July 8, 2026 —

In Other News, July 2026

Hosts: Sadona Holm and Persephone Bearchum

News/Events: Nathan Pobieglo

Board-op: Kyle Smith

Producer: Kaylee LaTocha

Our July show highlights an event that our producer Kaylee LaTocha put on called Letters To America, plus spotlights on local and national music. We end the show with a commemoration to America’s 250th birthday by having our hosts (and Nathan) devour as many hot dogs as they can while answering a civics superpower questionnaire from Kaylee.

[ATMI producers Sadona Holm and Persephone Bearchum]

Full Show

Letters To America

ATMI producer Kaylee LaTocha talks about her recent event, Letters To America. It was a mix of musical theater performances and storytelling, framed around our relationship to our country.

[ATMI producer Kaylee LaTocha]

Kaylee’s Letter To America

Kaylee reads her Letter To America, which she wrote for her musical theater event of the same name.

Events

ATMI producer Nathan Pobieglo highlights some upcoming all-ages events in the Anchorage area.

[ATMI producer Nathan Pobieglo]

“She Said” by David Hosei

We played the song “She Said” by David Hosei, who Sadona and Persephone knew from their time living in New York City. Fun fact: Persephone’s vocals are featured in the song.

Wren’s Letter To America

ATMI producer Wren Crockett reads her Letter To America.

[ATMI producer Wren Crockett (center)]

“Out of Place” by SunDog

We played local rockers SunDog’s song “Out of Place” from the time they performed a few songs in our studio.

“Mosquito” by Clay

We played “Mosquito” by Clay, another artist that Sadona and Persephone knew personally from NYC.

News

ATMI producer Nathan Pobieglo reports on recent local news stories.

“Alone in the Slave Trade” by Tiny

The local band Tiny recently announced that they are breaking up and are playing their final show on July 12th. We interviewed them in 2025 and they played some songs for us at their rehearsal space. [Listen to our full podcast episode with them here.]

Hot Dogs!!

Throughout the show, Kaylee asked Persephone and Sadona questions to see what their Civics Superpower is. For these last few questions, to commemorate America’s 250th birthday, they ate as many hot dogs as they could. Nathan joined in too!