Alaska Landmine Radio

(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 another nonsense poll that recently came out for the governor's race, the travel scandal involving Anchorage Assembly member George Martinez, and an update on what is happening with the special session on the gasline.

Jeff was joined by John Sims, President of Enstar Natural Gas. They discuss the lake John and Jeff are neighbors on near Big Lake, the Cook Inlet gas supply issue and what that means for Southcentral in the short term, the amount of investment Hilcorp has made in Cook Inlet since 2012, why gas storage could be an issue due to the cold winter we just had, what could happen if we have a cold winter again, what the gasline could mean for energy in Southcentral, some of Enstar's contingency plans if there is a gas crisis in the winter, and the negative effects of rising energy costs in Alaska. 

(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.)  Watch Jeff talk how the conference committee has still not reached a deal on the gasline bill, how Rep. Jamie Allard's (R) House race is getting very loose, and where the governor's race is now that the primary withdrawal deadline has passed.

Jeff was joined by former Senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Shelley Hughes. They discuss why she decided to run for governor, the crowded field of Republicans in the race and how that could be a problem for Republicans, how she decided to pick her running mate Blake Gettys, why she moved to Southeast Alaska with her mom and siblings, the challenges the next governor is going to have, the recent passing of her husband of 48 years, how her campaign is going, and who may end up in the top four in the governor's race. 

Jeff was joined by singer songwriter Natalie Gelman, who is touring Alaska this summer. They discuss how she grew up in New York, how she got into music when she was young, playing in the subway, how she has toured all across the country and the world, the business of the music industry and setting up tours, how Covid affected the music industry, how having kids has affected her ability to tour, her life in California with her family, the inspirations behind her music, her current tour around Alaska, and she even plays a few songs! 

(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 the situation involving Decoy Dan Sullivan from Petersburg trying to challenge Senator Dan Sullivan (R - Alaska) and the wild end of the special session in Juneau that failed to produce a gasline bill, resulting in another special session.

Jeff was joined by Juneau attorney Libby Bakalar. They discuss the Alaska Division of Elections recent decision to prevent Petersburg Dan Sullivan from challenging Senator Dan Sullivan (R - Alaska), why she thinks that decision is wrong, the political climate in the United States, the role social media plays in politics, the problems social media causes, the dangers of people consuming news that only validates their beliefs, why lawmakers are failing to police AI, and the Trump era. 

Jeff was joined by Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board candidate Dr. Robert Herrick. They discuss why he moved to Alaska in 2004 from Texas, his job at the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a geophysicist, where he obtained all of his degrees, his work studying space and planets, namely Venus, his thoughts on space travel, why he decided to run for the school board, some of the problems facing education in the state, the declining enrollment in public schools, and what his plan is for running for the school board. 

Jeff was joined by former Governor Bill Walker and Rand Hoffbeck, who recently filed to run as a ticker for governor and lieutenant governor. They discuss why they decided to jump in the race at the last minute, the Permanent Fund yearly draw and the dividend, their plan to pay out $10,000 to each qualified Alaskan to end the PFD, the current attempt at a gasline and his attempt to get it done in the past and as governor, Hoffbeck's time as Revenue commissioner, current issues with the Department of Revenue, and what their plan is to get to make the top four in the primary. 

(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 the ongoing special session on the gasline bill and what the plan is for the next week, a letter Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom (R - Alaska) sent to Decoy Dan Sullivan - who is challenging Senator Dan Sullivan (R - Alaska) - and the crowded governor's race.