The Lars Larson Show Interviews

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

Bestselling author Jared Knott joins Lars to discuss an 11-hour fire aboard the USS New Orleans that caused $12 million in damage. How did blocked sprinklers and basic human error turn a shipboard fire into a major disaster?  Send us Fan Mail

Center Square reporter Carleen Johnson joins Lars to discuss concerns that Washington’s Keeping Families Together Act makes it harder to remove children from homes where dangerous drugs are present. Is a policy designed to keep families together leaving vulnerable kids in danger?  Send us Fan Mail

Former Federal Housing Commissioner Frank Cassidy joins Lars to discuss the Trump administration eliminating an Obama-era housing rule that left property owners liable for accessibility complaints years after construction. Will cutting the regulation help bring down housing costs?  Send us Fan Mail

Washington State Rep. John Ley joins Lars to discuss more than $321 million already spent on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, including millions on public affairs and communications. Are taxpayers funding a bridge or an expensive sales campaign?  Send us Fan Mail

Meteorologist Chuck Wiese joins Lars to discuss claims that scientists may be underestimating the sun’s role in global warming. Has too much of the climate debate been focused on CO2?  Send us Fan Mail

Former CASA Debi Allison joins Lars to discuss what she found after nearly a year reviewing Oregon’s My Future-My Choice curriculum. Are parents being told enough about what their 11- and 12-year-olds are learning?  Send us Fan Mail

Washington Policy Center’s Elizabeth New joins Lars to discuss Seattle teachers threatening to strike as students head back to school. Should taxpayers fund unemployment benefits for teachers who choose to walk off the job?  Send us Fan Mail

Christian Faith founder and senior pastor Casey Treat joins Lars to discuss Sound Transit’s plan to raze his Federal Way megachurch for a nearly $2 billion light rail facility. Is this necessary infrastructure or government overreach?  Send us Fan Mail

Competitive Enterprise Institute research fellow Sean Higgins joins Lars to discuss new data linking heavy AI adoption with increased employment. Could AI create more jobs than it replaces?  Send us Fan Mail

Advancing American Freedom Senior Legal Fellow Amy Swearer joins Lars to discuss a new national firearms survey estimating guns are used defensively in roughly 2.2 million incidents each year. Do the numbers undermine the argument that widespread gun ownership makes Americans less safe?  Send us Fan Mail

Constitutional attorney Don Brown joins Lars to discuss the Supreme Court allowing President Trump to continue construction of the White House ballroom. Could the ruling have implications for presidential authority far beyond this project?  Send us Fan Mail

Functional health practitioner Dr. Christopher Thoma joins Lars to discuss how wheat has changed over the past 50 years. Could changes to one of America’s most basic foods be affecting what it does to our bodies?  Send us Fan Mail