HOUR 1

• Police discover 7 bodies at sex offenders home / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173302125/oklahoma-teens-mcfadden-webster-brewer-henryetta
• A newlywed bride is dead and a groom is in serious condition after a woman who is accused of driving under the influence and more than double the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said. / (NPR)  https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173397537/bride-killed-groom-injured-dui-drunk-driver-golf-cart-folly-beach
• Desperate migrants crossing border / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/03/1169010633/desperate-migrants-are-choosing-to-cross-the-border-through-dangerous-u-s-desert
• California considering reparations for blacks over their lifetime totaling $1.2 million / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/california-reparations-panel-hints-1-2-million-payments-each-black-resident
• Woodcarver Mike on Americans' origins and roots 
• There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States and lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General. / (NPR) 

HOUR 2

• The Alaska School Activities Association Board of Directors is not taking action on a proposed bylaw change on a resolution sent by the State Board of Education to the Department of Education and Early Development. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/03/no-action-taken-bylaw-change-that-would-prevent-transgender-girls-competing-girls-sports-teams/
• Joe from midtown Anchorage talks about sam McGee and Sam McCord / https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-McGee
• Alaska’s high school sports association decided Tuesday against immediately amending its bylaws to limit the participation of transgender girls in girls’ sports, but the state education department is considering a regulation change that could force the adoption of the policy within months. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/sports/high-school-sports/2023/05/02/alaska-sports-association-decides-against-barring-transgender-girls-from-girls-teams-for-now/
• Rep. Donna Mears / https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=mea

HOUR 1

• Screenwriters go on strike / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/writers-strike-hollywood-wga-926179281803e10b1d501dcab93e305d?
• Illinois interstate pile up kills 6 people and over 30 people injured / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-interstate-crash-involving-72-vehicles-leaves-six-dead-more-30-injured-horrific
• Gordon Lightfoot / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/133464279/gordon-lightfoot-canadian-folk-legend-dies-at-84
• Supreme Court ethics are front and center Tuesday as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony from a variety of witnesses ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173138576/supreme-court-ethics-hearing
• Ted Cruz on Susan Rice's departure ahead of Biden's 2024 announcement: 'Rats are fleeing the ship' / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-nfl-player-texas-dem-congressman-challenge-sen-ted-cruz-reports-say
• Dallas Congressman Colin Allred  to challenge Senator Ted Cruz / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Allred

HOUR 2

• Sullivan Arena empties this week / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/02/mass-exodus-sullivan-arena-leaves-homeless-residents-streets-looking-housing/
• Mark from East Anchorage on the homeless issue 
• Joe from midtown Anchorage on the homeless issue
• Southeast Alaska Food Bank patrons have doubled since last November. Director Chris Schapp said demand continues as high as it’s ever been. A major driver has been the monthslong backlog for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as food stamps, in the Division of Public Assistance / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/05/01/alaska-food-banks-still-inundated-as-state-works-to-fix-food-stamp-backlog/
• The Alaska Department of Public Safety announced Monday that 30 law enforcement officers are now using body cameras — the first step in the agency’s larger plan to outfit roughly 400 employees with the cameras by the end of the year / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/05/01/alaska-department-of-public-safety-launches-first-round-of-body-worn-cameras/
• The Alaska Senate advanced legislation Monday that would set a new Permanent Fund dividend formula in state statute — but it faces slim odds in the House, where a Republican-led majority supports a dividend twice the size / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2023/05/01/alaska-senate-advances-a-75-25-permanent-fund-dividend-formula-bill-to-a-hostile-house/

HOUR 1

• A Mexican national – reported to be an illegal immigrant – wanted for the Texas shooting of five neighbors including a young boy, remained at large Monday morning. 
• More murders across America are going unsolved, exacerbating the grief of families already reeling and worsening the largely cracked trust between police and the public, especially communities of color most affected by gun violence.
• Hollywood braces for writer's strike  / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/30/hollywood-braces-for-writers-strike?
• First Republic Bank’s collapse marks the second-biggest banking failure in US history. / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/05/01/the-big-get-better-jpmorgan-to-acquire-first-republic?
• If production companies and unionized writers don’t reach a new contract by midnight tonight, the scribes will put down their No. 2 pencils and strike for the first time in 15 years. / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/30/hollywood-braces-for-writers-strike?
• NBC’s Chuck Todd clashed with Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday over whether gender is binary during an intense discussion on laws limiting a parent's ability to get sex-reassignment surgery for their child. / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbcs-chuck-todd-clashes-vivek-ramaswamy-over-gender-binary-know-scientist
• Wasilla's only bookstore to host a drag story time / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2023/04/30/wasillas-only-bookstore-announced-it-would-host-a-drag-story-time-event-an-uproar-followed/

