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With All Due Respect?Alaska's Exact Change Future
Governor Mike Dunleavy rolled out his FY27 Capital Budget and it looks like a kid standing at a cash register searching for exact change.
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A Guest: Stirred not Shaken.
I was a guest on Representative Andrew Gray's podcast and of course we talk politics.
With All Due Respect?Your Passport. Your Post. Your Problem
Uncle Sam wants International visitors to provide five years worth of social media before they enter the country. Be careful what you want?
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The Illusion of Tradfluencers
What happens when 1950's marketing meets 2025 economic reality?
With All Due Respect?A Charlie Brown Christmas Turns 60
The beloved Christmas classic turns 60 this week and we look at the many bloopers that made this show so special.
With All Due Respect?Dunleavy's Last Lap
This week Governor Mike Dunleavy will drop his eighth and final budget proposal. Same song, different verse.
With All Due Respect?Affordable Gaslighting
Politicians are saying life is affordable while grocery receipts tell otherwise.
With All Due Respect?The Co-Op that won't Cooperate
Matanuska Electric Association has told the fastest growing population in Alaska, there is no room at the Inn for lower cost options.
With All Due Respect?Black Coffee. Dark Personality?
A new study shows people who like the taste of black coffee could have unhinged tendencies and why martinis are healthier for all.
With All Due Respect?Bernadette: The Yell First Candidate
A fundraising appeal by gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson shows what happens when bluster meets ballot.
With All Due Respect?Toys 2025? The Pet Rock never looked so good
A new repot is out on toys for 2025 with some alarming concerns, that will make you want to go back to 1975.
With All Due Respect?Eaglexit: Champagne Dreams, Kool Aid Reality.
Eagle River wants to move out...the problem is they're broke.
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North Slope Data Centers: Wake Up!
Andrew and Ethan talk about the real opportunity to monetize Alaska's vast natural gas reserves. A book report on Scott Galloway's Notes on Being a Man…
With All Due Respect?The Emperor's New Health Care Plan
We riff on two of Hans Christian Andersen's tales about emperors, insurance companies and egos.
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Sales Tax: Anchorage’s Favorite Repeat Customer
Anchorage voters might be asked to vote on a 3% sales tax in April. Andrew and Ethan talk about the perennial flag that's raised often, but saluted never.
With All Due Respect?We are all A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving isn't a classic holiday cartoon, it's a real life documentary of a true American family holiday dinner.
With All Due Respect?Martini's with McMurren: Frequent Flyer or Frequent Buyer?
Our travel guru Scott McMurren stops by to talk holiday travel and the dramatic shift in frequent flyer programs.
With All Due Respect?The Penne Panic: When Pasta Meets Politics
President Trump has levied 107% tariffs on imported Italian pasta in an act of al dente aggression. Non toccate la mia pasta!
With All Due Respect?Alaskan's Health Care: One Vote but a Million Excuses.
Health car premiums are expected to skyrocket for Alaskans as Congress promises a vote that doesn't seem to be coming.
With All Due Respect?What's Crum Done Then?
Former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum is under investigation for a shady investment he made just before he left office to run for governor. We sense something…
With All Due Respect?Forty Year Hangover with a $50 Billion Dollar Bar Tab.
The Alaska natural gas pipeline dream has been stoked this week by an announcement that once again proves...nothing from nothing means nothing,
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Too Many Governors, Not Enough Alaska.
There are currently 14 candidates who have filed to run for governor. Andrew and Ethan discuss vision, fundraising and why so many of these candidates appear…
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The 2026 Candidates meet the Godfather
The 2026 gubernatorial advertising campaign season was kicked off this past week and Andrew has a flash back from the Godfather.
With All Due Respect?Dumping Democracy? Truck off Losers!
The Republican Party of Alaska is back with their second attempt to repeal Alaska's Ranked Choice Voting law. But this time they came with a dump truck to…
With All Due Respect?Two Martinis and a Blizzard
The snow finally fell on Anchorage. Thick, heavy, unapologetic. Like an old friend who shows up uninvited and stays until May.
With All Due Respect?"No Trespassing!"...Unless you're carrying Vermouth
On Two Martinis and a Microphone we discuss how public access to trails and lakes is under attack, and the Anchorage Assembly is laying down the law and the…
With All Due Respect?Of Martinis and Black Nail Polish
Andrew discusses his religious experience making a martini stirred not shaken. How black nail polish is the stylish way to say..."I'm on my game."
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Martini’s with McMurren: Alaska Airlines home run.Southwest lands, Europe calls.
The maestro of mileage, Scott McMurren joins us for a drink and a dish about Southwest Airlines announcing service, Alaska Airlines brilliant of purchasing…
With All Due Respect?Free Speech, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely everything.
On Two Martinis and a Microphone Andrew discusses the importance of free political speech and how it's at risk today.
With All Due Respect?Two Martinis and a Microphone: The Seven Year Itch
We discuss the key things Governor Mike Dunleavy could have done over his last seven years to improve public education.
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Mayor LaFrance's one year anniversary. The big beautiful LAW (see School House Rock)
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance celebrates one year. What are the benefits/costs of the big whatever?
With All Due Respect?Two Martinis and a Microphone: How much hypocrisy does three trillion dollars buy?
