This week the show is produced for the first time ever in Oklahoma City. Trey, now officially part of Oklahoma Christian University, is joined by Ken who is preparing to move to Denver. The first topic is Trump’s trade policy. The Trey and Ken to…
In this listener comment episode, Mike and Jay get into: If the media – Time magazine in particular – was fair in its photographic portrayal of President Trump’s immigration policy, and if Mike and Jay spend too much time on a media sideshow. How much deference federal courts should give to administrative agencies. Whether Jay…
This week, Mike and Jay open the show with a discussion of the summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. They agree that President Trump’s performance was bizarre and awful. Mike says this, combined with everything else we’ve seen regarding Trump and Russia, is enough to convince him that President…
Mike talks to Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the pediatrics residency at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, and an assistant professor at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, where she heads the Hurley Children’s Hospital Public Health Initiative. It was through Dr, Mona’s courageous and unflagging efforts that the public learned about…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Trey kick off the show by discussing the 12 Russian intelligence officials indicted this week for hacking into Democratic Party systems. Mike says that despite the fact that these Russians will never face trial in the United States, the indictments point to the…
In this listener comment episode, Mike and Trey address these questions: Why has the executive branch become so much more powerful than the legislative and judicial branches, and what can we do about it? What motivates President Trump’s political allies beyond short term outcomes? If the Democrats take control of Congress are we still stuck…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week’s show kicks off with Mike and Trey discussing the likely strategies of both the left and the right once President Trump names his Supreme Court nominee. After that it’s discussion of the resignation of scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. The Guys agree that…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS In our first ever three-person Politics Guys, Northern Kentucky University Law Professor Ken Katkin joins Mike and Jay to discuss: how Kennedy was different from the Court’s four other conservatives whether the Justices are politicians in robes or if they base their decisions on more…
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week’s show starts off with Mike and Jay discussing Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. There’s so much to cover here that the Guys decided to do an entire episode on it, which will drop in the usual Wednesday slot (July 4). There were a bunch…
In this listener comment episode, Mike and Jay address the following listener questions: Should police be given the level of qualified immunity from prosecution they currently receive? Will a recent federal court ruling change anything? We need to keep an eye on regulators, but doesn’t Jay think we also need to watch companies? How do…