HOUR 2

• Continuing on Wasilla's only bookstore to host a drag story time / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2023/04/30/wasillas-only-bookstore-announced-it-would-host-a-drag-story-time-event-an-uproar-followed/
• Alaska transportation planners and an Anchorage neighborhood group have launched separate initiatives that could one day change how the Seward and Glenn highways connect. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/04/30/highways-connecting-in-anchorages-fairview-have-long-marred-the-neighborhood-renewed-efforts-aim-to-fix-that/
• Voters elected seven new members to the Anchorage Assembly in April, and the new crowd represents a further shift to the left of the political spectrum / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/29/republicans-suffer-losses-blue-wave-anchorage-assembly-victories/
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HOUR 1

• This week, the Republican National Committee used artificial intelligence to create a 30-second ad imagining what President Joe Biden's second term might look like. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172387911/how-can-people-spot-fake-images-created-by-artificial-intelligence
• Rep. Kevin McCabe from Juneau with a legislative update 
• Jennifer Yuhas on Workers' Memorial Day 

HOUR 2

• Gary in East Anchorage 
• Grayson in Denver / Podcast on AI https://www.buzzsprout.com/2115131/12088806-the-regiment-chronicles-episode-2-chatgpt-master-or-misuser-of-the-english-language
• Adam Holz from Plugged In reviewing "Peter Pan and Wendy" on Disney +, "Big George Foreman" and  "Are you there God it's me, Margaret"
• Dave Stieren from Gov Dunleavy's office 
• Gov. Mike Dunleavy and legislative leaders say there’s a need for a long-term fiscal plan for the state, but are uncertain how to reach that goal / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/28/first-step-is-admitting-that-problem-exists-alaskas-leaders-agree-states-fiscal-condition/

HOUR 1

• The U.S. government hit the legal limit on how much money it can borrow yesterday, prompting fears that the country soon may not be able to pay its bills. / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/briefing/debt-limit-default-congress.html?
• The U.S. government hit the legal limit on how much money it can borrow yesterday, prompting fears that the country soon may not be able to pay its bills. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1171993308/economy-gdp-growth-recession-mcdonalds
• Tom A says McDonald's fries make him feel bad
• Tucker Carlson video
• Jerry Springer dies at 79 / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jerry-springer-dead-79
• Iran seizes il tanker / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-seizes-ship-gulf-of-oman-us-navy-says
• Tom overviews the trio of trees (Coast Redwoods; Giant Sequoias; Great Basin Bristlecone Pines)
• Woodcarver Mike on America's trees and fascinating details 

HOUR 2

• The Anchorage Assembly plans to review proposed settlements with former municipal employees Amy Demboski and Heather MacAlpine, both of whom were fired by Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration.  (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/26/settlements-works-2-fired-bronson-administration-employees/
• Joe from Midtown Anchorage on the Demboski payout
• Tom & Tom talk pizza
• The Alaska Senate rolled out its latest version of the operating budget Wednesday, which had a $90 million surplus, a $1,300 Permanent fund dividend, and a $175 million one-time boost for public schools. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2023/04/26/alaska-senate-rolls-out-budget-bill-with-a-surplus-and-a-one-time-school-funding-boost/ 
• Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) in introducing a bill that would create a code of ethics for justices of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/27/murkowksi-king-introduce-supreme-court-code-conduct-bill/

HOUR 1

• GOP uses AI for video again Biden / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/ai-generated-republican-attack-ad-2024-election?
• White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday confirmed the death of a second American citizen in Sudan / (FOXNews)  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/second-american-dead-sudan-white-house-national-security-council-spox-john-kirby-confirms
• Americans increasingly see themselves as supportive of the right to have an abortion and disagree with the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision last year overturning the guaranteed right to an abortion in this country, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. / (NPR)  https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1171863775/poll-americans-want-abortion-restrictions-but-not-as-far-as-red-states-are-going
• The centrist political group No Labels is getting on the ballot in individual states, causing consternation among members of the major political parties about the organization's endgame. / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1171937810/no-labels-arizona-ballot
• Tom & Tom talk political parties and as far back as 1912 and the Bull Moose Party (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912)

