HOUR 1

• Hunter Biden business partner blows the lid off of the Biden defense that Joe wasn't involved / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/money-guy-hunter-biden-business-partner-blow-lid-business-dealings
• Gov Christie slams Trump / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chris-christie-says-it-was-a-mistake-to-support-trump-who-moved-further-and-further-into-crazy-land/
• Biden creates new Grand Canyon monument / (NPR)
  https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192622716/biden-national-monument-grand-canyon-arizona
• Woodcarver Mike in Mat-Su on Gov Christie 
• Private equity firm KKR has agreed to buy the publisher for $1.62 billion / (Hollywood Reporter) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/simon-schuster-sold-paramount-1235526542/
• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on NBC speaking on African-American history standards curriculum / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ron-desantis-switches-campaign-manager-2024-reload
• Biden creates new Grand Canyon monument / NPR
  https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192622716/biden-national-monument-grand-canyon-arizona

HOUR 2

• Charles and Tom discuss age as a factor in competent public service ref Sen Feinstein / (CBS News) www.cbsnews.com/news/dianne-Feinstein-power-of-attorney-what-it-means/
• 'Admiral Rachel Levine, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is visiting Alaska this week. Levine is the first openly transgender four-star officer in U.S. history, and she’s come to Alaska to address a variety of public health issues in the state" / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/08/first-openly-transgender-four-star-officer-us-history-addresses-pressing-public-health-issues-alaska/
• Dalton from Mat-Su on the perplexities in governance like age and LGBTQ issues 
• U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to Alaska next week, with stops in Kotzebue, Anchorage, and Southeast / 
• Tom talks about the dynamic of candidates and who runs for office - and maybe who shouldn't - and why we have affinities. Is it because they're female, LGBTQ-affiliated, a member of a union, a veteran, Pro-Life...