
Alaska Landmine Radio is the podcast for the Alaska Landmine, hosted by Landmine Editor-in-Chief Jeff Landfield. The Alaska Landmine focuses on delivering non-partisan Alaska news that other media outlets don't always report. Alaska Landmine Radio focuses on real talk with real Alaskans from all backgrounds.
Episodes
11 hours ago
Gov. Dunleavy Calls August Special Session
11 hours ago
11 hours ago
(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk about an August special session Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska) called today, and the real reason he called it. The whole thing is loose!
2 days ago
2 days ago
(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk about a botched event this week in Downtown Anchorage commemorating Mayor Suzanne LaFrance's one year in office and a groundbreaking for a new "RV resort."
7 days ago
7 days ago
(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk about a loud minority of lunatics who showed up to the Anchorage Assembly meeting last night to testify against an ordinance to increase the penalties on homelessness and vagrancy.
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Skoey Vergen - Episode 370
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Jeff was joined by Skoey Vergen, the CEO of the Aleut Corporation. They discuss his upbringing in the Aleutians, Anchorage, and Haines, how a lawsuit resulted in his dad being the first white person to attend Mount Edgecumbe - where his dad met his mom - how he ended up going to work on the Exxon Valdez oil spill after high school, his time working at GCI, how he came to be the CEO of the Aleut Corporation, some of the companies and projects Aleut is working on in Adak including PacificH2 and SpinLaunch, and the possibility of the Navy reopening the base in Adak.
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Lois Epstein - Episode 369
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Jeff was joined by Anchorage resident Lois Epstein. They discuss how a tree falling in her house in the spring of 2024 during a windstorm led to a nightmare situation with her homeowners insurance, the damage the tree caused to the house, the issues she had with USAA covering the costs of the damage, how long it ended up taking to get it all fixed, and the challenges she had navigating the situation.
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Bill Wielechowski - Episode 368
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Jeff was again joined by Senator Bill Wielechowski (D - Anchorage). They talk about the education issue that has dominated the last two sessions, Governor Mike Dunleavy's (R - Alaska) veto of HB 69, their plan on education going forward, the budget problems plaguing our state, what he learned last year on a trip he took to Iceland, his ideas on how we can better fund our state, how he thinks session will end, and some problems with lack of transparency in our tax laws.
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Joe Geldhof - Episode 367
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Jeff was joined by Juneau attorney Joe Geldhof. They discuss a recent anti-Trump protest outside the Capitol in Juneau, how Alaska used to attract people, the contrast of addresses to the Legislature from Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (R - Alaska), some of the challenges of Governor Mike Dunleavy's (R - Alaska) administration, issues with the growth of the Permanent Fund, chronic homelessness, and some Alaska political history.
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Suzanne LaFrance - Episode 366
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Jeff was joined by Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance. They discuss her time as mayor since taking office last July 1, the lack of snowfall this winter in Anchorage, the potential fire danger this summer due to the lack of snow, what the city is doing to mitigate the fire danger, the growing homeless and public camping problem in Anchorage, her thoughts on what to do about it, her plan to have 10,000 housing units built in ten years, a proposed sales tax from the Assembly that was tabled, and where she thinks the city is headed.
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Will Stapp - Episode 365
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Thursday Mar 27, 2025
Jeff was again joined by Representative Will Stapp (R - Fairbanks). They discuss the problems with the budget that include the amount of the Permanent Fund Dividend, increased education spending, and other budget additions, what is happening this year compared to the last two years when he was in the majority, some of the current tensions between the Republican minority and the coalition majority, some interesting bills he recently filed including renting out the Governor's Mansion, and his ideas on how he would solve the budget mess.
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Neil Steininger - Episode 364
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Jeff was joined by Juneau Assembly member Neil Steininger. They discuss his election to the Assembly last year, his time as director of the Office of Management and Budget under Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), the precarious fiscal situation the Legislature is in due to the Permanent Fund Dividend, increased education funding, other budget additions Dunleavy and the Legislature want, decreased revenues, and the fact that the Senate majority has said they do not want to tap into savings despite a large deficit based on what everyone wants.