The Public Square®

The Public Square® episode “TPS 60: The Off Year Gamble” centers on 2025 off-off election turnout, with Rob Walgate comparing Virginia, New Jersey, Georgia, and New York City results.

The table opens with the arrival of a new book, An Oration: John Quincy Adams' Christian America.

Rob Walgate talks with Cosman Bota about growing up in socialist communist Romania and fleeing with his family as a child.

The team picks back up on immigration after some light table banter about who brought the papers and who came prepared.

This special edition centers on David McCullough’s History Matters and the conversation it sparks.

The team opens with listener letters and circles back to recent immigration conversations.

The Public Square® episode “TPS 60: Immigration - Turning on the Light” opens with Dave Zanotti saying the team is approaching immigration “from the ground up” using biblical, constitutional, and Declaration-based principles rather than party labels.

The Public Square’s "Christmas in America 1837, Part I" moves from the year 1837 to John Quincy Adams’s July 4 oration in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

The Public Square focuses on Alexander Soros, describing him as George Soros's 40-year-old son and the heir to a reported $25 billion philanthropic and political network.

Sterling Glover enters the episode as a giant, though not because of size.

Christmas takes the main seat.

Rob Walgate talks with Cosman Bota about the work that grew out of a childhood escape from communist Romania and turned into repeated trips to Turkey and Ukraine for Ukrainian orphans and foster kids.

The Public Square® episode “TPS Express: Sports Gamble Update 2025” centers on Rob Walgate’s follow-up to last week’s gambling discussion, with Melody Elsie, Jeff Sanders, Dave Zanotti, and Wayne all weighing in.

Wayne Shepard opens The Public Square episode 'TPS 60: The Unfinished Revolution, Part I' by saying the Declaration 250 anniversary is 'not a race to 250' but a debate.

The Public Square opens its first program of the new year with a conversation about *An Oration*.

Churches speak for God without ever consulting God first.

A new citizenship test lands on the table, and Dave Zanotti connects the Washington Post's test with the Declaration 250 conversation.

The Public Square® episode “TPS Express: The Election No One Sees” argues that township trustee races, school board seats, judges, and tax levies often matter more than presidential-year noise.

The Public Square® episode “TPS 60: Thanksgiving 2025” revisits the Pilgrims, the 1973 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special, and the first Thanksgiving as a three-day feast shared by 50 pilgrims and 90 members of Chief Massasoit’s tribe.

Everyone is around the table for the first broadcast of 2026.

Christmas in America 1837 picks back up in Nashville.

The Public Square episode "TPS 60: We All Miss" centers on Matthew 18, where Peter asks Jesus how often to forgive and hears "seventy-seven times." The hosts read the "parable of the unmerciful servant" in the NIV, then compare Matthew 18 with Matthew 6:14-15 and the Lord's Prayer.

The Public Square® episode “TPS 60: Bill Gates on Climate Change…Never Mind” pivots from Psalm 37 and Psalm 73 to Bill Gates’ reported change of tone on climate change.

The Public Square® episode "TPS 60: Christmas in America 1946" ties the year 1946 to Harry Truman, Jackie Robinson, Frank Capra, and Jimmy Stewart.

The Public Square® turns to Rudolf Flesch's Why Johnny Can't Read, a 1955 bestseller that the panel says argued the reading problem began around 1925.

The Public Square® episode “TPS 60: Immigration - ‘What Are You Afraid Of?’” opens with four boxes of donuts in Valley City, Ohio, and the claim that a small table could solve immigration in an hour.

The Public Square® episode "TPS 60: Loaves and Fishes" uses the New Testament feeding story from Mark 6 and John 6 to frame a discussion of public policy, school choice, and persistence under pressure.

Even if we pardon them, they need to sting for what they did.

A stack of November 2025 Atlantics lands in the studio.

Hosts discuss the concept of a mental health day and highlight groups that gather weekly to discuss the show's content, emphasizing the serious engagement of listeners.

A Christian-oriented public policy talk show discusses the dangers of sports gambling in response to listener inquiries.

A special Easter edition of The Public Square celebrating the resurrection of Jesus through the music of Fanny Crosby and new compositions.

Hosts discuss sports gambling as a public policy issue from a Christian conservative viewpoint.

The hosts discuss current events including gambling, March Madness, and a recent asteroid event near Valley City, Ohio.

A conversation with Pastor Joe Hunt about his faith journey and career in ministry.

An interview with gospel music legend Ernie Haas, discussing his decades-long career and memorable bus travel stories.

Dave Zanotti interviews Southern Gospel legend Ernie Haas, discussing music, personal background, and the concept of the public square.

An interview with Southern Gospel legend Ernie Haas about his career and patriotic music project for America's 250th anniversary.

The hosts discuss the upcoming 250th anniversary of American independence, reminiscing about the poem 'Paul Revere's Ride' and the early events of the Revolution.