HOUR 2

• Golden Lion to become shelter / (ANS) Mayor Dave Bronson said Tuesday that the city will be transforming a Midtown vacant hotel into a low-income housing complex by the end of June.
• Mark from East Anchorage on the homeless 
• Gary from East Anchorage on the homeless 
• Joe from Midtown Anchorage on the homeless
• The Anchorage School District is enlisting the help of outside groups to address the growing problem of fentanyl use by students, including the State of Alaska and the Drug Enforcement Administration. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/26/anchorage-school-district-takes-action-after-overdoses-involving-fentanyl/
• Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola’s chief of staff resigned Tuesday to work on her campaign, Peltola’s office said in a prepared statement. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/04/25/peltolas-chief-of-staff-resigns-to-work-on-her-campaign/

HOUR 1

• Joe Biden announces his bid for re-election for President and with Kamala Harris as VP / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-biden-2024-campaign-low-support-party
• Vivek Ramaswamy: Is it a myth Biden is running for re-election / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-biden-2024-campaign-low-support-party
• Singer, actor and human rights activist Harry Belafonte died Tuesday at age 96 of congestive heart failure / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/516446742/harry-belafonte-dead
• The World Health Organization (WHO) representative in Sudan reportedly warned Tuesday of a "high risk of biological hazard" after one of the sides fighting in the conflict seized a central public laboratory with samples of measles and polio / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-virus-risk-world-health-organization-says-lab-occupied-disease-samples/
• Algorithm discrimination in Uber and Lyft / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/25/1171800324/rideshare-drivers-raise-questions-about-how-algorithms-set-drivers-pay-rates
• A UFO investigator is speaking out about strange things happening in Texas after several cattle were found dead with their tongues removed in three separate counties / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/media/mysterious-deaths-six-cattle-texas-sparks-ufo-fears-something-strange-happening

 
HOUR 2

• Three members of the Anchorage Assembly are spearheading an effort to keep the shelter at the Sullivan Arena open beyond the scheduled closure date of April 30, and are requesting $326,000 to provide care for those who will stay /  (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/25/revised-plan-keep-sullivan-open-90-people-would-cost-326k/
• Mark in East Anchorage on the homeless policy
• Anchorage’s final round of unofficial municipal election results shows about a 28% voter turnout — the lowest voter turnout in a citywide election since the switch to vote-by-mail, but still higher than city elections for Assembly members before the change / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/04/24/anchorage-voter-turnout-was-lower-this-city-election-but-still-above-what-it-was-before-vote-by-mail/
• Professor Ed Timmons, Fellow with the Archbridge Institute overviewing his 2023 State Occupational Licensing Index report
   

HOUR 1

• Due to the ongoing violence in Sudan that has left hundreds of people dead, it is unsafe to conduct another coordinated evacuation for remaining U.S. citizens, John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, told "CBS Mornings" on Monday / (CBS News)  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sudan-news-americans-not-safe-another-evacuation-attempt-khartoum-embassy-john-kirby/
• Based on the projections, India’s population by mid-year will reach 1.4286 billion, compared to China’s 1.4257 billion – 2.9 million fewer – according to the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) / (CNN)  https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/asia/india-china-population-intl/index.html
• The Pentagon released a video of a reported UFO flying at a high rate of speed in the vicinity of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones that "showed some really interesting things that everyone thought was truly anomalous." / (FOX News)  https://www.foxnews.com/us/newly-released-ufo-video-sean-kirkpatrick-pentagon-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office-aaro-truly-anomalous
• Bud Light’s VP of marketing, Alissa Heinerscheid, and her boss, Daniel Blake, were placed on leave following conservative backlash to a recent campaign with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney / (MB)  https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/23/bud-light-makes-changes-to-its-marketing-team-after-calls-for-boycott?
• Los Angeles Mayor asks President Biden for $1.3 Billion to combat homelessness / (NPR)
  https://www.npr.org/2023/04/23/1171507534/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-homelessness
• President Joe Biden's struggles in the polls are no shocking news. He has been drowning since day one of his presidency, and liberal news outlets are being forced to admit it (Townhall)  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/04/23/nbc-admits-new-poll-numbers-for-joe-biden-doesnt-look-good-n2622299
• Who could run for president as a Democrat? / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63654388
• Clarence Thomas and ethics rules / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171343472/justice-thomas-gifts-scandal-highlights-double-standard-for-ethics-in-government
• Tucker Carlson leaving FOXNews / (FOXNews) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news.html?

