Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, September 6, 2019

4:20 pm: Gayle Ruzicka of the Utah Eagle Forum on the group’s opposition to part of the state’s new sex-ed curriculum

5:05 pm: Freelance writer Jay Stooksberry joins Rod to discuss a story he covered for Reason.com in which a Colorado student was suspended from school for posting photos of a target shooting outing with his mother

6:05 pm: Desiree Hennessy of the Utah Patients Coalition joins the show to discuss the special session called by Governor Herbert to fix issues with the state’s new medical marijuana law

6:20 pm: John Tamny, Editor of RealClearMarkets, joins the show to discuss why he says the media cannot cause a recession

6:35 pm: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with Ethan Bauer of the Deseret News on whether youth sports are in crisis, and (at 6:50 pm) with Brad Polumbo of the Washington Examiner on the myth of mass shootings

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, September 5, 2019

4:20 pm: Rocky Anderson is being accused of a bigoted attack against Senator Luz Escamilla and her religion with a Facebook post saying Salt Lake City is threatened with the prospect of a Mormon mayor. He joins Rod to discuss his post and explain his comments

6:05 pm: Wilford Reilly, an assistant professor of political science at Kentucky State University, joins Rod for a conversation about his piece in the Washington Times about this being a record year for hatred in America

6:20 pm: Carol Roth, host of The Roth Effect podcast joins the show to discuss why she says everyone is divisive and it’s time to start uniting

6:35 pm: Heritage Foundation Chief Economist Steve Moore joins the show for his weekly conversation with Rod about politics and the nation’s economy

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, September 4, 2019

4:20 pm: Brad Polumbo, commentary writer for the Washington Examiner, joins Rod for a conversation about the myth of the mass shooting epidemic

4:35 pm: Dr. Jackie Schildkraut, an associate professor of criminal justice at the State University of New York at Oswego, joins the program to discuss whether the police, and even news media, should report the names and information about mass shooters

6:05 pm: State Senator Todd Weiler joins Rod for a conversation about lawmaker discussions on making changes to yet another voter-approved initiative, this time Prop 4, which creates an independent redistricting commission. There are reports that lawmakers may attempt to repeal the law altogether

6:35 pm: Ethan Bauer of Deseret News InDepth joins the program for a conversation about the increasingly exclusive and professionalized world of youth sports and whether American youth sports are in crisis

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, September 3, 2019

4:20 pm: Roger Bate, a visiting scholar with the American Enterprise Institute, joins the program for a conversation about how new climate policies are difficult on poor consumers and frustrating for politicians

4:35 pm: Ross Clark, author and writer for The Spectator, joins the show to discuss why he says it’s lazy to assert that Hurricane Dorian is being caused by climate change

5:05 pm: BJ Weller, Director of Responsive Services for the Canyons School District, joins Rod for a conversation about the effects of emergency drills on students and the approach the district is taking

6:05 pm: Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow with the Heritage Foundation joins the show to discuss why he says sanctuary cities shouldn’t shield illegal immigrants that commit crimes

6:35 pm: Craig Bryan, an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Utah, joins the show to discuss the results of a study on safe gun storage and military suicide

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, August 29, 2019

4:20 pm: Congressman Rob Bishop joins the show to discuss why he says the federal government should not play any role when it comes to a state’s public school policies

5:05 pm: Dr. Matt Harris, Professor of History at Colorado State University-Pueblo and an expert on Mormon history, joins the show to discuss how the LDS Church is seemingly moving away from its historically right-wing conservative roots with its new gun policy

6:05 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist for The Heritage Foundation, joins the show for his weekly visit with Rod on politics and the nation’s economy

6:20 pm: Adam Michel, a Senior Policy Analyst in Fiscal Policy for the Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss why he says minimum wage hikes are not a factor in the nation’s rising wages

6:35 pm: Tommy Schultz, National Communications Director for the American Federation for Children, joins the show to discuss the growing fees at America’s public schools

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, August 28, 2019

4:20 pm: Amy Fowler of the Salt Lake City Council joins the show to discuss the difficulty the council faced in voting in favor of a tax incentive for the inland port despite the objection of many city residents

