Yukon, North of Ordinary

From the offbeat to the extraordinary, we document life in and around Canada’s Yukon and offer deeper insights into the content in our award-winning magazine.  

Hosted by Karen McColl
Produced by Karen McColl & Mark Koepke

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((Moosic)) by Cows Go Moo: teenage rockers beef up their discography
Mar 19, 2025 – 16:42
A day in the life of a sled dog
Mar 5, 2025 – 24:23
Hidden history revealed*
Feb 26, 2025 – 24:24
The coolest hair on Earth
Feb 19, 2025 – 28:56
YQ | "beer-hikers" Marko & Meghan Marjanovic
Feb 12, 2025 – 21:53
Spring series | feedback hoopla
Feb 5, 2025 – 29:46
Gearing up for a 12-day Arctic endurance race*
Jan 29, 2025 – 35:02
Smoke! Life at the fire tower
Jan 15, 2025 – 36:57
YQ | change makers Davida Wood & Tosh Southwick
Jan 1, 2025 – 31:39
The gift of the sandwich*
Dec 25, 2024 – 31:51
The Sourdough Mocktail
Dec 18, 2024 – 48:37
((Fiction)) by Nadine Sander-Green: reimagining the North through a newcomer's eyes
Dec 4, 2024 – 23:10
The Fantail Five: reliving an epic ski trip on a historic route
Nov 20, 2024 – 44:20
The raven revisited
Nov 13, 2024 – 15:36
Winter series | it's time to Manu up
Nov 6, 2024 – 20:03
He's a real batass
Oct 30, 2024 – 38:09
YQ | photojournalist Peter Mather
Oct 23, 2024 – 12:40
((Music)) by the august arrival: Yukon’s low-key singer-songwriter hits a high note
Oct 16, 2024 – 21:09
Nocturnal predators: the insatiable hunger of little brown bats*
Oct 9, 2024 – 29:28
Fall series | boats, bats, and badass ungulates
Oct 2, 2024 – 23:21
A bear encounter that began with a curious canter*
Aug 14, 2024 – 37:06
YQ | comedian Steve McGovern
Jul 31, 2024 – 13:44
Hard Rock Minors: the story of youth band Cows Go Moo*
Jul 17, 2024 – 33:31
“Whoa, bear!” A close-up on the Yukon’s most famous instructional video
Jul 3, 2024 – 22:45
Protecting Whitehorse from catastrophic wildfire*
Jun 19, 2024 – 29:15
((Radio)) by Junction Arts and Music: a passion project celebrates live music in the North
Jun 7, 2024 – 21:09
This is (type 2) fun
May 22, 2024 – 28:15
Summer series | dog daze
May 8, 2024 – 28:53
YQ | magazine editor Amy Kenny
Apr 25, 2024 – 13:34
((Theatre)) by Larrikin Entertainment: Teenage Cult Leader captivates Atlin
Apr 11, 2024 – 22:38
These old houses: an ode to YXY’s former DPW homes
Mar 28, 2024 – 38:13
The first great road trip of Greg Karais
Mar 7, 2024 – 16:59
YQ | broadcaster Roch Shannon Fraser
Feb 21, 2024 – 16:15
Stalking foxes, talking bears with photojournalist Peter Mather
Feb 15, 2024 – 29:16
((Poetry)) by Peter Jickling: words from Whitehorse’s wintery waterfront
Feb 1, 2024 – 16:00
Spring series | new year new podcast
Jan 17, 2024 – 21:32
Amidst caribou on the Firth River
Jul 17, 2023 – 31:37
Replay: Not another gold-rush tour
Jul 3, 2023 – 27:09
I got a name: the murder of Krystal Senyk
Jun 19, 2023 – 34:54
From Ross River to Red Carpet with Kaska Dena Designs
Jun 5, 2023 – 35:00
A bear encounter that began with a "curious canter"
May 22, 2023 – 37:04
Protecting Whitehorse from catastrophic wildfire
May 8, 2023 – 32:05
Hard rock minors: the story of youth band Cows Go Moo
Apr 24, 2023 – 34:41
When you live at the Arctic Circle and work in hurricane alley
Apr 10, 2023 – 32:31
It's Harlequin-romance hot up here
Mar 27, 2023 – 23:27
Demystifying TikToker Sandwich Dad
Mar 13, 2023 – 31:37
The (river) breakup season
Feb 27, 2023 – 33:23
A Chilkat robe is going home
Feb 13, 2023 – 28:36
She will bike (and push) 430 miles
Jan 30, 2023 – 35:15
The ice swimmers
Jan 16, 2023 – 30:06

Recent Reviews

nativebee

Live it

From Oregon…. My cousin lives up there, I’ve met one of you guests a few time and she embodied, to me, a true astonishment of how different live us up there from down here
ScottWeissbeck

Excellent Podcast!

Such a great podcast!!!! I enjoy listening from Boise, Idaho.