The Mobile Home Owner Town Hall Episode Today our show is about mobile home parks. As the state representative for house district 20, I have several mobile home parks in my district. Mobile home owners face unique challenges: they own their home but must rent the land on which their home sits. Every year that rent goes up – yet the value of their h…

Chelsea Foster of Anchorage is a director on the board of the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association and a long-time cannabis advocate. She is COO for Birch Alaskan Naturals CBD, and a consultant for the Alaskan cannabis industry. She has successfully pursued regulatory and statuary changes for the Alaska cannabis industry with a focus on social equ…

Facing Foster Care in Alaska (FFCA) is a non-profit group made up of folks with lived experience in the foster care system. As former foster youth themselves, these individuals can offer expertise to make Alaska's system better from the inside out. Today on the show we hear from the most recent FFCA board president, Angel Gonzalez, Mateo Jaime, Kxl…

Keri Ladner is the author of the 2024 book End Time Politics: From the Moral Majority to QAnon. She earned her doctorate in Divinity from the University of Edinburgh and much of her doctoral research focused on researching the theological roots of Jerry Falwell, the co-founder of the Moral Majority. She exposes the racism, contempt for the poor, an…

Jena Crafton is the chair of the Governors Council on Disabilities and Special Education. She has been a vocal advocate for people with disabilities since she was young as Crafton has developmental disabilities herself. We discuss her childhood including how she learned about her own disabilities and what she most wants the community at large to un…

Ed Wesley was born in Bolivar County, Mississippi, on January 9, 1951. He moved to Fort Greeley, Alaska, in 1973 after being drafted into the Army. His wife joined him shortly thereafter and the two raised all five of their children here and the two have never lived outside Alaska since. He was elected president of the Anchorage NAACP in 1981 and l…

Today's episode is about Alaska's Charter Schools which were recently ranked #1 in the country. The lead author of the study is Dr. Paul Peterson of Harvard University, and he is our guest today. Paul E. Peterson is the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government and Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, a…

AK State Senator Shelley Hughes of Palmer moved to Hoonah, Alaska, in the late 70s as a young adult to help establish a religious community with her parents. We talk about that experience, as well as her travels around Alaska with her husband and young family, and ultimately how she ended up involved in Alaska politics. We also discuss some of her …

Representative C. J. McCormick of Bethel is 26 years old and the youngest member of the Alaska State House. Prior to serving in the legislature, he served on city council and as vice mayor of Bethel. Bethel is the 8th largest city in Alaska with just over 6,200 residents. Today, we discuss why his parents settled in the YK Delta, how he ended up in…

Lesil McGuire is a lifelong Alaskan, former state senator, women’s and rural rights advocate, and mother. She lives in Anchorage and works as a consultant in the aerospace, technological innovation and Arctic policy sectors. We discuss why she became a lawyer, why she identifies as a Republican, and how she served for 16 years in the House and Sena…

Margo Bellamy was recently elected by her fellow board members to serve as president of the Anchorage School Board for the third time. Ms. Bellamy grew up in Coconut Grove – an all African American neighborhood in Miami, Florida. At the end of her 8th grade year in 1964 she was chosen as one of eight Black students to integrate the nearby all-white…

AK State House Representative Cliff Groh, II, was born and raised in Anchorage. Although he himself is a life-long Democrat, his father Cliff Groh, Sr., the son of illiterate Polish immigrants, was an important Republican figure in Alaska State politics. In fact, the Groh Gallery in the Alaska Senate is named after him. We talk about the younger Cl…

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Alaska State House Representative Maxine Dibert was born to Koyukon Athabascan parents in Fairbanks and grew up dividing her time between the urban experience of downtown Fairbanks and the bush experience of her Athabaskan elders. After graduating with a degree in education – a degree her college guidance counselor had tried to dissuade her from pu…

Representative Ashley Carrick (D- Fairbanks) spent her childhood in south Anchorage. She graduated from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and began work as a substitute teacher. She ran for the Fairbanks School Board at the age of 24, and although she lost, ended up as staff to Representative (now Senator) Scott Kawasaki, and later Representati…

State Representative Sara Hannan spent her childhood in West Anchorage. She graduated from the University of Alaska and took a job teaching at Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka. When oil prices crashed, the school cut back, and she lost her job. She moved to Juneau where she has been ever since, minus a brief foray to Vladivostok, Russia, where …

Republican Justin Ruffridge represents Soldotna in the Alaska State House and currently co-chairs the Freshmen Caucus with the host of this podcast. Justin moved to Kenai, Alaska, when he was 9 years old so that his parents could run a small Christian school there. Raised in a very conservative environment – no rock music, no mainstream movies or t…