Alaska's Congressional Delegation has been decrying the amount national debt for years. So why did they just add three trillion dollars for our grandkids to…
With All Due Respect?Two Martinis and a Microphone: Nick Begich is looking for praise in all the wrong places, from all the wrong faces
Alaska's sole congressman solicited a fluff opinion piece from a Michigan colleague in an opinion piece that was poorly timed and poorly argued.
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Andrew & Ethan 2026? Economic & Education stagnation. Pride Weekend in Anchorage. A summer reading list.
Andrew and Ethan give a non-campaign campaign update. Alaska is suffering from economic and education stagnation. Pride weekend is here and we're excited…
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Andrew & Ethan's Big Political Announcement! How Somatic Therapy can change your life.
Andrew and Ethan make a major political announcement. How Somatic Therapy can change your life.
With All Due Respect?Two Martinis and a Microphone: Dear Senator Sullivan...How?
We ask Alaska's United States Senator Dan Sullivan how his proposals will benefit Alaskans.
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Nobody Home: Timber, steel and tourism. Two martinis and a recipe. Be curious. Alaska Summer Travel Showcase is coming.
Talk of bringing timber and steel back to the U.S. defy reality. Scott McMurren on the Alaska Travel Showcase. A book on curiosity and our own martini recipe.
With All Due Respect?Two Martinis and a Microphone: Where the hell is Chaz Palminteri?
Anxiety? Anger? Where the hell is Chaz Palminteri? A special visualization technique to help you cope during these trying times.
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Knowing Without Knowing: The problematic predictability of Alaska's perpetual problems
Please don't tell me...layoffs, budget cuts, low oil prices, more out of state workers, gridlock on improving education and no political leadership. Same song…
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North Slope Gas? Fiber Optic Cable and Data Centers
Amidst a sea of gas pipeline delusions, we offer something that monetizes gas and adds value to Alaska.
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Tailored Blazers, argyle socks, Dallas Seavey and Kikkan Randall
While we take a work break, Andy Miller sings "If I were Andrew Halcro"...and I'm taking his advice.
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Fake gas pipelines and homesteaders: Money for nothing and your checks for free. Travel in 2025 what you should know.
The highest paid state executive in Alaska wants us to believe that a gas pipeline is near, just as the legislature considers pulling the plug. Is Alaska being…
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Governor Dunleavy's Budget: A straw man in a burning field
Governor Mike Dunleavy rolls out his budget that's built on a combination of fantasy and deficit spending.
With All Due Respect?The downtown transit center is dead, long live the downtown transit center: Trouble returns.
In two martinis and a microphone...the re-opening of the downtown transit center raises questions about the safety and the future of the building.
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Ranked Choice Voting & Dunleavy stick around: What's that mean for 2026?
Ranked choice voting is saved by less than 700 ballots cast out of 320,000. Governor Mike Dunleavy is stiffed on a position with Trump. What does that mean for…
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The hand that feeds you: How big business will trump Trump's agenda.
While President-elect Trump has announced strong positions on everything from tariffs and immigration to health, the economy and big money won't let these…
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Is Alaska a serious state anymore?
Sixty percent of new jobs created in Alaska during 2022 were filled by non-resident workers as the working age population declines. Are we even a serious state…
With All Due Respect?Two martinis and a microphone...
The story of a mayor who should never fly first class.
With All Due Respect?Two martinis and a microphone
Andrew offers his thoughts on politics after two martinis.
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Election Autopsy: Worried about being broke not woke
American's want a sharper focus on the economy and immigration, and Alaskans appear conflicted.
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Election Special: Judge Adolf Zeman has something to say. We talk politics...GCI political donations and quarterly earnings. Jim Minnery is a pimple on the ass of democracy. What we're looking for on Tuesday.
We welcome Judge Adolf Zeman to discuss his appointment and retention process. We discuss how Alaska's largest telecom company used to be focused on the future…
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Keep Ranked Choice Voting or Alaska dies
We interview Juli Lucki from the No on Two campaign, and Ethan and I discuss the politics.
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Peltola crushes the primary. The slapstick comedy of Costello and McKay. Satchel Page pitches Anchorage. Captain James Cook over stays his welcome.
Alaska’s congressional representative Mary Peltola dominates the primary. Mia Costello comes back from the dead in Sand Lake. Captain James Cook provides a…
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Justices rule on education funding: Stopping the full court spin
The Alaska Supreme Court issued a ruling about the long running question about public money going to private schools and it's not what you think.
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Tony Soprano's rules for travelling and ASD's Academic Academies hold great potential
The Anchorage School District rolls out Academic Academies which hold great potential. Tony Soprano stops by to give us our thoughts on air travel today.
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LaFrance taps her APD Chief: Was the boys club thwarted?
Mayor-elect Suzanne LaFrance named a new Anchorage Chief of Police after out going Mayor Dave Bronson attempted an end run. Was the boys clubs denied their…
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Suzanne LaFrance picks her team. Art Mathias is a religious con artist down $94k. Two books for your summer reading list.
Mayor elect Suzanne LaFrance announces her management team. Con man Art Mathias and his religious radicalism owes $94k in fines. Two book suggestions for your…
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Project Anchorage: AEDC's Jenna Wright explains it all
AEDC President & CEO speaks about the Project Anchorage initiative and what it could mean to the future of Anchorage.
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Herding Cattle at Sea-Tac: Is airline customer service dead?
Airline travel through Sea-Tac has become insufferable. Is customer service in the airline industry dead? Scott McMurren answers the question.