HOUR 1

• Televangelist Pat Robertson passes at 97 / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/584849772/pat-robertson-dies-televangelist-and-a-leader-of-the-religious-right
• Gary from Lake Otis
• Former President Trump faces possible charges regarding classified documents / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-informed-hes-target-of-criminal-probe-by-prosecutors-investigating-classified-documents-case/
• Rishi Sunak visits President Biden / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180963498/uk-rishi-sunak-white-house-visit
• Experts discuss what is at stake in the AI race between the United States and China, warning it could 'dictate the future of humanity.' / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/chinese-dominance-ai-would-result-freedom-representative-government-warn-experts
• With no end in sight to the Canada wildfires that are blanketing the Eastern half of the US in smoke, American air quality is literally at the mercy of the wind / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/07/the-us-is-likely-to-stay-smoky-for-days?
• New York's  Mayor Erik Adams says he may force New Yorkers to open their homes and businesses to illegal immigrants /  (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-sues-30-new-york-counties-refusing-house-migrants

HOUR 2

• Moms of Liberty among conservative groups named extremist by civil rights groups / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180486760/splc-moms-for-liberty-extremist-group
• The Anchorage fire, police, and health departments are all facing critical shortages, which some may say can mean the difference between life and death during an emergency / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/08/anchorage-experiencing-shortage-vital-service-workers/
• Mayor Dave Bronson Responds top the Alaska News Source story

HOUR 1

• Canadian wildfires creating massive smoke / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/millions-of-americans-under-air-quality-alerts-as-canada-wildfires-rage/
• Astrud Gilberto passes at 83 / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1180416189/astrud-gilberto-the-girl-from-ipanema-singer-dies-at-83 / Here's the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKEmQooklDw
• PGA and LIV Golf merge / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/landmark-merger-between-liv-pga-backs-up-prediction-trump-made-last-year-social-media-unbelievable
• Saudi connections to LIV / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/06/well-saudi-arabia-basically-controls-men-s-professional-golf-now?
• David Charles Grusch, a decorated Air Force veteran, told NewsNation, they are "retrieving non-human origin technical vehicles, call it spacecraft if you will, non-human exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/us/pentagon-denies-secret-ufo-retrieval-program-after-whistleblower-bombshell
• The Boppy Newborn Lounger, a popular baby pillow that was recalled two years ago, has now been linked to at least 10 infant deaths since 2015 / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1180460943/boppys-recalled-infant-lounger-10-deaths
• Former Vice President Mike Pence officially jumped into the 2024 presidential race with a video announcement Wednesday morning / (NPR) Former Vice President Mike Pence officially jumped into the 2024 presidential race with a video announcement Wednesday morning.

HOUR 2

• A resolution to allow unhoused residents to camp at a Midtown Anchorage site, starting in mid-July, passed Tuesday night / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/07/assembly-passes-resolution-approving-allowed-homeless-camp-vacant-land-by-cuddy-park/
• Dalton from Mat-Su wants to move to Russia, among other topics discussed 
• Tom interviews Frank Dahl (last two segments) 

HOUR 1

• Tom talks about lake dwellers and recreation 
• Christie and Pence join Presidential race / (CBS)
  https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chris-christie-and-mike-pence-former-trump-allies-joining-2024-presidential-race/
• Former Bush White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove discusses the impact Mike Pence and Chris Christie will have jumping into the 2024 GOP primary race on 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.' / (FOXNews) https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6328704460112?dicbo=v2-I1gDGxc
• New U.S. immigration rules send asylum requests soaring in Mexico / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1179808179/mexico-immigration-title42-asylum
• Investor Kevin O'Leary looks at the potential ramifications from the Target Pride collection controversy on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/media/targets-stunning-15b-collapse-warning-ceos-shark-tank-star
• Target’s stock has lost a whopping $13.8 billion over the past two weeks / (NYPost) https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/targets-stock-loses-12-7-billion-hits-lowest-level-since-2020/

