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The East Anchorage Book Club is an interview podcast where Alaskan leaders discuss politics and community issues. 

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The East Anchorage Book Club is an interview podcast where Alaskan leaders discuss politics and community issues. 

    PRIDE: Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa, Director of the Pacific Community of Alaska

    PRIDE: Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa, Director of the Pacific Community of Alaska

    Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa was born and raised in the islands of Samoa in the the South Pacific. She moved to Anchorage 20 years ago to join the rest of her family who were already here. Ms. Toleafoa serves as Executive Director at the Pacific Community of Alaska. She serves as co-chair for the board of directors for the National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO) and member of the board of directors for the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA); she ...

    • 58 min
    Kevin Berry: UAA Economics Professor on private vs. public sector growth, Assembly-proposed zoning changes, and Anchorage community councils

    Kevin Berry: UAA Economics Professor on private vs. public sector growth, Assembly-proposed zoning changes, and Anchorage community councils

    University of Alaska Anchorage Economics Professor Kevin Berry returns to the podcast to discuss the Alaska economy. For a deeper dive into his personal story, listen to his episode from November 2022 (click here). Today we talk about the way the private sector and the public sector economies interact with each other in typical states and how Alaska is different; the need for zoning change in Anchorage; and ways that Anchorage's current community councils might be improved. To read Dan Robins...

    • 52 min
    JUNETEENTH: Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage)

    JUNETEENTH: Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson (D-Anchorage)

    In honor of Juneteenth 2024, I am airing an interview I conducted with Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson from 2023 for my previous podcast, "East Anchorage Matters." Last month the Alaska State House and Senate passed Sen. Gray-Jackson's bill making Juneteenth an Alaska State Holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States and began in Galveston, Texas, where the freed slaves there didn’t learn of their freedom until June 19, 1865, over two years after President Abraham Linco...

    • 25 min
    ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (SPANISH): Conoce tus derechos como trabajador en Alaska

    ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (SPANISH): Conoce tus derechos como trabajador en Alaska

    intérprete: Israel Portilla Gomez La información de este episodio se basa en una entrevista que realizó en 2024 con Jeremy Applegate, jefe de la división de Salarios y Horas del Departamento de Trabajo del Estado de Alaska. Todos los trabajadores en Alaska tienen derecho a un salario y un trato justos según la ley. Muchos trabajadores desconocen sus derechos, lo que permite al empleador aprovecharlos. El propósito de este podcast es educar a los trabajadores de Alaska sobre sus derechos para ...

    • 12 min
    ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (UKRAINIAN): Знайте свої права як працівника на Алясці

    ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (UKRAINIAN): Знайте свої права як працівника на Алясці

    Перекладач: Катерина КлименченкоІнформація в цьому епізоді базується на інтерв’ю, яке він провів у 2024 році з Джеремі Епплгейтом, керівником відділу оплати праці та робочих годин Департаменту праці штату Аляска. Відповідно до закону, усі працівники на Алясці мають право на справедливу оплату праці та ставлення. Багато працівників не знають своїх прав, і це дає змогу роботодавцю нажитися на ниx. Мета цього подкасту – розповісти працівникам Аляски про їхні права, щоб переконатися, що вони отри...

    • 11 min
    ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (ESTONIAN): teie õigused töötajana

    ALASKA WORKERS' RIGHTS (ESTONIAN): teie õigused töötajana

    See on eestikeelne versioon taskuhäälingusaate intervjuust Jeremy Applegate’iga – Alaska tööministeeriumi palga ja tunni osakonna juhatajaga. Kui arvate, et teie õigusi on rikutud, helistage numbril 907-269-4900. Te ei pea inglise keelt rääkima. Interpreter assistance: Leino Mandre.

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