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East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray — 290 episodes
Ed Littlefield: composer of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles,” the world's first Lingít language opera
Congressman Jared Huffman (D-California): author of "No Prophets: the Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism"
Lucas Schleusener: CEO of Out in National Security (ONS) on establishing LGBTQ Veterans Day in Anchorage
Jim Duncan: former Speaker of the Alaska State House, former state Senator, & author of, "Making Sausage"
Randi Breager: Executive Director of Abused Women's Aid in Crisis (AWAIC), Alaska's largest domestic violence shelter
Lisa Weissler: author of "Capitol Crude: the Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics"
Willie Iġġiaġruk Hensley: key advocate for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA), founder of Northwest Arctic Native Association (NANA), & author of "50 Miles from Tomorrow"
Matt Schultz: former Democratic Candidate for Alaska's US House Seat
Spencer Perry: health economics professor at ISER
Ethan Berkowitz: former Anchorage Mayor & former AK House Minority Leader
Julia Lurie: senior reporter at Mother Jones discusses her research on foster care in Alaska, adoption in Utah, & child sex abuse in Florida
Heather Doncaster: MC of Mad Myrna's Diva Variety Show, Middle School Art Teacher, & caretaker of disabled animals
Rep. Chuck Kopp (R-South Anchorage): majority leader in the AK state house & former Kenai Police Chief
Ken Alper: Alaska Tax Division Director 2014-2018 & long-time legislative staff
Bruce Botelho: former Alaska Attorney General & former Juneau Mayor
Amy Wallace: Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter
Stephen J. Cox, Acting Attorney General for Alaska
Brenda Stanfill: Director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA)
Aubrey Wieber: director of the 907 Initiative
Keri Ladner: Author of "American Dominion: the Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom"
Samu El Bayani Neek: Iranian in Anchorage discusses the war with Iran
Rep. Will Stapp (R-Fairbanks) on education funding, veterans' court reform, & the effort to overhaul AK elections
AK MEDIA: Wil Courtney, political reporter at KTUU Channel 2 & host of Political Pipeline Podcast
Sen. John Fredrickson (D-Omaha): first gay man elected to the Nebraska state legislature
Rep. Jeremy Bynum (R-Ketchikan): on a Pentecostal childhood, the Air Force, being accepted in Ketchikan, & the over-the-top politics of Juneau
Domestic Violence Protective Orders: Laura Booch & Dr. Ingrid Johnson
Loss of $700 Million in DOT projects explained by Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage)
Edgar Ruiz: Director of Council of State Governments West
Eric Croft: Chair of the Alaska Democratic Party, former State House member, & former Anchorage Assembly Member
Foster Care in Alaska 2026: Landen Ryan & Madison Brewer
Cat & Ben Walker: Teachers of the Year forced out of Alaska
Dr. Brandy Seignemartin: Director of the Alaska Pharmacy Association
Clara Baldwin: Supervisor of the Alaska School of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Pat Pitney: President of the University of Alaska System
Buddy Whitt: Marine Corp veteran, hotel executive, & legislative staffer
ASD's $90 million shortfall: School Board President Carl Jacobs, teacher Janice Strickland, & Superintendent Dr. Jharrett Bryantt
Mark Begich: former US Senator, Anchorage Mayor, and Anchorage Assembly member
Brian Fechter: Deputy Revenue Commissioner (2021-2023)
Nicolas Olano: immigration attorney discusses ICE activity in Alaska
American Samoans in Whittier: journalist Alex Burness discusses, "Americans by name, punished for believing it"
Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage): Dept. of Transportation (DOT) cuts millions from Anchorage road safety projects
Dr. Shauna Birdsall: Naturopathic doctor on practicing in Alaska
Kirk Rose: CEO of Anchorage Community Land Trust on the importance of Alaska's foreign-born entrepreneurs
Debra Corbett: archeologist & co-author of, "Culture and Archeology of the Ancestral Unangax̂/Aleut of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska"
Bill Hill: former superintendent of Bristol Bay Borough School District
Harriet Drummond: former Alaska State House Representative, Anchorage Assembly Member, & Anchorage School Board Member
Elstun Lauesen: Alaska rural economic developer & democratic champion
Steve Williams: director of Diversion Programming at APD & former CEO of the Alaska Mental Health Trust
Anna Taylor: Immigration attorney & director of the Alaska Institute for Justice
Michael Livingston: Unangax̂ historian corrects the historical record of Benny Benson, designer of the Alaska state flag
LOOKING BACK AT 2025: Hollis French, Jubilee Underwood, Josh Revak, Mara Kimmel, JJ Harrier, Zack Fields, Dan O'Neill, Aaron Poe, Margaret Stock, Les Gara, Amanda Metivier, & Tali Stone
LEAVING AMERICA: Joanna Keenan on moving to Mexico and back again
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins: former Alaska State House Representative (D-Sitka)
US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on her book, "Far from Home"
