HOUR 1
- Tom A is back in the studio and explains his healthcare journey
- Alaska has an egg shortage / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2023/01/06/a-real-scramble-alaska-suffers-an-egg-shortage/
- Anchorage Baptist Temple changes name to Mountain City Church
- Joe from Midtown with good wishes to Tom and his worry about healthcare issues in his family and in the community
- Joey Sweet is chosen by the Anchorage Assembly to take Forrest Dunbar's seat / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/01/07/joey-sweet-appointed-fill-interim-assembly-vacancy/
- Tom touches on a hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026 that would result in thousands of casualties among Chinese, United States, Taiwanese and Japanese forces,
- Dave Stieren welcomes Tom back and discusses the cost of products and services under the Biden Administration
HOUR 2
- State Representative Kevin McCabe on his ferry ride to Juneau and the next steps in the organization
- Dalton in Mat-Su welcomes Tom back and discusses a new variant, XBB.1.5, and weather modification
- XBB.1.5, pegged by the World Health Organization as “the most transmissible” descendant yet of the omicron variant, rose from barely 2 percent of U.S. cases at the start of December to more than 27 percent the first week of January, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/01/08/new-variant-xbb15-is-most-transmissible-yet-could-fuel-covid-wave/
- Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/01/09/children-struggling-with-obesity-should-be-treated-early-and-aggressively-new-guidance-says/
- Woodcarver Mike in Mat-Su welcomes Tom back and told a Burl Ives story and went down memory lane on how he met Lucille Ball and Betty Davis as a kid
- Gov Dunleavy bans TikTok on State devices / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/01/06/gov-dunleavy-bans-tiktok-state-government-devices/
- Tom and Tom talk about cryptocurrency and investments
