
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
59 minutes ago
59 minutes ago
1 hr 23 min
Jeff was joined by Dr. Anne Zink. They discuss how she and Jeff met before Covid, her time as Alaska's chief medical officer during Covid, how all of the attention impacted her, some of the issues in the healthcare system in Alaska and the United States, why healthcare and insurance costs keep growing, the history of how healthcare evolved in the United States, reflections on what happened during Covid, and some stories of her working as an ER doctor.
3 days ago
3 days ago
41 min
(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 one of the wildest days in Alaska political history that culminated in Republican Treg Taylor being disqualified from the ballot, his wife later joining his former running mate, Click Bishop and his running mate withdrawing, and other insane developments.
3 days ago
3 days ago
33 min
(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 several developments in the governor's race including Democrat Tom Begich withdrawing and Republican Treg Taylor calling on Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson to combine tickets, as well as the upper hand Democrats seem to have going into 2027.
4 days ago
4 days ago
51 min
(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk a recent update from the Division of Elections with more votes and what might happen with the governor's race with just three days until the withdrawal deadline.
7 days ago
7 days ago
50 min
(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 recent vote update from the Division of Elections on last Tuesday's primary, and how there are more votes left to count, as well as the fast approaching August 31 withdrawal deadline.
Aug 19, 2026
Aug 19, 2026
37 min
(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk yesterday's primary and the status of the governor's race, U.S. Senate race, U.S. House race, and legislative races. Many ballots remain to be counted. The withdrawal deadline is August 31.
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 2026
31 min
(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 tomorrow's primary and what he thinks will happen in the crowded governor's race with 17 candidates and just four moving on, as well as the U.S. Senate race, the U.S. House race, the ballot measure, and the 50 legislative races.
Aug 17, 2026
Aug 17, 2026
1 hr 27 min
Jeff was joined by D.C. based Republican political consultant and pollster Ed Goeas. They discuss why he is in Alaska, what got him interested in politics when he was younger, how he was able to work with President Ronald Reagan, how he got into the polling and consulting business, his time working on big campaigns including John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, his thoughts about Sarah Palin, some of the work he has done abroad, why the number of primary voters has been decreasing over the years, and where he sees the Republican Party going after Donald Trump.
Aug 14, 2026
Aug 14, 2026
57 min
Jeff was joined by Luke Wake, senior attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation. They discuss the mission of the Pacific Legal Foundation, some cases he has worked on in Alaska, the growth of executive branch power, the impacts of Congress punting on major issues, the growth of the administrative state, the dangers of concentrating power in the executive branch, why Congress should be the ones making laws, and the role of the courts sorting this out.
Aug 12, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
2 hr 6 min
Jeff was joined by Republican gubernatorial candidate Lesil McGuire and her running mate Sara Rasmussen. They discuss their time serving in the Legislature, why McGuire switched out her first running mate with Rasmussen, McGuire's late entry in the crowded governor's race, what makes their ticket different from the other Republican tickets, the last eight years of Governor Mike Dunleavy (R - Alaska), some of the issues facing the state including the dividend and what their views are, some campaign stories over the years, and their plan with one week left to the primary.