Andrew Halcro: host of "With All Due Respect," former AK State House Rep, & former Anchorage Chamber of Commerce President
Minnesota State House Rep Rick Hansen: on the assassination of his friend Minnesota Speaker of the House Emerita Melissa Hortman
John Heilman: West Hollywood city council member and former mayor
Laura Norton-Cruz: social worker & filmmaker on the Epstein scandal & Alaska’s age of consent
LEAVING AMERICA: Emergency Physician Kathy McCue moves her family from Anchorage to New Zealand
Rep. Robyn Frier (D-Utqiagvik): Representative for America’s northernmost state house district
Rabbi Abram Goodstein on US Coast Guard reclassification of swastikas
Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) on Alaska Fentanyl, Cryptocurrency, and President Trump
Nils Andreassen: Director of the Alaska Municipal League
Christi Froiland: Dermatology PA & Alaska State Medical Association Board Rep
Libby Roderick: singer, songwriter, recording artist, & director of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative
AK MEDIA: John McKay: Alaska's preeminent media lawyer
AK MEDIA: Chloe Pleznac: former reporter at the Homer News
Tetyana Robbins: Ukrainian refugees in Alaska in 2025
LEAVING AMERICA: Opera historian Daniel Gundlach on living in Germany
Margaret Stock: Immigration attorney, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, & 2016 AK US Senate candidate
LEAVING AMERICA: Tashina Maasak Duttle on moving her family to Spain in 2025
Rachael Miller: Advocacy Officer at Food Bank of Alaska
Lisa Keller: Director of Running Free Alaska
Sean Case: Chief of Anchorage Police Department
LEAVING AMERICA: Aaron Poe on relocating his family to Ireland in 2025
Doug Schrage: Chief of the Anchorage Fire Department
Rep. Julie Coulombe (R-Anchorage) Revisited
Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) on Gov. Dunleavy's veto of the 'Amazon tax'
AK MEDIA: Jake Dye: lone news reporter resigns from the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai
AK MEDIA: Michael Armstrong: former editor of the Homer News
AK MEDIA: Trill Gates: anchor of ABC/FOX Your Alaska Link evening news
Leon Jaimes: cybersecurity expert
PA Lisa Alexia: why Alaska should end Daylight Saving Time
ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TURNS 50: the unification of Anchorage, Sept. 16, 1975
Rep. Ted Eischeid (D-Anchorage) & Hedy Eischeid: President of Anchorage Democrats
AK MEDIA: Dermot Cole: Fairbanks reporter, columnist, & author
AK MEDIA: James Devens: director of KCHU public radio & Valdez city council member
Sen. Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage): on Alaska State Medical Board's anti-trans & anti-abortion resolutions
AK MEDIA: Jeff Landfield: Publisher of the Alaska Landmine & possible 2026 gubernatorial candidate
AK MEDIA: Wesley Early: Alaska Public Media Reporter
On Trump - Putin Summit in Anchorage, August 15, 2025
AK MEDIA: Dan O'Neill: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Columnist 1998-2002
Les Gara & Amanda Metivier: Audit of the Office of Children's Services
AK MEDIA: James Brooks: reporter for the Alaska Beacon
AK MEDIA: Larry Persily: Owner & Publisher of the Wrangell Sentinel
AK MEDIA: Ryan Binkley: Owner & Publisher of the Anchorage Daily News
THE PROBLEMS WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT: Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D-East Anchorage) & Rep. Rebecca Himschoot (I-Sitka)
AK MEDIA: Nat Herz: Journalist & Founder of Northern Journal
UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION EXPLAINED by AK Senate Rules Chair Bill Wielechowski
AK MEDIA: Gabe Rottman: VP of Policy at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
AK MEDIA: Pat Dougherty: former editor of the Anchorage Daily News
Rep. Genevieve Mina (D-Anchorage) Revisited
Rep. Will Stapp (R-Fairbanks) Revisited
AK MEDIA: Tom Hewitt: former Opinions Editor at the Anchorage Daily News & special assistant to Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins
Mara Kimmel: Director of the ACLU of Alaska discusses ICE detainees held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex
PRIDE 2025: Rose O'Hara-Jolley, AK state director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates
PRIDE 2025: JJ Harrier, Chair of the Anchorage Pride Parade
Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) discusses the US Congressional Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025
Tessa Hulls: 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for her graphic memoir, "Feeding Ghosts," & Alaska Legislative Lounge Staff
Rep. Ky Holland (I-South Anchorage/Girdwood/Whittier): on entrepreneurship & elections
AK MEDIA: Rep. Carolyn Hall (D-Anchorage): Emmy award winning television journalist & communications director for Gov. Bill Walker & Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz
Josh Revak: Former Alaska State Senator & Iraq war veteran
Foster Care in Alaska 2025: Deko Harbi, Shannon Smith, & Tali Stone
Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake): Alaska State House Representative
Mindy O'Neall: Chair of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly & the Director of Cold Climate Housing Research Center
