Kathleen Winn is joined by Joel Strabala and Betsy Smith for a wide-ranging look at the choices facing Arizona voters and the culture shaping those choices. From voter registration deadlines, education spending and ballot propositions to immigration enforcement, women’s sports, parental rights and the justice system, the conversation cuts through the political spin and asks a simple question: are voters still willing to do the work required to govern themselves?

Guest host Dave Smith began with a broad warning about the ideological direction of the country: Americans are increasingly being taught to look to government rather than themselves.

Kathleen Winn talks with Ava Chen and Betsy Brantner Smith about two very different battles with the same underlying theme: power and accountability. Chen breaks down CCP influence, energy strategy, global finance and the networks she says help Beijing project power far beyond China, while Smith turns to Arizona’s fentanyl crisis, violent crime, weak prosecution and the fight over Pima County leadership. The result is a sharp look at what happens when powerful institutions stop answering to the people affected by their decisions.

A ticking clock on your ballot, a water crisis Arizona didn't sign up for, and a warning from someone who's seen where this road leads. Joel Strabala breaks down exactly what you need to do before October 5th to make your vote count. Mark Lewis lays out how Governor Hobbs's water settlement could run the CAP canal dry within a decade — and what's being done to stop it. And Jack Dona, whose father escaped communist Nicaragua, explains why silence and indifference are how movements like the DSA gain ground.

A journalist's ten-year secret, a border agent's warning about California, and a poll that might be the one thing left both parties agree on. Ben Bergquam opens up about the addiction he hid for years and the book that finally tells the whole story. Art Del Cueto breaks down California's push to blacklist former ICE and Border Patrol agents — and why Arizona's governor's race matters more than ever. And J.D. Hayworth unveils new polling showing over 90% of Americans, across party lines, want action on prescription drug prices.

A District 5 race built on a body count, a border legislator who's already winning fights, and two veterans' raw memories of the day America changed. Jeff Rhodes lays out why Pima County's crime problem has a zip code — and what he found buried in his own property tax bill. Gary Garcia Snyder explains how a grassroots fight just stopped California's sewage from reaching Arizona farmland. And on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, law enforcement trainer Dave Smith and retired Master Sergeant Jack Dona share what they lived through that day — and what they think America forgot since.

The truth about your electric bill, a friend's raw memories of Charlie Kirk one year later, and the conversation Arizona needs to have about its kids. Joe Salkowski from TEP cuts through the confusing ballot language on Prop 421 to explain what it really does — and doesn't — mean for your power bill. Bob Olson shares personal stories of Charlie Kirk from the 2018 DeSantis campaign to the founding of Turning Point Faith. And on National Suicide Prevention Day, Katey McPherson talks through why Arizona's youth are at risk — and what every parent needs to know.

A handful of families secretly running China's economy, a 9/11 first responder on why Mamdani shouldn't get near the podium, and the week's wildest crime headlines — from a duct-taped flight to Ohio's biggest child-recovery operation ever. Ava Chen exposes the CCP "kleptocracy" behind Smithfield, Huawei, and Iran's sanctions evasion. Michael Letts remembers Ground Zero on the eve of 25 years. And Betsy Brantner Smith breaks down a mistrial, a mid-air meltdown, and a new AI scare targeting your kids' phones.

A whistleblower's warning, a taxpayer's headache, and a Democrat at war with her own party. Youth advocate Katey McPherson exposes how a Tempe school district let a surveillance officer spy on changing teenage girls for two years — and then tried to bury it. Joel Strabala breaks down four ballot measures set to hit Pima County property tax bills, plus fresh voter registration numbers showing the gap closing fast. And Rep. Lydia Hernandez, a Democrat who lost her own party's backing for pushing school safety accountability after a Maryvale student was stabbed to death in class, explains why she's not backing down.

Kathleen Winn is joined by Dennis Neill, Kim Adair, Jeff Rhodes and Jon Riches for a wide-ranging look at the stories shaping Southern Arizona and beyond. From Maria Bartiromo’s split with Fox and the growing battle over what the media will—or won’t—cover, to the Arizona Bowl’s expanding community mission, rising crime and spending concerns in Pima County, and a major Arizona Supreme Court fight over mandatory DEI training, this show asks a bigger question: who is accountable when powerful institutions stop listening to the people they’re supposed to serve?

