Best Satchel Page Podcasts (2024)

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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. 33:27

1h ago33:27

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Alaska’s congressional representative Mary Peltola dominates the primary. Mia Costello comes back from the dead in Sand Lake. Captain James Cook provides a precautionary tale of over staying your welcome. Satchel Page pitches the Anchorage Earthquakers.By Andrew Halcro

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Justices rule on education funding: Stopping the full court spin 11:57

1M ago11:57

11:57

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 17:59

2M ago17:59

17:59

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.By Andrew Halcro

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LaFrance taps her APD Chief: Was the boys club thwarted? 10:34

2M ago10:34

10:34

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 pick?By Andrew Halcro

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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. 19:37

2M ago19:37

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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 summer reading list.By Andrew Halcro

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Project Anchorage: AEDC's Jenna Wright explains it all 9:16

2M ago9:16

9:16

AEDC President & CEO speaks about the Project Anchorage initiative and what it could mean to the future of Anchorage.By Andrew Halcro

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Herding Cattle at Sea-Tac: Is airline customer service dead? 23:47

2M ago23:47

23:47

Airline travel through Sea-Tac has become insufferable. Is customer service in the airline industry dead? Scott McMurren answers the question.By Andrew Halcro

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Project Anchorage: Is the latest local sales tax proposition worthy? 22:12

2M ago22:12

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We debate a initiative entitled Project Anchorage to sell voters on a 3% sales tax that would lower property taxes and create new revenue for local projects.By Andrew Halcro

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Literary Frontierswoman: Laura Ingalls Wilder 20:35

2M ago20:35

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This special episode comes from the audiobook edition of ROCTOGENARIANS, a brand-new collection of stories from Mo Rocca that celebrates the triumphs of people who made their biggest marks late in life. Chances are, you know something about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. If, like sixty million other people, you once enjoyed the Little House book…

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The top three things Anchorage can expect from a new city government 16:06

3M ago16:06

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Anchorage Assembly Chair Chris Constant lists the top three things that Anchorage will see from its new city government and we offer our commentary.By Andrew Halcro

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Bon Voyage Bronson: Analysis and the five top reasons he lost from our AI Translator. 10:43

3M ago10:43

10:43

Voters throw Mayor Dave Bronson out of City Hall and we have analysis. Also we offer you the top five reasons why he lost in a landslide.

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The silencing of Alaskans by Dunleavy. Public education funding has become a play toy. The pop tart movie is delicious. Our travel guru has contrary opinions on hotel hot tubs. 26:10

4M ago26:10

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Alaskans are losing their ability to speak and participate in government under Governor Mike Dunleavy. The new pop tart movie on Netflix is delicious. Scott McMurren has thoughts on hot tubs. Why has education funding become a play toy?By Andrew Halcro

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Court slaps Dunleavy silly. LaFrance talks school closures. Hotel hot tubs? An amazing novel for you to read. 22:50

3M ago22:50

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The court slaps back on Governor Dunleavy's education response. Suzanne LaFrance talks about the future for closed schools. Our AI Translator gives our thoughts on hotel hot tubs. A new novel you will love.By Andrew Halcro

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Alaska's education ruling: What comes next for 20,000 students? Also...La Traviata is coming to Anchorage. 15:48

4M ago15:48

15:48

We analyze the recent court ruling and talk about the what's next. We review La Traviata coming to Anchorage April 26-28.By Andrew Halcro

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Alaska's bombshell education ruling: 3 things you should know 10:41

4M ago10:41

10:41

In ten minutes we ask Scott Kendall to tell us three things you should know about the recent bombshell ruling on education that was predicted ten years ago.

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Suzanne LaFrance: Nine minutes with the next Mayor of Anchorage 11:18

4M ago11:18

11:18

We spend nine (maybe ten) minutes with mayoral frontrunner Suzanne LaFrance about her vision for Anchorage.

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Dunleavy's got a poll problem. LaFrance consolidates. Bronson's Hail Mary. The day the Beatles came to town. 25:09

4M ago25:09

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The governor's new poll is not what he thinks. Suzanne LaFrance begins to consolidate support. Mayor Bronson's APD Hail Mary. Anchorage's day of the Beatles.

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Election Results: Hell no to the mayor. Hell yes to the city and school board. Also...food we loved as kids but hate as adults. 19:24

5M ago19:24

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Anchorage Votes!!! Hell no mayor! Hell yes city and school board! Plus...food we loved as kids but hate as adults.By Andrew Halcro

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Bronson's fiscal crisis and failing campaign. Prisons get Benjamins while education gets Jack. To pee or not to pee? Travel tips you should know. 26:24

5M ago26:24

26:24

Anchorage's latest Bronson emergency and we look behind the mayor's failing campaign. Why are we spending more guarding prisoners than educating kids. Scott McMurren with travel tips. Our AI translator claps back at the Lisa Murkowski haters.

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Anchorage: A city in decline or a city just fine? 8:57

5M ago8:57

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In ten minutes we debate whether Anchorage is a city on decline or a city that's doing just fine.By Andrew Halcro

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The K-12 Horror Show: Bullying, threats and a fabricated education study, Also...the downtown parking fairies, a love letter to my fellow Costco shoppers, we're poetry slamming in April 27:43

5M ago27:43

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The Alaska Legislature fails to override Governor Mike Dunleavy's veto of education funds. The history of the downtown parking fairies. April is National Poetry Month and we're slamming. A love letter to Costco shoppers from my alter ego.By Andrew Halcro

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Teacher Accountability? What about Alaska’s fu*k up parents? 12:55

5M ago12:55

12:55

Alaska has the highest rates of fu*cked up people having kids per capita in the nation so why do blame teachers for their failures?

