HOUR 1

• Tom discusses NATO from its origins its purpose
• President Biden joins fellow members at a NATO summit in Lithuania / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/biden-attends-annual-nato-summit/
• Tom discusses why Turkey wants to join the EU
• Secretary of State's Antony Blinken bio / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sweden joining NATO and Biden opposing Ukraine joining for now  / (ABC News) https://abcnews.go.com/International/blinken-nato-summit-membership-sweden-ukraine/story?id=101066041
• Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is the latest big-name Republican to throw support behind Tim Sheehy in the crucial Montana Senate race to unseat Democrat Sen. Jon Tester in 2024 (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-sheehy-receives-another-major-endorsement-montana-senate-bid-unseat-tester
• Guy Fieri says the biggest issue facing the restaurant industry is 'availability': Food's just not available / (FOX News) Video link:https://www.foxnews.com/video/6320917822112
• Guy Fieri's restaurants and chains / https://www.wideopencountry.com/guy-fieri-restaurants/
• Why are government websites so bad? / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186880310/why-government-websites-and-online-services-are-so-bad
• Tom talks about why governments have issues with website management

HOUR 2

• Bethany Marcum with Alaska Policy Forum overviews upcoming events / https://alaskapolicyforum.org/
• Todd Smoldon from the Mat-Su office for Gov. Dunleavy on HB 68 (preventing/stopping sex trafficking) and its nexus to the new movie "The Sound of Freedom"
• The Anchorage Assembly will address the former Golden Lion Hotel  ($250,000 grant appropriation for the startup costs for the building, while the second is the opening of a public hearing to enter into a lease agreement with Henning, Inc. to run the Golden Lion as low-income housing / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/07/11/former-golden-lion-hotel-open-permanent-low-income-housing-with-assembly-approval/
• Mayor Dave Bronson with a Municipality of Anchorage update 
• State Rep. Kevin McCabe with a state legislative update 
• Golden Spike anniversary / https://www.nps.gov/articles/dena-history-alaska-golden-spike.htm