Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, May 22, 2018

4:20 pm: Charlie Chesbrough, a Senior Economist with DealerTrack, joins the show to discuss the ever changing tides of the Auto Industry

4:35 pm: United States Senate Candidate Mike Kennedy joins the show to discuss his reported apology on behalf of the people of Utah to Pastor Robert Jeffress after his opponent in the race, Mitt Romney, called Jeffress a religious bigot

6:05 pm: Rick Larsen, President of the Sutherland Institute, joins Rod to discuss his recent op-ed in Utah Policy saying the medical marijuana debate in Utah is getting a bit messy

6:20 pm: Sterling Brown, Vice President of Public Policy for the Utah Farm Bureau, joins the show to discuss the bureau’s role in helping fight the opioid crisis in Utah

6:35 pm: Kate Bradshaw, Utah Organizer for Republicans for the Rule of Law, joins Rod to discuss why the group is asking for a completion of the Mueller investigation

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Monday, May 21, 2018

4:20 pm: Leland Pollock, Garfield County Commissioner, joins Rod to discuss his op-ed piece in the Deseret News about why the decision was made by several counties in Southern Utah to go to court over the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

4:35 pm: Senator Jerry Stevenson joins Rod to discuss the breakdown in negotiations between Governor Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City officials over the creation of a new inland port

6:05 pm: Billy Hesterman of the Utah Taxpayers Association joins Rod to discuss the group’s latest report about the highest paid officials across each city in Utah

6:20 pm: John Thomas, Planning Director for the Utah Department of Transportation, joins Rod to discuss possible changes to the Cottonwood Canyons as the state has pegged $66 million to improve transportation in the canyons

6:35 pm: Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of Virginia’s School of Education, joins Rod to discuss some new tools she says teachers need in order to make school discipline fair

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, May 18, 2018 - "Thank Rod It's Friday!!"

4:05 pm: NBC News Radio Correspondent Taylor Millard joins Rod to give us the latest details of the school shooting today near Houston, Texas that has left 10 dead at the hands of a 17-year old student

4:20 pm: Utah Congressman Chris Stewart joins Rod to discuss why he says there is no way to know if Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to win the 2016 election, despite the Senate Intelligence Committee’s conclusion that Russia did interfere with the election

4:35 pm: Utah Valley University President Matt Holland joins the show to discuss the reasons he says higher education must change its ways to help create a stronger workforce by offering vocational training as well as four-year degree programs

6:05 pm: Deanna Holland, Vice President of Pro Life Utah, joins Rod to discuss President Trump’s plan to cut funding to Planned Parenthood

6:20 pm: Daren Bakst, Senior Research Fellow in Agricultural Policy for the Heritage Foundation joins the show to discuss the lack of substantial subsidy reforms in the latest House Farm Bill

6:35 pm - Listen Back Friday: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with Road Home Executive Director Matt Minkevitch about the results of a scathing state audit of the homeless shelter, and (at 6:50 pm) with Utah resident and author Eric Rumple on his mistrust of Utah Senate candidate Mitt Romney

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, May 17, 2018

4:20 pm: Siraj Hashmi of the Washington Examiner joins Rod to discuss how the media misreported some comments from President Trump when he called the MS-13 gang “animals” and instead attributed the comment as being about all illegal immigrants

4:35 pm: Representative Steve Eliason joins Rod for a discussion about teen suicide and a recent report that shows teen girls are more likely than boys to attempt to take their own life

6:05 pm: Herriman City Mayor David Watts joins the show to discuss the city’s decision to drop its membership from the Unified Police Department and start the city’s own police force

6:20 pm: Representative Mike McKell joins the show to discuss a proposal in front of a committee of Utah lawmakers that would make any DACA participant that has graduated from law school eligible to take the bar exam

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

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, May 16, 2018

4:20 pm: Representative Mike Schultz joins Rod to discuss the reasons he and Senator Wayne Harper have asked the Utah Transit Authority to put any efforts to rename the agency on pause

4:35 pm: Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Greg Hughes joins the show to discuss the results of an audit of the shelter that shows less than positive results

5:05 pm: Representative Angela Romero joins the show to discuss her proposal to outlaw marriage in Utah for those under the age of 18

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

6:20 pm: Matt Minkevitch, Executive Director of the Road Home homeless shelter, joins the show to discuss the results of an audit of the shelter that shows drug use and guns inside the shelter walls

6:35 pm: Hadley Heath Manning, Health Policy Director for the Independent Women’s Forum, joins the show to discuss the government’s role in the opioid epidemic

