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.