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East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray — 276 episodes

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Bruce Botelho: former Alaska Attorney General & former Juneau Mayor

2

Amy Wallace: Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre's ghostwriter

3

Stephen J. Cox, Acting Attorney General for Alaska

4

Brenda Stanfill: Director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA)

5

Aubrey Wieber: director of the 907 Initiative

6

Keri Ladner: Author of "American Dominion: the Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom"

7

Samu El Bayani Neek: Iranian in Anchorage discusses the war with Iran

8

Will Stapp (R-Fairbanks) on education funding, veterans' court reform, & the effort to overhaul AK elections

9

AK MEDIA: Wil Courtney, political reporter at KTUU Channel 2 & host of Political Pipeline Podcast

10

Sen. John Fredrickson (D-Omaha): first gay man elected to the Nebraska state legislature

11

Jeremy Bynum (R-Ketchikan): on a Pentecostal childhood, the Air Force, being accepted in Ketchikan, & the over-the-top politics of Juneau

12

Domestic Violence Protective Orders: Laura Booch & Dr. Ingrid Johnson

13

Loss of $700 Million in DOT projects explained by Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage)

14

Edgar Ruiz: Director of Council of State Governments West

15

Eric Croft: Chair of the Alaska Democratic Party, former State House member, & former Anchorage Assembly Member

16

Foster Care in Alaska 2026: Landen Ryan & Madison Brewer

17

Cat & Ben Walker: Teachers of the Year forced out of Alaska

18

Dr. Brandy Seignemartin: Director of the Alaska Pharmacy Association

19

Clara Baldwin: Supervisor of the Alaska School of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

20

Pat Pitney: President of the University of Alaska System

21

Buddy Whitt: Marine Corp veteran, hotel executive, & legislative staffer

22

ASD's $90 million shortfall: School Board President Carl Jacobs, teacher Janice Strickland, & Superintendent Dr. Jharrett Bryantt

23

Mark Begich: former US Senator, Anchorage Mayor, and Anchorage Assembly member

24

Brian Fechter: Deputy Revenue Commissioner (2021-2023)

25

Nicolas Olano: immigration attorney discusses ICE activity in Alaska

26

American Samoans in Whittier: journalist Alex Burness discusses, "Americans by name, punished for believing it"

27

Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage): Dept. of Transportation (DOT) cuts millions from Anchorage road safety projects

28

Dr. Shauna Birdsall: Naturopathic doctor on practicing in Alaska

29

Kirk Rose: CEO of Anchorage Community Land Trust on the importance of Alaska's foreign-born entrepreneurs

30

Debra Corbett: archeologist & co-author of, "Culture and Archeology of the Ancestral Unangax̂/Aleut of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska"

31

Bill Hill: former superintendent of Bristol Bay Borough School District

32

Harriet Drummond: former Alaska State House Representative, Anchorage Assembly Member, & Anchorage School Board Member

33

Elstun Lauesen: Alaska rural economic developer & democratic champion

34

Steve Williams: director of Diversion Programming at APD & former CEO of the Alaska Mental Health Trust

35

Anna Taylor: Immigration attorney & director of the Alaska Institute for Justice

36

Michael Livingston: Unangax̂ historian corrects the historical record of Benny Benson, designer of the Alaska state flag

37

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

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LEAVING AMERICA: Joanna Keenan on moving to Mexico and back again

39

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins: former Alaska State House Representative (D-Sitka)

40

US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on her book, "Far from Home"

41

Andrew Halcro: host of "With All Due Respect," former AK State House Rep, & former Anchorage Chamber of Commerce President

42

Minnesota State House Rep Rick Hansen: on the assassination of his friend Minnesota Speaker of the House Emerita Melissa Hortman

43

John Heilman: West Hollywood city council member and former mayor

44

Laura Norton-Cruz: social worker & filmmaker on the Epstein scandal & Alaska’s age of consent

45

LEAVING AMERICA: Emergency Physician Kathy McCue moves her family from Anchorage to New Zealand

46

Rep. Robyn Frier (D-Utqiagvik): Representative for America’s northernmost state house district

47

Rabbi Abram Goodstein on US Coast Guard reclassification of swastikas

48

Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) on Alaska Fentanyl, Cryptocurrency, and President Trump

49

Nils Andreassen: Director of the Alaska Municipal League

50

Christi Froiland: Dermatology PA & Alaska State Medical Association Board Rep

51

Libby Roderick: singer, songwriter, recording artist, & director of the Difficult Dialogues Initiative

