Jan 16, 2026 | Home To Roost
What’s come home to roost in Alaska? This week we review Native Corporation shareholders pushing back on ICE contracts, soldiers at Ft. Greely going without dinner for three months due to DOGE cuts, and how DHS is buying private location data. We also discuss the...
Jan 10, 2026 | Home To Roost
In this episode, Rachel and John review changes to post-office policies, the ownership of submerged lands in Alaska, and recent statements by federal officials. We also discuss the Constitution in light of the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.
Jan 3, 2026 | Home To Roost
John and Rachel review how new federal support for rural hospitals contrasts with medicaid cuts and why the Interior Department is considering changes to membership on subsistence councils. We also play public policy pursuit and discuss aboriginal title.
Dec 26, 2025 | Home To Roost
Rachel and John discuss the prospect of a new Canadian consulate, federal pressure to stop states from keeping medical debt off credit reports, and federal threats to deport Alaskans due to errors by Alaska’s DMV. We also see who Mike Johnson works for and how...
Dec 22, 2025 | Home To Roost
Rachel and John discuss disappearing federal health insurance subsidies, disappearing federal atmospheric research, and disappearing manufacturing jobs. We also discuss the how the Constitution’s ban on religious tests was intended to protect religion, not just the...
Dec 20, 2025 | Home To Roost
This week, Rachel Levitt and John Robertson review some surprising facts about Alaska’s history of Hepatitis B and celebrations of autocratic birthdays. They also play Public Policy Pursuit and review the Constitution’s Nobility Clauses.
