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I am a Cultural Artist

I am a Cultural Artist

Season 8 Episode 5
6:16
I am a Salmon Painter

I am a Salmon Painter

Season 8 Episode 6
4:15
We are an Improv Troupe

We are an Improv Troupe

Season 8 Episode 7
4:45
I am the Gluten Queen

I am the Gluten Queen

Season 8 Episode 9
2:55
Making Music with Glaciers and Snow

Making Music with Glaciers and Snow

Season 8 Episode 11
5:30
Seward's Sweet Darlings

Seward's Sweet Darlings

Season 8 Episode 12
4:25
Exploring Alaska Through Pottery

Exploring Alaska Through Pottery

Season 8 Episode 14
4:00
Growing Peonies in the Alaska Bush

Growing Peonies in the Alaska Bush

Season 8 Episode 15
4:05
I am a Wool Waulker

I am a Wool Waulker

Season 8 Episode 16
5:38
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We are Chaga Harvesters

Season 8 Episode 4

Gabriel Degange and Allison Dunbar are mushroom people. They first met at a mushroom convention and now, as a couple, they run their own business harvesting natural, Alaska chaga and growing gourmet mushrooms for area restaurants. Chaga is becoming more popular and can often be found at farmer's markets in Alaska, but Gabriel and Allison have designed a method for making chaga tinctures.

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