The Rod & Greg Show

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, August 12, 2025

4:20 pm: Charles Lipson, author and contributor to The Spectator, joins the program for a conversation about his piece on President Trump’s decision to take over the police in Washington, D.C., and to deploy the National Guard in the Nation’s Capital.

4:38 pm: Joseph Grenny, Chairman of the Board of the Other Side Academy, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about his op-ed in the Deseret News about fixing chronic homelessness in Utah.

6:05 pm: David Deavel, an instructor at the University of St. Thomas, joins the program to discuss his recent article for Amac regarding President Trump’s moves to ensure transparency in higher education admissions.

:38 pm: Dr. Chase Spears, host of the Finding Your Spine podcast, joins the program for a conversation about his piece for RedState on Traditional Family Month.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, August 1, 2025

4:20 pm: Jason Hopkins, Immigration Reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation, joins the show to discuss his recent piece on how Latinos living on the southern border are pleased with President Trump’s increased immigration enforcement.

4:38 pm: John Daniel Davidson, Senior Correspondent at The Federalist, joins the show for a conversation about his recent piece on why it’s time to get women out of men’s spaces.

6:05 pm: Corey DeAngelis, Senior Fellow at the American Culture Project and a Visiting Fellow for the American Institute for Economic Research, joins the show to discuss his Fox News piece about what was revealed in a leaked National Education Association handbook.  

6:20 pm: Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, joins the show for a conversation about his piece on the 85th birthday of Bugs Bunny, and how the cartoon character’s antics of yesteryear wouldn’t go over well with today’s woke generation.

6:38 pm: We’ll listen back to this week’s conversations with Jonathan Freedman, Chief Executive Officer of World Trade Center Utah, about how the trade deal Donald Trump has worked out with the European Union could affect Utah, and (at 6:50 pm) with Chris Talgo, Editorial Director for The Heartland Institute, on President Trump’s plan to rescind some of the Obama-era’s anti-fossil fuel EPA regulations.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, July 31, 2025

4:20 pm: Jeremy Harrell, CEO of ClearPath, joins the show for a conversation about his piece for Real Clear Energy in which he writes that an increase in American energy means higher demand on mineral production and permits for that production.

4:38 pm: Utah Senate President Stuart Adams joins the show for a conversation about how the state may react to President Trump’s executive orders on homelessness policy given Governor Cox’s instructions to accelerate work on the issue.

5:05 pm: Utah State Auditor Tina Cannon joins Rod and Carolyn to discuss the results of a new report showing the former head of a taxpayer-funded nonprofit used public money to pay for luxury items like vacations, and to channel money to his for-profit company.

6:05 pm: Economist Steve Moore, co-founder of Unleash Prosperity, joins the show for his weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy.

6:38 pm: Ian Miller, an author and writer for Outkick, joins the show for a discussion about his recent piece on how the covid lockdowns have devastated an entire generation of children.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, July 30, 2025

4:20 pm: Representative Tyler Clancy joins Rod and Carolyn for a conversation about his proposed legislation to stop airlines, like Delta, from using artificial intelligence to set flight prices based on personal data.

4:38 pm: Sofia Hamilton, Healthcare Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity, joins Rod and Carolyn for a conversation about proposed legislation in Massachusetts that would ban any adult born after 2005 from purchasing nicotine or tobacco products.

6:05 pm: Utah GOP Chairman Rob Axson joins the program to discuss how the party will respond to the political advocacy group “Vote Save America’s” attempts to recruit candidates to try and unseat ten of the Utah Legislature’s GOP members next year.

6:38 pm: Chris Talgo, Editorial Director for The Heartland Institute, joins the program for a conversation about President Trump’s plan to rescind some of the Obama-era’s anti-fossil fuel EPA regulations.