Work and learn apprenticeship models are now incorporating practical skills along with college credits to attract more workers. Why are these technical skills jobs that pay $107k being left vacant? Montez King, from the President's Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion, joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Since the intelligence community acted heroically to protect both Trump and our representative republic from Russian incursion, should POTUS confer Presidential Medals of Freedom to Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Rice, Power, Lynch and Obama? Or pardons? Should we believe anything Clapper says? Famed FBI Profiler, James Fitzgerald joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Should nonviolent felons be able to obtain a gun? Is gun control racist? Hip Hop artist and founder of "Black Guns Matter," Maj Toure joins Dan and Amy to discuss these topics and his seminars that educate black communities on gun rights and safety. One of his big events is coming up in Chicago, June 16, check it out here. (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-guns-matter-chicago-tickets-45601934614)

Will the different factions of the Trump coalition be able to hold Congress together come November? Are Congressional Republicans distancing themselves from Trump’s base and the more conservative base with their uncontrolled spending? Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Peter Berkowitz joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Are there more FBI spies in the Trump camp yet to be disclosed? Are Republicans banking on the DOJ IG report to provide the truth that the FBI/DOJ haven't? Best-selling author Ronald Kessler joins Dan and Amy to discuss.

Is the Democratic Party detrimental to black Americans? Can the GOP convert minorities without dismantling the welfare state? What effect does the left-leaning media and academia have on culture and opportunity? In this special episode of Against The Current, Bestselling Author and nationally syndicated talk show host Larry Elder, 'the Sage of South Central' joins Dan Proft for an in-depth discussion on race, culture and identity politics in America. Elder also explains Trump's likeness to Reagan and why Kanye is good for conservatives.

Arne Duncan says parents shouldn't send their kids to school until we pass more gun control laws. Esquire editor confirms what we knew to be true, the objective of "gun control" advocates is to eliminate the private ownership of guns. President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, John Lott Jr. joins Dan and Amy with reaction to last week's school shooting in Texas and what he thinks could be possible solutions to the problem.

Main problems with the Black Lives Matter movement: shut down conversation at universities and failed to address black on black crime, while alienating police officers in the black community. Is Black Lives Matter any different than other cultural Marxists groups? DePaul Philosophy Professor, Dr. Jason Hill joins Dan and Amy to discuss his new book “We Have Overcome,” which he describes as a love letter to the American people.

Diamond and Silk say they are still getting complaints from fans who aren’t seeing their content on Facebook. How is Facebook handling the situation? Is it time for Trump to clear out the Obama leftovers in the DOJ? Is Obama going to break his silence on the alleged spying of the Trump campaign under his watch? The First Ladies of Punditry, Diamond and Silk join Dan and Amy to discuss.

While politicians continue talking about a graduated state income tax, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago are now suggesting a statewide property tax, too. Haven't Illinois taxpayers had enough? On this edition of Illinois Rising, Dan Proft and Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Member Kristen McQueary discuss politician's consistent demands for more out of taxpayers and how it might impact the upcoming election. Wirepoints' Mark Glennon joins for analysis. Proft and McQueary also talk to Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser about his efforts for good government at the local level.