HOUR 2

• Joe from Midtown Anchorage discusses Minnesota police officer Kim Potter getting out of prison today after 16 months served because of mistakingly killing Daunte Wright. 
• Mark from East Anchorage on the Tucker Carlson departure and APD and crime
• Tom & Tom on Tucker Carlson's departure 
• A backcountry skier had to be rescued off a mountain in Girdwood after a human-triggered avalanche swept him approximately 1,000 feet /  (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/22/avalanche-center-warns-warming-temps-after-skier-rescued-off-mountain/
• The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport continued to move up the global ladder in cargo shipments last year, jumping to third place and switching spots with Shanghai Pudong Airport in China, the airport announced earlier this month / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2023/04/23/anchorage-international-airport-jumps-to-third-in-world-for-air-cargo/
• CNN fires Don Lemmon / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.co

HOUR 1

• The Boy Scouts of America will establish a $2.4 billion fund for those in the organization who were victims of sexual abuse as it emerges out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the organization announced / https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171195077/boy-scouts-bankruptcy-survivors-fund
• A Weatherford, Texas, jury handed a sentence of life in prison to a man after he was convicted of his ninth DWI charge / (FOXNews)  https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-after-receiving-9th-dwi
• NPR spoke to Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., about returning to Congress after spending the first few months of his first Senate term in the hospital for depression / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/media/fetterman-admits-not-senator-pennsylvanians-deserved-hospitalized
• Dozens of Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation this week that would make it harder to hold illegal aliens in custody if they qualify as a "vulnerable person," such as those who are gay, lesbian or transgender / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-aliens-lgbtq-non-english-speakers-may-not-detained-democrats-new-bill
• John Sturgeon, President of Safari Club Alaska Chapter discusses federal overreach and overviews this week's SCI events 

HOUR 2

• The Sullivan Arena’s congregate shelter is set to close at the end of April. But the arena serves a number of clients who have additional health concerns that would make leaving the shelter difficult — or even dangerous.
• Gary in East Anchorage on the homeless 
• Adam Holz on Chevalier (in theaters), Ghosted (Apple TV +)
• Dave Stieren from the Governor's office on the proposed Sales Tax
• Anchorage Police Chief Michael Kerle released a new draft policy regarding body-worn cameras for officers at a press conference on Thursday at police headquarters (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/21/vulnerable-clients-sullivan-arena-hope-shelter-will-stay-open-longer/
• Mark in East Anchorage on body cams 

HOUR 1

• Last Wednesday, the FBI arrested Josiah Garcia, a Tennessee Air National Guardsman who applied to be an assassin on RentAHitman.com / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/04/19/fbi-arrest-tennessee-guardsman-for-applying-to-be-a-hitman?
• Hunter Biden tax investigation / (FOX News)
  https://www.foxnews.com/media/hunter-bidens-irs-whistleblower-news-draws-intense-twitter-backlash-coverup-biden-family-corruption
• Tom talks about Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci and how America got its name. 
• Hunter Biden tax investigation reveal whist blower who says limits are occurring ordered by Biden Admin
  https://www.foxnews.com/media/hunter-bidens-irs-whistleblower-news-draws-intense-twitter-backlash-coverup-biden-family-corruption
• Robert Kennedy Jr files against Biden / (USAToday) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/19/rfk-jr-campaign-poll-biden-voters/11690888002/
• SpaceX rocket explodes / (NPR) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/20/science/spacex-launch-starship-rocket?Intentionally frightening someone case
  https://www.npr.org/2023/04/19/1169689996/the-supreme-court-ponders-when-a-threat-is-really-a-true-threat

HOUR 2

• Joe from Anchorage on SpaceX's explosion and body cams and law and order
• Lift off audio from NASA per Joe's request
• The Alaska Black Caucus sued the Municipality of Anchorage on Wednesday over delays in implementing body cameras to be worn by police officers / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/19/alaska-black-caucus-sues-anchorage-over-police-body-cam-delays/
• Mark in East Anchorage on body cams
• The Kenai Peninsula Borough and former mayor and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce agreed to pay $237,500 to settle a sexual harassment case filed against them / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/04/19/kenai-peninsula-borough-settles-sexual-harassment-case-involving-former-gubernatorial-candidate/
• Statewide sales tax on the horizon / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/20/statewide-sales-tax-could-be-horizon/