Alan takes the day off to attend the memorial service for his mother. Today's show featured the first weekday episode of Butler on Business which aired on April 18, 2011.

Alan covers current events. Todd discusses trading during a market top. Ileana Johnson weighs in on immigration, the Hobby Lobby Case and the Global Warming Myth. Dan Holler brings us up to date on the congressional legislative agenda. The show ends with John Rubino, author of the book The Money Bubble.

Alan covers current events. Todd observes the new all-time high in the S&P. Ralph Benko talks about a return to the gold standard. Tom Essaye comments on the new highs as well as the U.S. economy. John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute weighs in on recent Supreme Court decisions. Dr. Richard Ebeling discusses Independence Day as well as Fed monetary policy.

Alan covers current events. Todd talks about trading in a light volume, holiday shortened week. Jimbo discusses a constitutional crisis. Ken Shortgen talks about the economy as well as the geo-political situation. Dr. Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute and Alan talk about ta wide-variety of topics.

Alan does two fresh segments and then replays some previous interviews.

This is the complete three hour version of today's Butler on Business.

This is the complete version of todays two-hour show. Our guests include Todd Horwitz, Ileana Johnson, Dan Holler and John Rubino.

Alan is live for the first part of the show and then replays portions of shows from one year ago and two years ago so that he could visit his mother.

Alan does a live two hour show today while he continues to deal with his mother's stroke. David Scranton, author of the book ''Stop the Financial Insanity'' joins us to talk about central bank manipulation for the equities market. Tom Essaye of the Sevens Report talks about the global economy. Charles Goyette and Alan talk about a wide variety of topics. John whitehead of the Rutherford Institutes describes the increasingly evolving police state.

Alan covers current events. Todd Horwitz answers a listener question about trading the energy stocks as well as the mining stocks. Jimbo and Alan talk about Iraq. Charles Goyette and Alan cover a variety of topics. David Stockman weighs in on the Fed.