HOUR 1

• Trump lashes out after indictment / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-lashes-out-at-justice-department-amid-indictments/
• Trump indictments highlight lies - scholars weigh-in / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1191813216/new-charges-against-trump-focus-on-lies-scholars-see-an-authoritarian-playbook
• Fred Fleitz, Vice Chair of the America First Policy Institute (and former Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council) joins Tom Anderson to discuss Russian and Chinese ships in Alaskan waters / https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/06/us-navy-destroyers-dispatched-aleutians-after-chinese-russian-vessels-spotted-nearby/
• Dalton in Mat-Su on why he won't pay taxes 

HOUR 2

• Big changes on college football / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/08/06/what-just-happened-to-college-football?
• The City and Borough of Juneau issued a declaration of emergency on Sunday following a glacial lake outburst flooding event that swelled waters to record levels / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/06/mendenhall-river-flooding-juneau-prompts-evacuation-recommendation-some-residents/
• Why don't we move the Capital closer to urban Alaska and voters - Charles and Tom discuss 
• State Representative Kevin McCabe on Juneau's disaster declaration, a Capitol move, and Russian/Chinese vessels in Alaskan waters / (USNI) https://news.usni.org/2022/10/11/china-russia-quietly-expanding-arctic-partnership-says-panel
• "Barbie" movie reached $1 Billion / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/06/business/barbie-box-office-history/index.html?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
• "Assembly members are proposing a small overhaul of city rules for bicyclists, pedestrians and other non-vehicle roadway users, in an effort to improve safety in car-centric Anchorage" / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/08/05/anchorage-assembly-proposal-aims-to-lay-groundwork-for-a-more-bike-friendly-city/

HOUR 1

• Trump poll numbers and fundraising / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1191279975/raising-money-poll-numbers-donald-trump-teflon-don-indictments-criminal-charges
• Eric Trump defends his dad / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/08/04/eric-trump-donald-trump-arraignment-ctn-vpx.cnn
• Gas prices high but relief may be coming / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gas-prices-shot-up-with-record-high-temperatures-but-relief-could-be-on-the-way/
• Antarctica and climate change / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/08/04/1190604378/antarctica-has-a-lot-less-sea-ice-than-usual-thats-bad-news-for-all-of-us

HOUR 2

• "The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District says it’s hopeful this upcoming school year will operate more smoothly than it has in recent years." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/04/msbsd-track-start-2023-24-school-year-without-setbacks/
• Adam Holz with "Plugged In"  reviewing  'Teenage Mutant Turtles' and 'The Hiding Place' / https://www.pluggedin.com/
• Todd Smoldon, Gov Dunleavy's Mat-Su Office Director 

HOUR 1

• What to know about the most recent Trump indictment counts / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictment-key-takeaways-charges-special-counsel-2020-election-january-6/
• Who are the co-conspirators in the latest indictment against Trump / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/co-conspirators-trump-indictment/index.html
• "Political Germ Warfare" / (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/03/rightwing-media-defend-trump
• Trump's attorney's defense strategy / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191627739/trump-charges-indictment-attorney-jan-6-probe
• Former Trump U.S. AG Bill Barr on the latest indictments against Trump / (CNN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkMzo3oPE_Y
• Charles on Trump
• Alex from South Anchorage on Trump 

HOUR 2

• "After a long struggle to find common ground, a tentative contract agreement between the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District and the Matanuska-Susitna Education Association was agreed upon by both parties in early July." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/03/mat-su-teachers-tentative-agreement-with-school-district-should-be-voted-by-msbsd-tonight/
• Man in downtown Anchorage injured by stray bullet / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/02/man-injured-downtown-anchorage-shooting/
• Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Jason Brune announced his resignation / (ADN) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/03/dec-commissioner-jason-brune-announces-resignation/
• “One Ring” from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series found and sold top Post Malone / (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/08/02/post-malone-buys-super-rare-one-ring-magic-the-gathering-card-valued-at-2-million/?sh=66496ac36090
• Charles and Tom chat about food options near Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia where Charles attends and is headed back to mid-Aug 
• Republicans seem to be turning away from the climate crisis / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/08/03/1191678009/climate-change-republicans-economy-natural-disasters-biden-trump-poll
• What are the arguments against man-made climate change... Tom discusses water, heat, climate and factors that may affect

