Simon and Bella Francis talk about present-day social issues, village dynamics, the changing economy, cash money, military, alcohol, freezing deaths, suicide, murders, old-time ways, redistribution, luck, old-time law, birthing women, birth tent, oral tradition, Inupiaq traditions, bleeding, traveling during deep cold, Anaktuvuk Pass, thirst, caribou, hunting, survival during deep cold, English, food, college, reading, Bible, and mail delivery in the village.