknown.

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    11 min
  • Episode 133: Mike Freeman - Vintage Alaska Highway and Beyond - A Call for the Road North
    Sep 10 2026

    This is referred to as a corner piece of the puzzle. We talk with Mike Freeman. He drove a ‘41 Ford up the Al-Can in 1961. Mike sold computers for IBM, helped grow an auto parts chain in far flung locations of Alaska and encouraged his son to try new things. By now you know his son, Phil, pretty well. After listening to Mike, you’ll understand him better.

    In this Episode, Mike talks about a phone call from his father that changed his life forever in the Last Frontier.

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    10 min
  • Episode 132: Mereidi Liebner - Alaska Boat Captain - The World by Boat
    Sep 3 2026

    Meet Mereidi Liebner. Born in a tiny village on Kodiak Island and raised on the Kenai Peninsula, she started working on boats as a young girl. Liebner worked her way up to bigger boats and longer voyages. Join us for a rollicking conversation across the Seven Seas.

    Mereidi regales us about the places she has been around the world by boat, from tugs to z drives, from north and south.

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    11 min