HOUR 1

• Fed Govt making 400 million nonsurgical N95 masks available, free of charge, at community health centers and retail pharmacies across the United States / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/covid-biden-free-masks.html
• Get your free tests here: https://www.covidtests.gov/
• Business owners fleeing California where the government may double taxes on businesses / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6292565781001#sp=show-clips
• Author Stephen Mosher overviews his book "Bully of Asia" which highlights China's aggression

HOUR 2

• Biden Administration warning Russia about their growing number of soldiers on the Ukraine border / https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-warns-russia-could-launch-attack-on-ukraine-at-any-point/
• Representative Kevin McCabe with a legislative report from Juneau
• Daniel Radcliff to play Weird Al Yankovic on Roku / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/01/18/daniel-radcliffe-is-weird-al-yankovic-in-roku-original-biopic?
• Tom & Tom talk reactions to COVID 
• COVID home tests now available from the federal government / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/19/website-order-at-home-covid-tests-launches-alaskans-will-have-other-options-than-cold-mailboxes/

HOUR 1

• Tom S is back after having COVID and discusses his symptoms and recovery
• Tennis star Novak Djokovic may be banned from future championships, not just in Australia (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/01/17/unvaccinated-people-increasingly-target-of-financial-penalties
• 5G technology launching tomorrow could affect C-band transmissions at airports and on airplanes and airlines are asking for 50% less power / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/airlines-warn-5g-rollout-could-cause-catastrophic-flight-cancellations-starting-this-week/#x
• Activision Blizzard gaming company sold to Microsoft for just under $69 Billion / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-bilzzard.html
• South African COVID progress gives hope to the U.S. on recovery from the Omicron variant / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-omicron-variant-coronavirus-pandemic-turning-point-south-africa/
• China urging more kids as population growth slows / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/chinas-birth-rate-drops-for-fifth-straight-year
• Alaska Legislature continues to seek answers on why PFD CEO Angela Rodell / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/18/alaska-legislators-seek-answers-why-permanent-fund-corps-former-director-was-abruptly-ousted/
• Alaska Legislature's Legislative Council continues mask mandate / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2022/01/17/as-alaskas-legislative-session-begins-masks-stay-required-at-the-state-capitol/

HOUR 2

• Murder rates skyrocketed in 2020 and 2021 and some say the reasons were the pandemic, cop rules changing, and more guns / (NYT) 
• 5 things to stabilize the pandemic in Europe / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073664919/omicron-cases-testing-boosters-europe
• Governor Dunleavy talks about Tue's 2nd legislative session / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/17/live-gov-dunleavy-talks-expectations-state-eve-legislative-session/
• Gallup Poll shows a 5% lead in popularity for the GOP, one of only four times in a quarter at this percentage since 1991 / (Gallup) https://news.gallup.com/poll/388781/political-party-preferences-shifted-greatly-during-2021.aspx
• Tom A talks about political consulting and wins and communications in campaigns 

HOUR 1

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6292220863001#sp=show-clips
• Dr. King's popularity rating is high now, but not in the 1960s / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/17/politics/mlk-polling-analysis/index.html
• Federal Voting Rights bill doesn't have enough Democrat votes (needs 60) to pass / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/01/16/what-you-need-to-know-biden-s-stumbling-voting-rights-push?
• What are our federal holidays in 2022? / https://www.federalpay.org/holidays
• FBI identifies the British national who took four people hostage in TX in a synagogue / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/colleyville-texas-synagogue-hostages-suspect/
• DirecTV cancels One America News Network / (Axios) https://www.axios.com/directv-removes-conservative-news-network-oan-6dc8ab2f-5d89-4b38-a5a5-b9d12778a7fb.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&fbclid=IwAR3pEfhCfY3ykPjwEBxFrq52ypuzRoj4AuIWcnGwp8n3mHtUtz4RyFtqObU
• Pacific volcanic eruption causes Tsunami that damages Tonga / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/15/volcano-erupts-pacific-west-coast-under-tsunami-advisory/