HOUR 1

• Sound of Freedom film skyrocketing in sales / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/08/01/sound-of-freedom-the-anti-hollywood-box-office-hit
• Trump indicted a third time / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/indictment-jan-6-trump-08-02-23/index.html
• "A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday for his alleged attempt to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. Trump faces four felony charges, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill." / (CBS News)  https://www.cbsnews.com/video/breaking-down-unprecedented-third-indictment-for-trump/
• U.S. credit downgraded / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/business/fitch-downgrade-us-debt/index.html?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
• Uber reports 2Q profit / (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-q2-earnings-report-2023-453c335a?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
• Former FBI agent (whistleblower re Jan 6th investigations) Steve Friend on defunding the FBI 

HOUR 2

• Ursula Sharp discusses her healthcare journey and the United Network for Organ Sharing [there are more than 106,000 people on the national transplant waiting list with 92,000 (87%) waiting for a kidney] / https://www.nkr.org/hpb754.
• Gov DeSantis interviewed by Brett Baier / (FOX News)
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• "The numbers at a Midtown homeless camp next to Cuddy Park have slowly increased ever since the camp was abated in early June to make way for a three-day concert event." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/01/homeless-campers-return-midtown-site/
• "Jurors decided that a death sentence should be imposed on the gunman who killed 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018, in what is considered the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history." / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/08/02/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-trial?
• Tom and Charles discuss the death penalty 

HOUR 1

• "A rising star in American cycling, 17-year-old Magnus White, has died after a driver hit him while he was cycling on the shoulder of a highway in his hometown of Boulder, Colo." 
• Fox News contributor Miranda Devine joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Devon Archer's relationship with the Biden family as he is set to speak with House investigators. (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-told-archer-chinese-chairman-loved-him-his-last-name-posse-godlike-aryan-men
• Fox News contributor Karl Rove tells ‘The Story’ that the ‘corrupt’ Ukrainian company Burisma likely only hired Hunter Biden because he was the son of the then-sitting U.S. vice president. / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/5-key-takeaways-explosive-witness-account-hunter-bidens-foreign-business-dealings-joes-role
• Biden and Trump neck-in-neck in recent polling ./ (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/us/politics/biden-trump-poll.html?
• U.S. Command to stay in Colorado / (CPR) https://www.cpr.org/2023/07/31/space-command-biden-trump-air-force-alabama-colorado-springs/
• State Representative Kevin McCabe with an update 
• Wasilla Mayor Glenda Ledford with an update 

HOUR 2

• State Representative Kevin McCabe continues with an update 
• Gas prices around the globe are expected to increase steadily over the remainder of the summer, but won’t return rates in Alaska to previous highs / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/01/alaska-gas-prices-among-highest-nation-according-aaa/
• "Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration announced on Monday that the Sullivan Arena will officially reopen as an entertainment venue, shutting down any suspicion that the facility will be used again as a mass homeless shelter." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/31/mayor-dave-bronson-announces-sullivan-arena-will-be-returned-an-entertainment-venue/
• Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191104833/pee-wee-herman-dead-paul-reubens
• Mayor Dave Bronson on Anchorage's Sullivan Arena transitioning back to a recreation venue

HOUR 1

• "Barbie" takes in $775 million / (HR) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-box-office-billion-dollar-club-1235547643/
• NY Mets have record-shattering record-shattering $364 million payroll / (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/mets-trade-max-scherzer-rangers-df4de0ea?
• The "Forgotten War" Seventy years ago, the Korean War ended with a cease-fire (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/30/1190557148/korean-war-armistice-anniversary
• Tom overviews how the U.S. met objectives of the Korean War like containment of communism and memorializes the fallen huge numbers of deaths
• Jonathan Greenberg on the latest GOP presidential poll results

HOUR 2

• Kasowitz Benson Torres’ Marc Kasowitz details the ongoing legal battle between Yellow and the Teamsters Union / (FOX News) https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6330374969112
• Alaska firefighting crews being brought back from Canada to fight fires in Alaska in early August /  (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/27/alaska-orders-crews-lower-48-assist-with-increasing-wildfires/
• An Anchorage resident said a fire at a homeless camp is the latest example of deteriorating conditions in his neighborhood due to homelessness /  (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/31/anchorage-resident-voices-concerns-over-rash-fires-homeless-camp/
• Dalton from Mat-Su on the homeless and politics 

