The Lars Larson Show Interviews

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Lars to discuss a Department of Homeland Security proposal that could eliminate the 60-day grace period allowing certain legal immigrant workers to find new employment after losing a job. Should losing your job mean losing your legal status immediately? Send us Fan Mail

Kent Lassman, president and CEO of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins Lars to discuss a Trump administration proposal that would allow some married families to use federal child care funds to pay a parent who stays home to raise their children. Should taxpayers help pay parents to stay home with their own kids? Send us Fan Mail

Lenny McAllister, author of A Venn Diagram of One , KDKA radio host and former Republican National Committee advisor, joins Lars to discuss why his father’s near-fatal shooting shaped his belief that supporting the Second Amendment and backing certain gun reforms don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Should Republicans push harder for expanded gun background checks? Send us Fan Mail

Anupam Ghildyal, Chief Operating Officer of REalloys, joins Lars to discuss Chinese suppliers refusing to ship critical rare earth minerals to U.S. companies. What happens to America’s defense and manufacturing industries if Beijing tightens its grip even further?  Send us Fan Mail

Bob Ortblad, a civil engineer, joins Lars to discuss safety concerns surrounding the Interstate Bridge Replacement project and plans to squeeze northbound and southbound traffic onto one bridge during construction. Is the proposed design setting drivers up for years of gridlock?  Send us Fan Mail

Dan Demsky, CEO of Unbound Merino, joins Lars to discuss Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars of American goods. Who ultimately pays the price when the U.S. and Canada escalate their trade fight?  Send us Fan Mail

Hal Frampton, senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, joins Lars to discuss a Washington high school wrestler’s Title IX lawsuit after she was allegedly assaulted by a transgender opponent. Will the Ninth Circuit step in before she’s forced back onto the mat?  Send us Fan Mail

James Walker, nuclear physicist and CEO of NANO Nuclear Energy, joins Lars to discuss a new regulatory pathway that could speed up the licensing and deployment of microreactors. Could nuclear reactors soon be built in factories and deployed like any other piece of equipment?  Send us Fan Mail

Mark Merritt, Executive Director of the Insurance Watchdog Coalition, joins Lars to discuss a study examining UnitedHealth Group’s profit margins. Are health insurers making far more money than patients realize while premiums keep climbing?  Send us Fan Mail

Patrick Connor, Washington State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business, joins Lars to discuss why Washington employers are more reluctant to add jobs than businesses nationwide. Are the state’s rising labor costs and workplace mandates making it too expensive to hire?  Send us Fan Mail

Peter Rosenkranz, Superintendent of the La Center School District, joins Lars to discuss Washington’s Initiative 001 and parental notification in schools. Should schools be allowed to provide certain medical or mental health services to students without notifying their parents?  Send us Fan Mail

Douglas County Sheriff Tyler Caille joins Lars to discuss the investigation into the deadly Chelan Hills Fire and the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect. What’s the right punishment for starting a wildfire that kills someone?  Send us Fan Mail

Vance Ginn, president of Let People Prosper and a former White House OMB chief economist, joins Lars to discuss President Trump’s push for lower interest rates and his threat to cut off trade with countries where the U.S. runs a deficit. Should Trump use trade policy to pressure the Federal Reserve into cutting rates?  Send us Fan Mail

Dr. Sharon Nachman, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, joins Lars to discuss a newly identified tick-borne virus spreading in China. What do we know about the virus, and should Americans be concerned about its potential spread?  Send us Fan Mail

King Cove Mayor Warren Wilson joins Lars to discuss the decades-long fight for a road connecting his remote Alaska community to an all-weather airport for medical emergencies. Should environmental protections stand in the way of a road residents say could save lives?  Send us Fan Mail

Martha Jenkins, president of the National Federation of Republican Women, joins Lars to discuss the political issues shaping women voters ahead of the November elections. What does the Republican Party need to do to win over more women this November?  Send us Fan Mail

Rachel Greszler, a senior research fellow at the American Action Forum, joins Lars to discuss the latest jobs numbers and what they mean for American workers. If the economy is adding jobs, why does it still feel like families are falling behind on their bills?  Send us Fan Mail

Robert H. Bork Jr., president of the Antitrust Education Project, joins Lars to discuss how artificial intelligence could reshape the American workforce. Is AI about to replace millions of workers, or create opportunities we haven’t imagined yet?  Send us Fan Mail

Tyler Hassen, former Acting Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Interior and its most senior DOGE official, joins Lars to discuss his new book Inside DOGE and what he discovered while searching for government waste. What does government waste actually look like from the inside?  Send us Fan Mail

Alan Evans, founder and president of Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers, joins Lars to discuss his effort to keep beds open at Portland’s Bybee Lakes shelter after Multnomah County budget cuts eliminated funding for a planned 100-bed expansion. Should homeless shelters have to rely on private donors when government funding disappears? Send us Fan Mail

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nigel Jaquiss joins Lars to discuss a decades-old Oregon DOJ investigation resurfacing as Curry County Sheriff John Ward faces growing calls to step down. Do the allegations raise too many questions for Ward to remain sheriff?  Send us Fan Mail

CEI Senior Economist Ryan Young joins Lars to discuss a proposal to repeal Trump’s Canada tariffs and return more taxing authority to Congress. Has the presidency gained too much power over tariffs?  Send us Fan Mail

Conscience Project Director Andrea Picciotti-Bayer joins Lars to discuss a Massachusetts court blocking statues of two Christian saints meant to honor police and firefighters. Is this religious neutrality or hostility toward Christianity?  Send us Fan Mail

Pacific Legal Foundation Vice President Daniel Dew joins Lars to discuss the use of eminent domain for infrastructure serving data centers. Should private companies be able to take property when landowners refuse to sell?  Send us Fan Mail

Foreign Policy Research Institute senior fellow Jackie Deal joins Lars to discuss a nonprofit accused of ties to the Chinese Communist Party that continues placing interns in political offices. How deep does China’s influence reach inside American government?  Send us Fan Mail