The Serum Run: Race Against the Storm

Join host, Alex Stein as he presents the limited series, The Serum Run only on Mushing Radio. On this episode: Race Against the Storm.

This is the eighth part of the series and it tells the story of the later stages of the sled dog relay to deliver life saving serum to fight a diphtheria epidemic in the small community of Nome, Alaska in the winter of 1925.

Host, Robert Forto’s Bio:

Robert is the training director for Alaska Dog Works where they train dogs for canine obedience, working dogs, therapy dogs and service dogs for clients all over North America. He is also a dog musher and he and his wife operate a 40-dog mushing kennel in Willow, Alaska, called Team Ineka. They can often be seen at local races and leading expeditions in the Alaska backcountry with outdoor leadership students at the University of Alaska. Robert is the producer of Dog Works Radio that has been on the air since 2009 and is currently simulcast on a local radio station, KVRF in Palmer, Alaska. 

Host, Alex Stein’s Bio:

Alex M. Stein is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and storyteller living in Los Angeles while pining for the Northern Lights. He is the author of the personal essay collection NO, MR. BOND, I EXPECT YOUR DREAMS TO DIE and directed the Iditarod documentary MUSH. He was married in Alaska, above the Arctic Circle, at the northernmost saloon in the world, by the bartender. Alex has been a host on Dog Works Radio since 2012 and he can be heard on our mushing broadcasts and during our annual nightly Iditarod coverage each March. 

Links and Resources Mentioned: 

• The Serum Run: Part 1: Nome
• The Serum Run: Part 2: The Dogs Begin to Run
• The Serum Run Part 3: The Press Picks up the Story
• The Serum Run Part 4: The Trail Becomes Deadly
• The Serum Run Part 5: Portage and the Spirits
• The Serum Run Part 6: Howling Winds and the Hand Off
• The Serum Run Part 7: Togo Saves the Day
• Robert Forto on Twitter: @robertforto
• Alex Stein on Twitter: @coldfootfilms
• Dog Works Radio on Facebook
• Dog Works Radio on Instagram
• KVRF in Alaska 

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