Tom Anderson Show

HOUR 1 "Barbie" takes in $775 million / ( HR ) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-box-office-billion-dollar-club-1235547643/ NY Mets have record-shattering record-shattering $364 million payroll / ( WSJ ) https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/mets-trade-max-scherzer-rangers-df4de0ea? The "Forgotten War" Seventy years ago, the Korean War ended with a cease-...

HOUR 1 Irish singer Sinead O'Connor passes at 56 / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/26/529671631/irish-singer-sinead-oconnor-has-died-at-56 SAG-AfTRA strike affects the economy / ( NBC News ) https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/how-the-sag-aftra-strike-is-impacting-the-u-s-economy-189299269898 Bud Light continues to lose value from transgender scandal / ( FOX News ) https://www.foxbusiness.c...

HOUR 1 Live clip from a hearing in Congress on the handling of the US-Mexico border / ( FOX News ) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6331871268112 Congress is holding a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena, known as UAPs or UFOs / ( CBS News ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-uaps-or-ufos/ Iowa State Senator Jeff Reichman and why he switched from Trump to DeSantis  (...

HOUR 1 Tom discusses civil rights and heritage and cultural sensitivities  Emmett Till / ( NPR ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/emmett-till-and-his-mother-to-be-honored-with-national-monument/ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reacts to Republicans increasing the pressure on corruption allegations on 'Hannity.' / (FOXNews ) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6331784347112 Dalton in Mat-S...

HOUR 1 Barbie movie soars in sales and weekend launch attendance / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/07/23/barbenheimer-was-the-real-deal? Gaermany's Bettina Dorfmann, who set the Guinness World Record for owning Barbies / (MB)  https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/07/23/barbenheimer-was-the-real-deal? Tom overviews the top 10 deadliest deadliest diseases in huma...

HOUR 1 Tony Bennett passes at age 96 / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/remembering-tony-bennett/ "Russia exited the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative on Monday, but it wasn’t until Wednesday—when Russia said it might treat any Ukraine-bound cargo ship as hostile—that wheat prices spiked by 8.5%. That was the largest daily increase since Russia invaded in February 2022." / (...

HOUR 1 Russia bombs Black Sea port cities / ( CBS News ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/russia-accused-of-weaponizing-food-shipments-as-it-bombards-ukrainian-port-cities/ Tom & Charles talk about bucket lists and Charles highlights some of his recent trips  Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reacts to comments from Rep. Jayapal on Israel and warns how U.S. relations with Israel are vital to foreign poli...

HOUR 1 Extreme heat in Southern Europe affecting tourism / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/07/18/heat-threatens-to-upend-european-tourism? Phoenix break 1974 heat record / ( NYT ) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/phoenix-heat-record.html? Illegal border crossings into U.S. by asylum seekers is down / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188438846/illegal-border-crossi...

HOUR 1 Tom discusses the forthcoming indictment against President Trump More details on the new charges against Trump imminent / ( CNBC )  The U.S. is seeing a record number of strikes / ( CBS News ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-worker-strikes-are-on-the-rise/ Who is striking / ( Axios ) https://www.axios.com/2023/06/27/us-workers-strike-jobs-economy Extreme heat swelters across the globe / (...

HOUR 1  Kremlin paused its participation in an agreement that allowed Ukraine to export its grain by sea despite a wartime blockade, a deal seen as essential to keeping global food prices stable / ( NYT ) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-grain-deal.html? and https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1188048725/ukraine-russia-grain-deal-putin ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/1...

HOUR 1 Tom overviews Presidential Primaries and process Tom overviews Iowa's Caucus and ponders why Christians support Donald Trump Evangelicals in Iowa prefer Trump - can another Republican candidate do well there?  / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1187571812/evangelical-christian-voters-in-iowa-love-trump-can-another-republican-win-them- Trump attacks Iowa's Governor / (CNN)  h...

HOUR 1 (Live Feed) House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee drills John Kerry, Climate Envoy,  on President Biden's Climate Agenda  / ( FOX News ) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6331125961112 President Biden is in Finland, celebrating the country as the newest member of NATO / ( CBS News ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/biden-in-finland-after-nato-shows-solidarity-with-ukraine-at-summit/ Key take-awa...

