HOUR 1
- T and T talk weekend and summer airline travel prices going up while stocks are going down
- U.S. solar industry is in turmoil because solar panel manufacturer in San Jose, Auxin Solar, asked the Commerce Dept. to launch an investigation into whether Chinese solar products were being illegally funneled through other Asian countries on their way to the US / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2022/05/08/us-solar-industry-in-state-of-chaos-during-tariff-probe?
- Tibetan climber breaks world record / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/1097485283/nepali-climber-climbed-everest-for-the-26th-time-world-record
- Elon Musk makes a cryptic tweet about his dying
- Willow Alaska vehicle wreck on Parks Hwy closes both directions / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2022/05/09/collision-closes-parks-highway-near-willow/
- Peter Pitts, former FDA Associate Commissioner, joins Tom to discuss the ban on menthol cigarettes
- (MB) Ukraine latest: First Lady Jill Biden made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Mother’s Day and met with Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska. It was the first public appearance by Zelenska since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24. On the war front, a Russian strike killed around 60 people after flattening a school they were sheltering in the basement of, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
- Dr. Strange's second movie release breaks records / (Variety) https://variety.com/2022/film/news/doctor-strange-2-box-office-opening-weekend-disney-marvel-cinematic-universe-1235261390/
HOUR 2
- Chugach Electric's new CEO sues after being let go under the probationary 3-month period / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2022/05/08/court-battle-brewing-over-firing-of-chugach-electric-ceo/
- Alaska's first supercharger station opens on the Kenai Peninsula for Tesla's and electric cars / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/05/07/alaskas-first-tesla-supercharger-station-opens-soldotna/
- Tom A overviews his show's sponsors and praises Dr. Larry Lawson, MD at Midnight Sun Oncology
- Tom and Tom discuss eating Rick Whitbeck if in a survival situation and he passed first
- Tom and Tom talk about the movies "Awake" and "Alive" and "Bucket List" and where they'd travel for their own bucket list
