The Rod & Greg Show
Talk Radio 105.9 - KNRS (KNRS-FM)
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Utah politics, argued at full speed.
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The Rod & Greg Show filters Utah and national politics through blunt conservative reaction and quick back-and-forth chemistry. Recent hours swing from UVU commencement controversy and congressional districts to Trump speeches, election rules, gas prices, and GOP strategy.
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About The Rod & Greg Show
The Rod & Greg Show is a brisk conservative talk program rooted in Utah politics and shaped by the rhythm of live local radio. It does not move like a polished explainer. It starts with banter, teasing corrections, weather complaints, caller invitations, and quick pivots, then turns those fragments into a running political argument. Recent episodes show a strong focus on UVU's commencement speaker controversy, with the program pressing the school for public justification and framing the issue around graduates, parents, taxpayers, and Charlie Kirk. That story becomes more than a campus dispute. It becomes a test case for institutional judgment, media pressure, and whether local leaders owe their audience straight answers. The show also spends significant time on President Trump, including live speech clips, State of the Union expectations, and Republican reactions in Washington. National politics lands through a Utah lens. Senate control, immigration bills, energy policy, alleged misconduct in Congress, and red-state economic arguments are all treated as stories with local stakes. The program regularly invites callers into the flow, and their concerns often become part of the case being built on air. Its style is plainspoken and reactive. Short questions lead to longer complaints. A joke turns into a claim, then a guest clip or caller pushes the conversation somewhere else. The result is not neutral analysis. It is partisan talk radio for people who want conservative voices to sort the day's outrage, tell them what matters, and dismiss what they see as distraction. The tone can be warm when the show talks to its audience, but it is usually dry, suspicious, and impatient with institutions. The show is especially tuned to listeners following Utah lawmakers, campus politics, election integrity debates, gas prices, and Trump's place in Republican politics. Its distinction is the mix of local specificity and national combat: Utah stories are not sidebars, and Washington stories are not abstract. Everything is pulled into the same argument about who is accountable, who is misleading the public, and who should be challenged next.
Made for: Built for conservative listeners who follow Utah politics closely and want national news filtered through local stakes. It especially suits fans of live talk radio, caller reaction, and blunt political judgment.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by treating Utah institutions, campus controversies, congressional districts, and state-level policy as headline material alongside Trump and Washington politics. Its appeal is the fast, familiar banter that turns local grievances into a broader conservative argument.
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Listen to Rod Arquette & Greg Hughes, weekdays 4pm-7pm on Talk Radio 105.9 - KNRS
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rod Arquette and Greg Hughes connect conservative political argument to the Utah institutions and practical policy details where its consequences become visible.
Rod Arquette and Greg Hughes make politics conversational without softening their position. Their back-and-forth moves easily between Utah disputes and national conservative commentary, with humor serving as a way into arguments about public institutions, immigration enforcement…
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Utah gas prices and a graduation speaker both become arguments you can join with Rod and Greg.
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- Utah election rules argued through with ballot details you can get your teeth into
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The Rod and Greg Show: Cops Are Cool Again; California's Anti-Nick Shirley Act
The hosts discuss the creation of Utah's new congressional district and President Trump's speech at a Turning Point USA event in Phoenix.
Apr 18, 2026·1h 37m - 2
The Rod and Greg Show: UVU Cancels Controversial Commencement Speaker; Utah Tops State Financial Rankings
Rod and Greg discuss UVU canceling a controversial commencement speaker and Utah's top state financial rankings.
Apr 17, 2026·1h 30m - 3
The Rod and Greg Show: Celebrities Love Candidates That Also Hate Trump
Hosts Rod and Greg open with Nate Bluen, a Utah state senator and Democratic congressional candidate, whose past internet posts — uncovered by Punch Bowl News — include jokes about sexual assault, references to underage pornography, and comparing the LDS Church to a drug cartel, prompting condemnation from the Utah House and Senate Democratic caucuses.
Apr 16, 2026·1h 27m·5 clips - 4
The Rod and Greg Show: Sen. Mike Lee and Speaker Mike Schultz Condemn UVU Commencement Speaker
Rod and Greg discuss Utah lawmakers condemning a UVU commencement speaker and criticize leftist media tactics.
Apr 15, 2026·1h 16m - 5
The Rod and Greg Show: Trump Blocking Iranian Vessels; Dignidad Act Betrays GOP Voters; Red States Better to Chase American Dream
Hosts Rod and Greg open with Eric Swalwell's resignation from Congress after rape allegations, arguing the Democratic machine forced him out not over the charges — which Rod says the regime media had known about for years — but to clear the field in the California jungle primary where Republicans Steve Hilton and county Sheriff Bianco are currently the top two vote-getters.