Democrat Jennie Armstrong is from just outside of New Orleans, Louisiana. Although she grew up working class, she did not allow her background to narrow her ambition and after her undergraduate degree at Louisiana State University she earned a Master’s degree from Oxford University and has since worked in Nepal, Myanmar, Rwanda, and Egypt. She star…

Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson of Anchorage was born and raised in New Jersey. She came to Alaska 41 years ago as a young single mother. Through a series of what at first appeared to be unlucky events, she found herself leap-frogging her way up the Anchorage political ladder eventually landing as chair of the Anchorage Assembly – the first person of col…

When she was 19, Representative Rebecca Himschoot dropped out of college in the Midwest and moved to Sitka. After she won a scholarship, she went back to school to earn her teaching credential. Decades later she was elected to the Sitka Assembly, and now serves as State House Rep for District 2. As you are about to hear, there were many detours alo…

Alaska State Representative Julie Coulombe represents the hillside in Anchorage. Raised in a conservative Christian household in the suburbs of Chicago and later Atlanta, she met her husband her freshman year of college in Alabama. They married and moved to Anchorage over thirty years ago. Although always involved in the community, it wasn’t until …

State House Representative Stanley Wright of Anchorage is originally from South Carolina. He is a Navy Veteran and a Republican which, in both regards, makes him an outlier in his own family. After working in Governor Dunleavy’s administration, he took a job working for Mayor Dave Bronson before being elected to the state house where he represents …

Republican Will Stapp was born and raised in a suburb of Seattle; he decided at an early age that he wanted to serve in the military and joined the Army right after high school. He was first stationed at Fort Wainwright but deployed almost immediately to Iraq, and as you will hear, was in the midst of bloody battles from the moment he landed in Fal…

Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance grew up the oldest of seven children in Palmer, Alaska. After a career in telecommunications, she was elected to the Assembly to represent South Anchorage 6 years ago. She is eligible to run for a third term but she has decided not to do that. Assembly member Austin Quinn-Davidson is also eligible for re-election but…

State Senator Bill Wielechowski moved to Anchorage 24 years ago because of his sense of adventure and love for the outdoors. After practicing law in New Jersey and later at a private practice in Anchorage, he eventually took a job as the attorney for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers where he has been for 18 years. After losing an…

Lifelong Alaskan Representative Genevieve Mina was elected to the Alaska state house of representatives for the first time in the election held this past November. At just 26 years of age, she is the second youngest person currently serving in the legislature. But, she has seven years of political experience, much of it working in the legislature, …

Jesse Sumner is a lifelong Alaskan who is a career homebuilder in the Matanuska Susitna Valley where he owns his own construction company with his brother. He served on the MatSu Borough Assembly and as deputy mayor of the borough, before being elected to the state house this last election cycle. He first ran for the Alaska State House in 2020 wher…

Lifelong Alaskan, Robert Myers Jr. is a long-haul truck driver and the state senator for new senate district Q which includes North Pole, Badger, and Eielson Airforce Base. Robert considers himself a Conservative Republican and was first elected in 2020 when he defeated longtime incumbent John Coghill in the Republican Primary election by just 14 v…

INTERVIEW: Alaska State Senator Löki Tobin is a life-long Alaskan who was born in Nome and is named after her dad Charles Lewis Tobin, who goes by the nickname "Lew." In our most recent statewide election, Löki won the senate race to represent downtown Anchorage. That seat had been held by former senate minority leader Tom Begich. Löki had been a s…

Sammy's favorite teacher from highschool, Ms. Erika Wootton, has graced The Shanon Show from Bahrain. We discuss the importance of DODEA teachers forming deeper connections with their students and supporting them in their extracirrcular endeavors. Ms. Wootton shares a hilarious story from her first DODEA teacing experience in Seoul, her side of the…

IT'S SHAMMY SEASON! Thank you to my co-host Ben Gillen, for helping me present this year's Shammy Awards! 0:32 Special Announcement About the Podcast 4:38 The Panel of Preposterous Returns 14:10 Best Content Creator, Kait Hsu joins the show 26:57 Jenna Carlton joins the show, Meme of the Year 41:07 Episode of the Year, Matthew and Elena join the sh…

What a podcast. Yannick and Mateo join the show to look back on their favorite memories in Okinawa, share their experiences of moving back to the states, and settle an all-time Preposterous Predicament: Have your entire life be live streamed 24/7 or have a permanent d*ck drawn on your forehead? We also discuss the range in quality of Kubasaki teach…

George Glover is back on The Shanon Show! In a throwback edition of the podcast, George shares what is job is like working on aircraft as a United States Marine, looks back on the verdicts of our trials, and addresses the rumors that Kai Grubbs has been rigging the Shammy's elections. I provide a devastating update on the possibility of a Mr. Coia …

