With All Due Respect?

Alaska's education ruling: What comes next for 20,000 students? Also...La Traviata is coming to Anchorage.

April 17, 2024 02:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

We analyze the recent court ruling and talk about the what's next. We review La Traviata coming to Anchorage April 26-28.

Alaska's bombshell education ruling: 3 things you should know

April 15, 2024 01:00 - 10 minutes - 7.37 MB

In ten minutes we ask Scott Kendall to tell us three things you should know about the recent bombshell ruling on education that was predicted ten years ago.

Suzanne LaFrance: Nine minutes with the next Mayor of Anchorage

April 13, 2024 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.8 MB

We spend nine (maybe ten) minutes with mayoral frontrunner Suzanne LaFrance about her vision for Anchorage.

Dunleavy's got a poll problem. LaFrance consolidates. Bronson's Hail Mary. The day the Beatles came to town.

April 11, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

The governor's new poll is not what he thinks. Suzanne LaFrance begins to consolidate support. Mayor Bronson's APD Hail Mary. Anchorage's day of the Beatles.

Election Results: Hell no to the mayor. Hell yes to the city and school board. Also...food we loved as kids but hate as adults.

April 05, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

Anchorage Votes!!! Hell no mayor! Hell yes city and school board! Plus...food we loved as kids but hate as adults.

Bronson's fiscal crisis and failing campaign. Prisons get Benjamins while education gets Jack. To pee or not to pee? Travel tips you should know.

March 29, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

Anchorage's latest Bronson emergency and we look behind the mayor's failing campaign. Why are we spending more guarding prisoners than educating kids. Scott McMurren with travel tips. Our AI translator claps back at the Lisa Murkowski haters.

Anchorage: A city in decline or a city just fine?

March 26, 2024 05:00 - 8 minutes - 6.19 MB

In ten minutes we debate whether Anchorage is a city on decline or a city that's doing just fine.

The K-12 Horror Show: Bullying, threats and a fabricated education study, Also...the downtown parking fairies, a love letter to my fellow Costco shoppers, we're poetry slamming in April

March 23, 2024 01:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

The Alaska Legislature fails to override Governor Mike Dunleavy's veto of education funds. The history of the downtown parking fairies. April is National Poetry Month and we're slamming. A love letter to Costco shoppers from my alter ego.

The K-12 Horror Show: Bullying, threats and a fabricated education study

March 23, 2024 01:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

The Alaska Legislature fails to override Governor Mike Dunleavy's veto of education funds. The history of the downtown parking fairies. April is National Poetry Month and we're slamming. A love letter to Costco shoppers from my alter ego.

Teacher Accountability? What about Alaska’s fu*k up parents?

March 17, 2024 23:00 - 12 minutes - 8.91 MB

Alaska has the highest rates of fu*cked up people having kids per capita in the nation so why do blame teachers for their failures?

Alaska’s business groups & seniors: Get it together people!

March 14, 2024 06:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

Alaska business groups are failing business and seniors rank 2nd in the nation in rates of Gonorrhea and 3rd in the nation in Chlamydia in the 55+ demographic. We talk education, what happens when you become mayor and a book about Siskel and Ebert.

Alaska's Turo Hosts: The taxman is here

March 09, 2024 19:00 - 5 minutes - 3.89 MB

Turo has constantly fought attempts to enforce the law to ensure it's Alaska hosts are collecting legally required taxes. However those footsteps its Alaska hosts hear are the tax man coming for them...not Turo.

Rapper 50 Cent predicts Alaska education cuts. The history of Anchorage drive-in theatres.

March 06, 2024 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

We take a cue from rapper 50 Cent as to why Governor Dunleavy will veto over half of the education funding increase. Anchorage had drive-in movie theatres...what happened to them?

Is the Alaska Chamber of Commerce strangling Alaska's commerce?

February 28, 2024 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.31 MB

In six minutes we argue that the Alaska Chamber of Commerce is working against the interest of Alaska business community.

