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Episode 20: Charlotte Olerud; What We Owe The People Who Stay

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One decision, one returned phone call, one job opening in a tiny Southeast Alaska town and a whole family history gets rerouted. I’m sitting down with my mom, Charlotte Olerud, to capture the stories people have been asking for for years: growing up between Fort St. John and rural Minnesota, learning to work early, and watching my grandpa keep going after losing an arm in a brutal construction accident. These are the kinds of details that don’t show up in official records, but they explain everything about how a family thinks, survives, and loves.

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