Kai Croghan joins the show to share his experience at Air Force Basic Training (dont be pee shy,) previews his move to Alaska, and makes sure to provide golden material for Shanon Show Out of Context 😳

The Big O, Jonny Hoppe, Brett Brown, and Dr. Gonzalez come together for a special edition of The Shanon Show podcast. Learn more at theshanonshow.com

Jenna Carlton joins the podcast to share her journey from the middle-of-nowhere Wisconsin, to joining the Navy, to now being a voice for Veteran's issues. She is the host of VetChats, an Instagram Livestream where she interviews veterans, and the founder of The Millennial Veterans Facebook Group. Follow her on Instagram @ themillennialveteran The M…

BARRY AND KENNY RETURN TO THE POD FOR SPOOKY SPECIAL III Kenny and Barry join me in drafting the "best" sexy Halloween costumes, outlining the reasons why Kenny wouldn't survive a zombie apocalypse, and debating, once again, the infamous toilet hand-washing video. We also dive into how many fourth graders we could each take in a fight, some scary a…

Kait joins the show to detail some of the lessons she has learned from multiple overseas moves, how her family prepares for a PCS, and how she became a TikTok creator for Bloom Military Teens. We also dive into her Asian American identity and the importance of learning about one's heritage. Only on The Shanon Show.…

Camille joins the show to reflect back on her military upbringing. She attended high school in England, Nicaragua, and finally Okinawa, Japan where she graduated from Kubasaki High School. Camille sheds light on the uniquely lonesome transitions that State Department kids have to make and gives advice to those who are doing the same today.…

THE PERFECT RECIPE FOR A QUALITY SHANON SHOW: - Stories from World Travels - Trolling New Zealanders - Bathroom talk She's baaaaackkkkkkk! Legendary past guest and Shammy Award Winner, Kena Weels, returns to the podcast to recap her most recent world travels, her love for adverbs, and her technique for annihilating kids in inflatable bubbles. We we…

For today's show, I was joined by Kirtley who is the Program Director for It's A Military Child Life. Her and I talk about her experiences as a young military spouse and mother, her inspiration to help other military families, and we share our opinions on some key military child issues.

The most valid episode of The Shanon Show of all time is finally here. I interview two returning guests, Willow Lewis and Calah Thompson, to learn more about their powerful friendship and their current lives. Calah shares what it's like doing photography and graphic design as a United States Marine and Willow explains how she was able to successful…

The legend himself, Daniel Posthumus, comes on the podcast to recap his hectic summer spent traveling Argentina for his human rights internship, what it's like working for politicians in the Capital, and decides what his ideal theme song would be for each time he walked into a room. We reflect back on our Far East tennis days, take a look at some n…

In today's podcast I interviewed Phoebe who is a Navy brat that primarily grew up in Yokosuka, Japan. We talk about life in Japan and some of her realizations when she transitioned back to the states. She attended a community college before ultimately graduating from UC Berkley, where she says that she learned a lot about herself and her ethnic bac…

A well-overdo interview with the person who has the most similar genetic makeup in the world as me. My little sister, Alex, joins the podcast to reflect on our several childhood moves, answer a preposterous predicament, and attempt to stump me with some facts regarding herself. To buy my book, learn more about the show, and see all of my content vi…

On the show today, I had the absolute best time interviewing Ms. Athens Pellegrino. Athens is a mother of three, childrens book author, and Air Force spouse. She works as a budget analyst for the Air Force and received the 2022 MacDill AF Base Military Spouse of the Year. Her two books thus far are apart of her "Military Child Chronicles" series ti…

Eliza joins the show from Naples, Italy to recap her roadtrip through Europe, her experience moving from Okinawa to Italy, and her love for the violin at Gordon College. We also dive into the responsibilty that military kids have of representing their country while overseas and some of our memories from Kubasaki Student Council.…

For the past year Davis and his family have been primarily living aboard their boat, Sparklefish. Davis shares his journey cruising down the east coast of the United States and ultimately exploring The Bahamas, Jamaica, and Guatemala. He also dives into some of his favorite parts of a pirate's life including spearfishing, flying his drone, and kite…

Kyte joins the podcast to recap Kubasaki baseball's capturing of the PAC East Championship, his move from the desert of Nevada to tropical island of Okinawa, and what lies in his journey ahead. MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-shanon-show #theshanonshow #kubasaki #unlv

Gracie returns to The Shanon Show to discuss her change in major, halfheartedly defend her stance on Helen Keller, and share her biggest pet peeves. We debate TWO all-time great preposterous predicaments and share insight on how you can party responsibly while in college. Stick around for some possible introductions of Gracie into my new book (comi…