52

AK MEDIA: John McKay: Alaska's preeminent media lawyer

53

AK MEDIA: Chloe Pleznac: former reporter at the Homer News

54

Tetyana Robbins: Ukrainian refugees in Alaska in 2025

55

LEAVING AMERICA: Opera historian Daniel Gundlach on living in Germany

56

Margaret Stock: Immigration attorney, MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, & 2016 AK US Senate candidate

57

LEAVING AMERICA: Tashina Maasak Duttle on moving her family to Spain in 2025

58

Rachael Miller: Advocacy Officer at Food Bank of Alaska

59

Lisa Keller: Director of Running Free Alaska

60

Sean Case: Chief of Anchorage Police Department

61

LEAVING AMERICA: Aaron Poe on relocating his family to Ireland in 2025

62

Doug Schrage: Chief of the Anchorage Fire Department

63

Rep. Julie Coulombe (R-Anchorage) Revisited

64

Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) on Gov. Dunleavy's veto of the 'Amazon tax'

65

AK MEDIA: Jake Dye: lone news reporter resigns from the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

66

AK MEDIA: Michael Armstrong: former editor of the Homer News

67

AK MEDIA: Trill Gates: anchor of ABC/FOX Your Alaska Link evening news

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Leon Jaimes: cybersecurity expert

69

PA Lisa Alexia: why Alaska should end Daylight Saving Time

70

ANCHORAGE MUNICIPALITY TURNS 50: the unification of Anchorage, Sept. 16, 1975

71

Rep. Ted Eischeid (D-Anchorage) & Hedy Eischeid: President of Anchorage Democrats

72

AK MEDIA: Dermot Cole: Fairbanks reporter, columnist, & author

73

AK MEDIA: James Devens: director of KCHU public radio & Valdez city council member

74

Sen. Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage): on Alaska State Medical Board's anti-trans & anti-abortion resolutions

75

AK MEDIA: Jeff Landfield: Publisher of the Alaska Landmine & possible 2026 gubernatorial candidate

76

AK MEDIA: Wesley Early: Alaska Public Media Reporter

77

On Trump - Putin Summit in Anchorage, August 15, 2025

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AK MEDIA: Dan O'Neill: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Columnist 1998-2002

79

Les Gara & Amanda Metivier: Audit of the Office of Children's Services

80

AK MEDIA: James Brooks: reporter for the Alaska Beacon

81

AK MEDIA: Larry Persily: Owner & Publisher of the Wrangell Sentinel

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AK MEDIA: Ryan Binkley: Owner & Publisher of the Anchorage Daily News

83

THE PROBLEMS WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT: Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D-East Anchorage) & Rep. Rebecca Himschoot (I-Sitka)

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AK MEDIA: Nat Herz: Journalist & Founder of Northern Journal

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UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION EXPLAINED by AK Senate Rules Chair Bill Wielechowski

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AK MEDIA: Gabe Rottman: VP of Policy at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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AK MEDIA: Pat Dougherty: former editor of the Anchorage Daily News

88

Genevieve Mina (D-Anchorage) Revisited

89

Will Stapp (R-Fairbanks) Revisited

90

AK MEDIA: Tom Hewitt: former Opinions Editor at the Anchorage Daily News & special assistant to Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins

91

Mara Kimmel: Director of the ACLU of Alaska discusses ICE detainees held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex

92

PRIDE 2025: Rose O'Hara-Jolley, AK state director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates

93

PRIDE 2025: JJ Harrier, Chair of the Anchorage Pride Parade

94

Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) discusses the US Congressional Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025

95

Tessa Hulls: 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for her graphic memoir, "Feeding Ghosts," & Alaska Legislative Lounge Staff

96

Rep. Ky Holland (I-South Anchorage/Girdwood/Whittier): on entrepreneurship & elections

97

AK MEDIA: Rep. Carolyn Hall (D-Anchorage): Emmy award winning television journalist & communications director for Gov. Bill Walker & Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz

98

Josh Revak: Former Alaska State Senator & Iraq war veteran

99

Foster Care in Alaska 2025: Deko Harbi, Shannon Smith, & Tali Stone

100

Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake): Alaska State House Representative

101

Mindy O'Neall: Chair of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly & the Director of Cold Climate Housing Research Center

102

Rep. Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage) interviewed by his staff Kyle Johansen at the request of his staff Claire Bredar

103

Reed Stoops: Lobbyist & Co-Founder of the Juneau Community Foundation

104

Rep. Jubilee Underwood (R-Wasilla): Former President of the MatSu School Board

105

Michael Rovito: Deputy Director of Alaska Power Association (APA) & former Chief of Staff to Sen. Linda Menard (R-Wasilla)

