Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Tuesday, May 7, 2024

4:20 pm: Neil deMause, author of “Field of Schemes” about how public money is used to build stadiums for private profit joins Rod to give his impressions of the proposal Utah Jazz and now NHL owner Ryan Smith has put forward for a new Salt Lake City entertainment district.

4:38 pm: Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill joins Rod to discuss how the man who fatally struck a Santaquin police officer with his semi-truck, was convicted in Oregon of a similar act, and has run from police in California and Kansas is still allowed on the streets.

5:05 pm: Jack Clark, a member of the Utah Youth Symphony, has started a petition to save Abravanel Hall from being torn down as part of Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith’s proposed downtown entertainment district. The petition has already gathered nearly 19,000 signatures and he will join Rod to discuss his efforts.

6:05 pm: Senator Mike Lee joins the program for his weekly conversation with Rod about what’s happening in Washington, D.C., and today they’ll discuss his new legislation targeting federal grant money to ultra-wealthy universities that support DEI programs and have lost control of antisemitic protests.

6:20 pm: Mike Maughan, General Manager of Alta Ski Area, joins the program to discuss his “Red Snake Letter” to the Utah Department of Transportation about why he doesn’t think a gondola, busing or tolling are the answer to the canyon’s transportation issue and why metering lights could solve the problem.

6:38 pm: Calder McHugh, Deputy Editor for Politico Nightly, joins Rod for a conversation about his piece on why late-night television hosts won’t roast Joe Biden.