HOUR 1 4 Reasons we can't stop homelessness / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/12/1186856463/homelessness-rent-affordable-housing-encampments  SNAP statistics / ( Yahoo Finance News ) https://finance.yahoo.com/news/snap-statistics-state-15-states-152926790.html FAQ about SNAP / http://www.alaskasnap.com/faq/ Congress addresses Food Stamp revisions in the Farm Bill / ( NPR ) https://www.npr...

HOUR 1 Tom discusses NATO from its origins its purpose President Biden joins fellow members at a NATO summit in Lithuania / ( CBS News ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/biden-attends-annual-nato-summit/ Tom discusses why Turkey wants to join the EU Secretary of State's Antony Blinken bio / ( Wikipedia ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Blinken Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sweden joi...

HOUR 1 Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times Sunday in an assault at a federal prison in Florida / ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186732524/larry-nassar-stabbed-florida-prison Rikkie Valerie Kollé made history Saturday when she was named Miss Netherlands 2023 as the first transgender woman to be crowned in Dutch history / ( USAT...

HOUR 1 The world’s largest spherical structure made its flashy debut this week, and you’ll never guess where it’s located / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/07/06/the-msg-sphere-makes-debut-in-las-vegas? The company that owned a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, said Thursday it has suspended operations / ( AP )...

HOUR 1 Ukraine War update / ( CNBC ) https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/06/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html 10 million sign up for Meta's new Thread platform / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/1186149939/meta-launches-its-rival-app-threads-as-it-takes-aim-at-twitter Meta releases Threads / ( CBS News ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/meta-releases-threads...

HOUR 1 Harvard's legacy admissions program challenged / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/07/04/activist-group-challenges-harvard-s-legacy-admissions? To tip or not to tip / ( NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/1185160295/tipping-coffee-consumer-spending-inflation-tips Dalton in Mat-Su says buy your own coffee and save money  Americans heading back to Europe en mass / ( C...

HOUR 1 SCOTUS strikes down Affirmative Action / ( MB ) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/29/scotus-strikes-down-affirmative-action? Affirmative Action banned by SCOTUS / ( CBS ) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/us-education-secretary-miguel-cardona-on-supreme-court-decision-striking-down-affirmative-action/ Cardiologist Dr. David Wild, MD on Ozempic and the medical profession In a 6-3...

HOUR 1 High heat and travel delays expected through the 4th of July holidays  / (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sweltering-heat-wave-bakes-us-south-2023-06-27/ and mass flight cancellations (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/06/28/mass-flight-cancellations-put-a-damper-on-the-4th? How exactly does the Wagner Group operate?  ( NPR ) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184935...

HOUR 1 Tom S talks about the firing of Anheuser-Bush marketing executives Daniel Blake & Alissa Heinerscheid.   Tom also talks about the "We're Coming For Your Children"  controversy and the ACLU's plans to help the homeless file appeals to the abatement orders benign issued by the Municipality of Anchorage.  Linn McCabe called in to talk about the Mat-Su Republicans Women&...

HOUR 1 Tom S. talks about the Municipality of Anchorage withholding payment to Securitas, the company responsible for the Anchorage Safety Patrol, the US Supreme Court decision to allow state courts to overrule state legislature approved election maps, and the approval of lab made chicken to be sold in restaurants. Rick Whitbeck from Power the Future calls in to discuss New York regulating pizza o...

HOUR 1 Tom S. talks about an airport worker who died when he was pulled into a Delta Airlines engine and the new Republican sponsored bill to have Secretary Pete Buttigieg and other DOT officials to fly commercial instead of private.  Tom S. talks about Seth Church being appointed to the University of Alaska Board of Regents. We're having a Fetus!  Tom talks about the new Focus on the Family...

HOUR 1 Alaska State House Representative Donna Mears (D-21) calls in to talk about her experiences as a Freshman legislator, the budget, and her thought about alternative revenue opportunities. Tom S. gives the latest update on the Titan submarine and Tom talks about Mario Bird being named the new Chief of Staff for Mayor Dave Bronson. Tom S. talks about the Alaska Department of Education and Earl...