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, May 15, 2018

4:20 pm: KUTV 2 News Investigative Reporter Matt Gephardt joins the show to discuss a story he has tonight on 2News about KUTV paying the medical debt, up to $1 million, for random Utah residents

4:35 pm: Eric Rumple, author and Utah resident, joins the show to discuss his recent op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune in which he calls United States Senate candidate Mitt Romney a fraud for not speaking out against President Trump

6:05 pm: Jay Cost of National Review joins Rod to discuss why he writes that the Electoral College favors Republicans

6:20 pm: State Senator Ann Millner joins the show to discuss the new Higher Education Strategic Planning Commission and its task to create a long-term vision for higher education in Utah

6:35 pm: Randy Parker, State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture, joins the show to discuss President Trump’s commitment to investing in rural infrastructure improvement and what that means for the state of Utah

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Monday, May 14, 2018

4:20 pm: Dr. Garon Coriz, a medical doctor practicing in Richfield, Utah, joins Rod to discuss his recent op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune calling the Utah Medical Association “devoid of integrity” in its fight against medical marijuana

4:35 pm: Heather Williamson, State Director of Americans for Prosperity, joins the show to discuss her anger with the Salt Lake County Council for ignoring the will of the voters and resurrecting a proposal in increase sales taxes for transportation costs, including public transit

5:05 pm: Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute joins Rod for a discussion about the LDS’s Church’s response regarding the legality of the medical marijuana initiative

6:05 pm: Kristen Soltis Anderson, a Columnist with the Washington Examiner, joins the show to discuss why she says conservatives have a millennial problem

6:20 pm: Chase Winder, a candidate for District Two in the Utah Senate, joins the show to discuss his recent op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune questioning whether Salt Lake City will be able to supply enough water to the city’s ever-expanding Northwest quadrant

6:35 pm: Megan O’Matz, a reporter for the Florida Sun-Sentinel, joins the show to discuss the “culture of tolerance” employed by schools in the state and how it led to school shooter Nikolas Cruz slipping through the cracks

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, May 11, 2018

4:20 pm: James Carafano, Vice President of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for a discussion about the Immigration Discharge Petition

4:35 pm: Julie Kelly, Senior Contributor to American Greatness joins Rod to discuss her latest piece asking if the Midwest is the new South for Democrats when it comes to losing voters to the GOP

6:05 pm: Jeff Wright, co-chair of the Better Boundaries initiative, which is asking voters to establish an independent redistricting commission, joins Rod to discuss the future of the initiative as the group has reportedly reached the signature threshold to put the matter on the ballot

6:20 pm: Deseret News Columnist Jay Evensen on his latest piece that says Utah could soon become like the bay area when it comes to housing costs

6:35 pm - Listen Back Friday: We’ll listen back to Rod’s conversations this week with Mark Griffin, Scout Executive for the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America regarding the decision by the LDS Church to drop the Boy Scouts program, and (at 6:50 pm) with Utah Senator Mike Lee on the White House rescission package

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, May 10, 2018

4:20 pm: Congresswoman Mia Love joins the show to discuss her support of a petition to force a vote on several immigration proposals

4:35 pm: Representative Elizabeth Weight joins the show to discuss a series of bills introduced by Utah Democrats to deal with gun violence that will be taken up in the next Utah legislative session]

5:05 pm: Congressman John Curtis joins the show to discuss the details of his new legislation that would create a new national monument in Emery County protecting roughly one-million acres, mostly around the San Rafael Swell

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

6:20 pm: Dave Ray, Director of Communications for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, on a new study that shows roughly half of all Americans live in a “sanctuary” city or county

6:35 pm: Tyler Beauchamp, Marketing Manager of Top Golf, joins Rod to preview the KNRS Listener Event on May 14th

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, May 9, 2018

4:05 pm: Utah Senator Mike Lee joins the program to discuss his support of the White House rescissions package that would reduce federal spending by approximately $15 billion

4:20 pm: Representative Jim Dunnigan joins the show to discuss the difficulties the state is having in obtaining federal waivers from the Trump Administration in its attempt at expanding Medicaid

4:35 pm: Mark Griffin, President of the Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America, joins the show to discuss the future of the Boy Scouts in Utah after the LDS Church’s decision to drop the scouting program

6:05 pm: Boyd Matheson, Opinion Editor at the Salt Lake Tribune, joins the show for his weekly visit with Rod about the world of politics

6:20 pm: Local attorney Richard Sheffield joins Rod to discuss his op-ed piece in the Deseret News supporting the Count My Vote initiative saying it better represents the voters

6:35 pm: Political strategist Matt Mackowiak joins Rod to discuss the takeaways from the first big primary elections of the year in West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina