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Alaska Uncovered Podcast

by Jennie Thwing Flaming and Jay Flaming

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 25 years. Jennie and Jay met working in tourism in Alaska and have lived in Skagway, Juneau and Fairbanks together. Jay lived in Fairbanks for 8 years before meeting Jennie in Skagway and grew up in Yellowstone National Park.

Latest episodes

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Fat Bear Week! Return to Katmai with Ranger Cara

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie introduces an old favorite (episode 4!) - going be

Sep 29
46 min

What drives Alaska's economy? with Kevin Berry

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) UAA Professor Kevin Berry sits down with Jennie to share

Sep 22
44 min

Denali National Park Day Trip Two Ways

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie shares two ways to do a day trip to Denali Nationa

Sep 15
12 min

Tea Time in Alaska with Jenny Tse from Sipping Streams

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jenny Tse, founder and owner of Sipping Streams Tea Compa

Sep 8
38 min

Going Deeper in Skagway at the Skagway Cultural Garden

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) KayLynn Howard, Director of the Skagway Cultural Garden,

Sep 1
22 min

Sitka's Unique History with Alaska Storytellers

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Cyndy and Ann from Alaska Storytellers in Sitka, join Jen

Aug 25
43 min

Arctic Animal Adaptations with Tim Walker

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie sits down with Tim Walker, wildlife biologist and

Aug 18
47 min

Unique Experiences in Kake with Martha Thomas

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Martha Thomas sits down with Jennie to share about the un

Aug 11
33 min

Things to do at Icy Strait Point

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie shares her thoughts about the best things to do at

Aug 4
14 min

Pilot's Perspective on Wrangell-St Elias National Park

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Kelly, Austin and Keane, pilots with Wrangell Mountain Ai

Jul 29
48 min

Crossing the Arctic Circle from Fairbanks with Matt Atkinson

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Matt Atkinson from Northern Alaska Tour Company, sits dow

Jul 21
51 min

Jennie and Jay debrief the first Alaska Uncovered Community Tour

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie and Jay sit down to share their reflections on Aut

Jul 14
48 min

Going Deeper in Denali with Patrice and Justin La Vigne

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Long time Healy residents as well as guides, educators, w

Jul 7
58 min

Visiting Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley National Parks in one day from Kotzebue or Fairbanks with Golden Eagle Outfitters

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Julian from Golden Eagle Outfitters sits down with Jennie

Jun 30
37 min

Way off the beaten track on the Nabesna Road in Wrangell-St Elias National Park with Michael Rego

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Michael Rego from Avens Alaska on the remote Nabesna Road

Jun 23
35 min

Bear Viewing in Homer with Emerald Air Service

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Derick Broderman from Emerald Air Service in Homer sits d

Jun 16
46 min

Best hikes in Ketchikan with Adam Minshall

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Adam Minshall, long term resident of Ketchikan returns to

Jun 9
49 min

Beauty and Brutality in the Far North - Victoria to Tuktoyaktuk in winter with Josh Wilton (Alaska Traveler Series)

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Jennie and Jay's long time friend Josh sits down wit

Jun 2
57 min

5 Epic day trips from Fairbanks

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Thanks to a great listener suggestion Jennie shares her f

May 26
19 min

Exploring Juneau through Craft Beverages with Alaska on Tap

Text us your questions to answer on a future episode (if you want me to contact you, please include your email) Peter Nave, co-owner of Alaska on Tap in Juneau, returns

May 19
28 min

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We just got back from a family Alaska vacation with our two boys ages 8 and 11. We hiked Matanuska Glacier, watched salmon spawn at a fish hatchery, did a river float on the Kenai, played at a playground with an epic view in Seward, panned for food at Hatcher Pass, and hunted for fireweed ice cream wherever we went. I had binged this podcast prior to booking anything. Before listening to the podcast, Alaska seemed so unattainable to me, but we were able to put together an affordable adventurous itinerary for a fraction of the cost of a cruise, largely due to Jenny’s podcast and one of her Zoom trip planning sessions. Thank you for the family memories Jenny!

SkokieBadger · Aug 2026

I found this podcast when planning an Alaska trip was still a dream. I’ve loved listening to Jennie (and sometimes Jay) talk about their experiences in Alaska. Guests on the show are interesting and informative. The only problem is Jennie has taught me that we can’t see it all in one trip. I guess we will have to start thinking about a second! (Also join her on Patreon- the planning club is fun and others will ask questions that you didn’t know you had.)

Tara HF · Mar 2026

Love Jennie’s show. I’ve been tuning in every week for the past year or so to plan our 2026 trip. She’s been extraordinarily helpful with tips and discounts.

Billtoast23 · Dec 2025

Jennie does a wonderful job of not only being incredibly informative, but in providing balanced, complete information to help her listeners make the decisions which best suit their own needs and preferences. She (and Jay) have helped me be better prepared for my 2026 trip, but inspired me to start planning a 2028 one too!

Shelly the Spontaneous Planner · Dec 2025

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