Kaplan previously served as the CEO of Alaska Public Radio, a network with 28 stations across the state and a central newsroom in Anchorage.
The show plans to provide more extended features that will be written and produced by noteworthy journalists, scholars, contributors, and Code Switch associates.
The collaboration, financed by The George Gund Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is available to all NPR affiliates in the state.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) authorizes $500,000 in emergency funding to help NPR.