Rep. Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage) interviewed by his staff Kyle Johansen at the request of his staff Claire Bredar
Reed Stoops: Lobbyist & Co-Founder of the Juneau Community Foundation
Rep. Jubilee Underwood (R-Wasilla): Former President of the MatSu School Board
Michael Rovito: Deputy Director of Alaska Power Association (APA) & former Chief of Staff to Sen. Linda Menard (R-Wasilla)
Sen. Rob Yundt (R-Wasilla): MMA Fighter, former MatSu Borough Assemblyman & AK state Senator
Sen. Matt Claman (D-Anchorage): Alaska Senate Judiciary Chair & former Anchorage Mayor
Brock Wilson, PhD: Labor Economist at UAA's Institute of Social & Economic Research (ISER)
Rep. Bill Elam (R-Kenai & Nikiski): Alaska State House Representative
Rep. Frank Tomaszewski (R-Fairbanks) - Alaska State House Representative
Pat Galvin: Alaska Commissioner of Revenue (2006-2010)
Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer): Chair of the Alaska State House Judiciary Committee
Issa Spatrisano: Alaska State Refugee Coordinator
Hollis French: former AK Senate Minority Leader, gubernatorial candidate, and AOGCC Commissioner
Bronson Frye: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 1959 Representative
Dr. Mimi Benjamin: founder of Bartlett Regional Hospital Hospitalist Program
Lori Pickett & Deepika Ramesh Perumal: Executive Director(s) of the Alaska Literacy Program
Megan Edge: Prison Project Director at the ACLU of Alaska
Charles Wohlforth: Co-Author of "How Covid Crashed the System" & former Anchorage Assembly Member
Kyle Johansen: former Alaska State House Majority Leader
Michelle Macuar Sparck: Director of Get Out the Native Vote
Michelle Turner: President of Anchorage Democrats & Carl Johnson: Small Business Owner
Tom Pittman VIII: Director of Identity Inc.
Maija Katak Lukin: former Mayor of Kotzebue & former superintendent of the NPS's Western Arctic National Parklands
Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal: author of "An American Sickness: How healthcare became big business and how you can take it back"
Ron Hoffman: Lead Pastor of Mountain City Church (formerly the Anchorage Baptist Temple)
Tom Kizzia: author of "Josie's Story: from 19th-century Sitka to her escape from the Holocaust"
Fran Ulmer: former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
Jennifer Fayette: Immediate Past President of the Alaska Academy of Physician Assistants
Lisa Aquino: CEO of Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center
Dr. William Sage: US Health Care Policy Expert
Judge Elaine Andrews: the selection and retention of Alaska's judges
Kendra Sticka: Director of healthEconnect Alaska, the state-designated health information exchange (HIE)
Rev. Matt Schultz: Pastor of Anchorage's First Presbyterian Church on the dangers of Christian Nationalism
Lawrence Weiss: founder of the Masters of Public Health program at the University of Alaska Anchorage
Dr. Anne Zink: Chief Medical Officer of Alaska (2019-2024)
Rep. Jennie Armstrong (D-Anchorage): How to be a good boss
Tom Begich: former Alaska State Senate Minority Leader
2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: the Alaska Delegation
Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage): a Virginia childhood, unions, & bipartisanship
Jenna Wright: President of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation discusses a sales tax & property tax relief
Erin Baldwin Day: founder of the Mutual Aid Network of Anchorage (MANA) & an organizer of the Anchorage Housing Club
Arianna Bellizzi: Director of Anchorage's Federation of Community Councils
Lisa Parker: Anchorage Charter Commissioner & Soldotna City Council Member
THE UNIFICATION OF ANCHORAGE 1975: Jane Angvik, Charter Commission Member
Jane Angvik: Founding Mother of Anchorage
JULY 4: Dr. Cal Williams, African American History Keeper and Alaskan Grio
PRIDE: Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa, Director of the Pacific Community of Alaska
Kevin Berry: UAA Economics Professor on private vs. public sector growth, Assembly-proposed zoning changes, and Anchorage community councils
JUNETEENTH: Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage)
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (SPANISH): Conoce tus derechos como trabajador en Alaska
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (UKRAINIAN): Знайте свої права як працівника на Алясці
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (ESTONIAN): teie õigused töötajana
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (HMONG): Koj txoj cai ua haujlwm
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (FILIPINO): Ang iyong mga karapatan bilang isang manggagawa
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (KOREAN): 노동자 권리 에피소드 한국어
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS: short guide in English
Amber Batts: activist for Alaska's sex workers
Rebecca Braun: Publisher-Editor of the Alaska Budget Report & Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Bill Walker
Donna Arduin: 2019 OMB director for Gov. Dunleavy & current staff to Rep. Ben Carpenter (R-Nikiski)
ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS: Jeremy Applegate, chief of Wage and Hour, State of Alaska Dept. of Labor.