106

Sen. Rob Yundt (R-Wasilla): MMA Fighter, former MatSu Borough Assemblyman & AK state Senator

107

Sen. Matt Claman (D-Anchorage): Alaska Senate Judiciary Chair & former Anchorage Mayor

108

Brock Wilson, PhD: Labor Economist at UAA's Institute of Social & Economic Research (ISER)

109

Rep. Bill Elam (R-Kenai & Nikiski): Alaska State House Representative

110

Rep. Frank Tomaszewski (R-Fairbanks) - Alaska State House Representative

111

Pat Galvin: Alaska Commissioner of Revenue (2006-2010)

112

Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer): Chair of the Alaska State House Judiciary Committee

113

Issa Spatrisano: Alaska State Refugee Coordinator

114

Hollis French: former AK Senate Minority Leader, gubernatorial candidate, and AOGCC Commissioner

115

Bronson Frye: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 1959 Representative

116

Dr. Mimi Benjamin: founder of Bartlett Regional Hospital Hospitalist Program

117

Lori Pickett & Deepika Ramesh Perumal: Executive Director(s) of the Alaska Literacy Program

118

Megan Edge: Prison Project Director at the ACLU of Alaska

119

Charles Wohlforth: Co-Author of "How Covid Crashed the System" & former Anchorage Assembly Member

120

Kyle Johansen: former Alaska State House Majority Leader

121

Michelle Macuar Sparck: Director of Get Out the Native Vote

122

Michelle Turner: President of Anchorage Democrats & Carl Johnson: Small Business Owner

123

Tom Pittman VIII: Director of Identity Inc.

124

Maija Katak Lukin: former Mayor of Kotzebue & former superintendent of the NPS's Western Arctic National Parklands

125

Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal: author of "An American Sickness: How healthcare became big business and how you can take it back"

126

Ron Hoffman: Lead Pastor of Mountain City Church (formerly the Anchorage Baptist Temple)

127

Tom Kizzia: author of "Josie's Story: from 19th-century Sitka to her escape from the Holocaust"

128

Fran Ulmer: former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

129

Jennifer Fayette: Immediate Past President of the Alaska Academy of Physician Assistants

130

Lisa Aquino: CEO of Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center

131

Dr. William Sage: US Health Care Policy Expert

132

Judge Elaine Andrews: the selection and retention of Alaska's judges

133

Kendra Sticka: Director of healthEconnect Alaska, the state-designated health information exchange (HIE)

134

Rev. Matt Schultz: Pastor of Anchorage's First Presbyterian Church on the dangers of Christian Nationalism

135

Lawrence Weiss: founder of the Masters of Public Health program at the University of Alaska Anchorage

136

Dr. Anne Zink: Chief Medical Officer of Alaska (2019-2024)

137

Rep. Jennie Armstrong (D-Anchorage): How to be a good boss

138

Tom Begich: former Alaska State Senate Minority Leader

139

2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: the Alaska Delegation

140

Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage): a Virginia childhood, unions, & bipartisanship

141

Jenna Wright: President of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation discusses a sales tax & property tax relief

142

Erin Baldwin Day: founder of the Mutual Aid Network of Anchorage (MANA) & an organizer of the Anchorage Housing Club

143

Arianna Bellizzi: Director of Anchorage's Federation of Community Councils

144

Lisa Parker: Anchorage Charter Commissioner & Soldotna City Council Member

145

THE UNIFICATION OF ANCHORAGE 1975: Jane Angvik, Charter Commission Member

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Jane Angvik: Founding Mother of Anchorage

147

JULY 4: Dr. Cal Williams, African American History Keeper and Alaskan Grio

148

PRIDE: Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa, Director of the Pacific Community of Alaska

149

Kevin Berry: UAA Economics Professor on private vs. public sector growth, Assembly-proposed zoning changes, and Anchorage community councils

150

JUNETEENTH: Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage)

151

ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (SPANISH): Conoce tus derechos como trabajador en Alaska

152

ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (UKRAINIAN): Знайте свої права як працівника на Алясці

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ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (ESTONIAN): teie õigused töötajana

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ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (HMONG): Koj txoj cai ua haujlwm

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ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (FILIPINO): Ang iyong mga karapatan bilang isang manggagawa

156

ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (KOREAN): 노동자 권리 에피소드 한국어

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ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS: short guide in English

158

Amber Batts: activist for Alaska's sex workers

159

Rebecca Braun: Publisher-Editor of the Alaska Budget Report & Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Bill Walker

160

Donna Arduin: 2019 OMB director for Gov. Dunleavy & current staff to Rep. Ben Carpenter (R-Nikiski)

161

ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS: Jeremy Applegate, chief of Wage and Hour, State of Alaska Dept. of Labor.

