Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Monday, July 16, 2018

4:20 pm: Deborah Gattrell, a Utah Teacher Fellow and board certified teacher joins Rod to discuss her recent op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune about responsible gun storage in the home being a way to help protect schools

4:35 pm: Clark Aposhian of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, and host of Gun Radio Utah on KNRS, and Morissa Sobelson, an Administrative Fellow with Intermountain Healthcare, join Rod to discuss their op-ed piece in the Deseret News about how saving lives is a human imperative and not a pro-gun or anti-gun issue

5:05 pm: Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes joins Rod to discuss the deal that has been reached between the state and Salt Lake City leaders regarding the inland port in the city’s Northwest Quadrant

6:05 pm: Homeless Advocate Pamela Atkinson joins Rod to discuss whether the three new planned homeless shelters will be enough to handle the valley’s homelessness issues

6:20 pm: Andy Smith, co-host of Financial Engines Investing Sense, joins Rod to discuss the disconnect between media headlines and market reality when it comes to the American “trade war” with China

6:35 pm: Robert Doar, a fellow in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Rod to discuss how work requirements for food stamps can help fight poverty at its roots

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, July 13, 2018

4:20 pm: Local high school student Michael Chidester joins Rod to discuss a group of students that supports the 2nd Amendment as students from Parkland High School in Florida prepare to discuss their anti-gun agenda in Utah tomorrow

4:35 pm: Shermichael Singleson, political strategist and commentator, joins Rod to discuss his recent piece in The Hill where he outlines why progressive politics hasn’t done anything to help black America

5:05 pm: Julie Gunlock, Senior Fellow with the Independent Women’s Forum, joins Rod to discuss why she says it is a waste of time to ban plastic straws as a way of saving the oceans

6:05 pm: Utah Congressman John Curtis joins Rod to discuss current events in Washington, D.C., including the SCOTUS nomination, NATO meetings and tariff issues

6:20 pm: Josh Kraushaar, Political Editor for National Journal, joins the show to discuss his recent piece about how Democrats are underperforming with Hispanic voters

6:35 pm - Listen Back Friday: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with Neal E. Devins, a law professor at William and Mary, about how conservatives are taking over the Supreme Court, and (at 6:50 pm) with Mike Lillis of The Hill on the looming clash over funding for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, July 12, 2018

4:20 pm: Rob Anderson, Chair of the Utah Republican Party, joins Rod to give us his response to a directive from Governor Gary Herbert that party leadership needs to stop badmouthing each other

4:35 pm: Utah Congressman Rob Bishop joins the show to discuss his anger at Senate Democrats over their failure to vote in favor of forest reform, part of the omnibus bill, which could have helped prevent the large wildfire season Utah is experiencing now

6:05 pm: Frank Gaffney, President and CEO of the Center for Security Policy, joins the show to discuss why he says Trump’s tough love is exactly what NATO needs

6:20 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist for The Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy

6:35 pm: Grace Gottschling, an investigative reporter with Campus Reform, joins the show to discuss the story of University of Wyoming professors protesting the school’s latest ad slogan saying it will make non-white students feel less welcome

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, July 11, 2018

4:20 pm: Bryan Melchior of Utah Gun Exchange joins the show to discuss a series of counter-rallies the group is holding in cities where Parkland, Florida students are holding March for Our Lives town halls

4:35 pm: Michelle Miller, a homelessness researcher with the Pioneer Park Coalition, joins Rod to discuss her recent op-ed piece in which she says keeping the Road Home shelter open is not helping find a solution to homelessness in Salt Lake City

6:05 pm: Opinion Editor Boyd Matheson of the Deseret News joins Rod for his weekly visit about the world of politics

6:35 pm: Salt Lake County Councilman Richard Snelgrove joins the show to discuss his concerns about the nominees for the UTA board made by County Mayor Ben McAdams

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, July 10, 2018

4:05 pm: Opinion Editor Boyd Matheson of the Deseret News joins Rod for a discussion about President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

