Episode 138
Frostbite and a Sale
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.
Episode 137
An Unconventional Way
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.
Episode 136
An Engine and a Prayer
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.
Episode 135
Falling Upstairs in the Far North
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.
Episode 134
Toad River Blues
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.
Episode 133
A Call for the Road North
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.
Episode 132
The World by Boat
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.
Episode 131
The Art of the Fish Guide
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.
In this episode, Mereidi talks of being a female fishing guide and the benefits and trials that come with it.
Episode 130
Keeping it Professional
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 talks of the delicate and sometimes awkward dance of working in a male dominated industry.
Episode 129
Cook Inlet Respect
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.
In this episode, Mereidi talks of reasoning with tough tides in Cook Island and climbing the sailing ladder.