This hour, Ian Hoch talks about Lane Kiffin's great grocery basket heist.

Then, Robert Lawless, Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior, and Social Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joins the show to break down what’s happening to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and what 2026 could look like if it collapses.

There is a federal agency whose only mission is to make sure that banks, credit card companies, and debt collectors don't screw over working-class Americans with fraud schemes, hidden fees, and the like, so naturally Trump, Musk, and DOGE have brought it to the brink of collapse. We'll talk about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the existential crisis it faces in 2026. Robert Lawless, Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior, and Social Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joins Ian Hoch to break down what’s happening to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and what 2026 could look like if it collapses.

Ian Hoch drops the 2 O'clock News Bomb!

Debbie Bresler, with the Crescent City Countdown Club, joins Ian Hoch to give the details on the NOLA New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show.

The price of silver exploded this year, owing largely to increased demand for AI and other technologies, but China is also making a move that could spike the price into the stratosphere and also cause real problems for us here in the US. Craig Pirrong, Professor of Finance & Director of the Global Energy Management Institute at the University of Houston, joins Ian to make sense of what's going on.

On today's show, Ian Hoch comes in HOT and vents his holiday travel trauma. Then Matthew in Ukraine, SOTA Ukraine Correspondent, gives the latest on the war against Russia in the deep and dark Ukrainian winter, Ian drops the "2 O'clock News Bomb" and talks about President Trump's seemingly indiscriminate bombings and Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, Head Sleep Expert & Neuroscientist at Wesper, to take calls and texts about your crazy dreams.

This hour, Ian Hoch comes in HOT and vents his holiday travel trauma.

Then, Matthew in Ukraine, SOTA Ukraine Correspondent, to give the latest on the war against Russia in the deep and dark Ukrainian winter.

This hour, Ian Hoch drops the "2 O'clock News Bomb" and talks about President Trump's seemingly indiscriminate bombings.

This hour, Ian Hoch has on Dr. Chelsie Rohrscheib, Head Sleep Expert & Neuroscientist at Wesper, to take calls and texts about your crazy dreams.