The legislative proposal that would absolutely, positively kill Alaska

February 27, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

We discuss the effort to enshrine the annual dividend in the constitution. We celebrate the legislature's education heroes. Also...have you been to the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe? We have and we loved it!

The legislative proposal that would kill Alaska. We visit the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe

February 27, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

We discuss the effort to enshrine the annual dividend in the constitution. We celebrate the legislature's education heroes. Also...have you been to the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe? We have and we loved it!

Selling tourists on moving to Alaska: Chasing wind

February 25, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.03 MB

With 20,000 fewer working age adults in Alaska over the last ten years, some have suggested we market to tourists to move to Alaska. In six minutes we share our realities and thoughts.

The mayor's race. What to know if you're traveling soon. The opera is coming.

February 20, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

We talk mayor's race and how the pack mentality in Juneau can be fatal. Scott McMurren pulls by to tell you three things you need to know if you're traveling in the next ninety days. The opera for beginners is coming to Anchorage in April.

Found in translation: Murkowski's message to Juneau

February 19, 2024 01:00 - 3 minutes - 2.38 MB

In less than four minutes we feed the official text of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's annual address to the Alaska State Legislature into the podcast's own AI translator and you gotta hear the results.

Quick Hit: Why is a state board of education member sabotaging public schools?

February 16, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MB

In six minutes we debunk a study that some lawmakers and a member of the State Board of Education are promoting regarding Alaska's school funding commitment.

Quick Hit: Prank calls on education funding

February 16, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MB

In six minutes we debunk a study that some lawmakers and a member of the State Board of Education are promoting regarding Alaska's school funding commitment.

With All Due Respect Reboot: We're back baby!

February 13, 2024 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

The debate on education funding, risky behavior by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and 11 straight years of nothingness. Volunteering at your local school is a great gig. British tele streaming services you can afford and a book you can't afford not to read while watching your British tele streaming services.

With All Due Respect Reboot: Alaska's education crisis, British tele, volunteers in Alaska

February 13, 2024 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

The debate on education funding, risky behavior by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and 11 straight years of nothingness. Volunteering at your local school is a great gig. British tele streaming services you can afford and a book you can't afford not to read while watching your British tele streaming services.

Alaska's Education Funding: Intentional neglect and hypocrisy

February 07, 2024 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.98 MB

Five minutes on the debate in Juneau over education funding.

With All Due Respect? The Reboot is Coming

January 28, 2024 06:00 - 1 minute - 943 KB

A friend of the podcast stops by to discuss our new reboot.

Incompetence on the right or Boogeyman on the left?

December 13, 2023 03:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Why is our city and state governments failing at such warp speed? A list of the five most interesting books that I read during 2023 for your holiday considerations.

Alaska's false prophets and snow plows

November 28, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

Update on getting sued by a religious huckster. So just who in the snow plow hell is responsible for the recent collapse of winter road maintenance?

When Your Podcast Gets Sued (strong language)

October 23, 2023 05:00 - 2 hours - 88.9 MB

I have been falsely accused of defamation for comments made during a recent podcast episode, and I've been demanded not to discuss it on my podcast...so I appeared Jeff Landfield's podcast to discuss the bizarre situation. (Strong Language)

They mayor's dirty work: Who knew what and when?

September 04, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Did Mayor Dave Bronson through his political henchmen attempt to illegally influence the local election? Anchorage Assembly Chair Chris Constant and Assembly Vice Chair Meg Zelatel discuss on this episode.

The mayor's dirty work: Who knew what and when?

September 04, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Did Mayor Dave Bronson through his political henchmen attempt to illegally influence the local election? Anchorage Assembly Chair Chris Constant and Assembly Vice Chair Meg Zelatel discuss on this episode.

Alaska's Elmer Gantry, a fake church and ranked choice voting.