Apr 14, 2026·1h 29m·5 clips - 6
The Rod and Greg Show: How Mullin is Changing the DHS; Has NATO Run Its Course?
Apr 11, 2026·1h 34m - 7
The Rod and Greg Show: Possible New Natural Gas Pipeline in Alaska; Interview with Nick Shirley
Hosts Rod and Greg interview Washington Times reporter Valerie Richardson about the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne's federal lawsuit against New York state over a transgender mandate that could imprison the nuns for providing care inconsistent with gender identity preferences in their free terminal cancer hospice.
Apr 10, 2026·1h 22m·5 clips - 8
The Rod and Greg Show: Trump's Threat on Iran; Effect of Ceasefire; Is Deportation Compassion?
Apr 9, 2026·1h 18m - 9
The Rod and Greg Show: Controversial UVU Commencement Speaker; Mirrors in Space??
Apr 8, 2026·1h 22m - 10
The Rod and Greg Show: Report on Misused Medicaid Funds; Defense of America 250 Celebration; Insight on Iran Rescue Mission
Apr 7, 2026·1h 30m - 11
The Rod and Greg Show: Battle Over Birthright Citizenship; False Reporting on Ballistics in Kirk Case
Apr 3, 2026·1h 31m - 12
The Rod and Greg Show: Birthright Citizenship; Forest Service Moves to SLC; Trump Correct on Iran
Apr 2, 2026·1h 15m - 13
The Rod and Greg Show: Bible Passages to be Taught in Utah Classrooms
Apr 1, 2026·1h 30m - 14
The Rod and Greg Show: No Kings Can't Be Repeated; Do Americans Understand Melting Pot?
Mar 31, 2026·1h 30m - 15
The Rod and Greg Show: "Trans Kids" Trend is Dying; Importance of Midterms for Republicans
Mar 28, 2026·1h 30m - 16
The Rod and Greg Show: Utah GOP Chair Rob Axson on Failure of Redistricting Initiative
Mar 27, 2026·1h 28m - 17
The Rod and Greg Show: Iran: It's Not Suez or Vietnam; Suspended Teachers Work at School; Can Foreign-Born Citizens be DeNaturalized?
Mar 26, 2026·1h 17m - 18
The Rod and Greg Show: Update on SAVE Act from Senator Lee; Should Trump Cap Credit Card Interest?
Mar 25, 2026·1h 20m - 19
The Rod and Greg Show: Strategy to Win Elections Hasn't Changed; Congress Must Stop Climbing Debt; What Ancient Roman Cult Reveals on Trans
Mar 24, 2026·1h 28m - 20
The Rod and Greg Show: America's Division Deeper than Politics; Affordability Crisis is Reshaping the Middle Class
Mar 21, 2026·1h 30m - 21
The Rod and Greg Show: Utah's Wacky Weather; Update on Economy with Steve Moore
Rod and Greg host an afternoon edition of their Utah conservative talk radio show on KNR-S 105.9, covering five major topics: a New York Times multi-year investigation alleging Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted a woman and fathered her children (and the Salt Lake City Council's decision to 'monitor developments' rather than act), Utah's record 80-degree March temperatures and what meteorologist Chase Thomason explains as the worst snowpack year on record, US bombing of Iran and whether Iranian citizens might rise up against the regime (with analysis from communications expert Scott Pinsker), New York Governor Kathy Hochul's reversal from telling wealthy residents to leave the state to now asking them to return, and Utah Senator Mike Lee's SAVE Act and Lt.
Mar 20, 2026·1h 28m·5 clips - 22
The Rod and Greg Show: We Must Invest in Civics Education; Cuban Government Collapse; Quiet Radicalization of American Library
Mar 19, 2026·1h 29m - 23
The Rod and Greg Show: Election Fraud in the U.S.; Importance of Religion in Society
Mar 18, 2026·1h 19m - 24
The Rod and Greg Show: Support for ICE Detention in Salt Lake City; Why People Shift to Right As They Age; Kouri RIchins Trial Updates
Mar 17, 2026·1h 20m - 25
The Rod and Greg Show: Senator John Curtis on SAVE Act; Anti-Border States Hurting Election Integrity
Mar 14, 2026·1h 11m - 26
The Rod and Greg Show: Is the SAVE Act Really Jim Crow 2.0; The Iran War Pricetag
Mar 13, 2026·1h 18m - 27
The Rod and Greg Show: Iran War Questions Need Answers; Bill to Limit Gender Related Treatments; Do Dems Want to be Normal?