HOUR 2

• Dave from Palmer on the sonic booms Saturday night from the volcano in the Pacific Ocean
• Restaurants still affected in Anchorage from pandemic / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/01/16/anchorage-restaurants-already-beleaguered-are-making-drastic-adjustments-to-deal-with-omicron/
• Dalton on vaccine mandates and how his business stayed open throughout the Pandemic
• Rep. Dave Eastman releases a statement on his Oath Keepers membership / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/01/15/alaska-rep-eastman-a-life-member-of-oath-keepers-blasts-politically-driven-indictments-of-groups-leaders/
• Election overhaul in Alaska aimed at reducing partisanship

HOUR 1

• The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s expansive mandate that would compel all companies with more than 100 employees to implement a vaccine-or-test requirement for their staff. (MB) www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/01/13/supreme-court-blocks-biden-vax-mandate-large-employers?
• U.S. COVID vaccination rates compared to other nations (we're 57th) / (Johns-Hopkins) https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/vaccines/international?
• State lawmakers seek to fund per diem after Gov Dunleavy's veto / (KTOO) https://www.ktoo.org/2022/01/13/alaska-legislative-council-seeks-to-fund-per-diems-after-gov-dunleavy-veto/
• Providence Hospital in Anchorage tightens visitation policy / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/14/providence-alaska-tightens-visitation-policy-omicron-variant-drives-covid-19-cases-higher/
• The Republican National Committee threatens to skip future presidential debates if certain biased rules aren't changed (MB) https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072765939/republicans-threaten-to-no-longer-participate-in-traditional-general-election-de?
• French dressing changes / (WP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/13/fda-deregulates-french-dressing/?

HOUR 2

• Tribal sovereignty ballot gets signature / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/01/12/tribal-sovereignty-ballot-initiative-shatters-signature-requirements-weeks-ahead-of-schedule/
• Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's Plugged In / Reviews Hotel Transvania: Transformia and Tom asked about "The Boys"
• Dave Stieren from Gov Mike Dunleavy's office 
• Anchorage hospitality industry hit hard because of the pandemic / (ADN) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/14/anchorage-restaurants-continue-persevere-through-staffing-setbacks-brought-by-covid-19/

HOUR 1

• Inflation the talk of 2021 and the numbers staggering / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/cpi-inflation-2021-december?
• Inflation on a 40 year high / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6291599488001#sp=show-clips
• U.K.'s Boris Johnson getting pummeled for not wearing mask and attending outdoor event in 2020 event during lock-down / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/boris-johnson-apologizes-covid-party?
• Hot mic issue at a community council in Anchorage / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/01/12/hot-mic-at-anchorage-community-council-zoom-meeting-broadcasts-bronson-official-saying-someone-needed-a-little-slapping-around/
• Singer Ronnie Specter dies at 78 / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/arts/music/2022/01/13/ronnie-spector-60s-girl-group-icon-who-sang-be-my-baby-dies-at-78/
• iPhone "Exposure" setting now operative in Alaska as State signs off / (ANS) 
• 35 unique international items sold by McDonald's / (EatThis) https://www.eatthis.com/mcdonalds-food-around-the-world/
• T&T talk Capstone Clinic with praise on their testing and vaccine processes and Sears Wasilla will have a mobile testing site

HOUR 2

• President Biden's approval rating drops further / 
• Commissioner Lee Cruise with the State Officers Compensation Commission discussing state legislative salaries and prospective policy changes (last 3 segments)

HOUR 1

• Maya Angelou, Sally Ride, and other women to be featured on US Quarters; 20 new quarters will feature influential American women / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/maya-angelou-sally-ride-historical-women-US-quarters? and https://www.artandobject.com/news/maya-angelou-sally-ride-join-few-women-us-currency?
• Tom recalls Alaska's Elizabeth Peratrovich joining the likes of Jim Thorpe and Sacagawea on the back of the U.S. Mint’s latest $1 coin.
• United Airlines' worker shortage among many with airlines / (CNBC) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/united-cuts-flights-as-about-3000-workers-call-out-sick-from-covid.html?
• President Biden moved to stop NPR leasing / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/12/biden-administration-moves-restrict-oil-gas-leasing-areas-npr-a/
• Empty grocery shelves in Anchorage because of shipping issues in Seattle and weather / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/12/weather-seattle-mostly-blamed-empty-grocery-store-shelves-around-anchorage/
• Gary from East Anchorage 
• Tom corrects Gary on who is on the Permanent Fund Board of Trustees / (https://apfc.org/know-your-trustees/)

