Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Friday, May 21, 2021

4:20 pm: Representative Val Peterson joins Rod for a conversation about the bill he sponsored, passed yesterday by lawmakers, that bans mask mandates in Utah schools for the next school year

4:35 pm: Edward Isaac-Dovere, a Staff Writer for The Atlantic joins the show to discuss his recent profile of Kamala Harris, as well as his new book “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump”

5:05 pm: Bill Wyatt, Executive Director of the Salt Lake City Department of Airports joins the show to give us an update on the progress of the second phase of the new Salt Lake City International Airport

6:05 pm: Dave Ray of the Federation for American Immigration Reform joins Rod to discuss the questions the media should be asking about Joe Biden’s border crisis

6:20 pm: Harry Daviess joins Rod for a preview of this weekend’s Good Guy Hot Rod Show at the State Fair Park

6:35 pm: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with Kevin Williamson of National Review about mask being an outward sign of inward things, and (at 6:50 pm) with Carrie Sheffield of the Independent Women’s Forum on how “wokeness” at Walmart could alienate much of the chain’s customer base

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, May 20, 2021

4:20 pm: Ian Adams, spokesperson for the Utah Fraternal Order of Police joins the show to discuss a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute poll showing 82% of those polled support law enforcement

4:35 pm: Mark Huntsman, President of the State Board of Education joins the program to address the issue of critical race theory in the state’s schools and the rumors that it’s already being used in some districts

6:05 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist for The Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy

6:20 pm: Keaton Ems of the group “Move Oregon’s Border” joins Rod to discuss the passing of a recent election where five counties in Oregon voted to secede from the state and become part of the state of Idaho

6:35 pm: Charles Cooke of National Review Online joins Rod for a conversation about how none of the accusations of fudging coronavirus numbers that have been made against Governor Ran DeSantis by the Florida Covid-19 whistleblower are turning out to be true

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, May 19, 2021

4:20 pm: Will Hild, Executive Director of Consumers’ Research, joins the program for a conversation about the group’s new initiative to protect consumers from “woke” companies

4:35 pm: Dr. Kathy Cristy, Chair of the Utah Educational Equity Coalition, joins the program to discuss why the group disagrees with attempts by the Utah Legislature to keep Critical Race Theory from begin taught in the state’s schools

5:05 pm: State Representative Paul Ray joins Rod to discuss how the state's House Democratic caucus walked out of today's extraordinary session where lawmakers were considering resolutions regarding critical race theory and making Utah a 2nd Amendment sanctuary

6:05 pm: Former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes joins Rod for their weekly conversation about the wacky world of politics

6:35 pm: Tristan Justice, Western Correspondent for The Federalist, joins the show for a conversation about why he says the Jan. 6 Commission is another attempt by Democrats to attack their political enemies

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, May 18, 2021

4:20 pm: Congressman Chris Stewart joins Rod to discuss his recent op-ed piece in which he says the 1619 project and critical race theory are attempting to rewrite history through a lens of “wokeness”

4:35 pm: Dr. Brian Shiozawa, Adjunct Associate Professor of Family and Preventative Medicine at the University of Utah joins Rod to discuss whether it’s important to vaccine children in order to reach herd immunity of Covid-19, and whether it’s smart for universities to remove mask mandates as Weber State University has now done

5:05 pm: Fox News personality and former Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz joins the show to discuss why he says the time has come for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be fired from his job as Chief Medical Advisor to the President

6:05 pm: Senator Mike Lee joins Rod for their weekly conversation about what’s happening in Washing D.C. and today they’ll discuss the repeal of the Jones Act, mask confusion caused by the CDC and the hacking of the Colonial Pipeline

6:20 pm: Local educator and activist Kelly Whited Jones joins the show to discuss her recent op-ed piece saying there is no reason for anyone to fear critical race theory

6:35 pm: Dr. Mary Tipton, an internal medicine and pediatric specialist, joins the program to discuss how Joe Biden is endangering America’s response to future pandemics by sharing the patents of vaccine makers

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Monday, May 17, 2021

4:20 pm: Madeleine Kearns of National Review joins Rod to discuss how America is destroying the very thing we live by, the nation’s fertility rate

4:35 pm: Representative Karianne Lisonbee joins the program for a conversation about possibly making the state of Utah a 2nd Amendment sanctuary state

