HOUR 1

• Tom & Tom talk about winter driving and auto-starters
• The tech industry is feeling the pinch of the U.S.'s economic downturn with even Strip laying off staff / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/03/stripe-plans-to-lay-off-14percent-of-workers.html?
• The Justice Department busted its first national catalytic converter theft ring Wednesday and seized homes, cars, and other assets totaling a ginormous $545 million. 21 people from five states were arrested for a crime that has surged since the beginning of the pandemic. (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/multi-million-dollar-catalytic-converter-theft-ring-bust?
• Home sales lessening and the age of first-time home buyers rising / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/homes/first-time-homebuyers-hit-record-low-nar-report/index.html?
• Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) predicts a GOP sweep in swing states next week / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314932601112
• A new poll found that more than 70% of American voters in the 2022 midterm elections are not likely to vote for a candidate who supports allowing minors to undergo gender transition procedures./ (CNN)  https://www.dailywire.com/news/large-majority-of-americans-say-they-wont-vote-for-candidates-who-supports-transgender-procedures-for-youth-poll
• White suburban women, a key group of midterm voters, have significantly shifted their support from Democrats to Republicans in the closing days of midterm campaigning because of rising concerns over the economy and inflation. The survey found that they favor Republicans in congressional races by 15 percentage points. / (WSJ) https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-suburban-women-swing-toward-backing-republicans-for-congress-
• Opposition to an Alaska project designed to unlock a new agriculture district in a vast wilderness area west of Nenana escalated earlier this week when an Alaska Native tribe blockaded a public-use bridge for two days to keep construction crews out. The tribe, the Nenana Native Association, has since ended the blockade, but it’s still raising objections to the state’s effort to open more than 140,000 acres to farming under the state’s Nenana-Totchaket Agricultural Project, a potential farming district that the state and community of Nenana have pursued for decades. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/11/03/tribe-protests-effort-to-develop-agricultural-project-in-wilderness-west-of-nenana/

HOUR 2

• Jim Minnery from Alaska Family Council on AKVoter.com re the  AK Constitutional Convention vote and also on ranked choice
• Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's "Plugged In" reviews "Enola Holmes 2" "Good Night Oppy" and "Wendell and Wild"
• Dave Stieren from Governor Dunleavy's office
• Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino 

HOUR 1

• Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, a Texas furniture mogul known for placing huge bets on sports, has wagered about $10 million on the Astros to win the World Series. If they do win, he’ll earn almost $75 million—the largest payout on a legal sports bet ever in the US / (Finoexpert) https://finnoexpert.com/2022/11/02/if-astros-win-world-series-gambler-will-earn-record-payout/
• Washington Commanders may be sold to Jeff Bezos / https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/11/02/dan-snyder-may-sell-the-washington-commanders?
• Schools closed in Anchorage because of snow / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/weather/2022/11/02/storm-brings-little-snow-to-anchorage-but-up-to-2-feet-in-western-kenai-peninsula-and-susitna-valley/
• State Senate candidate John Cunningham discusses his East Anchorage senate race against Sen Bill Wielechowski
• Gary from East Anchorage on the election

HOUR 2

• Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Les Gara 
• U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski

HOUR 1

• T & T discuss the Sat night/Sun morning time change this weekend
• CVS and Walgreens near settlement / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/health/cvs-walgreens-opioids-settlement.html?
• Chinese and Powerball lotteries / (PW) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-01/lottery-winner-conceals-30-million-jackpot-from-wife-child?sref=KkPzpZvz
• Diesel prices surging during a diesel fuel shortage / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314790073112
• T & T talk about winter blues and wishing for spring and discuss where they'd live across the nation for a second home
• Bolduc up in NH Senate race over Sen Hassan and Zeldin ahead of Hochul for NY Gov / (The Hill) https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3714550-hassan-bolduc-neck-and-neck-in-new-hampshire-poll/ and (NYP) https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/lee-zeldin-takes-lead-over-ny-gov-kathy-hochul-in-new-poll/

