AK Rundown  for October 30, 2004

ELECTIONS
Open/Credits/Newscast
1. Knowles/Murkowski Volunteers. See what it feels like to be the
one knocking on the door, instead of hiding inside behind the curtain. Ashley Gross and Matt Rafferty/vox pop pkg/5:01
2. Tony and Lisa Dance Remix. Our take on the U.S. Senate race.
Michelle Wozniak/pkg/2:00
3. Youth Vote. Alaskan teens take their civic duties more seriously
than you might think. Alaska Teen Media Institute's Melissa Smith/pkg/2:50

Break #1 Nelly

4. Dear George Letters. The Alaskan letters included in "Dear
George: Letters to the President," a production by OutNorth in Anchorage. Pkg/3:40
5. Button. Wilco "Box Full of Letters"
6. Recovering from Florida 2000. Kenai Peninsula Public Radio's
Kathleen Balsemo recalls the Florida ballot recount. the one after the election was already decided. Commentary/2:59
7. Prop 2 Debate. Ganja is back on Alaska's ballot. Ellen
Lockyer/pkg/4:12
8. Courting the Honey Bucket Vote. Host Gabriel Spitzer speaks with
Kyle Hopkins, author of the Anchorage Press article, "Do Tony and Lisa Give a Crap?" Host 2-way/3:44

Break #2 Charles Mingus

9. Dear George Letters continued. Pkg/1:34
10. 300 Villages. Artisans from Shishmaref, Chefornak and Mekoryuk
at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. Vox pop/2:35
11. Calendar of Events. Music by Flatt and Scruggs.
12. Queer Eye for the Straight Candidate. Political candidates from
Alaska get a metrosexual makeover. Ellen Lockyer/vox pop/2:45
13. Push Poll Skit. A political poll gone haywire. Gabriel Spitzer
and David Totten/2:48
14. Democracy Commentary. Poet and political junkie Geo Beach urges
Alaskans to challenge clubby politics. Commentary/3:26
15. "Suffering Democracy". poem by Ken Waldman, Alaska's fiddling
poet. 0:50

Close credits "Surfin' with the Shah" by Yo La Tengo
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