Libby Bakalar: One Hot Mess Alaska
TRANS RIGHTS: Rep. Andrew Gray on garnering more support for Trans Rights
TRANS RIGHTS: Dr. Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)
TRANS RIGHTS: Dr. Joshua Safer, author of the Endocrine Society Guidelines for the medical care of transgender patients
TRANS RIGHTS: Becca Bernard, a lawyer, minister, and mom to a trans girl
TRANS RIGHTS: David Leslie, an Inupiaq Sipiniq (Two-Spirit)
TRANS RIGHTS: Henry, a 15-year-old trans boy and his mom
TRANS RIGHTS: Retired Army 1st Sergeant Jessica Kalarchik on being trans
TRANS RIGHTS: wildlife biologist Aaron Poe discusses being a father to a trans daughter in Anchorage
James Kaufman (R-Anchorage): AK State Senator for Abbott Loop and the Hillside
Reggie Joule: Kotzebue House Rep (1997-2012) & Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor (2012-2015)
Sharon Gleason: Chief Judge of the US District Court for Alaska
Lisa Wawrzonek: Statewide Guardianship Compliance Officer on Alaska's Guardianship Crisis
Mobile Home Owners Town Hall with Attorney Charles Ward, David Andrew, and Demetria Veasy
Charisse Millett: Director of PSEA & former AK House Majority Leader
Chelsea Foster & Bailey Stuart: Alaska Marijuana 101
Foster Care in Alaska: Angel Gonzalez, Mateo Jaime, Kxlo Stone, Anna Redmon, Sarah Lewis, & Abbey Redmon
Keri Ladner: author on Jerry Falwell, the Moral Majority, and QAnon
EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: former AK House Rep Ivan Ivan (D-Akiak); Jena Crafton, Chair of the Governor's Council on Disabilities & Special Education
EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: Ed Wesley & Shenee Williams, Shiloh Community Housing's planned Community Resource Center
EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: Paul Peterson, Harvard Professor on Alaska Charter Schools
EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: Shelley Hughes, AK State Senator on establishing a religious community in Hoonah & her journey into MatSu politics
EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: CJ McCormick, state house representative discusses life in Bethel, suicide, and partisanship
Lesil McGuire: former AK state senator on partisanship, love, and leadership
Beth Kerttula: former AK House Minority Leader
Ben Walker: 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year
Michele Girault: Director of Hope Community Resources & President of Friends of Pets
Ben Robinson: General Director of Anchorage Opera
Tom Kizzia: author on ghost town McCarthy
Tyler Robinson: City Planner on Anchorage Housing
Karen Bronga: East Anchorage Assembly Member
Diane Hirshberg: Director of ISER discusses Alaska public education
Louise Stutes: Alaska State House minority whip and former speaker of the house
Jharrett Bryantt: Superintendent of Anchorage School District
Glen Maxey: first openly gay Texas legislator
Amanda Metivier and Les Gara: Foster Care in Alaska
Keeley Olson: Director of STAR, Alaska's sexual trauma prevention and response organization
Colleen Mondor: Alaska's bypass mail system
RENTERS' TOWNHALL: Attorney Dan Coon's on Alaska's landlord-tenant laws
Daniel Volland: Anchorage Assembly member on housing
Kendra Kloster & Dr. Charlene Aqpik Apok: Founders of the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & 2-Spirit (MMIWG2S) Alaska Working Group
Dayna DeFeo: Director of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research
EJR David & Gabriel Garcia: UAA Professors on Filipino American History Month
David Ramseur: Russia's relationship with Alaska
Calvin Schrage: AK State House Minority Leader
Bob Loeffler: ISER professor on mining in Alaska
Gary Stevens: author of "Uncle Ted" and President of the Alaska State Senate
Travis Hedwig: co-editor of Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North; Alexis Johnson: Anchorage's housing and homelessness coordinator
