The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, June 13, 2025

4:20 pm: Ingrid Jacques, a Columnist with USA Today, joins the show to discuss her recent piece about how the Los Angeles riots make her and other Americans glad that Donald Trump is President.

4:38 pm: Paul Gottfried, Editor of Chronicles Magazine and an American political philosopher, joins the show for a conversation about his piece for The Blaze on how Trump isn’t a threat to democracy – but to the ruling class.

5:05 pm: Brad Wilcox, a Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a Sociology Professor at the University of Virginia, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about his recent Deseret News piece about why fathers matter.

6:05 pm: Amber Todoroff, Deputy Editor of Open the Books, joins the program for a conversation about their new report that shows California has pumped tens of millions of dollars into non-government organizations that track ICE and fight deportation.

6:20 pm: Devin Hartman, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy for the R Street Institute, joins the show for a conversation about his piece in which he writes about the importance of DOGE in returning America to energy dominance.

6:38 pm: We’ll listen back to Rod and Greg’s conversations this week with Kurt Schlichter of Townhall.com on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s response to the riots in Los Angeles, and (at 6:50 pm) with John Daniel Davidson of The Federalist on how Mexico is also complicit in the L.A. riots.