Podcast
Video on Demand
Show Notes and Rundown
Date: May 1, 2026
Airtime: 9am–12pm ET
Host: Jake Smith
09:06 — Show Open
Topic: Who are the Media Research Center's Quote of the Week nominees?
- Jimmy Kimmel: First Lady Has a “Glow Like an Expectant Widow”
- Chuck Todd Whines: I’m Not Going to Any More Trump Events, Chaos Follows Him
- Joy Reid Suggests Assassination Attempt Was Staged
Panelist: Geoff Dickens, MRC Director of Media Analysis
09:20 — Segment Topic
Topic: De-banking Is the New World Gulag!
- The first time we heard of de-banking was Canada during COVID during the trucker’s protest.
- Is canceling accounts from Trump family and General Flynn de-banking as well?
Panelist: Joshua Philipp, Senior Investigative Reporter with The Epoch Times, host of Crossroads and host of the Josh Phillip Show
09:35 — Monologue
Topic: “The T Word”
Panelists: DIAL Panelists and WGMD Callers
09:45 — Segment Topic
Topic: What is the truth of the CIA’s involvement in the narcotic trade?
Panelist: Kris Millegan, writer, researcher and publisher
10:08 — Segment Topic
Topic: How powerful is oil as a weapon?
Panelists: Derrick Morgan, Executive Vice President: The Heritage Foundation; Brigham A. McCown, Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security: Hudson Institute
10:20 — Segment Topic
Topic: The U.S. economy, inflation, energy prices, tech earnings, markets, and Venezuela.
Panelist: Daniel DiMartino, Fellow: The Manhattan Institute
10:33 — Segment Topic
Topic: The Russia hoax, Benghazi, classified files, Clinton campaign, FBI, DOJ, media, declassified intelligence, and Clinton Hoax, Obama Coup.
Panelist: Drew Thomas Allen, Author: Clinton Hoax, Obama Coup: The Declassified Story of the Trump–Russia Delusion
10:50 — Segment Topic
Topic: National debt, inflation, interest rates, entrepreneurs, investors, Congress, unfunded liabilities, and fiscal policy.
Panelist: Kurt Couchman, Senior Fellow in fiscal policy for Americans for Prosperity
11:06 — Segment Topic
Topic: Epic Fury, U.S.-Europe relations, U.S. troops in Italy, Spain, and Germany, War Powers Resolution, Iran, oil revenue, and resumption of hostilities.
Panelist: Christina Balling, Senior Vice President: Institute of World Politics
11:20 — Segment Topic
Topic: Coffee, health, caffeine, discovery, regional coffee beans, and coffee addiction.
Panelist: Chris Kilham, Medicine Hunter, ethnobotanist, author of The Way of Coffee: How Coffee Transformed the World, Promotes Happiness and Protects Against Disease
11:33 — Segment Topic
Topic: “Countdown to 250” — celebrating 250 years of American independence.
Panelist: Murray Sabrin, PhD, Mises Institute Associated Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Finance at Ramapo College of New Jersey
Salute the Troops
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