Dan keeps an eye in real time on the Trump motorcade heading into the Fulton County jail in Georgia, as he recaps high points from the former President's interview with Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night.

Dan recaps Wednesday night's first GOP Presidential debate, praising the high points of Nikki Haley and bemoaning the tone and tenor of Vivek Ramaswamy - and wondering about the status of the Ron DeSantis campaign in-between.

Dan thinks he should make the serious face of a warrior like Rudy Giuliani did today, Kelly feels he should smile bigly with two thumbs up, while Ryan believes he should deliver a confident and knowing smirk. The crew discusses what pose Donald Trump should strike for his sham mug shot on Thursday in Atlanta, if it even comes to pass. Further, Dan asks whether this photo will become an enduring symbol of the former President and his entire movement. Ryan says 'yes.'

Dan marvels at the scintillating promo tweeted out by Tucker Carlson previewing his sitdown interview with President Trump that will run directly against Wednesday night's first GOP Presidential debate in Milwaukee on Fox News. Meanwhile, eight other candidates scramble to escape Trump's shadow on the debate stage - will any of them succeed?

Frustration is boiling over among Republican voters in Dan's audience, as a couple of callers express their views on voters who continue to support Democrats despite policies that are derailing our country and society. Dan insists that we need to stay in the fight, working to persuade and convince such voters in order to win elections - or the cause is lost.

As Dan drops son Joe off for law school at Harvard, he pauses to think about how much sense it would make for schools to get their teaching done between Labor Day and Memorial Day - letting students and their familiies have the entire summer between the holidays off. Also, recent events suggest, in Dan's view, that Joe Biden is inching ever closer to dropping out of the 2024 race for re-election.

Whether it's national or state polling, Donald Trump holds monumental advantages over Ron DeSantis and all other competitors in the range of 25-50 percentage points. As such, he has elected to do a pre-recorded sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson which will be transmitted simultaneously on Twitter with the first GOP Presidential primary debate on Fox News. Is this a winning strategy? The pundits have differing opinions and Kristi expresses hers as well. Also, the Taste of the South festival is shut down by Denver Police over security issues, even though organizers paid $100,000 for officers to provide those services for the event. Was this decision warranted and fair?

Kristi Burton-Brown fills in for Dan on a Monday and deconstructs the laughable legal theories and premise of each Trump indictment so far, and is then joined by an old friend of Dan's in a surprise phone call to the show. Ryan expresses infinite disappointment in the surviving members of Queen (Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon) removing the classic 'Fat-Bottomed Girls' from their Greatest Hits album. He then proceeds to troll the decision by playing memorable songs about curves on ladies for the remainder of the program. Fortunately, a listener reveals some very important details in Hour 2 which steady the ship a bit.

Ryan breaks news earlier in the day filling for Leland, confirming with Tucker Carlson biographer Chadwick Moore that the former Fox News host will be doing a live one-on-one interview with Donald Trump as a counterprogramming option to the first Republican primary debate on Fox News in Milwaukee next Wednesday. Dan asks whether this is a good or bad strategy by the former President. Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) joins Dan to talk about her August tour through her 3rd Congressional District during the summer recess for Congress.

Dan was posed a question by a local media executive on what take he was most wrong about so far in 2023. He offers his answer, Ryan does as well. From a legal perspective, Dan breaks down why there was no discovery process for Trump attorneys contesting the 2020 election, as there would be in Dan's law practice of civil cases.