6:05 pm: National Review roving correspondent Kevin Williamson joins Rod for a conversation about what wearing masks says about a person and about our society

6:20 pm: Carrie Sheffield, a Senior Fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum, joins the program to discuss how Walmart’s “wokeness” could eventually lead the chain lose customers

6:35 pm: Townhall columnist Scott Morefield joins the show to discuss why he says Donald Trump should step away from the GOP spotlight for the good of the country

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Friday, May 14, 2021

4:20 pm: Media reporter Eddie Scarry of the Washington Examiner joins the show to discuss his piece asking when the mainstream media will notice that Joe Biden is flailing

4:35 pm: Mark Alston, owner of The Bayou restaurant in Salt Lake City joins the program to discuss his decision to reopen his establishment only to patrons that will provide proof they’ve been fully vaccinated for Covid-19

6:05 pm: Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joins Rod to discuss his recent piece for American Greatness about how people should “tune out” wokeism in America

6:20 pm: Amity Shlaes, author and contributor to The Hill, joins Rod to discuss her recent piece about comparing Joe Biden to Franklin D. Roosevelt and his intent to spend to create jobs and spur growth

6:35 pm: Plus, we’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with human resources expert and blogger Jim Stroud on the dangers of teaching Critical Race Theory in the workplace, and (at 6:50 pm) with Brad Miner, Senior Editor of TheCatholicThing.org on the regression of manners in America

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, May 13, 2021

4:20 pm: Ryan Reburn, owner of HireQuest in Salt Lake City, joins the program to discuss how his business is being effected by homelessness and drug issues along North Temple on the west side of the city

4:35 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist for the Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for their weekly discussion about politics and the nation’s economy

6:20 pm: A group of Utah voters has filed a lawsuit over Utah’s new ballot initiative and citizen referendum regulations.One of the plaintiffs in the suit, Steve Maxfield, joins Rod to discuss their reasons for filing suit against the state

6:35 pm: Author and journalist Robert Bryce joins the program for a conversation about his piece for the Wall Street Journal on how polls show Americans want more “wind energy” yet nobody wants the turbines built in their backyard

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown –Wednesday, May 12, 2021

4:20 pm: University of Utah Law Professor Amos Guiora is currently in Israel and joins Rod to discuss the rising violence in Jerusalem over Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian life

4:35 pm: Former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes joins Rod for their weekly conversation about the wacky world of politics, and today they’ll discuss Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s ouster from GOP leadership

6:05 pm: Join us in the 6:00 pm hour tonight for a special “Live On” Town Hall meeting about suicide prevention.Rod’s guests will be Representative Steve Eliason and Kim Myers, Assistant Director of the Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, May 11, 2021

4:20 pm: Dea Theodore of the Salt Lake County Council wants to put an end to the county’s mask mandate and she joins Rod to discuss how she is looking into ways to override the mayor’s authority on the matter

4:35 pm: Representative Stephen Handy joins Rod to discuss why he says it is important to the nation’s farmers for Congress to pass the Growing Climate Solutions Act

6:05 pm: Senator Mike Lee joins the show for his weekly conversation with Rod, and today they discuss ghost guns and the call of the nation’s governors for Joe Biden to put an end to the enhanced supplemental unemployment benefit

6:35 pm: Author and historian Craig Shirley joins Rod for a conversation about why he says Liz Cheney is a victim of silliness by her fellow conservatives

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Monday, May 10, 2021

4:20 pm: Gloria Vindas of Utah Parents United joins the show for a conversation about Critical Race Theory and a push to have Governor Cox allow lawmakers to consider legislation to ban its teaching in Utah schools during next week’s special session of the state legislature

4:35 pm: Jim Stroud, a blogger and human resources expert, joins the show for a conversation about the dangers of using Critical Race Theory in the workplace

5:05 pm: Derek Miller, President of the Salt Lake Chamber, joins the program for a conversation about a push by chambers across the country for Joe Biden to end the extra unemployment benefit

6:05 pm: Derek Hunter joins Rod to discuss his piece for Townhall in which he says Liz Cheney needs to go because she’s lost the ability to advance the Republican agenda

6:20 pm: Brad Miner, Senior Fellow for the Faith and Reason Institute, joins the show to discuss his piece for National Review in which he discuss the decline of manners in America

6:35 pm: Bethany Mandel, Editor of Ricochet, joins the program to discuss her piece for the Deseret News in which she implores society to stop calling mothers “birthing people”