Andrew Gray
@andrewgrayak.bsky.social
Host of East Anchorage Book Club podcast, Army veteran, physician assistant, dad, & candidate for AK State House
Tonight I introduced Matt Schultz at his 1st official campaign event for US Congress. Rev. Schultz has been advocating for all those with less in Alaska since 1997, & he's the leader we need in DC. Let's eliminate poverty & make healthcare affordable. mattschultzforalaska.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Tonight I introduced Matt Schultz at his 1st official campaign event for US Congress. Rev. Schultz has been advocating for all those with less in Alaska since 1997, & he's the leader we need in DC. Let's eliminate poverty & make healthcare affordable. mattschultzforalaska.com
I’m singing in the Alaska Chambers Singers concert this weekend:
Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Saturday night at 7:30 pm & Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
St Patrick’s Parish, 2111 Muldoon
Please come!
Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Saturday night at 7:30 pm & Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
St Patrick’s Parish, 2111 Muldoon
Please come!
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I’m singing in the Alaska Chambers Singers concert this weekend:
Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Saturday night at 7:30 pm & Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
St Patrick’s Parish, 2111 Muldoon
Please come!
Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Saturday night at 7:30 pm & Sunday afternoon at 4 pm.
St Patrick’s Parish, 2111 Muldoon
Please come!
Alaska’s local journalism needs our support. Opponents of 🇺🇸 democracy know that our boots-on-the-ground reporters are the most trusted news sources, so they work overtime to discredit them.
Support the 1st amendment & subscribe to @Homer_News:
www.homernews.com/subscribe/
#akleg
Support the 1st amendment & subscribe to @Homer_News:
www.homernews.com/subscribe/
#akleg
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Alaska’s local journalism needs our support. Opponents of 🇺🇸 democracy know that our boots-on-the-ground reporters are the most trusted news sources, so they work overtime to discredit them.
Support the 1st amendment & subscribe to @Homer_News:
www.homernews.com/subscribe/
#akleg
Support the 1st amendment & subscribe to @Homer_News:
www.homernews.com/subscribe/
#akleg
This week’s guest on East Anchorage Book Club Podcast is 2025 #PulitzerPrize winner #TessaHulls. She is the 2nd #graphicnovelist to win the award. We discuss working in the Juneau Capitol kitchen, #Alaska, & her #memoir, “Feeding Ghosts.” #akleg listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #books
May 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This week’s guest on East Anchorage Book Club Podcast is 2025 #PulitzerPrize winner #TessaHulls. She is the 2nd #graphicnovelist to win the award. We discuss working in the Juneau Capitol kitchen, #Alaska, & her #memoir, “Feeding Ghosts.” #akleg listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #books
Rep. Carolyn Hall (D-West Anchorage) is an Emmy winning TV journalist & communications director for Gov. Bill Walker & Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Working for the mayor 2020-2021 was the worst year of her life. Learn why; listen to her story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Rep. Carolyn Hall (D-West Anchorage) is an Emmy winning TV journalist & communications director for Gov. Bill Walker & Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. Working for the mayor 2020-2021 was the worst year of her life. Learn why; listen to her story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Iraq war veteran & former AK state senator Josh Revak was blown up in Ramadi & medivac’ed to Germany where he went straight to surgery while his wife was giving birth to their first child at a different hospital. Learn his whole
story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
April 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Iraq war veteran & former AK state senator Josh Revak was blown up in Ramadi & medivac’ed to Germany where he went straight to surgery while his wife was giving birth to their first child at a different hospital. Learn his whole
story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
We can learn a lot from Alaska’s former foster children. Not just ways to improve the system but about life. Take a listen to Deko Harbi, Shannon Smith, & Tali Stone: 3 recent foster kids. This is this podcast’s 3rd episode featuring foster youth. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
April 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We can learn a lot from Alaska’s former foster children. Not just ways to improve the system but about life. Take a listen to Deko Harbi, Shannon Smith, & Tali Stone: 3 recent foster kids. This is this podcast’s 3rd episode featuring foster youth. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
A clip from the Passion of Joan of Arc. This 1928 silent film masterpiece will stay with you forever. The titles are almost all direct quotes from the minutes of her trial 600 years ago. #GoodFriday
April 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A clip from the Passion of Joan of Arc. This 1928 silent film masterpiece will stay with you forever. The titles are almost all direct quotes from the minutes of her trial 600 years ago. #GoodFriday
I watched the 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc last night on the plane from Juneau to Anchorage. I will always remember the moment I first saw this movie. The fact that something this spectacular was made gives humanity a reason for existing.
