HOUR 1
- "Jelly company J.M. Smucker announced yesterday that it is buying the purveyor of plastic-wrapped cakes, Hostess Brands, for $5.6 billion" / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/09/11/smucker-bets-on-twinkies-in-the-snack-race?
- Tom highlights drummer Jeff Pocaro after Dylan plays "Lowdown" by Boz Skaggs and Toto's "Africa" / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro
- "Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, responds to Mayor Eric Adams calling him a 'madman' for bussing migrants to New York" / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/abbott-fires-back-nyc-mayor-adams-madman-slam-never-make-it-in-texas
- "A majority of California voters oppose making cash payments as a form of compensation to residents of the state who are the descendants of enslaved African-Americans, according to a new poll from the University of California, Berkeley" / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/09/11/1198805444/most-california-voters-oppose-cash-reparations-for-slavery-poll-finds
- Tom discusses reparations and slavery's history
HOUR 2
- "Thousands of people have been killed in Libya in the flooding caused by heavy rains that devastated parts of the country this weekend, a disaster exacerbated by the collapse of two dams in the coastal city of Derna" (NYT)
- President Bidens speaks at JBER on 9/11 / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/09/11/president-biden-attending-911-memorial-ceremony-jber/
- Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson on Biden's speech and homeless issues
- Mark from East Anchorage on Biden's speech and the homeless
- "An M.R.I. confirmed the team’s worst fears after the four-time league M.V.P. was carted to the locker room after an injury in the opening minutes of the first regular season game." / (ANS) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/sports/football/aaron-rodgers-achilles-injury-jets.html?
- Indigenous place name markers around Anchorage / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/09/12/indigenous-place-name-markers-further-spread-around-anchorage-area/