HOUR 2

• Tom & Tom talk about vans and RVs and their interest in purchasing for travels
• 2022 Alaska jobs forecast expects to recover 9,800 jobs / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/12/2022-alaska-job-forecast-expects-recover-9800-jobs-over-coming-year/
• Tom & Tom talk about 1980s sitcoms and 1970s music 
• China locking down before Winter Olympics because of the threat of COVID spread / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/country-on-high-alert-one-month-before-winter-olympics/#x
• Capstone Clinic goes 24/7 testing in Anchorage starting Monday / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/01/11/247-virus-testing-coming-soon-to-site-near-anchorage-airport-as-other-changes-are-on-the-way/
• Dalton on the pandemic

HOUR 1

• Tom S returns to the show after a trip to Phoenix and discusses his plane being over-fueled in Seattle and the weather in AZ
• U.S. emissions climb 6.2 and coal burned for electricity spiked over 17% / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/climate-US-emissions-climbed?
• Russia says it won't allow talks with the U.S. to go on much longer re Ukraine / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/talks-between-us-and-russia-continue-amid-tensions-over-ukraine/#x
• Woodcarver Mike on Russia, Putin, and China's monitoring of it all
• Georgia defeats Alabama / https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/33039261/georgia-bulldogs-take-control-4th-quarter-win-rematch-vs-alabama-crimson-tide-first-college-football-national-championship-1980
• First genetically modified pig heart transplanted into 57-year-old Maryland man / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/health/heart-transplant-pig-bennett.html?
• LIVE Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing testimony to address the federal response to new COVID-19 variants with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and others.

HOUR 2

• LIVE Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing testimony to address the federal response to new COVID-19 variants with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and others.
• Home COVID tests to be covered by insurance at up to 8 per person per month / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-cb49a8458f33a698c3a4f3b721835270?
• LIVE Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing testimony to address the federal response to new COVID-19 variants with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, and others.
• Mayor Dave Bronson with COVID-19 testing update
• Micky Boyer from Capstone with a COVID-19 update

HOUR 1

• Bob Saget passes away at age 65 in his hotel room in Orlando on a comedy tour / (Vulture) https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/full-house-star-bob-saget-has-died.html
• New York state joins half the nation in allowing sports betting over the weekend / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/01/09/welcome-to-new-york-mobile-sports-betting?
• Dept of labor sues Georgia auto shop owner for stiffing his employees of overtime and last-checks after he dumps $915 worth of oiled pennies on an ex-employee's driveway / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/georgia-auto-shop-pennies-lawsuit.html?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
• Muir Maps / https://muir-way.com/collections/alaska?_atid=RtW6sJDHqECzj4U9CiQI90zE0ygcIY
• Jesse Watters named anchor for FOX News at 7 PM / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-named-permanent-host-of-7-pm
• V.P. Kamala Harris claims the media is biased against her because of her gender and ethnicity and both sides of the political aisle weigh-in and disagree / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/female-leaders-pundits-weigh-report-vp-harris-feels-shes-treated-differently-because-race-gender
• Parents protest transgenders allowed to compete in sports / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6290782900001#sp=show-clips
• The Ivy League officially endorses transgender athletes / (Daily Wire) https://www.dailywire.com/news/unwavering-commitment-ivy-league-announces-support-of-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-ahead-of-next-meet?