4:35 pm: Rich Logis, author and radio host, joins the show to discuss his recent piece in American Thinker in which he says the GOP has a huge opportunity with minority voters who may be disillusioned with the Democratic Party

6:05 pm: Bob Barr, Chairman and CEO of the Law Enforcement Education Foundation and a former congressman, joins the program to discuss the latest effort by Democrats to expand the Supreme Court in an effort to tip the scales for the party’s own political gain

6:20 pm: Merrilee Boyack, Executive Director of Family Watch International, on the decision of the United Nations conference to cancel a pro-life workshop because it didn’t feel it was inclusive enough

6:35 pm: Annie Holmquist, Editor of Intellectual Takeout, joins the show to discuss her piece about how to restore the childhoods that have been ruined in America

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, August 27, 2019

4:20 pm: Kalev Leetaru, a Senior Fellow at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, joins the show to discuss his piece in Forbes Magazines about how, because of breaches, we have no privacy anymore

6:05 pm: Author Kim Brooks, a contributor to the New York Times, joins the program for a conversation about her latest book “Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear” and why she says we are ruining our children

6:35 pm: John Merline of Issues and Insights on the results of several Trump polls that the media doesn’t want anyone to know about

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Monday, August 26, 2019

4:20 pm: Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joins Rod to discuss his recent piece in National Review about how America’s middle class is truly in charge of the country

5:05 pm: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has announced changes to its gun policy and lethal weapons will now be “prohibited” on any church property. Are you a Mormon gun owner? Do you carry your concealed weapon to church? Where do you fall on the church’s changes?

6:05 pm: Captain Chris Simmons of the Utah Highway Patrol joins the show to discuss a new sobriety program available to a handful of judges to hand out as a sentence to repeat DUI offenders that allows them to keep their jobs and pay the fines for their arrest

6:20 pm: Utah Medicaid Director Nate Checketts joins Rod to discuss how lawmaker’s rejection of the voter-approved Proposition 3 is now costing Utah taxpayers $2.5 million per month

6:35 pm: Sarah Brinton, CEO of Elect Utah Women, joins the show to discuss her recent op-ed piece in the Salt Lake Tribune about how to get more women to run for office in the state

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, August 23, 2019

4:20 pm: Trent England, Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, joins the show to discuss a recent court ruling that delivered a severe blow to efforts to nullify the Electoral College

4:35 pm: Utah Commissioner of Public Safety Jess Anderson joins the show to discuss his interest in employing a new surveillance system that combines public social media posts, traffic cameras and other data sources to help improve police response times at a cost of $2.2 million per year

6:05 pm: Michael Siler, a lobbyist for Students against Electronic Vaping joins the show to discuss the group’s push for an e-cigarette tax bill in efforts to reduce their use among young people

6:20 pm: Katy Faust, Founder and Director of Them Before Us, joins Rod for a conversation about her group which fights for a child’s right to be heard when adults consider what is best for them, including the right to be raised by a mother and father

6:35 pm: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with Utah Foundation President Peter Reichard on a new study showing the outcomes of Utah’s education spending, and (at 6:50 pm) with Young Americans against Socialism founder Morgan Zegers on why so many in Generation Z seem to be in favor of socialism

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, August 22, 2019

4:20 pm: David Sonnenreich of the Utah Attorney General’s office joins the show to discuss a new partnership between AG’s across America and phone service carriers to help fight robo-calls

5:05 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist at the Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy, including a discussion about the media pushing a “looming recession”

6:05 pm: Representative Brian King joins Rod to discuss why Utah legislative leaders have prioritized a comprehensive audit of the state’s public education system, including an examination of the student performance, teacher retention and employee compensation

6:20 pm: Representative Ken Ivory joins Rod to discuss why he is resigning his post at the Utah Legislature and where the state stands in the fight for its public lands as he leaves office

6:35 pm: Joshua Lawson, a graduate student at Hillsdale College and a contributor to The Federalist, joins the show to discuss why he says America was not built on slavery

6:50 pm: Inez Stepman, a Senior Policy Analyst with the Independent Women’s Forum, joins the show to discuss why the Republican Party still trusts universities when it’s clear the party’s voters do not