HOUR 2

• Anchorage Assembly to review multiple homeless camp plans / (ANS) 
• Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson
• State Representative Kevin McCabe 
• The wall of a major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, triggering floods, endangering Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war rushed to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/06/06/destruction-of-major-dam-in-southern-ukraine-triggers-widespread-flooding/
• Joe from Midtown Anchorage praises Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson re trying to solve the homeless problem and reducing property taxes 

HOUR 1

• Ukraine launches its counter-offensive against Russia  / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/05/world/russia-ukraine-news
• China warship cuts off American warship / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chinese-warship-cuts-off-us-navy-vessel-as-tensions-between-countries-escalate/
• China is our greatest threat says Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD) / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinas-defense-minister-says-war-us-would-unbearable-disaster 
• Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago / (NPR)
  https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1179430014/robert-kennedy-rfk-assassination-anniversary
• East Turkistan's Prime Minister Salih Hudayar joins Tom with an update on the Chinese subjugation of the Uyghurs (Turkic-speaking Muslims from the Central Asian region). The Uyghurs are the largest population in the region and the most severely persecuted Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, including the Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Tajiks, Kyrgyz, and Hui. Support them here:  https://east-turkistan.net/leadership/
• US birth rate falls to lowest number in 32 years / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/american-birth-rate-plummeting-not-some-states
  
  

HOUR 2

• Tom and Charles discuss America's birthrate - is a decline good or bad
• Nevada’s lawmakers decide whether to offer up to $380 million in public funds to help build a baseball stadium in Las Vegas for the Athletics / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/04/nevada-public-financing-athletics-stadium?
• Edward Snowden has been in Russia for over 10 years while U.S. tech laws have changed / (NPR)
  https://www.npr.org/2023/06/04/1176747650/a-decade-on-edward-snowden-remains-in-russia-though-u-s-laws-have-changed
• Homeless Clean-Slate Strategy Townhall meeting in Anchorage / (ANS)
  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/03/town-hall-held-clean-slate-strategy-permanent-homeless-shelter/
• California spent $17 Billion on homelessness / (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-homeless-population-oakland-wood-street-encampment-78d42cc3?mod=hp_lead_pos7
• Chuck Todd retires from Meet the Press / (NBC) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/chuck-todd-will-depart-nbcs-meet-press-kristen-welker-become-host-rcna87618

HOUR 1 

• El Nino and its ramifications / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/01/el-nino-is-so-back
• The Defense Department announced it will purchase Starlink satellite internet terminals from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bolster Ukraine’s defenses in its fight against Russia  / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/01/pentagon-awards-spacex-with-ukraine-contract-for-starlink-satellite-internet.html?
• Trump and DeSantis are working to set themselves apart / (CBS)
  https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-and-desantis-are-in-a-heated-competition-intensifying-the-race-for-the-gop-nomination/
• Biden's border crisis: Shocking video of giant gaps in the wall between U.S.-Mexico reveals easy access for migrants / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gov-noem-send-50-national-guard-troops-southern-border-warzone-help-texas
• Hiring surged last month as U.S. employers added 339,000 jobs, far above expectations, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179621886/jobs-employment-employers-labor-market-economy-recession-inflation
• The U.S. Senate passed a bill to avoid defaulting on the federal debt Thursday night, on a 63-36 vote. But it stalled for a few hours when a group of senators, including Alaska’s Dan Sullivan, argued the bipartisan agreement doesn’t spend enough on the military / (NPR) https://alaskapublic.org/2023/06/02/sullivan-votes-against-lifting-debt-ceiling-saying-the-bill-didnt-have-enough-money-for-military/
• Two vacationing couples — including sisters — and a fishing boat captain were on a charter boat found partially submerged off southeast Alaska over the weekend amid rough seas, family members said Wednesday / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/01/family-sisters-among-4-missing-boaters-after-vessel-found-partially-submerged-alaska/
• A Washington man accused of killing a Ketchikan surgeon was convicted Thursday by an Anchorage jury on murder and theft charges.Alaska oil and gas regulators this week levied an unusually large fine against / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/06/01/jury-convicts-washington-man-of-murder-in-2017-killing-of-southeast-alaska-surgeon/
• Hilcorp Alaska for violating an approved drilling process, and said the company continues to engage in a pattern of misbehavior that has led the agency to issue more than 60 enforcement actions against it / (ADN) 

