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United States
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Strong opinions on Alaska politics, life and entertainment
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English
Episodes
Bon Voyage Bronson: Analysis and the five top reasons he lost from our AI Translator.
5/16/2024
Voters throw Mayor Dave Bronson out of City Hall and we have analysis. Also we offer you the top five reasons why he lost in a landslide.
Duration:00:10:43
The silencing of Alaskans by Dunleavy. Public education funding has become a play toy. The pop tart movie is delicious. Our travel guru has contrary opinions on hotel hot tubs.
5/14/2024
Alaskans are losing their ability to speak and participate in government under Governor Mike Dunleavy. The new pop tart movie on Netflix is delicious. Scott McMurren has thoughts on hot tubs. Why has education funding become a play toy?
Duration:00:26:10
Court slaps Dunleavy silly. LaFrance talks school closures. Hotel hot tubs? An amazing novel for you to read.
5/4/2024
The court slaps back on Governor Dunleavy's education response. Suzanne LaFrance talks about the future for closed schools. Our AI Translator gives our thoughts on hotel hot tubs. A new novel you will love.
Duration:00:22:50
Alaska's education ruling: What comes next for 20,000 students? Also...La Traviata is coming to Anchorage.
4/16/2024
We analyze the recent court ruling and talk about the what's next. We review La Traviata coming to Anchorage April 26-28.
Duration:00:15:48
Alaska's bombshell education ruling: 3 things you should know
4/14/2024
In ten minutes we ask Scott Kendall to tell us three things you should know about the recent bombshell ruling on education that was predicted ten years ago.
Duration:00:10:41
Suzanne LaFrance: Nine minutes with the next Mayor of Anchorage
4/12/2024
We spend nine (maybe ten) minutes with mayoral frontrunner Suzanne LaFrance about her vision for Anchorage.
Duration:00:11:18
Dunleavy's got a poll problem. LaFrance consolidates. Bronson's Hail Mary. The day the Beatles came to town.
4/11/2024
The governor's new poll is not what he thinks. Suzanne LaFrance begins to consolidate support. Mayor Bronson's APD Hail Mary. Anchorage's day of the Beatles.
Duration:00:25:09
Election Results: Hell no to the mayor. Hell yes to the city and school board. Also...food we loved as kids but hate as adults.
4/5/2024
Anchorage Votes!!! Hell no mayor! Hell yes city and school board! Plus...food we loved as kids but hate as adults.
Duration:00:19:24
Bronson's fiscal crisis and failing campaign. Prisons get Benjamins while education gets Jack. To pee or not to pee? Travel tips you should know.
3/29/2024
Anchorage's latest Bronson emergency and we look behind the mayor's failing campaign. Why are we spending more guarding prisoners than educating kids. Scott McMurren with travel tips. Our AI translator claps back at the Lisa Murkowski haters.
Duration:00:26:24
Anchorage: A city in decline or a city just fine?
3/26/2024
In ten minutes we debate whether Anchorage is a city on decline or a city that's doing just fine.
Duration:00:08:57
The K-12 Horror Show: Bullying, threats and a fabricated education study, Also...the downtown parking fairies, a love letter to my fellow Costco shoppers, we're poetry slamming in April
3/22/2024
The Alaska Legislature fails to override Governor Mike Dunleavy's veto of education funds. The history of the downtown parking fairies. April is National Poetry Month and we're slamming. A love letter to Costco shoppers from my alter ego.
Duration:00:27:43
Teacher Accountability? What about Alaska’s fu*k up parents?
3/17/2024
Alaska has the highest rates of fu*cked up people having kids per capita in the nation so why do blame teachers for their failures?
Duration:00:12:55
Alaska’s business groups & seniors: Get it together people!
3/14/2024
Alaska business groups are failing business and seniors rank 2nd in the nation in rates of Gonorrhea and 3rd in the nation in Chlamydia in the 55+ demographic. We talk education, what happens when you become mayor and a book about Siskel and Ebert.
Duration:00:18:29
Alaska's Turo Hosts: The taxman is here
3/9/2024
Turo has constantly fought attempts to enforce the law to ensure it's Alaska hosts are collecting legally required taxes. However those footsteps its Alaska hosts hear are the tax man coming for them...not Turo.
Duration:00:05:36
Rapper 50 Cent predicts Alaska education cuts. The history of Anchorage drive-in theatres.
3/5/2024
We take a cue from rapper 50 Cent as to why Governor Dunleavy will veto over half of the education funding increase. Anchorage had drive-in movie theatres...what happened to them?
Duration:00:16:39
Is the Alaska Chamber of Commerce strangling Alaska's commerce?
2/27/2024
In six minutes we argue that the Alaska Chamber of Commerce is working against the interest of Alaska business community.
Duration:00:06:13
The legislative proposal that would kill Alaska. We visit the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe
2/27/2024
We discuss the effort to enshrine the annual dividend in the constitution. We celebrate the legislature's education heroes. Also...have you been to the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe? We have and we loved it!
Duration:00:21:26
Selling tourists on moving to Alaska: Chasing wind
2/25/2024
With 20,000 fewer working age adults in Alaska over the last ten years, some have suggested we market to tourists to move to Alaska. In six minutes we share our realities and thoughts.
Duration:00:05:48
The mayor's race. What to know if you're traveling soon. The opera is coming.
2/20/2024
We talk mayor's race and how the pack mentality in Juneau can be fatal. Scott McMurren pulls by to tell you three things you need to know if you're traveling in the next ninety days. The opera for beginners is coming to Anchorage in April.
Duration:00:22:48
Found in translation: Murkowski's message to Juneau
2/18/2024
In less than four minutes we feed the official text of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's annual address to the Alaska State Legislature into the podcast's own AI translator and you gotta hear the results.
Duration:00:03:24