ADN Politics podcast
ADN Politics podcast: What to know about the Anchorage mayor’s election
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to Daily News reporters Emily Goodykoontz and Zachariah Hughes about what they’re paying attention to ahead of election day.
ADN Politics podcast: The education bill failed. Now what?
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire about what happened, and the coming political fallout.
ADN Politics podcast: How Alaska’s education funding bill ended up in limbo
Lawmakers in Juneau and school districts across the state are scrambling to sort out what to do next. Host Elizabeth Harball talks with reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels about what is and isn’t in the bill, and what to expect going forward.
ADN Politics podcast: How serious is Alaska’s natural gas crisis, really?
Natural gas from Cook Inlet powers a big chunk of Alaska, but energy companies say that gas won’t be available for much longer.
ADN Politics podcast: The Alaska political stories we’re watching in 2024
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to Daily News reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire about the top storylines we’re tracking this year.
ADN Politics podcast: The crisis at Alaska’s Office of Public Advocacy
Host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporter Iris Samuels about what happened to the Office of Public Advocacy, and what that means going forward.
ADN Politics podcast: Snowplow politics, revisited
In November, once again, Anchorage was hit with back-to-back snowstorms. And once again, the roads were a mess. For a winter city that relies on plowing so residents can get to work and schools can open, snow plowing quickly becomes a political issue — especially with a mayoral race coming up.
ADN Politics podcast: Two deaths in Kotzebue
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball speaks with Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica reporter Kyle Hopkins, who spent years looking into the deaths of Jennifer Kirk and Susanna “Sue Sue” Norton.
ADN Politics podcast: Bering Sea factory trawlers and Alaska salmon
Host Elizabeth Harball talks to longtime fisheries reporter Hal Bernton, who went out on a factory trawler this August with ADN photographer Loren Holmes to report on the pollock industry’s impact on Alaska’s salmon runs.
ADN Politics podcast: How one Assembly member sees Anchorage’s housing crisis — and where we go from here
Host Elizabeth Harball talks to Anna Brawley, an Anchorage Assembly member with a background in city planning, about efforts to address the city’s housing crisis, and challenges that are coming up along the way.
ADN Politics podcast: Anchorage’s election interference investigation, explained
It’s a complicated saga that has unfolded over months – an investigation into the mayor’s IT director involving a challenge to this year’s city election results.
ADN Politics podcast: Dunleavy’s education veto
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporter Iris Samuels about the likelihood of a veto override, what it would take to get there, and more.
ADN Politics podcast: How the Alaska Legislature finally reached a budget deal — and what it means
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels, who reported from Juneau about what happened to break the deadlock and what it means for the Permanent Fund dividend, school funding and more.
ADN Politics podcast: What’s happening in Juneau? And maybe the bigger question: What isn’t?
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels, who are in Juneau tracking last-minute negotiations in the Alaska Legislature.
ADN Politics podcast: The Sullivan Arena homeless shelter is shutting down. Where do people go?
In this episode: Host Elizabeth Harball speaks with ADN reporters Michelle Theriault Boots and Emily Goodykoontz to explain why this is happening and what it means for Anchorage in the months ahead.
ADN Politics podcast: The Judy Eledge tapes
In this episode: Host Elizabeth Harball talks with reporter Kyle Hopkins about the reporting process and what we’ve learned since a story was published that included secret recordings of a top Anchorage library official.
ADN Politics podcast: The clock is ticking away in Juneau. Where’s it all headed?
In this episode: Less than a month remains in the legislative session and most of the big issues — school funding, the budget, the Permanent Fund dividend — remain up in the air.
ADN Politics podcast: The Anchorage city election and where we go from here
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN reporters about the factors behind the results and how things look going forward.
ADN Politics podcast: The German Ambassador’s visit to Alaska
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with German Ambassador to the United States Emily Haber,about changing dynamics in the Arctic, energy development, climate change and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is affecting those issues.
ADN Politics podcast: The story behind why Alaska leaders could get big raises
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire to help explain how it happened – and what happens next.
ADN Politics podcast: The battle over the Willow project
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN reporters Alex DeMarban and Riley Rogerson about how the Willow project became a national-level controversy and what may have led Biden to approve it.
ADN Politics podcast: Alaska’s governor enters the education culture war
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball speaks to ADN reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire about the details of the governor’s proposals and how it impacts the broader debate over increasing funding for Alaska’s public schools.
ADN Politics podcast: An interview with the man investigating Anchorage city government from the inside
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with Anchorage Ombudsman Darrel Hess.
ADN Politics podcast: A record string of deaths behind bars in Alaska
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN reporter Michelle Theriault Boots about a surge in prison deaths in Alaska that included a record number of suicides.
ADN Politics podcast: Is this the end of the Pebble mine?
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball discusses what’s ahead for the mine and the Bristol Bay salmon fishery with ADN reporter Alex DeMarban.
ADN Politics podcast: Inside the new Alaska Legislature
In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporters Sean Maguire and Iris Samuels about what the Republican-led House means for this year’s legislative agenda, a surprise in the governor’s State of the State speech, and more.
ADN Politics podcast: The story behind the Demboski letter
In this episode: A letter to the mayor and other city officials from Anchorage’s former city manager that landed like a bomb.
ADN Politics podcast: The Alaska Legislature is about to gavel in. Here’s what to expect.
In this episode: We’re beginning to get a picture of what the upcoming session in Juneau will be like.
ADN Politics podcast: A conversation with Alaska Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel
In this episode: Giessel talks about what she would like the Legislature to accomplish this year, the governor’s $3,900 PFD proposal, ranked choice voting, the future of the Alaska Republican party and more.
ADN Politics podcast: Anchorage streets have been a snowy mess. Does it have to be like this?
In this episode: Yes, it’s Alaska, and yes, it’s December. But clearing Anchorage streets after back-to-back-to-back snowstorms has been a challenge. And residents have been asking: Does it have to be this bad? ADN’s Elizabeth Harball and Zachariah Hughes discuss.