The Rod & Greg Show

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, August 26, 2025

4:20 pm: Senator John Johnson joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about how the Utah Constitution is very clear that the state’s Legislature is responsible for dividing the state into congressional districts, not judges or commissions.

4:38 pm: Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman, Researchers in Clinical and Applied Psychology at Northwestern University, join Rod and Greg for a conversation about the results of a study that shows a large percentage of college students have pretended to hold views they don’t endorse to succeed academically.

6:05 pm: Jennifer Harrison, Executive Director of The Victims Rights Reform Council, joins the show for a conversation about her piece for The Spectator World on the high cost of cashless bail.

6:38 pm: Neetu Arnold, Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute, joins the show for a conversation about the fallout from schools that have failed to maintain and enforce fundamental behavioral standards.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Monday, August 25, 2025

4:20 pm: Gord Magill, a trucker and contributing columnist to The Blaze, joins the program to discuss his piece about what he calls Commercial Driver License mills and who is to blame for allowing incompetent foreign truckers on our roads.

4:38 pm: Columnist Susan Shelley of the Southern California News Group joins the show to discuss how Washington, D.C. was able to dismantle several homeless encampments in a week’s time while California has been dealing with the issue for 20 years.

6:38 pm: Joy Pullman, Managing Editor at The Federalist, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about her recent piece on how the covid lockdowns would not have happened if not for lies from the corporate media.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, August 22, 2025

4:20 pm: Cheryl Chumley, Online Opinion Editor for the Washington Times, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about her recent piece on MSNBC’s name change, and what’s wrong with corporate media.

4:38 pm: James Copland, Senior Fellow and Director of Legal Policy for the Manhattan Institute, joins the show to discuss his piece for the City Journal on how the ESG bubble is bursting.

6:05 pm: Representative Carl Albrecht joins the program for a conversation about the importance of the coal industry to the state of Utah now and in the future.

6:20 pm: Victor Joecks, a columnist with the Las Vegas Review Journal joins the program for a conversation about his recent piece for PJ Media on how the high number of self-deportations of illegal immigrants is President Trump’s biggest immigration win yet.

6:38 pm: We’ll listen back to Rod and Greg’s conversations this week with Representative Steve Eliason on new options to deal with mental health in schools, and (at 6:50 pm) with Liz Peek of Fox News about President Trump’s war on the Smithsonian Museum.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, August 21, 2025

4:20 pm: Townhall Senior Columnist Kurt Schlichter joins Rod and Greg to discuss his recent piece questioning the endgame of the Democrats.

4:38 pm: James Wood, Senior Fellow at the Gardner Policy Institute, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about data that shows high housing prices leads to longer commute times for Utah residents as many can’t afford homes near their place of employment.

6:05 pm: Representative Matt MacPherson joins the program for a conversation about his proposed legislation that would require police to impound vehicles found to be driven by unlicensed drivers.

6:38 pm: Economist Steve Moore, co-founder of Unleash Prosperity, joins Rod and Greg for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, August 20, 2025

4:20 pm: Fox News columnist Liz Peek joins the show for a conversation about President Trump’s ongoing battle with the Smithsonian Museum and the woke narratives it commonly displays.

4:38 pm: Representative Karianne Lisonbee joins the program to discuss her proposed legislation that would require a person to show proof of citizenship to register to vote in the state of Utah.

6:05 pm: Conn Carroll, Commentary Editor for the Washington Examiner, joins the show to discuss his recent piece about why cities in blue states are failing.

6:38 pm: Kevin Killough, Energy Reporter for Just the News, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about how President Trump has overturned the Biden climate agenda in under 200 days in office.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, August 19, 2025

4:20 pm: Political Analyst John Gordon, host of The Truth with John Gordon, joins the show for a conversation about President Trump’s push to end mail-in-voting.

4:38 pm: Ira Mehlman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform joins Rod and Greg to discuss how California issued a commercial driver license to an illegal alien who caused an accident while making an illegal U-turn in a big rig resulting in the death of three people.

5:05 pm: Dave Davis, President and Chief Legal Officer for the Utah Retail Merchants Association, joins the program to discuss why Utah’s gas prices are so much higher than neighboring states.

6:05 pm: Congressman Mike Kennedy joins the show for a conversation about why he says it is unlikely Congress will pursue a way for illegal immigrants to remain in the country legally and will continue to focus on deportation.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Monday, August 18, 2025

4:38 pm: Shawn Teigen, President of the Utah Foundation, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his recent op-ed piece in the Deseret News about why social capital, the way people utilize social connections to benefit themselves, matters to Utah.

6:05 pm: Representative Steve Eliason joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about the mental health of our children, and available resources, as they head back to school.

6:38 pm: Lieutenant Randy Sutton (retired), founder of The Wounded Blue, joins the program for a conversation about what the families of the slain Tremonton police officers, and their co-workers, will likely be going through as they navigate last night’s tragic events.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, August 15, 2025

4:38 pm: Nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck joins Rod and Greg from our Salt Lake City studios today for a conversation about a plethora of current political news.

6:05 pm: Isaac Schorr, an Editor at Mediaite and a contributor to The Spectator, joins the program to discuss his recent piece about his brush with death in the streets of Washington, D.C.

6:20 pm: Taylor Hathorn, Visiting Fellow at the Independent Women’s Center for American Safety and Security, joins the program to discuss how crime has shattered Washington, D.C.

6:38 pm: We’ll listen back to this week’s conversations with Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction Molly Hart about a new initiative to battle chronic absenteeism, and (at 6:50 pm) with Joseph Grenny, Chair of the Other Side Academy, about how to fix chronic homelessness in Utah.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, August 14, 2025

4:20 pm: John Solomon, Founder of Just the News, joins the show for a conversation about news he broke of the whistleblower who warned the FBI in 2017 about Adam Schiff leaking classified information to smear Donald Trump, and how Barack Obama shut down possible charges against Hillary Clinton in 2016 for corruption inside her foundation.

4:38 pm: Larry Sand, President of the California Teachers Empowerment Network, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about his article for American Greatness in which he writes about the high number of California residents that are relocating to other states.

6:05 pm: Andrew Stiles, Senior Writer for the Washington Free Beacon, joins the program to discuss the Democrats platform for 2026, which includes continued nastiness and defense of illegal immigrants.

6:38 pm: Steve Moore, Economist and Co-founder of Unleash Prosperity, joins Rod and Greg for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, August 13, 2025

4:38 pm: Guy Ciarrocchi, a contributor to Broad and Liberty, joins the program for a conversation about his piece in which he writes about the seven deadly sins of the Left, which was born from Barack Obama’s goal to fundamentally transform America.

6:05 pm: Molly Hart, Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction, joins Rod and Greg to discuss the details of a new initiative to battle chronic absenteeism in the state.

6:38 pm: Andrew Kerr, Investigative Reporter for the Washington Free Beacon, joins the program for a conversation about how police leaders in Washington, D.C. have been accused of manipulating data to make crime rates appear lower.