ADN Politics podcast

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.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks to reporters Iris Samuels and Sean Maguire about what happened, and the coming political fallout.

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.

Natural gas from Cook Inlet powers a big chunk of Alaska, but energy companies say that gas won’t be available for much longer.

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.

Host Elizabeth Harball talks to ADN reporter Iris Samuels about what happened to the Office of Public Advocacy, and what that means going forward.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with ADN reporters about the factors behind the results and how things look going forward.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball talks with Anchorage Ombudsman Darrel Hess.

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.

In this episode, host Elizabeth Harball discusses what’s ahead for the mine and the Bristol Bay salmon fishery with ADN reporter Alex DeMarban.