• Home To Roost #58
    Jun 13 2026

    Join us as we discuss how millions of dollars in federal coal subsidies could cost Alaskans billions in higher utility bills, and how the Trump administration is trying to stifle public workers. We also play “Who Said It?” and wonder what the American Founders would have thought of the expansion of ICE.

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    30 mins
  • Home To Roost #57
    Jun 6 2026

    This week, we discuss new medicaid rules, new proposed mail-in ballot rules, and new threats to Alaska’s tourism industry. We also host two special guests for this week’s rendition of "Who Said It?'

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    30 mins
  • Home To Roost #56
    May 30 2026

    Home To Roost is a weekly political podcast hosted by Rachel Levitt and John Robertson that analyzes how national policies, federal legislation, and Washington politics directly impact Alaska.

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    30 mins
  • Home To Roost #55
    May 23 2026

    This week, we look at Trump's growing power over Republican primaries and how Alaska's open system limits such power; we review how changes at FEMA are affecting Western Alaska; and we read what the Declaration of Independence says about immigration. We also play "Who Said It?", our unusual news quiz game.

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    29 mins
  • Home To Roost #54
    May 16 2026

    This week, we cover Trump’s proposed billion-dollar settlement with himself and how his tariffs function as a tax on Alaskans’ utility bills. We also review what Thomas Jefferson and George Washington thought about the Murder Act and how their concerns about government power are still relevant today.

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    30 mins
  • Home To Roost #53
    May 9 2026

    This week, we review lessons from recent Army cold climate training in Interior Alaska and discuss how Alaska’s location along the Pacific Basin currently affects our energy economy for better and for worse. We also ponder America’s 250-year-old grievance against taxation without representation and play "Who Said It?"


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    28 mins
  • Home To Roost #52
    May 2 2026

    This week, John celebrates Home to Roost’s first anniversary by going 4-for-4 in "Who Said It?" Rachel contrasts hyper-partisanship in Washington with the currently less partisan nature of Alaska. We also look at how the war with Iran is greatly affecting rural Alaska, and we review the Constitution’s Origination Clause.

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    29 mins
  • Home To Roost #51
    Apr 25 2026

    In this episode, we review how new federal policies are increasing electricity rates in Fairbanks, how new federal enthusiasm for a gas line is not translating into new federal action, and how Trump might run afoul of the Constitution’s domestic emoluments clause. We also play Who Said It?, our weekly review of Washington’s wackiest words.


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    30 mins