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Twitch streamers raise $45K for Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, plus the sacrificial lamb to a Druski bit

I asked what I should write about in the newsletter this week on Instagram. I got a response (shoutout Brook!) that said, not a show but Maya and Adapt did their Not Geo here recently. The same day, Druski released a YouTube video that was filmed earlier this summer. No,

Diving deep into 'Hell's Kitchen,' and making moves in silence

Remember when I was on top of my grind and sending newsletters out every Sunday at 12 p.m. on the dot? I will get back to where I once was! This weekend, my parents took Etta for some Nana and Papa time, which freed up my Saturday for whatever

TLDW: 'Joe Pera Talks with You' and season 20 of 'Married at First Sight'

Joe Pera Talks with You was the first tv show that Dunk and I watched together. It was one of his favorite shows that was constantly quoted. When we got together, it had literally just been canceled (🍅🍅). Perfect egg bite and the violence is engrained in us became common quips

That time my friends were in a French-Canadian Burning Man documentary

There are times in life where you meet someone and you just click, like you've known one other for years. That's Amanda. We met through a mutual friend who set us up for a trade (shoutout Sophie!), where I bathe and groom her three hairless cats

I watched every season of when 'The Amazing Race' visited Alaska

The Amazing Race has been on since 2001, and five of the 38 seasons have had pitstops in Alaska: 1, 2, 9, 12 and 23. Just like Survivor, the cash prize for Amazing Race has always been $1 million, which is kind of a trip to me, cause a milly

The Sarah Palin x Kate Gosselin collab, and a new name has struck the r/tragedeigh sub

This is by far the latest newsletter I've sent out... sorry guys. Let's just say it's been a week. This morning, Ari and I recorded the first episode of our podcast, Too Long, Didn't Watch (TLDW). We still need to edit it,

Reminiscing on my former teacher in 'Double Rifle Adventures'

I received a letter in February that I had been named as a beneficiary in a former educator of mine’s will. He was a substitute teacher who began filling in for classes at the tail-end of elementary school. When I moved into middle/high school, he did too.

TLDW: 'Below Deck Mediterranean' and 'Married at First Sight'

I didn't realize until I began writing this month's TLDR that I completely spaced writing last month's! Sorry y'all. Season 11 of Below Deck Mediterranean has been one of my fave seasons yet. Aesha Scott (self-explanatory). A Below Deck baby. The

Plowing through 'Ice Road Truckers,' and The Coven watch party deets

We have a movie picked out for our watch party, folks. I watched The Odyssey this weekend, stumbled down a Christopher Nolan rabbit hole and discovered his third movie is set in Alaska. It's called Insomnia, and stars Robin Williams and Al Pacino. We'll be doing

'Alaska’s Wild Gourmet' makes me want to go foraging

I haven’t had the chance to do much foraging this year. I missed the window for fiddlehead ferns, but I have big dreams of turning my backyard into a forager’s paradise for EJ. I want to put rhubarb and raspberry bushes up along the fence, plant wildflowers in

Watching HGTV’s new show, ‘House Hunters: Grand Alaska’

I’m writing this week’s newsletter from Kasilof Beach, while watching my family dipnet. Since I was pregnant last year and probably would have floated out to sea, I didn't go. This year, it's because of my leg. It felt like an accident waiting to

A familiar face in 'Wild West Alaska,' plus a new AK-based HGTV show premieres this week

There was once a show about a gun shop in Anchorage that ran for four seasons. I'm honestly surprised it made it that long. Wild West Alaska premiered in 2013 on Animal Planet, and showed the everyday life of the staff who work at the shop. The shop

'Aliens in Alaska,' and clocking into the 'Love Island' factory

Before we get into it, yes, I want to believe in aliens-slash-life outside of Earth. Aliens in Alaska only got one season (and it's labeled as a documentary which made me LOL), but had some pretty familiar faces from local politicians, including Bob Bird and Dustin

Every Alaska myth tested in ‘Mythbusters'

When I was a pre-teen, my mom came home from work and told my brother and I the Mythbusters had stopped by work. This was not the norm in Willow, especially in the winter. I never ended up watching the episodes until now, so let's get into

In 'Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet,' viewer discretion is advised

Dunk came home when I was watching Dr. Dee perform surgery on a guinea pig. Oh, I can't do this, he said, and went into the other room. Each episode of Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet begins with a viewer discretion advised notice. Castrations, spay and neuter clinics in

Searching for the illusive Iliamna Lake monster in 'River Monsters' and 'Aliens in Alaska'

Back in June of 1980, the Anchorage Daily News offered a $100,000 reward for proof of the Iliamna Lake monster's existence. People have lived on this land for more than 7,000 years, and for centuries, they've fished these lakes wearing lightweight waterproof parkas made

The Alaskan Hotel is one of the 'Portals to Hell'

This newsletter is going to be a lot more fun to read if you believe in paranormal activity and can suspend your illusion of disbelief. Portals to Hell got three seasons, totaling 39 episodes – and season 1 episode 1 is about The Alaskan Hotel. It aired in 2019. Jack Osbourne

TLDW: 'Southern Hospitality' > 'Southern Charm'

In Bravo's arsenal of reality television are two shows with too similar a name. Until I watched them, I was mixing up Southern Charm and Southern Hospitality constantly. A running joke in our household is that if I'm watching either show, it's referred to

'Flying Wild Alaska,' the end of an Era

Discovery+ has a treasure trove of Alaska-adjacent shows. I have been watching Flying Wild Alaska through free trials the last two weeks. Flying Wild Alaska follows the Tweto family, Jim, Ferno, Ariel and Ayla (there is a third sister, but she wasn't in the series). There are

Comparing the Alaska episodes of 'Man v. Food,' 10 years apart 🍔

Some weeks, I know what show I want to watch for AK IRL. Other times, it comes down to me searching "Alaska" and seeing what comes up. Yesterday was the latter, and I came across Man v. Food. Basically, the show highlights "big food." Adam Richman