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Alaska’s business groups & seniors: Get it together people! 18:29

5M ago18:29

18:29

Alaska business groups are failing business and seniors rank 2nd in the nation in rates of Gonorrhea and 3rd in the nation in Chlamydia in the 55+ demographic. We talk education, what happens when you become mayor and a book about Siskel and Ebert.

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Alaska's Turo Hosts: The taxman is here 5:36

5M ago5:36

5:36

Turo has constantly fought attempts to enforce the law to ensure it's Alaska hosts are collecting legally required taxes. However those footsteps its Alaska hosts hear are the tax man coming for them...not Turo.

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Rapper 50 Cent predicts Alaska education cuts. The history of Anchorage drive-in theatres. 16:39

5M ago16:39

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We take a cue from rapper 50 Cent as to why Governor Dunleavy will veto over half of the education funding increase. Anchorage had drive-in movie theatres...what happened to them?

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Is the Alaska Chamber of Commerce strangling Alaska's commerce? 6:13

6M ago6:13

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In six minutes we argue that the Alaska Chamber of Commerce is working against the interest of Alaska business community.By Andrew Halcro

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The legislative proposal that would kill Alaska. We visit the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe 21:26

6M ago21:26

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We discuss the effort to enshrine the annual dividend in the constitution. We celebrate the legislature's education heroes. Also...have you been to the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe? We have and we loved it!By Andrew Halcro

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Selling tourists on moving to Alaska: Chasing wind 5:48

6M ago5:48

5:48

With 20,000 fewer working age adults in Alaska over the last ten years, some have suggested we market to tourists to move to Alaska. In six minutes we share our realities and thoughts.By Andrew Halcro

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The mayor's race. What to know if you're traveling soon. The opera is coming. 22:48

6M ago22:48

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We talk mayor's race and how the pack mentality in Juneau can be fatal. Scott McMurren pulls by to tell you three things you need to know if you're traveling in the next ninety days. The opera for beginners is coming to Anchorage in April.By Andrew Halcro

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Found in translation: Murkowski's message to Juneau 3:24

6M ago3:24

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In less than four minutes we feed the official text of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski's annual address to the Alaska State Legislature into the podcast's own AI translator and you gotta hear the results.

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Quick Hit: Why is a state board of education member sabotaging public schools? 6:35

7M ago6:35

6:35

In six minutes we debunk a study that some lawmakers and a member of the State Board of Education are promoting regarding Alaska's school funding commitment.

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With All Due Respect Reboot: Alaska's education crisis, British tele, volunteers in Alaska 26:07

6M ago26:07

26:07

The debate on education funding, risky behavior by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation and 11 straight years of nothingness. Volunteering at your local school is a great gig. British tele streaming services you can afford and a book you can't afford not to read while watching your British tele streaming services.…

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Alaska's Education Funding: Intentional neglect and hypocrisy 5:46

7M ago5:46

5:46

Five minutes on the debate in Juneau over education funding.

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With All Due Respect? The Reboot is Coming 1:19

7M ago1:19

1:19

A friend of the podcast stops by to discuss our new reboot.By Andrew Halcro

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LaWanda Page: Death of a Comedy Queen 44:27

8M ago44:27

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Long before her turn as the sermonizing Aunt Esther on "Sanford and Son," LaWanda Page was dazzling Black nightclub audiences - first as the flame-swallowing “Bronze Goddess of Fire”. Then, following in the footsteps of her childhood friend and eventual costar Redd Foxx, she became a queen of raunchy, tell-it-like-it-is stand up comedy. (Let’s just…

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Revisiting the Orphan Train: An American Odyssey 44:43

8M ago44:43

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Between 1854 and 1929, 250,000 orphans and abandoned children were placed on East Coast city trains and sent west to live with new families. A desperate solution to a desperate problem, some of the stories turned out well and some far from well. The remarkable stories of these riders live on through their descendants, many of whom continue to searc…

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Death of a Sports Team: Satchel Paige and Los Dragones 25:13

9M ago25:13

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There’s no shortage of sports teams that change cities or names over the course of their franchise history. But what about the teams that just cease to exist? Perhaps no team story packs more drama into one year of existence than that of Los Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo. It’s a story that combines one of the most celebrated names in baseball history…

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Death of the Very Special Episode 43:17

9M ago43:17

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If you were a kid watching TV in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably saw a fair number of “Very Special Episodes,” when the usual blissful bubble of the sitcom world was punctured by real-world issues for a half-hour. Drugs, drinking and driving, stranger danger, even AIDS. But never fear, all would be resolved by episode’s end. (Sometimes the materi…

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Incompetence on the right or Boogeyman on the left? 20:06

9M ago20:06

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Why is our city and state governments failing at such warp speed? A list of the five most interesting books that I read during 2023 for your holiday considerations.By Andrew Halcro

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Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television 16:38

9M ago16:38

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Starting in the early 1970s, Norman Lear changed the face of television, fusing comedy with social commentary. Lear died on December 5th at the great old age of 101. Mo revisits their 2015 conversation for CBS Sunday Morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts and CBS News

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The Habsburg Jaw: Death of a Dynasty 49:54

9M ago49:54

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For centuries European royals married only each other. It was believed to be the best way of consolidating power. But rampant royal inbreeding had increasingly negative consequences––including genetic abnormalities (like the protuberant “Habsburg Jaw”), the dying off of whole lines, and eventually serious geopolitical instability that culminated in…

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Death of a Nepo Baby 50:45

9M ago50:45

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“Nepo Baby” is a term popularly used to describe the celebrity children of celebrity parents. But family connections affect every field of work, and always have. And where family is involved, so is drama. Mo tells the stories of three of history’s biggest Nepo Babies: Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford; President John Quincy Adams, the son of Presid…

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