HOUR 2

• The USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor stopped in Alaska on her way to Japan for an agricultural trade mission. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/02/usda-official-visits-alaska/
• Adam Holz from Plugged In reviews  Spiderman Across the Spider-verse and Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Arc 
• Todd Smoldon from Gov Dunleavy's office with an update
• Rebecca Logan discusses the new Alaska Oil & Gas Historical Society / Lear more here:  https://akoghs.org/

HOUR 1

• LGBTQ corporate communication cancellations after Bud Lite backfire continue / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/retailers-pride-collections-anti-lgbtq-pushback?
• Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran says real estate is "in trouble" / (FOX News)  https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/shark-tank-star-barbara-corcoran-warns-bloodbath-coming-real-estate-sector
• Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-warning-labels-individual-cigarettes-poison-in-every-puff/
• The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport hosted a master plan update public open house on Wednesday evening / (ANS)  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/01/ted-stevens-anchorage-international-airport-unveils-master-plan-future-airport-development/
• Shortage of medical students / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/01/1179125090/medical-students-arent-showing-up-to-class-what-does-that-mean-for-future-docs

HOUR 2

• Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s appoints Tuckerman Babcock  to the University of Alaska Board of Regent
• State lawmakers are responding to a report that there are Chinese spies in Alaska posing as tourists and trying to access military sites / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/06/01/lawmakers-react-report-suspected-chinese-spies-attempting-enter-alaska-military-sites/
• China is the new hot spot for American CEOs / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/31/china-is-the-new-hotspot-for-us-ceos?
• Erick Cordero Giorgana V.P. of Operations with the Alaska Policy Forum discussing a legislative wrap-up / https://alaskapolicyforum.org/
• Mat-Su teacher Lukis Nighswonger sentenced to 46 years / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2023/06/01/mat-su-teacher-sentenced-to-46-years-in-prison-for-sex-offenses-involving-11-victims/
• Sullivan closes its homeless shelter / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/05/31/a-final-scramble-as-anchorages-sullivan-arena-homeless-shelter-closes/

HOUR 1

• Ukraine uses drones on Moscow to retaliate after Kyiv attacked / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/30/world/russia-ukraine-drones-news?
• President Biden and GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a deal (in principle) that would suspend the debt ceiling until 2025 and put a lid on non-defense government spending / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/29/biden-mccarthy-reach-agreement-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling?
• Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison (CBS News)
  https://www.cbsnews.com/video/elizabeth-holmes-set-to-report-to-texas-prison-camp-to-begin-11-year-sentence/
• Social Media becoming more a toxic for American teens ad Dr. Marc Siegel discusses / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/world/13-year-old-girl-dies-chroming-alarming-social-media-trend
•  Rick Whitbeck with Power the Future on the debt ceiling, Chugach's new Board, and Alaskan resource development / (PTF) https://powerthefuture.com/ [7:35 PM to 8 PM]

HOUR 2

• Tom overviews the lame weather forecasted for Mat-Su and Anchorage over the next week / https://www.weather.gov/afc/tv
• Longtime allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have formed a political action committee to support Christie as he considers a 2024 presidential bid / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-super-pac-2024-presidential-campaign/
• Tom orders on Gold Belly pizzas from Picasso's Pizza in Buffalo NY / https://picassospizza.net/
• DHS Secretary Mayorkas pressed on fentanyl, border crisis during heated Senate hearing / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-hits-china-mexico-sanctions-counterfeit-fentanyl-laced-pill-production
• Alaska’s nurse shortage is widely acknowledged, but there’s less consensus on how to manage solutions. A bill that aims to get nurses licensed and working faster by joining Alaska in a 40-state nurse licensure coalition is mired in pushback. Hospitals and the state’s nursing board support the legislation, but nursing labor unions oppose it / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/05/29/a-bill-to-get-nurses-licensed-more-quickly-in-alaska-faces-pushback-from-unions/