4:20 pm: Utah Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox joins the show to discuss the expense and losses experienced because of wildfires in Utah this summer

4:35 pm: Erin Mendenhall, Chair of the Salt Lake City Council, joins the show to discuss the negotiations with the state over the inland port, as well as the public meetings for the proposed $87 million dollar bond for road repairs

5:05 pm: Utah Senator Mike Lee joins Rod to give us his thoughts on President Trump’s selection of Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to become a justice on the United States Supreme Court

6:05 pm: Neal E. Devins, Professor of Law at William and Mary as well as the Director of the school’s Institute of Bill of Rights Law, joins the show to discuss how conservatives are taking over the Supreme Court

6:20 pm: Courtney Bullard, Education and Collaborations Coordinator for the Utah Health Policy Project, joins the show to discuss what the court ruling against the Kentucky Medicaid work requirement means for a similar policy in Utah

6:35 pm: Amie Parnes, Senior White House Correspondent for The Hill, joins the show to discuss how Democrats are lining up to one-up each other when it comes to bashing President Trump

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Monday, July 9, 2018

4:20 pm: Mike Lillis of The Hill joins Rod for a conversation about an expected fight over President Trump’s request for increased funding of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

4:35 pm: Morgan Lyon Cotti, Associate Director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, joins the show to discuss the results of a new poll about the #MeToo movement that shows Utah conservatives being skeptical of the movement

6:05 pm: Christopher Roach, an attorney based in Florida and contributor to American Greatness, joins the show to discuss his piece about what the Democratic Party stands for

6:20 pm: Owen Fuller, General Manager of Lucidpress, joins Rod to discuss the political action committee he has helped form in an attempt to sway Utah Lt. Governor Spencer Cox into running for Governor in 2020

6:35 pm: Emily Holden, Energy Reporter for Politico, joins the show to discuss her piece about how Scott Pruitt gave Utah oil drillers a break from pollution regulations when he took over the Environmental Protection Agency

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, July 6, 2018

4:20 pm: Author and historian Victor Davis Hanson joins Rod to discuss his recent piece on Investors.com about how the left has been unable to come to grips with its loss of political power

4:35 pm: David Byler, Chief Elections Analyst with the Weekly Standard, joins the show to discuss his recent piece about why Americans love, and hate, President Trump

6:05 pm: Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie joins the show to discuss the sudden resignation announcement from Sheriff Jim Tracy and the issues leading to Tracy’s decision

6:20 pm: Anna Buckner, an epidemiologist with the Utah Department of Health, joins the show to discuss the results of a new study showing excessive drinking has become a health issue in Utah

6:35 pm - Listen Back Friday: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations with Robert Gehrke of the Salt Lake Tribune on why he says Utah residents are not as committed to education as they like to put on, and (at 6:50 pm) with economist Abby McCloskey on the importance of paid parental leave for children

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, July 5, 2018

4:05 pm: Bobbie Silbert, Public Information Officer for the Dollar Ridge Fire burning near Strawberry Reservoir, joins Rod to update us on the progress of the fire

4:20 pm: Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute joins the show for a discussion about his recent op-ed piece asking if traffic cops will become obsolete should fully autonomous vehicles take over the roads in Utah

4:35 pm: Salt Lake Tribune Columnist Robert Gehrke joins Rod to discuss why he says opposition to a tax hike for Utah schools shows residents of the state do not value education as much as is claimed

6:05 pm: Jim Antle, Politics Editor at the Washington Examiner, joins the show to discuss his recent piece in The Week about how President Trump is keeping his campaign promise about replacing Supreme Court justices

6:20 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist for the Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for their weekly visit about politics and the nation’s economy

6:35 pm: Deroy Murdock, Contributing Editor to National Review Online, joins the show to discuss President Trump’s nominations for the Supreme Court and how Senator Mike Lee could stand up very well to vetting by his Senate colleagues

Mike Opelka fills in for the vacationing Rod Arquette

Mike Opelka fills in for the vacationing Rod Arquette