The Rod & Greg Show

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, May 14, 2025

4:20 pm: Grover Norquist, Founder and President of Americans for Tax Reform, joins the show to give us the latest on President Trump’s tax plan.

4:38 pm: Ken Davis, former Deputy Attorney General in Virginia joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about Trump’s efforts to reduce federal regulations.

6:05 pm: Margot Cleveland, Senior Legal Correspondent for The Federalist, joins the show for a conversation about why she says partisan lawfare won’t change even if the Supreme Court gives Trump a win on birthright citizenship.

6:38 pm: Senator Mike Lee joins Rod and Greg for their weekly conversation about what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and today they’ll discuss President Trump’s trip to the Middle East, the tax bill, and tomorrow’s Supreme Court hearing.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, May 13, 2025

4:20 pm: E.J. Antoni, Research Fellow and Public Finance Economist with the Heritage Foundation joins the program for a conversation about how the Labor Department has all but admitted via new data that hundreds of thousands of jobs created under Joe Biden never existed.

5:05 pm: Eric Boehm, a Reporter for Reason.com, joins the show to discuss his recent piece in which he outlines the reason that the Department of Government Efficiency failed to live up to its promise of making $2 trillion in cuts.

6:05 pm: Senator Scott Sandall joins the program for a conversation about how the Environmental Protection Agency, now under new leadership under President Trump, is reconsidering strict air pollution standards that Utah is unlikely to meet.

6:38 pm: Dr. Dana Cheng, Founder of the Epoch Times, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about how the Chinese communist party has spent years planning for a trade war with the United States.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Monday, May 12, 2025

4:20 pm: Tom Jipping, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation joins the show for a conversation about the rhetoric we can expect to hear from the left regarding President Trump’s judicial appointments in the months to come.

4:38 pm: Kane County Sheriff Tracy Glover, President of the Utah Sheriffs Association, joins the program to discuss the high off-duty suicide rate of police officers in the U.S.

6:05 pm: Chris Enloe of The Blaze joins the program to discuss his piece on how America’s “obsession” with protein has become a “right-coded” political act and a new microaggression for the left.

4:20 pm: Jorge Martinez, Senior Adviser and National Director of Hispanic Outreach for America First Works joins the program for a conversation about his Washington Times piece in which he writes Donald Trump is rebuilding the country while Biden’s failures collapse.

4:38 pm: Shawn Fleetwood of The Federalist joins the show for a conversation about his piece on how conservatives need to hold red state RINO’s (Republicans in name only) accountable for failing to live up to the will of their constituents.

6:05 pm: Tage Flint, Executive Director of Utah Water Ways, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about why we need to take water conservation more seriously.

6:20 pm: Legendary singer/songwriter Barry Manilow joins the show for a conversation about his final tour, which includes a stop at West Valley’s Maverik Center on July 14th.

6:38 pm: We’ll listen back to this week’s conversations with Christopher Ferguson, a Professor of Psychology from Stetson University on how recent stats don’t support banning cell phones in classrooms, and (at 6:50 pm) with Patrick DeHaan of GasBuddy.com on why Utah’s gas prices are still high despite Donald Trump’s claims of lower prices.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, May 8, 2025

4:20 pm: Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies, joins the program for a conversation about his piece in the Washington Examiner in which he says 60 years of mass immigration in America is enough.

4:38 pm: Midvale City Mayor Dustin Gettel, who is gay, joins Rod and Greg to discuss why he says he will continue to display pride flags in his city office despite a new Utah law banning the display of such flags in government owned buildings.

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

6:38 pm: Parker Sheppard, an economist with the Heritage Foundation, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his recent piece in Commonplace about the results of a new poll showing there is enormous interest from Americans in manufacturing careers.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, May 7, 2025

4:20 pm: Jason Johnson, President of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece for the New York Post on how defunding the police led to an increase in the murder rate in America’s largest cities.

4:38 pm: Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi joins the program for a conversation about his piece on how the argument for defunding PBS and NPR is about more than just the left-leaning bias of the media outlets.

5:05 pm: Diane Schrader, a blogger for She Speaks Truth, joins the show to discuss her recent piece in The Blaze about how families should stop sacrificing their children’s youth, and the family unit, in the pursuit of youth sports.

6:38 pm: Lexi Lonas Cochran, Education Reporter for The Hill, joins the show for a conversation about how the Trump administration has ended student loan forgiveness and garnishment of wages is on the table as a way for the government to collect on those debts.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, May 6, 2025

4:20 pm: Congressman Burgess Owens joins the show for a conversation about recent reports that sports apparel company Nike funded a transgender athlete study, possibly to justify allowing boys to play girls sports.

4:38 pm: Christopher Ferguson, a Professor of Psychology at Stetson University, joins the show to discuss his recent piece for Real Clear Investigations about how recent stats do not support cell phone bans in our nation’s schools.

6:05 pm: Senator Kirk Cullimore joins the program for a conversation about Utah being ranked the top state in the nation for the third consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, and what must happen to continue to improve.

6:38 pm: Neetu Arnold, Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute, joins the show to discuss her article about a new merit pay program for teachers in Houston, Texas.

6:50 pm: Utah First Lady Abby Cox joins Rod for a conversation about the Live On Suicide Prevention Program.

The Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Monday, May 5, 2025

4:20 pm: Steve Mosher, President of the Population Research Institute, joins the program to discuss his piece for the New York Post on how China is retreating and losing the tariffs war.

4:38 pm: Patrick DeHaan, Senior Petroleum Analyst for GasBuddy.com joins Rod and Greg to discuss gas prices in the U.S. and why we’re still paying well over $3.00 per gallon in Utah.

6:38 pm: Author Sam Quinones, who has written several books about illegal drugs in America joins Rod and Greg to discuss what’s happening in the U.S. now, and his trip to Utah this week to speak at the 2025 Utah Solutions conference.