HOUR 1

• SCOTUS wetlands / EPA ruling a big deal for property owners / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/25/supreme-court-ruling-favors-lake-houses-over-wetlands?
• Gov. DeSantis raises $8.2 million for his presidential bid / (CBS News)
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ron-desantis-raises-8-2-million-dollars-first-24-hours-presidential-campaign/
• All 123 federal prisons have problems / (ABS News) https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/123-us-federal-prisons-maintenance-inspector-general/story?id=99601450
• Former Anheuser-Busch executive Anson Frericks outlines why he believes the Bud Light boycott will continue and discusses politics in business / (FOX News) https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6327835673112
• Major military operations are normally shrouded in secrecy. But Ukraine's planned offensive against Russia has been part of a lively public debate for months. This has created a wide range of expectations / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1178015627/what-are-realistic-expectations-for-ukraines-military-offensive

HOUR 2

• Dalton in Mat-Su on the Bud Lite boycott and his trip to South Carolina
• Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's "Plugged In" overviews: The Little Mermaid, About my Father, Kandahar, You Hurt my Feelings
• Todd Smoldon from Gov Dunleavy's Mat-Su Office ( 7:35 AM to 8 AM)

HOUR 1

• Tina Turner passes at age 83 / (ABC News) https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/legendary-singer-tina-turner-dies-83-16521099
• Gov. DeSantis's presidential launch full of problems on Twitters limited servers (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/24/twitter-desantis-fox?
• Gov. DeSantis launches his presidential campaign / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-bizarre-reaction-desantis-announcement-sparks-confusion-online
• (7:30 AM to 8 AM) Dr. Michael Garko, PhD on May being National Stroke Awareness Month / https://www.facebook.com/drmichael.garko/

HOUR 2

• 3 Ways to protect your money if the U.S. Defaults / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1177624176/money-tips-debt-ceiling-default
• Gary from East Anchorage on the financial problems in the country
• A deal has been reached between the Anchorage Police Department and the union representing police officers to begin using officer-worn body cameras. (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/24/apd-police-union-come-agreement-body-worn-cameras/
• Joe in Midtown Anchorage on the SCOTUS ruling re the EPA / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/us/supreme-court-epa-water-pollution.html?
• Senator Josh Hawley on manhood in America / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-josh-hawley-reveals-reason-he-believes-biden-not-fit-president
• A proposed Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District School Board policy is drawing reaction from parents, teachers, and students on issues surrounding how students identify themselves at school / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/25/critics-possible-mat-su-school-board-policy-change-say-it-targets-lgbtq-youth/
• Amy from PIP Alaska / https://www.pip.com/anchorageak500

HOUR 1

• New Surgeon General Advisory re kids and social media (bullying and addiction) / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/23/new-advisory-warns-of-social-media-risks?
• The debt ceiling debate is a big deal and matters / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1177668000/default-debt-ceiling-limit-negotiations-recession-global-financial-crisis
• DeSantis and Scott enter the presidential mix / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/karl-rove-predicts-polls-tighten-trump-desantis-florida-governor-enters-frontrunners-fade
• State Representative Kevin McCabe with a legislative update (7:30 AM to 8 AM) 

HOUR 2

• Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson with a municipal update on homeless camps, the Sullivan Arena, and fixing potholes  (8 AM to 8:15 AM) 
• Monday, a resolution was presented to the Anchorage Assembly by the Sanctioned Camps Community Task Force that would establish five homeless camps with amenities. Tuesday, the Assembly voted not to add the plan to their regular agenda with members saying they needed more time before making a decision / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/24/anchorage-assembly-pushes-off-decision-sanctioned-homeless-camps/
• Anchorage School District has changes in store for next year / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/23/anchorage-school-district-ends-school-year-with-eye-changes-next-fall/
• Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride Month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/05/24/target-pulls-some-lgbtq-merchandise-from-stores-ahead-of-pride-month-after-threats-to-workers/
• Gary from East Anchorage