Michael Harrison joins Todd, as THE MEMO has been released. The Big Game is Sunday, Todd and Michael analyze Tom Brady and the Patriots' dynastic run. Free speech, hate speech with The Mad Liberal. Erin Stewart, Mayor of New Britain, is a potential gubernatorial candidate. Plus Philosophy Phryday-- Is the Big Game moral to watch and engage in?

"How Democracies Die." As influence is lost, parties start doing whatever they can to rig the system to extend their future, doubling down on alliances when under duress. We discuss, along with tolls, the gas tax hike, and tire tax... What's your favorite? Sen. Art Linares, is calling for a cap on State Employee Pensions, find out why. And Rep. Rob Sampson joins Todd.

The Mad Liberal shares a SOTU reaction and talks Devin Nunes' memo. Rep. Tony Guerrera makes a surprise visit to discuss tolling in CT. And Bob Stefanowski, gubernatorial candidate, plus Sen. Len Fasano, talks tolls and the gas tax

Pete Kasperowicz, News editor, Washington Examiner joins Todd to discuss the State of the Union. What do you want President Trump to say tonight? What do you NOT want him to say? And Hawaii false alarm...whoops, another government screw up. What does government do well? Joshua Sandman, Univeristy of New Haven Professor of Poli-Science. Jesse Lawrence, Ticket expert and founder/CEO of TicketIQ, offers advice for buying Super Bowl tickets.

All the people who are celebrated for coarsening the country through their art are the same people who condem Trump for his crudeness.

How is the country going, in your opinion? What is your most important attribute as a human being? Do you have a smart speaker? HomePod, Amazon Echo, Google Home....what are the privacy issues? Siri, Alexa, and Google are spying on us!! Rep. Jason Rojas, 9th District, East Hartford and Manchester, gas tax-hike proposal. Pete Kasperowicz, Washington Examiner, effects of shutdown politics. Best Picture nominees are a bit obscure these days. Mark Stewart, gubernatorial candidate, reaction to gas tax-hike proposal

Michael Harrison akss, is Trump a con-man? We discuss Liberal vs. Conservative responses. Harrison reviews "The Darkest Hour" (and is very much enjoying the Churchill revival), "The Shape of Water", and "The Post." Michael Baranowski, Poli-Sci and Crim. Justice Professor at Northern Kentucky University, talks the Politics Guys podcast. Switching from Republican to Democrat...say what?! We argue the left-right political paradigm on Philosophy Phryday. Can we have happiness without sadness? Does someone's name influence the person they become?

It's a special Thursday appearance for Harrison, discussing human behavior - thought vs. action. Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40-175 years in prison, added on to 60 years child pornography sentence... 150+ women have testified against Nassar. We also talk the Doomsday clock - is nuclear war imminent? Michael Handler, R, gubernatorial candidate, Sen. Toni Boucher co-chair of the Transportation Committee, and Len Suzio all join the show as we discuss redesigning the education system - shouldn't we have smaller schools?... and opposition to tolls.

We talk the deep state threat with The Mad Liberal... And mayors decline Trump's invitation to the White House. Plus, the benifits of swearing, according to science. Wal-mart dominating the country... is that a bad thing? Tim Sullivan, President of the UConn College Republicans, asks if the Ben Shapiro appearance at UConn was being restricted? And do you get a flu shot every year?

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN?!? Would you give up eating meat (beef) to save the world!? Can global warming be counteracted by reducing our consumption of beef? Are the cows methane emmissions a major contributor to climate change?
Is buying locally a better alternative to outright abstinence? The Mad Liberal joins us for the discussion.