HOUR 1

• Irish singer Sinead O'Connor passes at 56 / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/529671631/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-has-died-at-56
• SAG-AfTRA strike affects the economy / (NBC News) https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/how-the-sag-aftra-strike-is-impacting-the-u-s-economy-189299269898
• Bud Light continues to lose value from transgender scandal / (FOX News) https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/bud-light-lays-hundreds-workers-dylan-mulvaney-controversy-losing-top-spot-modelo
• Hunter Biden's scandals continue to be in the spotlight / (Al Jazeera) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/30/hunter-biden-the-us-presidents-scandal-plagued-son
• Hunter Biden plea deal unravels / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/whats-next-after-hunter-bidens-plea-deal-unravels/
• Dalton from Mat-Su thinks Hunter will not really be prosecuted; he also brought up the UFO story about Congress reviewing whistleblowing on unidentified objects and the threat of Artificial Intelligence  

HOUR 2

• Meta Threads needs a policy for election disinformation / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190328070/metas-threads-needs-a-policy-for-election-disinformation-voting-groups-say
• "The Alaska State Board of Education and Early Development postponed action on a controversial resolution that would prohibit trans female athletes from competing in girls’ division sports at the middle and high school levels." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/27/board-education-delays-decision-ban-trans-female-athletes-competing-girls-sports-division/
• Britton Albiston on Kelly Ayotte's bid for New Hampshire Governor
• "Alaska’s attorney general has responded to an order from the Environmental Protection Agency’s final determination on Pebble Mine issued earlier this year, filing a brief to urge the agency to review its decision to prevent development." / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/27/state-seeks-supreme-court-action-epas-pebble-mine-decision/

HOUR 1

• Live clip from a hearing in Congress on the handling of the US-Mexico border / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6331871268112
• Congress is holding a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena, known as UAPs or UFOs / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-uaps-or-ufos/
• Iowa State Senator Jeff Reichman and why he switched from Trump to DeSantis  (last two segments of the first hour) 

HOUR 2

• Hate and harassment can be traumatizing for many victims online, but what happens when sexual harassment follows you into the metaverse / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/07/25/sexual-harassment-metaverse-online-worlds-as-equals-cnn-lon-orig.cnn
• "Women make up just over half of the U.S. population, but only a quarter of federal lawmakers identify as female. Melinda French Gates is financing efforts to change the tide on these "unacceptable" statistics and get more women elected — through her company, Pivotal Ventures." / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/1189518988/melinda-french-gates-calls-for-womens-parity-in-political-leadership
• Dave from Mat-Su on supporting more women in leadership 
• State Representative Julie Coulombe on females in public office and the dynamics of service 

HOUR 1

• Tom discusses civil rights and heritage and cultural sensitivities 
• Emmett Till / (NPR) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/emmett-till-and-his-mother-to-be-honored-with-national-monument/
• House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reacts to Republicans increasing the pressure on corruption allegations on 'Hannity.' / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6331784347112
• Dalton in Mat-Su on media corruption
• Tom discusses Rupert Murdoch's business holdings and FOX News management
  
  

HOUR 2"

• Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Friday vetoed a bill deregulating electric bike use / (AB) https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2023/07/25/dunleavy-rejects-alaska-e-bike-bill-with-rare-veto-as-sponsor-says-she-will-seek-override/
• An ordinance designed to increase housing availability in Anchorage and to make it more affordable for those residing here will be taken up by the Assembly on Tuesday night / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/25/assembly-ordinance-could-profoundly-change-municipal-zoning-codes-residential-districts/
• Anchorage Mayor Bronson proposes to give the homeless in Anchorage airline tickets to leave
• Why are GOP presidential candidates not attacking  Trump? / (NBC) https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/psaki-to-gop-candidates-defending-trump-what-is-your-endgame-189186629934
• Charles and Tom talk about presidential politics 
• Former State Senator Bill Stoltze on Trump and the homeless issue