HOUR 2

• An idea that has propelled Alzheimer's research for more than 30 years is approaching its day of reckoning / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/01/1133107703/alzheimers-study-tests-amyloid-hypothesis
• If you're mailing in an absentee ballot it's 84 cents / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/10/17/alaskans-need-84-cents-of-postage-on-by-mail-ballots-and-other-how-to-vote-tips/
• Federal voting officials observe problems with voting processes in rural Alaska / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/11/01/federal-observers-flagged-issues-with-native-language-support-in-alaskas-august-election/
• State Senator Mike Shower on his campaign and the forthcoming election
• Alaskans get to vote on Yes/No for a Constitutional Convention / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/11/01/constitutional-convention-supporters-make-case-ballot-measure-1/
• Principal banished in Kipnuk / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2022/11/01/village-school-shut-down-after-principal-banished-and-teachers-flown-out-over-weekend/

HOUR 1

• T & T talk Halloween trick-or-trickers in the neighborhood
• President Biden calls on oil companies to produce more oil or will raise taxes / (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/biden-address-oil-company-profits-430-pm-remarks-2022-10-31/?
• Israel is holding its prime minister election / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1133083117/israel-election-netanyahu
• Tom asks why many nations and states and communities split their votes 
• Libertarian drops out of the U.S. Senate race in Arizona and endorses Republican Blake Masters against incumbent Senator Mark Kelly / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/arizona-senate-race-libertarian-candidate-drops-out-endorses-blake-masters
• Herschel Walker on a live campaign speech / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314737979112
• Paper shortage / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/10/31/midterms-paper-shortages?
• Nurse Practitioner convicted on opioid distribution / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2022/10/31/former-eagle-river-nurse-practitioner-guilty-on-all-counts-in-federal-opioid-overprescribing-case/
• Arsonist caught in Anchorage / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2022/10/31/anchorage-man-charged-with-arson-in-apartment-complex-fire-that-destroyed-five-units/

HOUR 2

• Dalton in Mat-Su on the state of affairs and elections and Nancy Pelosi's husband's assault 
• Car driver over political signs in Anchorage yards / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/10/29/car-drives-onto-front-yards-taking-out-campaign-signs/
• State Representative Kevin McCabe on Vince Beltrami's union-biased OpEd in the Peninsula Clarion 
• Tom discusses campaigns and processes in political races

HOUR 1

• Tom & Tom talk NFL scores, Halloween events, and Saturday's Mat-Su Kabayan Halloween Party 
• Two affirmative action cases before SCOTUS today / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/10/30/affirmative-action-hangs-in-the-balance-at-the-supreme-court?
• Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is set to become the next president of the largest Latin American country, marking his return to the post he held from 2003–2010 / (MB) https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-religion-caribbean-voting-ed2130a095ca42ff1be324a3dea9f355?
• T & T the importance of Ranking the Red in the congressional race particularly 
• What are the prime neighborhoods to trick-or-treat in throughout Anchorage and Eagle River and the Valley?

HOUR 2

• Western leaders blast Russia's exit from grain deal that's helped ease global hunger / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/10/30/1132660465/russia-ukraine-grain-deal-global-hunger-united-nations
• T&T talks about parties and how to make them really good
• Former State Senator Bill Stoltze on where to trick-or-treat
• Tom talks about Alaskan candidates and negative vs positive campaigning 

HOUR 1

• Tom discusses last night's U.S. Senate debate / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-us-supreme-court-donald-trump-b277a0d183cf094ee943644e0c783cae
• Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi attack in San Francisco by a home invader / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-husband-assaulted.html?
• Clip from AK Senate Debate / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314501978112
• Rick Whitbeck / Power the Future on Biden  and his effect on gas prices and fuel 
• Woodcarver Mike Mat-Su on the debates this week
• Gary in East Anchorage on the U.S. Senate debate and felt Kelly Tshibaka did well

HOUR 2

• A total of 16 inmates have now died while in the custody of Alaska’s Department of Corrections this calendar year / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/10/27/alaska-inmate-deaths-reach-highest-yearly-total-20-years/
• Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's "Plugged-In" reviews "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "The Good Nurse" on Netflix
• Dave Stieren from Gov Dunleavy's office and remembering Ben Stevens
• Tom talks about candidates and how some have major negatives 

