The Rod & Greg Show

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, January 7, 2025

4:20 pm: Senator Mike Lee joins Rod and Greg for his weekly visit about what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and today they’ll discuss recent changes made by Facebook that they say could improve free speech on the platform.

4:38 pm: Brian Richter, President of Sustainable Waters and a Senior Freshwater Fellow at the World Wildlife Fund joins the program to discuss the results of a study that shows reducing irrigation to grow food for livestock would help save the Great Salt Lake.

6:05 pm: Valerie Richardson, a Reporter for the Washington Times, joins the show to discuss her recent piece about how using Diversity, Equity and Inclusion practices in the workplace can be dangerous.

6:38: pm: Michael J. O’Neill, Vice President of Legal Affairs at the Landmark Legal Foundation joins the show to preview what is looking to be a busy and controversial 2025 term for the Supreme Court of the United States.

4:20 pm: Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power the Future joins the program for a conversation about Joe Biden’s decision to ban offshore oil and gas drilling in the U.S.

5:05 pm: Representative Karianne Lisonbee joins the program to discuss proposed legislation from Utah lawmakers that aims to improve public safety and address impacts of the southern border crisis on the state.

6:05 pm: Guy Ciarrocchi, Senior Fellow at the Commonwealth Foundation, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about his piece for the Daily Caller on why he thinks the transition of American Presidents takes too long.

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, December 20, 2024

4:20 pm: Beth Brelje, Elections Correspondent for The Federalist, joins the show to discuss her piece about why there should be an investigation into those who hid Joe Biden’s declining health.

4:38 pm: Nic Dunn, Vice President of Strategy and Communications at the Sutherland Institute joins the program to discuss his recent piece about the need for welfare reform.

6:05 pm: Conn Carroll, Commentary Editor for the Washington Examiner, joins the program to discuss his piece about what really happens when illegal immigrants leave the United States.

6:20 pm: Adam A. Millsap, Senior Fellow focusing on economics for Stand Together Trust joins the show to discuss a new blueprint for realigning the federal government with the Constitution.

6:38: pm: We’ll listen back to Rod and Greg’s conversations this week with David Deavel of AMAC on his piece about the signs of America getting its mojo back, and (at 6:50 pm) with Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States, on how Washington is corrupt and unaccountable.

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, December 19, 2024

4:20 pm: Peter Laffin, a contributor to the Washington Examiner, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece on how conservatives are making a comeback in the culture wars.

4:38 pm: FreedomWorks Economist Stephen Moore joins Rod and Greg for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy, and today they’ll discuss the latest on the spending bill negotiations in Congress.

6:05 pm: Howard Husock, Senior Fellow for Domestic Policies at the American Enterprise Institute joins the show to discuss his piece for the Washington Examiner in which he makes a case for students to pass a “Jeopardy Test” to graduate high school in the U.S.

6:38: pm: Senator Mike Lee joins Rod and Greg for his regular weekly conversation about what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and today they’ll discuss the issues he has with the more than 1,500-page spending bill.

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Wednesday, December 18, 2024

4:20 pm: Judge Glock, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Manhattan Institute joins the program to discuss his recent piece for the City Journal on why the working class rejected “Bidenomics.”

4:38 pm: James Agresti, President of Just Facts, joins the show to discuss his recent piece about how the Constitution does not grant birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.

6:20 pm: Ingrid Jacques, a columnist with USA Today, joins Rod and Greg to discuss her piece on why we shouldn’t expect media bias against conservatives to end despite ABC’s $15 million settlement with Donald Trump.

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, December 17, 2024

4:20 pm: Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States, joins the show for a conversation about his recent comments on how Washington, D.C. is corrupt and unaccountable.

4:38 pm: Corinne Johnson of Utah Parents United and Representative Karianne Lisonbee join Rod and Greg to discuss the launch of a new coalition to protect and promote homeschooling in Utah.

5:05 pm: Representative Mike Peterson joins the show to discuss why he and other lawmakers believe Utah’s elections have become needlessly complicated and what should be done to simplify them.

6:20 pm: Eireann Van Natta, Intelligence State Reporter with the Daily Caller, joins the program for a conversation about her piece on how the deep state opposes Donald Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence.

Rod ArquetteThe Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown - Monday, December 16, 2024
Coming up at 4 pm today on the Rod and Greg Show on Talk Radio 105.9 KNRS, Brigham Young University Social Scientist Brian Willoughby joins the show for a conversation about how parents should broach the topic of pornography with their children. Plus, David Deavel, Senior Contributor to The Imaginative Conservative, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his recent piece about how America seems to be getting its mojo back after the election of Donald Trump. See below for a full rundown of today’s program.

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Monday, December 16, 2024

4:20 pm: David Deavel, Senior Contributor to The Imaginative Conservative, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his recent piece about how America seems to be getting its mojo back after the election of Donald Trump.

4:38 pm: Brigham Young University Social Scientist Brian Willoughby joins the show for a conversation about how parents should broach the topic of pornography with their children.

6:20 pm: Christine Cooke Fairbanks, Education Policy Analyst with the Sutherland Institute, joins Rod and Greg for a conversation about how Utah should stay the course with its approach to education despite the coming shake up of the federal approach.

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Friday, December 13, 2024

4:20 pm: Dr. John Eastman, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, joins the show for a conversation about how the new Department of Government Efficiency can tackle the national debt.

4:38 pm: Author and Wall Street Journal contributor Amity Shlaes joins the show to discuss her piece on what Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk can learn from Calvin Coolidge’s Budget Bureau when they start running the DOGE.

5:05 pm: Christopher Bedford, Senior Editor for Politics at The Blaze, joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece about Mitch McConnell’s secret war on Donald Trump.

6:05 pm: Leor Sapir, an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins the program to discuss his piece about how the reportedly high rate of transgender suicide is a myth.

6:20 pm: Elle Purnell, Elections Editor for The Federalist, joins the show for a conversation about the tarnished legacy of Attorney General Merrick Garland.

6:38: pm: We’ll listen back to this week’s conversations with Lora Ries of the Heritage Foundation on the group’s new roadmap to rebuild America’s broken immigration system, and (at 6:50 pm) with Scott McKay of The Hayride on his piece for American Spectator asking Kamala Harris to stick around and lead the Democrat Party.