April 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I watched the 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc last night on the plane from Juneau to Anchorage. I will always remember the moment I first saw this movie. The fact that something this spectacular was made gives humanity a reason for existing.
Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) talks about his childhood in Minnesota, the Coast Guard in Kodiak, & politics in the MatSu. Take a listen to the AK state Rep of a Trump +70 district. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
April 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Rep. Kevin McCabe (R-Big Lake) talks about his childhood in Minnesota, the Coast Guard in Kodiak, & politics in the MatSu. Take a listen to the AK state Rep of a Trump +70 district. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Mindy O’Neall is the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Chair and the Executive Director of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center. Originally from Iowa, her journey to Alaska & into Fairbanks politics is a great story. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
April 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Mindy O’Neall is the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly Chair and the Executive Director of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center. Originally from Iowa, her journey to Alaska & into Fairbanks politics is a great story. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Congratulations to one of my best friends in the whole world Yarrow Silvers. She was elected to the Anchorage Assembly last night, & she’s going to do a tremendously good job. She, Anna Brawley, & I have been friends since before any of us ever dreamed of being electeds. #ancgov
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Congratulations to one of my best friends in the whole world Yarrow Silvers. She was elected to the Anchorage Assembly last night, & she’s going to do a tremendously good job. She, Anna Brawley, & I have been friends since before any of us ever dreamed of being electeds. #ancgov
Former MatSu School board president, now House Rep. Jubilee Underwood of Wasilla lost the August 2024 primary to the incumbent Rep. David Eastman. Few folks thought that she would win, but come November, Underwood defeated Eastman. Learn her story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
March 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Former MatSu School board president, now House Rep. Jubilee Underwood of Wasilla lost the August 2024 primary to the incumbent Rep. David Eastman. Few folks thought that she would win, but come November, Underwood defeated Eastman. Learn her story: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Sen. Rob Yundt (R-Wasilla) stumbled into wrestling in 7th grade which led to a career as an MMA fighter with a professional record of 9 wins & 5 losses. We talk about why he ran against Sen David Wilson & Yundt’s bill that would tax large S-corps. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg #alaska
March 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sen. Rob Yundt (R-Wasilla) stumbled into wrestling in 7th grade which led to a career as an MMA fighter with a professional record of 9 wins & 5 losses. We talk about why he ran against Sen David Wilson & Yundt’s bill that would tax large S-corps. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg #alaska
AK State Sen. Matt Claman served as acting mayor of Anchorage immediately after the financial crisis of 2008 — he cut $20 million from the budget & became very unpopular. Yet, he returned to elected office in 2014 & has not looked back. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg #ancgov
February 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
AK State Sen. Matt Claman served as acting mayor of Anchorage immediately after the financial crisis of 2008 — he cut $20 million from the budget & became very unpopular. Yet, he returned to elected office in 2014 & has not looked back. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg #ancgov
Brock Wilson, PhD, is the newest faculty at UAA’s ISER. He was hired in large part because of his research on pensions & pensions’ effects on the workforce. Listen to the East Anchorage Book Club podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
February 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Brock Wilson, PhD, is the newest faculty at UAA’s ISER. He was hired in large part because of his research on pensions & pensions’ effects on the workforce. Listen to the East Anchorage Book Club podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
AK House Rep. Bill Elam (R-Kenai) grew up in an orthodox Jewish family in Florida. He converted to Christianity before moving to AK. Learn how his family (including his identical twin) reacted. Listen to East Anchorage Book Club podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
February 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
AK House Rep. Bill Elam (R-Kenai) grew up in an orthodox Jewish family in Florida. He converted to Christianity before moving to AK. Learn how his family (including his identical twin) reacted. Listen to East Anchorage Book Club podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Frank Tomaszewski has represented Fairbanks, Fox and Salcha in the Alaska State House since 2023. Previously, he served on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. Listen to his story here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #AKLeg
February 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Frank Tomaszewski has represented Fairbanks, Fox and Salcha in the Alaska State House since 2023. Previously, he served on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. Listen to his story here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #AKLeg
Anchorage Attorney Pat Galvin never intended to be an attorney, to live in Alaska, nor work in government. But as Gov. Sarah Palin’s Revenue commissioner, he crafted ACES, an oil & gas tax policy that netted AK billions in additional revenue. #AKleg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Anchorage Attorney Pat Galvin never intended to be an attorney, to live in Alaska, nor work in government. But as Gov. Sarah Palin’s Revenue commissioner, he crafted ACES, an oil & gas tax policy that netted AK billions in additional revenue. #AKleg podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Listening to diverse opinions is important & Rep Sarah Vance of Homer, the most conservative legislator in AK, offers views that often differ from mine.
