Wrangell History Unlocked’s Ronan Rooney at his home desk in Oregon during the Talk on the Rock interview on Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Ronan Rooney)

Episode 66: Sept. 2 marks Ronan Rooney’s fifth year anniversary of his multimedia project, Wrangell History Unlocked. It consists of his podcast, a blog and a historical timeline of archival footage he’s helped uncover. He spoke with KSTK’s Colette Czarnecki about his commitment to historical storytelling, how he juggles working simultaneously on a variety of Wrangell stories and his journey throughout the last five years with the project.