HOUR 1

• Tom overviews last night's congressional debate between Palin, Peltola, Begich, and Bye
• Clips from debate / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314431115112
• U.S. congressional overview - can the GOP take back? Professor Sabato's "Crystal Ball" / https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-house-gop-hits-218-in-ratings-as-battle-rages-across-big-playing-field/
• NPR says don't blame the President or give credit or lack thereof for gas prices / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131675651/gas-prices-oil-fuel-rising-president

HOUR 2

• Tom & Tom talk about the complexity of political branding and placements on radio and new publications 
• Mat-Su Borough Assembly and School Board election is Nov 8th / https://matsugov.us/elections
• Gary in East Anchorage on voting and the Mississippi drying up 
• Chris Bye / Congressional candidate / https://itstimealaska.com/

HOUR 1

• Lt. Gov Fetterman loses to Dr. Oz in last night's PA debate / (Axios) https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/fetterman-pennsylvania-senate-debate-midterms
• Dave driving through Birchwood says traffic is a congested and possible wreck
• Recycling is considerably down in the U.S. / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/plastic-recycling-decline-report?
• Jeff calls in with a traffic update - traffic eases up into Eagle River and then bottlenecks at Fort Rich flag poles because of ditched vehicle 
• Tech companies' value has dropped considerably / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/technology/elon-musk-twitter-predictions.html?
• Joe from South Anchorage no longer supports Gov Dunleavy because the Governor supports Pebble Mine / (ADN) 

HOUR 2

• Google algorithms appear to be favoring Democrats over Republicans significantly / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6314364555112
• Senator Sullivan and Governor Dunleavy go to Japan to promote Alaska LNG / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2022/10/25/lng-summit-in-japan-promotes-alaskas-39-billion-north-slope-gas-project/ and (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/10/25/europe-has-a-gas-problem?
• Former Senator Bill Stoltze on Rank Choice Voting
• State Representative Kevin McCabe on Ranked Choice

HOUR 1

• Tom A talks about Facebook political messaging and digital ads and gives Palin's "Girl Power" video
• Tom, Dylan, and Sarah talk politics and negative ads (Sarah mentioned very negative online ads from s group supporting Walt Featherly against State House candidate Julie Coulombe) 
• Rishi Sunak becomes the UK's 57th Prime Minister / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/25/world/uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak?
• With the decision on Tuesday by a Russian appeals court to uphold Brittney Griner’s sentence on drug smuggling charges, the American basketball star’s best hope for freedom now likely depends on the outcome of delicate talks between the United States and Russia, two governments whose relations are at their lowest point in decades / (NY) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/25/world/russia-ukraine-war-news?
• Supply Chain complications shift as cargo ships are less clogged in the Port of LA but now warehouses and deliveries will get clogged into the holiday season / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/10/24/the-shipping-supply-chain-is-looking-almost-normal?

HOUR 2

• The Anchorage Assembly is scheduled to decide Tuesday whether or not an embattled city project to build a 150-bed homeless shelter and navigation center in East Anchorage will move forward / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/10/24/assembly-to-vote-on-whether-to-finish-building-embattled-east-anchorage-shelter-project/
• Tom discusses the flaws of rank-choice voting
• Dalton in Mat-Su on election problems

HOUR 1

• Rishi Sunak to become the U.K.'s next Prime Minister / (BBC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORd2k-2r2iw
• U.S. students in most states and across almost all demographic groups have experienced troubling setbacks in both math and reading, according to an authoritative national exam released on Monday, offering the most definitive indictment yet of the pandemic’s impact on millions of schoolchildren / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/24/us/math-reading-scores-pandemic.html?
• Midterm election will determine control of Congress / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/10/23/a-super-quick-preview-of-the-midterm-elections?
• U.S. Senate and Congress could very likely go to the GOP / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-abortion-inflation-nevada-government-and-politics-857185bdaac9ff2ae8f5ce0c8dc0afe8
• Joe from South Anchorage on being anti-Pebble and his thoughts on the General Election Nov 8th 
• Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly on completing his term today

HOUR 2

• Dalton from Mat-Su disgusted with policymakers 
• In a lawsuit filed Friday, a former executive assistant to Alaska gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce said Pierce sexually harassed her when he was Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/10/21/in-lawsuit-former-assistant-accuses-alaska-governor-candidate-charlie-pierce-of-sexual-harassment/
• Governor Bill Walker on an update on his race 
• Tom and Tom talk about candidates and also Halloween