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About

Helping to Preserve and Define Alaska’s Cultures

01 — The Mission

Welcome to Crude Magazine.

My name is Cody Liska and I'll be your host.

My mission is to help preserve and define Alaska’s cultures and current issues through Crude Conversations, an Alaska podcast that uses long-form conversations as a springboard to discovering larger truths about what it means to be Alaskan.

I also host Chatter Marks, a podcast of the Anchorage Museum. It’s dedicated to exploring Alaska and the circumpolar north through the creative and critical thinking of ideas—past, present and future.

Follow along as I take a contemporary look at what it means to be an Alaskan, and what it means to work and live in the circumpolar north.

02 — The Support

Support Crude.

Crude started in 2013 as a way to reclaim Alaska as it is represented in the media, to talk about our surroundings in an authentic way. Since then, Crude's endeavors have been funded and supported by communities inside and outside of Alaska. The reason Crude exists at all is because of its contributors and its supporters—I'm proud of that!

By becoming a patron, you will be giving Crude the ability to grow its coverage of Alaska. Thank you for your support and I look forward to working with you!

03 — The Work

By the numbers.

300+
Podcast episodes
230+
Published stories
2016
Year founded
Anchorage, AK
Home base
04 — Awards & Recognition

Crude Conversations & Chatter Marks

Crude Conversations

Alaska Press Club Awards
20171st place Best Magazine Design · 2nd place Best Magazine Feature
20181st place Best Culture Reporting · 2nd place Best Sports Feature · 2nd Place Best Blog · 2nd place Best Magazine Feature · 3rd place Best Series · 3rd place Best Magazine Feature · 3rd place Best Culture Reporting
20191st place Best Multimedia Presentation · 2nd place Best Sports Feature
20202nd Place Best Audio Program or Podcast · 2nd Place Best Alaska History Reporting
20212nd Place for Best Reporting on Health · 3rd Place for Best Audio Program or Podcast
20221st Place Best Arts Reporting or Criticism · 2nd Place Best Long Form Audio Program or Podcast
20232nd Place Best Long Form Audio Program or Podcast · 2nd Place Best Health Reporting
20242nd Place Best Interview or Call-In Program · 2nd Place Best Arts Reporting · 3rd Place Best Social Media Presence
20251st Place Best Sports Reporting · 2nd Place Best Health Reporting
20261st Place Best Interview or Call-In Program

Chatter Marks

Alaska Press Club Awards
20243rd Place Best Interview or Call-In Program
20253rd Place Best Series
20261st Place Best Alaska History Reporting · 2nd place Best Narrative Audio Program
PRSA Aurora Awards
20221st Place Blog and Podcasts
20251st Place Radio Material
05 — Exhibitions

Featured Displays

2019 – 2020

Crude Conversations podcast is featured in listening chairs at the Anchorage Museum as part of the Art of the North galleries.

2026 – Present

Chatter Marks is featured in an ongoing interstitial audio-visual exhibition at the Anchorage Museum.

06 — Connect

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