162

Libby Bakalar: One Hot Mess Alaska

163

TRANS RIGHTS: Rep. Andrew Gray on garnering more support for Trans Rights

164

TRANS RIGHTS: Dr. Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH)

165

TRANS RIGHTS: Dr. Joshua Safer, author of the Endocrine Society Guidelines for the medical care of transgender patients

166

TRANS RIGHTS: Becca Bernard, a lawyer, minister, and mom to a trans girl

167

TRANS RIGHTS: David Leslie, an Inupiaq Sipiniq (Two-Spirit)

168

TRANS RIGHTS: Henry, a 15-year-old trans boy and his mom

169

TRANS RIGHTS: Retired Army 1st Sergeant Jessica Kalarchik on being trans

170

TRANS RIGHTS: wildlife biologist Aaron Poe discusses being a father to a trans daughter in Anchorage

171

James Kaufman (R-Anchorage): AK State Senator for Abbott Loop and the Hillside

172

Reggie Joule: Kotzebue House Rep (1997-2012) & Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor (2012-2015)

173

Sharon Gleason: Chief Judge of the US District Court for Alaska

174

Lisa Wawrzonek: Statewide Guardianship Compliance Officer on Alaska's Guardianship Crisis

175

Mobile Home Owners Town Hall with Attorney Charles Ward, David Andrew, and Demetria Veasy

176

Charisse Millett: Director of PSEA & former AK House Majority Leader

177

Chelsea Foster & Bailey Stuart: Alaska Marijuana 101

178

Foster Care in Alaska: Angel Gonzalez, Mateo Jaime, Kxlo Stone, Anna Redmon, Sarah Lewis, & Abbey Redmon

179

Keri Ladner: author on Jerry Falwell, the Moral Majority, and QAnon

180

EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: former AK House Rep Ivan Ivan (D-Akiak); Jena Crafton, Chair of the Governor's Council on Disabilities & Special Education

181

EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: Ed Wesley & Shenee Williams, Shiloh Community Housing's planned Community Resource Center

182

EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: Paul Peterson, Harvard Professor on Alaska Charter Schools

183

EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: Shelley Hughes, AK State Senator on establishing a religious community in Hoonah & her journey into MatSu politics

184

EAST ANCHORAGE MATTERS: CJ McCormick, state house representative discusses life in Bethel, suicide, and partisanship

185

Lesil McGuire: former AK state senator on partisanship, love, and leadership

186

Beth Kerttula: former AK House Minority Leader

187

Ben Walker: 2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year

188

Michele Girault: Director of Hope Community Resources & President of Friends of Pets

189

Ben Robinson: General Director of Anchorage Opera

190

Tom Kizzia: author on ghost town McCarthy

191

Tyler Robinson: City Planner on Anchorage Housing

192

Karen Bronga: East Anchorage Assembly Member

193

Diane Hirshberg: Director of ISER discusses Alaska public education

194

Louise Stutes: Alaska State House minority whip and former speaker of the house

195

Jharrett Bryantt: Superintendent of Anchorage School District

196

Glen Maxey: first openly gay Texas legislator

197

Amanda Metivier and Les Gara: Foster Care in Alaska

198

Keeley Olson: Director of STAR, Alaska's sexual trauma prevention and response organization

199

Colleen Mondor: Alaska's bypass mail system

200

RENTERS' TOWNHALL: Attorney Dan Coon's on Alaska's landlord-tenant laws

201

Daniel Volland: Anchorage Assembly member on housing

202

Kendra Kloster & Dr. Charlene Aqpik Apok: Founders of the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & 2-Spirit (MMIWG2S) Alaska Working Group

203

Dayna DeFeo: Director of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research

204

EJR David & Gabriel Garcia: UAA Professors on Filipino American History Month

205

David Ramseur: Russia's relationship with Alaska

206

Calvin Schrage: AK State House Minority Leader

207

Bob Loeffler: ISER professor on mining in Alaska

208

Gary Stevens: author of "Uncle Ted" and President of the Alaska State Senate

209

Travis Hedwig: co-editor of Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North; Alexis Johnson: Anchorage's housing and homelessness coordinator

210

Mike Jones: ISER economist on Alaska food & infrastructure

211

Tom Kizzia: author of "Wake of the Unseen Object"

