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

Iditapod goes on a deep dive talking about "old school" Eureka musher Brent Sass, who won his first Iditarod championship... more

The 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a new champion, as you'll hear in this morning Iditarod report from... more

Alaska Public Media's Lex Treinen caught up - just in the nick of time - with Brent Sass, who mushed... more

The Iditarod - and Iditapod - are heading into the Nome stretch, as Eureka's Brent Sass has maintained his lead,... more

In this extended interview from before the 2022 Iditarod, 22-year-old Norwegian musher Hanna Lyrek told Alaska Public Media's Lex Treinen... more

Well, we’ve got a race, folks. Obviously, with 45 mushers out on the Iditarod Trail vying for positions, we’ve got... more

With the northern lights dancing above, we talked to Iditarod leader Brent Sass as he danced through the Ruby checkpoint... more

Iditarod mushers and their dog teams are now either in the middle of their mandatory 24-hour layovers or back out... more

Kaktovik dog musher Apayauq Reitan, the first out trans woman to compete in the Iditarod, talks to Iditapod colleague and... more

Our Iditapod crew gets caught up - to get you caught up - as sled dog teams in the 2022... more

**Warning: This extended interview discusses a violent encounter with a moose and might not be suitable for all listeners. Alaska... more

As Alaska Public Media reporters Jeff Chen and Lex Treinen head out on the trail, Iditapod host Casey Grove updates... more

The 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicked off Saturday in Anchorage with its usual fanfare, after not holding a... more

Iditapod is back for the 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Host Casey Grove and fellow Alaska... more

Dallas Seavey has won the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, tying Rick Swenson's five first-place finishes for the most... more

**Note: this interview is from 2020. Dog musher Quince Mountain sat down with Raymie Redington, son of Iditarod founder Joe... more

Since we left off, an Iditarod musher has tested positive for COVID-19 and been withdrawn, Dallas Seavey has taken the... more

Alaska Public Media's Tegan Hanlon talks with four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey in February in the dog lot at his... more

We rejoin the Iditarod something like 48 hours in, and, on what sounds like a hard and fast trail, mushers... more

The 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is going to look a lot different, one year into a global COVID-19... more