The Iditapod is a podcast following the Last Great Race, from Alaska Public Media. Daily episodes during the Iditarod Sled Dog Race... more
This bonus Iditapod episode features the full recording of a press conference with 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion... more
Alaska Native mushers took the podium in the 2023 Iditarod, with the Knik Kid, Ryan Redington, winning his first championship... more
The 40-year-old Ryan Redington has won his first Iditarod and the first championship for the Redington family, on his 16th... more
Ryan Redington claimed his first Iditarod championship a little after noon Tuesday with six dogs in harness and an official... more
We have a quick bonus episode here for you, as Ryan Redington is on the home stretch to Nome, looking... more
Ryan Redington has a secure hold on first place in the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, heading into the... more
In this extended interview, we hear more from John Suter, an Iditarod finisher who famously had a team that included... more
Reigning Iditarod champion Brent Sass has scratched from this year’s race, due to what race officials described as “periodontal health”... more
Iditarod teams are passing through the village checkpoint of Anvik and onto the Yukon River. We have that, as well... more
Iditarod veteran and frequent top 10 finisher Jessie Royer talks to Alaska Public Media's Lex Treinen in Takotna.
In this episode, we hear from Iditarod mushers in the midst of their required 24-hour layovers and from our current... more
Iditarod mushers are making decisions about where to stop for their mandatory 24-hour rests, some opting to take that break... more
Iditarod teams are contending with warm weather in the thousand-mile race, many choosing to run in the cool of night... more
Iditarod sled dog teams are into the first 200 miles of trail, after the race clock started ticking Sunday. Mushers... more
In this extended, pre-Iditarod interview, reigning Iditarod champion Brent Sass talks to Iditapod reporter Lex Treinen about Sass's hectic life... more
Iditarod mushers took their sled dog teams on an untimed, celebratory fun run from downtown Anchorage on the city’s trails,... more
That's right, it's Iditarod time, and we're back with another season of Iditapod. In the first episode of our seventh... more
Veteran Iditarod musher Aaron Burmeister talked to Alaska Public Media’s Jeff Chen at the Nome radio station, KNOM, roughly a... more
In this hour-long interview, we hear more from 2022 Iditarod champion Brent Sass about how he’s forged a unique bond... more
Since the Iditapod left off, after Brent Sass's epic first Iditarod victory, teams have continued to arrive in Nome, including... more
That's right, it's Iditarod time, and we're back with another season of Iditapod. In the first episode of our seventh season, host... more