The Midnight Sun

By The Midnight Sun

What's The Midnight Sun about?

Each week The Midnight Sun's Casey Reynolds is joined by an ever-changing line-up of Alaska political insiders to discuss the most interesting political and campaign issues at play in the Last Frontier.

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The Midnight Sun episodes:

09.10.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast (Sept. 10, 2017): Walker campaign, GOP Lt. Gov primary, and Anchorage mayoral race
Alaska campaigns are getting started early. This week hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar dig into Gov. Walker's first fundraiser, all the entrants into the GOP Lt. Gov. primary, and how that can impact the Anchorage mayoral race. Then our...
09.03.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast (Sept. 3, 2017): Special session call, state senate and Anchorage mayoral races
What is Alaska politics without a special session to talk about? This week hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar dig into Gov. Walker's announcement that he will call legislators back into yet another special session in late October. What will...
08.27.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 27, 2017
This week it seemed like everyone wants to run for governor, or at least wanted us to believe that they do. Hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar dig into all the gubernatorial race posturing as well as the fall out...
08.20.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 20, 2017
Wow, what a week in politics, both nationally and here at home. Hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar discuss the political fallout from the financial quagmire of Alaska's paper of record and share our thoughts on the Steve Bannon firing...
08.13.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 13, 2017
Hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar are both back after a short summer break and boy do they have a lot to cover. There is, of course, the failure of the Trumpcare and its impact on how Sen. Lisa Murkowski's...
07.23.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 23, 2017
Hosts Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar are both out this week so The Midnight Sun's editor, Matt Buxton, fills in as host this week. He's joined by Fair Anchorage community organizer Andrea Zekis to talk about Alaska Family Action's latest...
07.16.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 16, 2017
With Casey Reynolds out this week and Congress and the Alaska State Legislature mired in equally sluggish progress on their agendas, Forrest Dunbar is joined by guest host Judy Jessen to discuss the BCRA, oil industry tax policy in HB...
07.09.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 9, 2017
It has been an odd week in Alaska politics. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg came to the Last Frontier, learned our savage ways, and decided to educate the world about them (only to get a few details wrong). Then, with our endless...
07.02.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 1, 2017
The Senate’s health care bill continues to put Alaska’s Senior Senator, Lisa Murkowski, in the national spotlight as one the bill’s must-have votes. Casey...
06.25.2017
The Midnight Sun Podcast for June 25, 2017
With the Senate's new health care bill and the Legislature's budget deal dominating Alaskan politics, that is right where Casey Reynolds and Forrest Dunbar dive in. First, we talk with Rep. Ivy Spohnholz about how the state operating budget deal came...

What's The Midnight Sun about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Midnight Sun episodes:

The Midnight Sun Podcast (Sept. 10, 2017): Walker campaign, GOP Lt. Gov primary, and Anchorage mayoral race

The Midnight Sun Podcast (Sept. 3, 2017): Special session call, state senate and Anchorage mayoral races

The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 27, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 20, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for August 13, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 23, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 16, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 9, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for July 1, 2017

The Midnight Sun Podcast for June 25, 2017