HOUR 2

• Anchorage's Keegan Messing wins Canadian National Figure Skating Championship / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/sports/2022/01/09/alaska-figure-skater-keegan-messing-wins-canadian-championship-and-will-compete-in-winter-olympics/
• Anchorage Downtown Partnership to no longer dispatch Safety Ambassadors / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/01/09/anchorage-downtown-partnership-ends-safety-first-program-citing-unintended-negative-consequences/
• 19 died in Bronx NYC fire and doctors race to save survivors / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2022/01/10/several-with-grave-injuries-after-nyc-fire-that-killed-19/
• Magistrate Peck relieved after letter to editor bashing GOP and Trump and Governor / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2022/01/07/alaska-court-system-fires-magistrate-judge-who-wrote-public-letter-criticizing-republican-party/
• Avalanche danger alert (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/08/avalanche-danger-dramatically-increase-with-new-snowfall/
• U.S. and Russian diplomacy in Geneva as Ukraine border occupied by 100,000+ Russian troops / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/10/world/russia-us-ukraine-talks?
• Alaska legislators to consider many new legislative proposals / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/08/alaska-legislature-has-new-bills-fiscal-policy-elections-covid-19-mandates-ahead-next-session/

HOUR 1

• SCOTUS to hear vaccine mandate case (forcing companies with 100+ employees to make them get the vaccine or be fired) / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/vaccine-mandate-Biden-US-supreme-court?
• Tucker Carlson and Senator Ted Cruz debate about Cruz using the term "violent terrorism" referring to the defendants from the Jan 6th, 2021 Capitol break-in / https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/01/07/i-just-dont-believe-you-tucker-repeatedly-calls-ted-cruz-a-liar-in-heated-face-off-over-jan-6-terrorist-remark-1185452/
• Sidney Portier passes away at age 94 in his home in the Bahamas / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/movies/sidney-poitier-dead.html?
• December 2021 job report shows decline again / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/business/economy/jobs-report-december-2021.html
• Joe from Southwest Anchorage on unemployment and why people are on welfare and what's wrong 

HOUR 2

• Tom talks about evidence-based diets and what scientists recommend (low calories and exercise) / (NCBI) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8017325/?
• Gary from East Anchorage on people on welfare and obese 
• Adam Holz from Focus on the Family's Plugged In on "The 355" (about women spies)
• Tom on Tom T Hall and his suicide in August at age 85 / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-singer-tom-hall-cause-of-death-suicide
• Dave Stieren, Community Relations Director from Gov Dunleavy's office
• Mayor Bronson's staff posts "Panhandling Prohibited" signs in Anchorage and some say illegal / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/01/06/anchorage-spent-thousands-of-dollars-posting-anti-panhandling-signs-citing-a-law-found-unconstitutional/

HOUR 1

• January 6th U.S. Capitol riot anniversary / (WP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/06/jan-6-anniversary-live-updates/
• Vice President Kamala Harris compares Jan 6th, 2021 to Pear Harbor?? / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-jan-6-speech-pearl-harbor-9-11
• Joe from SW Anchorage on the nonsense of comparing Pearl Harbor to Jan 6th, 2021
• Gary from East Anchorage on the ridiculousness of Biden and Harris and their Jan 6th comparisons 
• President Trump responds to President Joe Biden / https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jan-6-trump-responds-biden-divide-america
• Tom A praises Gov. Ron DeSantis and his credentials and hopes he runs for President in 2024 / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis
• U.S. Rebrands genetically modified food as "Bioengineered" / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/usda-rebrands-gmo-food-label-bioengineered?
• Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic held in quarantine in Australia because he's not vaccinated / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/01/05/Novak-Djokovic-declined-visa-Australian-Open?

HOUR 2

• Wind damage restoration ongoing and power slowly being restored / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2022/01/05/repairs-begin-as-power-returns-for-many-wind-battered-mat-su-residents/
• Dalton from Mat-Su on the winds and the Deep State 
• Tom talks about governance and policymaking and the deep state
• Dialogue ongoing re an advisory vote on Eagle River, Chugiak, and Eklutna separating from Anchorage as its own city is being floated by Assemblymember Chris Constant / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/01/06/question-eagle-river-leaving-municipality-renewed-with-2-proposed-advisory-votes-before-anchorage-assembly/