212

Ivy Spohnholz: Alaska State Director of The Nature Conservancy and former State House Representative

213

Alyse Galvin: State House Representative and former congressional candidate

214

George Martinez: Anchorage Assembly Member for East Anchorage

215

Tiffany Hall: Director of Recover Alaska

216

Scott Kawasaki: AK Senator and former Fairbanks City Council member

217

Anna Hutchinson: campaign fundraiser and manager

218

Andy Josephson: AK State House Representative

219

Brett Watson: economist at ISER on the PFD and Housing

220

Phyllis Rhodes: former director of Identity

221

Nolan Klouda: Center for Economic Development Director on Alaska Housing

222

Forrest Dunbar: AK State Senator & former East Anchorage Assembly Member

223

Victor Carlson: Alaska superior court judge & Anchorage LGBTQ+ icon

224

Margo Bellamy: President of the Anchorage School Board

225

East Anchorage Matters: State Senator Löki Tobin

226

Dana Stabenow: Alaska’s great mystery author

227

Dan O’Neill: author on Project Chariot, the government’s plan to nuke Alaska

228

Chris Tuck: AK House Majority Leader

229

Ivan Hodes: Iraq war veteran on Alaska State Rep. David Eastman

230

Matt Pacillo: Trans Rights Activist

231

Jeff Landfield: Editor of The Alaska Landmine

232

Christine McClure: Racial injustice during construction of the Al-Can Highway

233

Brian Brettschneider: Alaska Climate Scientist

234

Kevin Berry: UAA Economist

235

Dan O'Neill: author on the Bering Land Bridge

236

Patricia Chesbro: US Senate Candidate

237

Dan O'Neill: author on the destruction of the subsistence lifestyle on the Upper Yukon

238

Anna Brawley: Anchorage Community Planner

239

Care Clift: The 2022 Platform of the Libertarian Party of Alaska

240

Wigi Tozzi: political strategist on volunteering for campaigns

241

Christine McClure, author on the Al-Can Highway construction

242

Heather Lende, author and former Haines Borough Assembly Member

243

KL Marshall: the Religious Right, Oil, and Alaska

244

Judge Michael Wolverton: 38 years on the Alaska Bench

245

Jason Grenn, Executive Director of Alaskans for Better Elections

246

Lise Adams Sherry, minister of Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

247

Jasmin Smith, Anchorage entrepreneur and community organizer

248

Michael Burke, Episcopal priest on Anchorage's 2009 "Summer of Hate"

249

Jim Obergefell: marriage equality for America

250

Caitlin Shortell: Anchorage civil rights attorney on marriage equality

251

Matt Hamby & Chris Sheldon: marriage equality in Alaska

252

Scott Kendall, Anchorage attorney discusses redistricting

253

Kameron Perez-Verdia, Assembly member on funding the shelter at Elmore and Tudor

254

Hrrrl Scouts: Anchorage Twitter sensation

255

Joe Josephson, former AK senator and municipal charter commission member

256

Austin and Stephanie Quinn-Davidson: former acting mayor and first lady

257

Meg Zaletel, Assembly Member and ACEH Director

258

Eva Finch & Valeri Zahharov: Estonians on Ukraine

259

Rabbi Abram Goodstein & Reverend Matthew Schultz: progressive clergy

260

Natasha Aġnaŋuluuraq Gamache, homeless advocate

261

Eitan Hersh, author of Politics is for Power

262

Vanessa Stephens, Chugiak-Eagle River assembly candidate

263

Blue Alaskan and Yarrow Silvers, experts on "Save Anchorage"

264

Gretchen Wehmhoff, Chugiak-Eagle River assembly candidate

265

Danyelle Kimp & Rozlyn Grady Wyche, Alaska Coalition of BIPOC Educators

266

Matt Buxton, independent journalist discusses group "Save Anchorage"

267

A Tale of Two Suzannes: correcting misinformation from Must Read Alaska

268

Felix Rivera & Christopher Constant, Anchorage's 1st gay assemblymen

269

Donna Mears, Alaska senate candidate

270

Celeste Hodge Growden, president of the Alaska Black Caucus

271

Victor Fischer, signer of Alaska State Constitution

272

Melanie Bahnke, Alaska Redistricting Board

273

Victor Fischer, growing up in Stalin's Russia

274

Bill Evans, former Anchorage Assembly Member

275

Dr. Leslie Gonsette & Dr. Robin Ninefeldt, COVID-19 mitigation advocates

276

Heather Flynn, former Anchorage Assembly Member