Listen to her on the East Anchorage Book Club podcast; her interview offers a window into her motives: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Listen to her on the East Anchorage Book Club podcast; her interview offers a window into her motives: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
January 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Listening to diverse opinions is important & Rep Sarah Vance of Homer, the most conservative legislator in AK, offers views that often differ from mine.
Listen to her on the East Anchorage Book Club podcast; her interview offers a window into her motives: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Listen to her on the East Anchorage Book Club podcast; her interview offers a window into her motives: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Alaska State Refugee Coordinator Issa Spatrisano does her work through Catholic Social Services' Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services (RAIS). We discuss what could happen in a new Trump Administration, specifically to refugees in Alaska. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
January 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alaska State Refugee Coordinator Issa Spatrisano does her work through Catholic Social Services' Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services (RAIS). We discuss what could happen in a new Trump Administration, specifically to refugees in Alaska. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
Former AK State Senate Minority Leader Hollis French moved to AK when he was 20 to work in the oil industry. As a Senator he led the rewrite of oil taxes & famously subpoenaed Todd Palin in Troopergate. He ran for governor in 2010 & 2014. Listen to the interview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
January 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Former AK State Senate Minority Leader Hollis French moved to AK when he was 20 to work in the oil industry. As a Senator he led the rewrite of oil taxes & famously subpoenaed Todd Palin in Troopergate. He ran for governor in 2010 & 2014. Listen to the interview: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
2 great podcast guests this week on the East Anchorage Book Club:
Dr. Mimi Benjamin, founder of the hospitalist program at Bartlett Hospital in Juneau: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Bronson Frye, AK rep for the International Painters & Allied Trades Union: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Dr. Mimi Benjamin, founder of the hospitalist program at Bartlett Hospital in Juneau: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Bronson Frye, AK rep for the International Painters & Allied Trades Union: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
January 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
2 great podcast guests this week on the East Anchorage Book Club:
Dr. Mimi Benjamin, founder of the hospitalist program at Bartlett Hospital in Juneau: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Bronson Frye, AK rep for the International Painters & Allied Trades Union: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Dr. Mimi Benjamin, founder of the hospitalist program at Bartlett Hospital in Juneau: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Bronson Frye, AK rep for the International Painters & Allied Trades Union: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Tom Kizzia’s books tell important stories about particular places in Alaska at specific moments in time: from whale hunting in Scammon Bay to the ‘83 tragedy in McCarthy, his masterful documentation is our history. Last night, Rep Sarah Vance & I presented him a citation at the Homer Library. #AKLeg
December 19, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Tom Kizzia’s books tell important stories about particular places in Alaska at specific moments in time: from whale hunting in Scammon Bay to the ‘83 tragedy in McCarthy, his masterful documentation is our history. Last night, Rep Sarah Vance & I presented him a citation at the Homer Library. #AKLeg
Megan Edge is the Prison Project Director at the ACLU of Alaska. In 2017, she left the news business to work in Gov. Bill Walker’s Dept. of Corrections. Her eyes were opened to the problems in Alaska’s prison system. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg
December 16, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Megan Edge is the Prison Project Director at the ACLU of Alaska. In 2017, she left the news business to work in Gov. Bill Walker’s Dept. of Corrections. Her eyes were opened to the problems in Alaska’s prison system. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... #akleg