July 25, 2023 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

Religious groups trying to repeal ranked choice voting are crooked. Governor Dunleavy steals from kids then hides. Who's running for Anchorage mayor. Getting lost in San Francisco.

Dunleavy, Cubas, Babcock: Like moths to flame

June 17, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MB

The governor's director of family policies resigns after saying it's okay to slap and rape your spouse. Trump's indictments bring out the worst in U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan. Anchorage housing is facing more challenges than zoning. My very short summer reading list. Why is the governor intent on burning it all down?

Alaska's political leaders: Corruption and the annual dividend

May 26, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

Corruption refuses to take a day off at city hall as Mayor Dave Bronson is on the verge of a real Alaska style Watergate. The Alaska Legislature passes a budget that raises questions as Governor Mike Dunleavy goes AWOL. A book on taking over the world. How for the last 30 years the annual dividend has determined education funding.

Not ok boomer: The tyrannical generation strikes

May 10, 2023 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

Baby boomers in the Alaska Legislature who were handed everything by government are now pulling up the ladder for the next generation.

Not okay boomer: The tyrannical generation strikes

May 10, 2023 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

Baby boomers in the Alaska Legislature who were handed everything by government are now pulling up the ladder for the next generation.

Embracing a racist at the expense of taxpayers

May 03, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MB

Mayor Dave Bronson wants taxpayers ignore his executive's costly racist beliefs wants taxpayers to pay the bill. There is hope in Juneau for a fiscal plan as Governor Mike Dunleavy admits we need revenue. The airline boarding process, what the hell happened?

Anchorage's Municipal Election Autopsy

April 17, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 31.6 MB

We conduct an autopsy on Anchorage's recent election with Anchorage Assembly Vice-Chair Christopher Constant and discuss where we go from here. An ode to my Irish-Catholic brothers and sisters. We discuss how the University of Alaska is our last hope.

Anchorage Election Preview: The rise of the grievance candidate

March 28, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

This year we are introduced to the grievance candidates. In a preview of who's on the ballot ahead of the April 4 election, we review the seven seats up on the Anchorage Assembly and the two seats open on the Anchorage School Board.

The effort to repeal ranked choice voting: The religious right comes knocking

March 19, 2023 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MB

Repealing ranked choice voting is less about voter confusion and more about the religious right regaining control. A new segment featuring Van. A correction, an explanation and a challenge.

Dunleavy's lazy, right wing, intellectually dishonest education proposals

March 10, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

I'm joined by local journalist Matt Buxton to discuss Governor Mike Dunleavy's two controversial education proposals that seek to burnish his right wing street cred at the expense of Alaska's education system.

Dunleavy's education proposals are more cultural war less learning

March 10, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

I'm joined by local journalist Matt Buxton to discuss Governor Mike Dunleavy's two controversial education proposals that seek to burnish his right wing street cred at the expense of Alaska's education system.

Mayor Bronson and the gaslighting of Anchorage

March 01, 2023 04:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MB

A rare interview with Mayor Bronson speaking about his views of his administration proves he either in delusional or intentionally trying to gaslight Anchorage residents. The Alaska Chamber of Commerce has become little more than a political organization while Alaska's economy is dying. We suggest a book and a British television show about resorts and vacations.

The Dark Side of Dunleavy's Department of Law

February 19, 2023 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

Alaska's Department of Law has been weaponized to pursue their political and ideological foes. What happens when a respected Alaska family business find itself facing political retribution from a bully with unlimited resources? Locally things are breaking we haven't even mentioned, like how Anchorage is down 50 police officers. We review a newly released on book for the current times we are living in.

No Tomorrow: Mayor Bronson on borrowed time

February 04, 2023 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MB

Record low approval ratings portend Mayor Dave Bronson will not be re-elected. Ethan and I discuss his next moves and what lessons voters should learn from this mess. We also discuss state politics. Governor Dunleavy's charge into carbons, the house organization and what to expect. I review a great new novel that's full of twists and turns.

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