The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, July 30, 2026

Jim Antle, Politics Editor for the Washington Examiner, joins the program for a conversation about his piece on the different paths Democrats can take in the fight over socialism.

Economist Steve Moore, co-founder of Unleash Prosperity, joins the show for his weekly visit with Rod and Greg about politics and the nation’s economy, and today they’ll discuss this week’s Fauci hearing and how Fauci’s wrote in his diaries that he wanted to shut Steve up.

Tyler O’Neil, Senior Investigative Reporter at the Daily Signal, joins the program for a conversation about his piece on how things are progressing for people who have sued for medical malpractice after undergoing experimental treatment to change their genders.

Naomi Schaefer Riley, Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins the show to discuss her piece for the Deseret News about the everchanging definition, and cost, of adulthood.

Utah Congressman Burgess Owens says there are progressives from the left infiltrating Utah’s GOP primary elections, and he joins Rod and Greg to discuss his concerns about left-leaning organizations taking hold in Utah.  Plus, Jeffrey Anderson, President of the American Main Street Initiative, joins the program to discuss his piece for Real Clear Politics about the taming of the woke messaging at the President’s House site in Philadelphia.

Jennifer Galardi, Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation, joins Rod and Greg to discuss the release of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries and his decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment to every question from a Senate panel today, and what it means going forward. Plus, Curtis Houck, Managing Editor at Newsbusters at the Media Research Center, joins the program for a conversation about how television networks managed their coverage of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s contentious Senate hearing today.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, July 28, 2026

4:20 pm: David Harsanyi, Senior Writer for the Washington Examiner, joins the show for a conversation about his piece about how neither political party is talking about subjects their voters care about.

4:38 pm: Karl Abramson, External Affairs Manager for the Manhattan Institute, joins the show for a conversation about the results of a new poll on American attitudes about welfare, waste, crime and the political environment.

6:05 pm: Brianna Lyman, Elections Correspondent for The Federalist, joins the program for a conversation about how the Shiloh Hendrix prosecution in Minnesota is proof of the Left goal of criminalizing speech.

6:38 pm: Stacey Matthews, aka Sister Toldjah, a contributor to RedState, joins Rod and Greg to discuss how the online food police have caused her, and others, to stop posting food photos online.

4:20 pm: Aaron Terr, Director of Public Advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, joins the program for a conversation about a case in Minnesota where a woman was convicted of disorderly conduct after directing racial slurs toward a Somalian man. The conviction has many questioning its validity under the First Amendment.

4:38 pm: Peter Rosenberger, a caregiver, author and national radio host, joins the show to discuss his piece in The Blaze about how climate activists demand rules from a distance, while ranchers and others are forced to live with the consequences of those actions.

6:05 pm: Professor Greg Jackson, Chair of Integrated Studies and Deputy Director of National Security Studies at Utah Valley University and host of the History That Doesn’t Suck podcast, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his work that shows today’s political climate is more the norm than it is unique.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, July 23, 2026

4:20 pm: Ned Ryun, Founder and CEO of American Majority, joins the show to discuss his new documentary and companion book, “The Thread of Liberty: Keeping Our Republic.”

4:38 pm: Economist Steve Moore, co-founder of Unleash Prosperity, joins the show for his weekly visit about politics and the nation’s economy, and today they’ll discuss President Trump’s technology trade efforts, as well as the how unemployment claims are at a record low.

6:05 pm: Josh Findlay, National Election Protection Director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, joins the show for a conversation about recent election security issues in the news, including news that more than 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote in New Jersey.

6:38 pm: Jill Simonian, Director of Outreach for PragerU Kids, joins the show for a conversation about why she writes in RedState that we should be teaching our children American songs in kindergarten.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, July 22, 2026

4:20 pm: David Keltz, author and contributor to the Washington Examiner, joins the show for a conversation about his piece on how college students should express their beliefs and not apologize for carrying them.

4:38 pm: John Tamny, Editor of Real Clear Markets, joins the program for a conversation about his piece on how “K-shaped economies” are signals of a thriving economy.

6:05 pm: Stephen Siller, Jr., Manager of the In the Line of Duty Program for Tunnel2Towers, joins the program for a conversation about the Steel Across America tour that rolls into Utah on Thursday.

6:38 pm: Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño, President of Cornerstone University, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about a new Gallup poll that shows Americans believe four-year colleges and universities are not providing affordable educations.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, July 21, 2026

4:20 pm: William Barclay, political theorist, policy advisor and contributor to the Western Standard, joins the program to discuss his piece in which he writes diversity initiatives have evolved into a system where discrimination against white people is excused.

4:38 pm: Representative Nicholeen Peck joins Rod and Greg to discuss her proposal that would allow victims of child sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their offenders.

6:05 pm: Jared Whitley of Whitley Political Media and a contributor to Utah Policy, joins the show to discuss his piece about how money from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program has been filtered to an Islamic terrorist group.

6:38 pm: Senator Mike Lee joins the show for his regular appearance around what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and today they’ll discuss if President Trump’s speech last week will help pass the SAVE Act, plus the future of mail-in-voting.

4:38 pm: Kaelan Deese, Justice Department Reporter for the Washington Examiner, joins the show to discuss his piece about Nikki Floris, the ex-FBI official revealed as the person responsible for saying she was running a “shadow government” to hide China’s election interference in 2020.

6:05 pm: Ammon Blair, Senior Fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a former U.S. Border Patrol agent, joins the program for a conversation about why he says illegal labor is big agriculture’s crutch and takes President Trump to task for stopping ICE raids on agricultural employers.

6:38 pm: Allen Mendenhall, Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Economic Policy Studies, joins the program for a conversation about the White House’s recent report on how the radical ideologists at the Smithsonian are dividing Americans.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown - Friday, July 17, 2026

4:20 pm: Stephen Soukup, Director of The Political Forum Institute, joins the show to discuss his piece for American Greatness on how the politicization of everything allows for shady tactics in attempts to gain power.

4:38 pm: Todd Bensman, Senior Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece about why stopping asylum fraud schemes should be the next tool used to secure the nation’s borders.

5:05pm: Cleta Mitchell, Founder of the Election Integrity Network and a Senior Research Fellow at the Conservative Partnership Institute, joins the program to discuss the takeaways from President Trump’s speech last night, and to explain why people from the intelligence community haven’t been prosecuted for hiding information about the election from Trump.

6:05 pm: Jennifer Graham, Ideas and Culture Editor for the Deseret News, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about her piece on President Trump’s claim of having an approval rating of 59% with no polls found to substantiate the claim.

6:20 pm: We’ll listen back to this week’s conversations with Utah Speaker of the House Mike Schulz on his conversations with President Trump as the President prepared to deliver on his promise to shrink the acreage footprint of Bears Ears and Grand-Staircase Escalante, and (at 6:38 pm) with Peter Laffin of the Washington Examiner on how President Trump needs to reset the conversation about Iran, beginning with American citizens.

6:50 pm: A new episode of CEO’s You Should Know with April James of Hearts Knit Together.