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Before there were American “patriots” with aloha shirts and AR-15s, there were three BOOGALOO-obsessed Yukoners who were also armed to the teeth—but only with handsaws.
This is the story of how Mark Koepke, Jesse Devost and Thane Phillips became the leaders of a BOOGALOO movement that wasn’t scary at all. Except, maybe, for the long-gone overpass on an old cabin.
Apparently, that one’s up for debate.
“I tried not to be a theatre producer once… and it didn’t work out well,” says Katherine McCallum as her Larrikin Entertainment Ensemble tours its latest show, Jenny Hamilton – Teenage Cult Leader, to the small community of Atlin, B.C.
Katherine’s discussion of Larrikin leads into a recorded performance of a show segment that we’ll call “The Only Dyke in the Yukon,” featuring words by Jenny Hamilton and music by Ashley Robyn.
This story contains some enthusiastic F-bombs.
You’ve been warned.
Following on a print article that appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine, this story takes a deeper dive into Whitehorse’s DPW “heritage homes”—yet another northern legacy of the federal government. It’s a subject that hits very close to home for many Yukoners, including the producer’s family, friends, and neighbours.
For more than a decade, Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine has been asking notable Yukoners to answer a standard set of questions about life in the Yukon. This idea seemed perfect for an audio adaptation, so that’s exactly what we did for the magazine’s companion podcast.
As a throwback for Yukon listeners, CBC Yukon’s long-time morning show team of Sandi Coleman and Roch Shannon Fraser were recruited for some critical voice work. While he was in the “studio,” Roch pulled double duty to become the first Yukoner to complete the audio version of The Yukon Questionnaire.
This is what we heard.
The extra!ordinary section of Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine provides a forum to highlight work by the Yukon’s artistic community. However, the limitations of the print medium leave a lot of room for an audio medium to deliver a deeper and richer experience of the output from local writers, musicians, comedians, storytellers and podcasters.
In the first of this new series for the Yukon, North of Ordinary podcast, writer Peter Jickling shares some thoughts during a mid-winter poetry crawl along the Whitehorse waterfront. He also treats us to a reading of two Yukon-themed poems, delivered from the balcony of a condo near Shipyard’s Park.