Lisa Maloney — media appearances

I am honored to get to share publicly about the people, places and communities I write about! Here’s a partial catalog of where you may have seen or heard me lately. If there is a recording or online version available, you can access it by clicking each related image and/or headline.

For all public speaking inquiries, please use my contact form or write to lisa [AT] maloneywrites [DOT] com.

the headline and cover image from a digital copy of the Anchorage Daily News, featuring Lisa Maloney standing in snow with a reindeer on a leash, while another browses in the woods behind her

Anchorage Daily News: Interview with David A. James

This year marks the release of my fourth and final edition of Moon Alaska, a full-length travel guidebook that covers the entire state. It was an honor to Zoom with Alaska’s book reviewer extraordinaire, David A. James, for a chat about the new book and what goes into writing it.

Travel With Rick Steves: Three Alaska interviews

I’ve long admired Rick Steves’s work, so it was a real high point to chat with him about Alaska not once, but three times, for his podcast Travel With Rick Steves. The episodes have already aired on NPR, but you can still listen to them from Rick’s website:


the logo for the Where to Go travel podcast, overlaid on what looks to be a blue-scale map

Where to Go podcast: Alaska

I had a wonderful time chatting with the hosts of this UK-based podcast. They’re a lot of fun — you should give them a listen! We covered all things Alaska: Where to go, what to do, what to wear… and my number one secret to charming the locals immediately. It’s probably not what you expect!