Mar 12, 2026·1h 18m - 28
The Rod and Greg Show: Karianne Lisonbee Runs for Congress; FCC Moves on Call Centers
Mar 11, 2026·1h 20m - 29
The Rod and Greg Show: Radical Environmentalist Try to Weaken U.S. Navy; New Iran Leader; Making Housing more Affordable
Mar 10, 2026·1h 24m - 30
The Rod and Greg Show: Phil Lyman Runs for Congress; Last Day of Utah Legislature w/ Senate Pres. Stuart Adams
Mar 7, 2026·1h 30m - 31
The Rod and Greg Show: Rep. Burgess Owens on Retirement; Day 44 at the Utah Legislature
Mar 6, 2026·1h 28m - 32
The Rod and Greg Show: Conservative Treasurers Saving on Fraud; The Conscience Project; What Attacks on Fetterman Reveal
Mar 5, 2026·1h 28m - 33
The Rod and Greg Show: How China Lost When U.S. Attacked Iran; Congressman Mike Kennedy
Mar 4, 2026·1h 26m - 34
The Rod and Greg Show: Iran/Effect on Global Energy Industry; How Iran Strikes Will Reshape the World; Austin Shooter Could be a Terrorist
Mar 3, 2026·1h 26m - 35
The Rod and Greg Show: EV Subsidies Not Working; The Democrats ARE Crazy!
Feb 28, 2026·1h 29m - 36
The Rod and Greg Show: Bell to Bell Cell Phone Ban in Utah Classrooms; Trans-Violence Worse Than Reported
Feb 27, 2026·1h 26m - 37
The Rod and Greg Show: Susan Rice Goes Full Fascist; 5 Reasons Trump Economy; Trump's comments about the GSL
Feb 26, 2026·1h 29m - 38
The Rod and Greg Show: Senator Mike Lee Previews the State of the Union
Senator Mike Lee previews the upcoming State of the Union address, discussing the difference between an address to Congress and a State of the Union.
Feb 25, 2026·51m - 39
The Rod and Greg Show: Risks and Harms of Online Gambling Sites; Gas/Water/Refining Agreement; Mexican Army Kills Cartel Leader
Feb 24, 2026·1h 28m - 40
The Rod and Greg Show: SCOTUS Rules Against Trump Tariffs; Problems with Education Spending
The episode discusses the Supreme Court ruling against Trump tariffs and problems with education spending, with a brief sports tangent about Team USA's hockey game against Canada.
Feb 21, 2026·1h 33m - 41
The Rod and Greg Show: Trump's Efforts to Reduce Small Business Regulations; Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions
Feb 20, 2026·1h 22m - 42
The Rod and Greg Show: Biden Granted "Quiet Amnesty"; Trans Killer/Major Mental Health Crisis; Remove Ultra Processed Food from SNAP
Feb 19, 2026·1h 29m - 43
The Rod and Greg Show: Leftists Harass Signature Gatherers and Petition Signers in SLC
Feb 18, 2026·1h 19m - 44
The Rod and Greg Show: Should Utah Elect a Secretary of State? Dangers of Marijuana
Feb 14, 2026·1h 32m - 45
The Rod and Greg Show: Senator Mike Lee on Progress of the SAVE Act
Feb 13, 2026·1h 11m - 46
The Rod and Greg Show: Latest Job Reports; Conservatives Should Support SAVE Act; Judicial Warrants would Halt ICE
Feb 12, 2026·1h 29m - 47
The Rod and Greg Show: Utah's Election Security Bill; Finding Nancy Guthrie
Feb 11, 2026·1h 27m - 48
The Rod and Greg Show: Chinese Biolabs in America; Trump Stops $ for Trans Ideologies; Our American Stories
Feb 10, 2026·1h 29m - 49
The Rod and Greg Show: Utah Bar Responds to Legislative Criticism; Can America's Political Center Survive?
Feb 7, 2026·1h 35m - 50
The Rod and Greg Show: Reaction to Utah Jr. High School Students Protesting Against ICE
Hosts Rod and Greg react to student protests against ICE and Border Patrol recruiters at job fairs at Utah Valley University and BYU, and to separate middle school walkouts in Salt Lake City where students vandalized cars and broke school bus windows.
Feb 6, 2026·1h 23m·5 clips