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Alaska Landmine Radio
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Alaska Landmine Radio is the podcast for the Alaska Landmine, hosted by Landmine Editor-in-Chief Jeff Landfield. The Alaska Landmine focuses on delivering non-partisan Alaska news that other media outlets don't always report. Alaska Landmine Radio focuses on real talk with real Alaskans from all backgrounds.
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Matt Heilala and Jesse Sumner - Episode 420
1w ago01:21:06Tap to summarizeJeff was joined by Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Heilala and his running mate Jesse Sumner. They discuss the fast approaching primary, why Matt chose Jesse as his running mate, Jesse's background serving on the Mat-Su Borough Assembly and House of Representatives, the number of Republicans running for governor and their strategy for standing out, the government overreach during Covid, the energy crisis facing Southcentral, the housing shortage in Anchorage, and fixing Alaska's election system so it does not take weeks to know the results.
Transcribe →An Energy Crisis Press Conference, the Governor's Race, and recent APOC Reports
1w ago00:59:52Tap to summarize(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk a press conference today with Anchorage Mayor LaFrance, Mat-Su Borough Mayor DeVries, and utility officials about the natural gas crisis in Southcentral, the governor's race and the fast approaching August 18 primary, and a summary of recent campaign finance reports.
Transcribe →More Nonsense Polling in the Governor's Race and a Special Session Update
4w ago00:26:09Tap to summarize(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk about another nonsense poll that recently came out for the governor's race, the travel scandal involving Anchorage Assembly member George Martinez, and an update on what is happening with the special session on the gasline.
Transcribe →John Sims - Episode 419
Jul 900:46:29Tap to summarizeJeff was joined by John Sims, President of Enstar Natural Gas. They discuss the lake John and Jeff are neighbors on near Big Lake, the Cook Inlet gas supply issue and what that means for Southcentral in the short term, the amount of investment Hilcorp has made in Cook Inlet since 2012, why gas storage could be an issue due to the cold winter we just had, what could happen if we have a cold winter again, what the gasline could mean for energy in Southcentral, some of Enstar's contingency plans if there is a gas crisis in the winter, and the negative effects of rising energy costs in Alaska.
Transcribe →Still No Deal on the Gasline Bill, a Very Loose House Race, and an Update on the Governor's Race
Jul 600:43:57Tap to summarize(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk how the conference committee has still not reached a deal on the gasline bill, how Rep. Jamie Allard's (R) House race is getting very loose, and where the governor's race is now that the primary withdrawal deadline has passed.
Transcribe →Shelley Hughes - Episode 418
Jul 301:07:00Tap to summarizeJeff was joined by former Senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Shelley Hughes. They discuss why she decided to run for governor, the crowded field of Republicans in the race and how that could be a problem for Republicans, how she decided to pick her running mate Blake Gettys, why she moved to Southeast Alaska with her mom and siblings, the challenges the next governor is going to have, the recent passing of her husband of 48 years, how her campaign is going, and who may end up in the top four in the governor's race.
Transcribe →Natalie Gelman - Episode 417
Jul 201:49:36Tap to summarizeJeff was joined by singer songwriter Natalie Gelman, who is touring Alaska this summer. They discuss how she grew up in New York, how she got into music when she was young, playing in the subway, how she has toured all across the country and the world, the business of the music industry and setting up tours, how Covid affected the music industry, how having kids has affected her ability to tour, her life in California with her family, the inspirations behind her music, her current tour around Alaska, and she even plays a few songs!
Transcribe →The Decoy Dan Situation is Blowing up and the Very Loose End of the Special Session
Jun 2200:52:42Tap to summarize(This was previously recorded as a live stream, which can be found on our Facebook page, X account, or YouTube channel.) Watch Jeff talk about the situation involving Decoy Dan Sullivan from Petersburg trying to challenge Senator Dan Sullivan (R - Alaska) and the wild end of the special session in Juneau that failed to produce a gasline bill, resulting in another special session.
Transcribe →Libby Bakalar - Episode 416
Jun 1900:59:01Tap to summarizeJeff was joined by Juneau attorney Libby Bakalar. They discuss the Alaska Division of Elections recent decision to prevent Petersburg Dan Sullivan from challenging Senator Dan Sullivan (R - Alaska), why she thinks that decision is wrong, the political climate in the United States, the role social media plays in politics, the problems social media causes, the dangers of people consuming news that only validates their beliefs, why lawmakers are failing to police AI, and the Trump era.
Transcribe →Robert Herrick - Episode 415
Jun 1101:00:16Tap to summarizeJeff was joined by Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board candidate Dr. Robert Herrick. They discuss why he moved to Alaska in 2004 from Texas, his job at the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a geophysicist, where he obtained all of his degrees, his work studying space and planets, namely Venus, his thoughts on space travel, why he decided to run for the school board, some of the problems facing education in the state, the declining enrollment in public schools, and what his plan is for running for the school board.
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