Kathleen Winn is joined by Warren Petersen, Laurie Moore and Jack Dona for a wide-ranging look at the battles shaping Arizona’s future. From the attorney general’s race, allegations of government corruption and the rise of socialism to DEI, key ballot propositions, taxes and school spending, the conversation digs into what voters should be watching before Election Day. Then, a deeper warning: AI-powered license-plate cameras, fusion centers and surveillance technology may be making law enforcement more powerful—but at what cost to privacy and constitutional freedom?

Kathleen Winn talks with Ava Chen, Scott Greer and Dave Smith about Charlie Kirk’s legacy, the rise of democratic socialism, Chinese Communist Party influence, the future of the conservative movement, and the growing concerns over crime, public safety and accountability in America.

The American constitutional republic is locked in an escalating struggle between foundational liberty and administrative subversion. Sixty days out from a pivotal election, the challenges facing the nation are no longer mere policy disagreements; they represent a fundamental departure from moral reasoning, constitutional law, and civic sanity.

From the ideological capture of corporate and religious institutions to the erasure of female athletics, and from federal weaponization down to municipal crime crises, restoring the country requires confronting uncomfortable truths with unyielding moral clarity.

Arizona is confronting an unprecedented convergence of executive lawfare, institutional corruption, and compounding crises in water governance and public safety. From undisclosed dark-money networks financing the state’s chief elections officer to the deliberate mishandling of Colorado River negotiations, the operational integrity of Arizona’s government is facing its most critical test ahead of the November election.

Arizona's history is defined by the struggle for water. We are a state with two vast deserts, sustained only by careful management of this critical resource. Today, that sustainability is threatened not just by nature, but by political failure at the highest levels of our state government.

The upcoming 2026 ballot in Pima County is daunting, resembling a "calculus quiz" rather than a standard election document. It will feature eight statewide ballot propositions, city propositions for Tucson and Oro Valley, and multiple school board races.

Arizona stands at the epicenter of the national battle for constitutional integrity, electoral confidence, and transparent governance. As the general election approaches, voters face an overwhelming slate of ballot initiatives, critical statewide and congressional races, and fundamental questions regarding the rule of law.

From critical federal court decisions overhauling mail-in ballot verification to the profound moral reckonings of American foreign policy, the stakes confronting Arizona citizens reach from local county boardrooms all the way to the national stage.

Across the globe and along the American border, the threats to Western constitutional sovereignty are accelerating. From Beijing’s strategic campaigns to subvert U.S. elections, to the systematic breakdown of local law enforcement and governance in Arizona, to the quiet expansion of civilization jihad in Texas, the battle for the preservation of the American republic is taking place on multiple fronts simultaneously.

Kathleen Winn's Tuesday reached the top of the federal government — a sitting cabinet secretary calling in from the road to the Grand Canyon — but it opened, as the week had, in fury over a local murder and the sheriff she blames for compounding it. Between the two came a retired general on Iran and the culture, and a water expert briefing her live before the secretary's call. The connective argument was one Winn stated plainly: that competence and the rule of law are on the ballot, and that Arizona cannot afford leaders who lack either.

Kathleen Winn opened the week off a birthday weekend and into a show bracketed by a single theme: accountability, and its collapse. A sheriff's candidate in Washington State described a fight to keep the office answerable to voters. Producer Matt Neely tracked the manhunt following the murder of a Tucson police recruit. And former Pima County Republican chair Dave Smith ranged from the WNBA to surveillance cameras to Minneapolis, returning each time to the argument that a society which stops enforcing consequences stops functioning. Tomorrow, Winn noted, would bring a cabinet-level guest — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — in the show's second hour.

Kathleen Winn closed her week — and the eve of her birthday — with a show she framed as an education good-news week turned into an indictment of the governor. A federal Department of Education spokeswoman opened with the school-choice tools now flowing to states. An LD17 incumbent recounted being shut out of the signing of her own child-protection bill. And an Epoch Times journalist walked through the pay-to-play investigation shadowing Katie Hobbs's reelection. The connective argument, repeated to the point of a birthday wish, was that Arizona's roughly 400,000-vote Republican registration advantage means nothing without turnout.