Home To Roost

Rachel Levitt and John Robertson
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Rachel Levitt and John Robertson provide timely researched commentary on Home to Roost, a weekly take on the effect of national policies on Alaska.

  1. Home To Roost #49

    5D AGO

    Home To Roost #49

    On this week’s show, we discuss how huge new visa fees threaten to worsen Alaska’s teacher shortage, how federal actions have opened new opportunities for graft, and how the Constitution’s 25th Amendment is not the panacea some hope it might be.

    30 min
  2. Home To Roost #48

    APR 4

    Home To Roost #48

    For this episode, we review Trump’s recent executive order on mail-in ballots in light of the Constitution’s Postal Clause. We also discuss significant changes in how the US Forest Service will be organized in Alaska.

    30 min
  3. Home To Roost: #47

    MAR 28

    Home To Roost: #47

    This week, we discuss how a looming US Supreme Court decision might stymie state legislative efforts to improve voting in Alaska, and we ponder recent statements by current and former Trump officials on sending ICE to the polls. We also ponder the meaning of the Constitution’s rarely reviewed Two-Year Clause, and play “Who Said It?”.

    29 min
  4. Home To Roost #46

    MAR 24

    Home To Roost #46

    This week we discuss new federal oil lease sales in Alaska, new hate speech by federal officials outside Alaska, and how the SAVE Act would be a possible unconstitutional return of poll taxes to Alaska. Rachel also presents John with an especially difficult version of “Who Said It”, our weekly quiz game.

    30 min

  5. MAR 14

    Home To Roost # 45

    This week, we review one way the Constitution might stymie Trump's attempt to save the SAVE Act. The negative side of high oil prices for Alaska, the appearance of clown shoes in the White House, and more.

    30 min
  6. Home To Roost #44

    MAR 7

    Home To Roost #44

    This week we consider some possible economic effects on Alaska due to  the U.S.-Iran conflict. We also look at how the Constitution structured similar conflicts early in U.S. history, and we review more strange statements made by the Trump administration.

    29 min
  7. Home To Roost #43

    FEB 27

    Home To Roost #43

    Join us this week as we review how the SAVE Act would affect Alaska especially hard and how the 19th Amendment  will likely be no protection for women’s voting rights. We also play another round of 'Who said It?”.

    29 min

  8. FEB 21

    Home To Roost #42

    For this show we review the gains and losses in federal funding for rural healthcare, recent ICE arrests in Soldotna, and how the US Constitution’s Progress Clause means for Alaska. We also review some of the stranger things said by some of the nation’s leaders.

    30 min
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Rachel Levitt and John Robertson provide timely researched commentary on Home to Roost, a weekly take on the effect of national policies on Alaska.

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  • Creator
    Rachel Levitt and John Robertson
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Rachel Levitt and John Robertson
  • Show Website
    Home To Roost

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