Home To Roost #56

Home To Roost #57

This week, we discuss new medicaid rules, new proposed mail-in ballot rules, and new threats to Alaska’s tourism industry. We also host two special guests for this week’s rendition of "Who Said It?'

Home To Roost #56

Home To Roost is a weekly political podcast hosted by Rachel Levitt and John Robertson that analyzes how national policies, federal legislation, and Washington politics directly impact Alaska.

Home To Roost #55

This week, we look at Trump's growing power over Republican primaries and how Alaska's open system limits such power; we review how changes at FEMA are affecting Western Alaska; and we read what the Declaration of Independence says about immigration. We also play "Who Said It?", our unusual news quiz game.

Home To Roost #54

This week, we cover Trump’s proposed billion-dollar settlement with himself and how his tariffs function as a tax on Alaskans’ utility bills. We also review what Thomas Jefferson and George Washington thought about the Murder Act and how their concerns about government power are still relevant today.

Home To Roost #53

This week, we review lessons from recent Army cold climate training in Interior Alaska and discuss how Alaska’s location along the Pacific Basin currently affects our energy economy for better and for worse. We also ponder America’s 250-year-old grievance against taxation without representation and play "Who Said It?"