Mike Jones: ISER economist on Alaska food & infrastructure
Tom Kizzia: author of "Wake of the Unseen Object"
Ivy Spohnholz: Alaska State Director of The Nature Conservancy and former State House Representative
Alyse Galvin: State House Representative and former congressional candidate
George Martinez: Anchorage Assembly Member for East Anchorage
Tiffany Hall: Director of Recover Alaska
Scott Kawasaki: AK Senator and former Fairbanks City Council member
Anna Hutchinson: campaign fundraiser and manager
Andy Josephson: AK State House Representative
Brett Watson: economist at ISER on the PFD and Housing
Phyllis Rhodes: former director of Identity
Nolan Klouda: Center for Economic Development Director on Alaska Housing
Forrest Dunbar: AK State Senator & former East Anchorage Assembly Member
Victor Carlson: Alaska superior court judge & Anchorage LGBTQ+ icon
Margo Bellamy: President of the Anchorage School Board
East Anchorage Matters: State Senator Löki Tobin
Dana Stabenow: Alaska’s great mystery author
Dan O’Neill: author on Project Chariot, the government’s plan to nuke Alaska
Chris Tuck: AK House Majority Leader
Ivan Hodes: Iraq war veteran on Alaska State Rep. David Eastman
Matt Pacillo: Trans Rights Activist
Jeff Landfield: Editor of The Alaska Landmine
Christine McClure: Racial injustice during construction of the Al-Can Highway
Brian Brettschneider: Alaska Climate Scientist
Kevin Berry: UAA Economist
Dan O'Neill: author on the Bering Land Bridge
Patricia Chesbro: US Senate Candidate
Dan O'Neill: author on the destruction of the subsistence lifestyle on the Upper Yukon
Anna Brawley: Anchorage Community Planner
Care Clift: The 2022 Platform of the Libertarian Party of Alaska
Wigi Tozzi: political strategist on volunteering for campaigns
Christine McClure, author on the Al-Can Highway construction
Heather Lende, author and former Haines Borough Assembly Member
KL Marshall: the Religious Right, Oil, and Alaska
Judge Michael Wolverton: 38 years on the Alaska Bench
Jason Grenn, Executive Director of Alaskans for Better Elections
Lise Adams Sherry, minister of Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Jasmin Smith, Anchorage entrepreneur and community organizer
Michael Burke, Episcopal priest on Anchorage's 2009 "Summer of Hate"
Jim Obergefell: marriage equality for America
Caitlin Shortell: Anchorage civil rights attorney on marriage equality
Matt Hamby & Chris Sheldon: marriage equality in Alaska
Scott Kendall, Anchorage attorney discusses redistricting
Kameron Perez-Verdia, Assembly member on funding the shelter at Elmore and Tudor
Hrrrl Scouts: Anchorage Twitter sensation
Joe Josephson, former AK senator and municipal charter commission member
Austin and Stephanie Quinn-Davidson: former acting mayor and first lady
Meg Zaletel, Assembly Member and ACEH Director
Eva Finch & Valeri Zahharov: Estonians on Ukraine
Rabbi Abram Goodstein & Reverend Matthew Schultz: progressive clergy
Natasha Aġnaŋuluuraq Gamache, homeless advocate
Eitan Hersh, author of Politics is for Power
Vanessa Stephens, Chugiak-Eagle River assembly candidate
Blue Alaskan and Yarrow Silvers, experts on "Save Anchorage"
Gretchen Wehmhoff, Chugiak-Eagle River assembly candidate
Danyelle Kimp & Rozlyn Grady Wyche, Alaska Coalition of BIPOC Educators
Matt Buxton, independent journalist discusses group "Save Anchorage"
A Tale of Two Suzannes: correcting misinformation from Must Read Alaska
Felix Rivera & Christopher Constant, Anchorage's 1st gay assemblymen
Donna Mears, Alaska senate candidate
Celeste Hodge Growden, president of the Alaska Black Caucus
Victor Fischer, signer of Alaska State Constitution
Melanie Bahnke, Alaska Redistricting Board
Victor Fischer, growing up in Stalin's Russia
Bill Evans, former Anchorage Assembly Member
Dr. Leslie Gonsette & Dr. Robin Ninefeldt, COVID-19 mitigation advocates
Heather Flynn, former Anchorage Assembly Member