• HTR #15: Gerrymandering; Trump-Putin Summit; 19th Amendment
    Aug 17 2025

    Join John and Rachel this week as they discuss gerrymandering, the Trump-Putin summit, play two truths and a lie, and discuss recent controversies about the 19th Amendment.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 14:Vaccine Research, Firing a Top Federal Statistician, and the Constitution’s State of the Union Clause
    Aug 11 2025

    Rachel and John discuss the termination of grants for some vaccine research, the firing of a top federal statistician, and the significance of the Constitution’s State of the Union Clause. Also, John wins Rachel’s challenge in Two Truths and a Lie.

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    30 mins
  • HTR #13 Disappearing Federal Information and More
    Aug 2 2025

    Rachel and John address disappearing federal information, terminated grants for Alaskan farmers, the freezing and unfreezing of appropriated money, and how the Fourth Amendment applies to your smart phone at the border.

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    30 mins
  • The disappearing federal information, terminated grants for Alaskan farmers, and more
    Aug 1 2025

    Join Rachel and John this week as they address disappearing federal information, terminated grants for Alaskan farmers, the freezing and unfreezing of appropriated money, and how the Fourth Amendment applies to your smartphone at the border.

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    30 mins
  • Home to Roost #13: Impact of Federal Changes on Mental Health and More
    Jul 29 2025

    Please join John and Rachel this week as they discuss how federal changes are likely to impact drug treatment, rural radio, local schools, and the power of Congress.

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    30 mins
  • Home to Roost #12: Big Beautiful Bill and Shift to Private Education
    Jul 25 2025

    Rachel Levitt and John Robertson discuss Federal actions that impact Alaska on Home to Roost.

    This week on Home to Roost, Rachel and John discuss the July 14th headline from the PBS News Hour titled "Big Beautiful Bill Could Accelerate the Private Education Shift."

    Every week in the Plain Reading section, they review a portion of the Constitution. This week's topic is the First Amendment Clauses 1 &2: The Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause.

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    30 mins
  • Home To Roost #11 The new federal school voucher, the disappearance of federal reports, and the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
    Jul 20 2025

    This week Rachel and John discuss the new federal school voucher and tax credit program, the disappearance of federal reports, and the meaning of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.

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    30 mins
  • Home To Roost #10 Federal education funding, ICE, Justice Brown's dissent, and the 10th Amendment
    Jul 14 2025

    Join John and Rachel as they review federal education funding chaos, the unprecedented growth in ICE, a dissenting opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the relevance of the 10th Amendment.

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    30 mins