Breaking Battlegrounds

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam re joined by Andy Gould, former Arizona Supreme Court Justice and current candidate for Attorney General. Later in the show, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer stops by the studio to give us an update on this year's primary election.  - Andy's path to public service began with his parents. Growing up, the Gould family never had a lot of mater...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Martin DiCaro of The Washington Times and Adam Coleman, founder of Wrong Speak Publishing for a freedom-themed Fourth of July weekend special. - Martin Di Caro brings 25 years of broadcast journalism experience to the Washington Times. He has won numerous prestigious awards throughout his career in major media markets across the cou...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , we have a packed show! First, we are joined by Robert Knight, a weekly columnist for The Washington Times and senior fellow of the American Civil Rights Union. Later in the program, freelance writer and podcaster Bill Scher returns to the show. Finally, we talk with Andrew Mack, founder and CEO of the agtech startup Agromovil.  - Robert Knight is a former Los...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Sam and Chuck are joined by United States Congressman David Schweikert, a Republican from Arizona. Later in the show, Matt Becker of PrideStaff calls in with a look at how inflation is affecting small businesses throughout the country. - David Schweikert is serving his fifth term in the United States Congress.  He holds a seat on the Ways and Means Committee, h...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, we are joined in studio by Dawn Grove, a Republican candidate for Attorney General in Arizona. Dawn Grove is a third-generation Arizonan, manufacturing executive, attorney, wife, and mother. She loves God, family, country, Arizona and helping people solve problems. Her grandfather began making PING golf clubs in his garage, and her family has been passionately...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck sits down with former Congressman Matt Salmon who is currently running to be Arizona's next governor. Later in the show, Albert Eisenberg of Real Clear Politics calls in with a look at how Harvard stifles diversity of thought on campus. - Raised in Tempe, Matt attended public schools, graduated from Arizona State University, and later earned a master's d...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Elijah Norton, Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona's 1st Congressional District. Later in the show, Dan McLaughlin of the National Review returns to the show to break down the biggest headlines of the week. - Elijah Norton was born and raised in the Midwest to parents who taught him the importance of working hard and contri...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , we are joined by Dean Heller, former United States Senator and current candidate for governor in Nevada. Later in the program, Pete Hutchison of Landmark Legal calls into the program with an inside look at the Supreme Court. -Dean grew up in Carson City, Nevada, with five brothers and sisters. He began working in his father's auto shop in middle school, and th...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , we are joined in studio by Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona governor. Later in the show, Bryan Stern of Project Dynamo joins us with the incredible story of how his team successfully rescued an American and his family from Russian captivity in Ukraine.  - Kari Lake, the former anchor for Fox 10 News in Phoenix, became a symbol of truth in journalism...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Chris Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions and David Keene, Editor at Large at the Washington Times.  The Honorable Christopher E Campbell is the Chief Strategist at Kroll, based in the New York office. As a Fellow of the Kroll Institute, he is a frequent guest commentator on national news...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Corey DeAngelis, a leading advocate for school choice, and Christopher Bedford, an expert on free speech and journalism in the digital age.  Corey DeAngelis is the national director of research at the American Federation for Children, the executive director at Educational Freedom Institute, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute,...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , we are joined by Rod Dorilás, a Republican running for Congress in Florida's 21st Congressional District. Later in the show, Hans Mahncke of the Epoch Times calls in to give us the latest on the Durham probe. Finally, Kory Langhofer gives us an inside look at the Democrats' attempts to disqualify Republicans from running for re-election. -Rod Dorilás is the fi...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by a fantastic lineup of guests. First, Anna Giaritelli of the Washington Examiner brings us the story of the US fentanyl crisis. Later in the show, Lingling Wei of the Wall Street Journal breaks down Shanghai's Omicron lockdowns. Finally, Professor Michael Kimmage of the Catholic University of America gives us an expert look at the Ru...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Sam and Chuck are joined by Jeremy Hunt, a Republican running for Congress in Georgia's hotly contested second congressional district. At a young age, Georgia native Jeremy Hunt learned what it meant to serve. His parents, both evangelical ministers, live their lives for others. Jeremy's childhood home was never empty: those in need were always invited for a w...

In this special episode of Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Brad Harrison, whose wife had to flee her home country of Ukraine when war broke out, only to be stopped by US Customs and Immigration, despite promises from US officials that Ukrainian refugees would be granted asylum. Now Brad, an American citizen, is fighting to make sure his wife is safe. For the first nights of th...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. Later in the show, Alex Swoyer of the Washington Times returns to the show. Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. Mark is a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues and has served as Executive Director...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , we are joined by Austin Smith, a Republican running for State Legislature in Arizona and Michael Lieb, the co-founder of Home Arizona.  Austin Smith is a proud 5th-Generation Arizonan. Growing up in LD-29, he became a National FFA Award recipient and an All-State award-winning football player at Millennium High School. Working in the agricultural industry on r...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by Senator Mike Lee of Utah and Matt Gress, a Republican running for the Arizona State House in Legislative District 4. Elected in 2010 as Utah's 16th Senator, Mike Lee has spent his career defending the fundamental liberties of all Americans and advocating for America's founding constitutional principles. Senator Lee serves as the Ran...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam turn their attention to our public school system and the mess that progressives have made of it. First, they are joined by Tom Horne, former Superintendent of Public Instruction for Arizona who is currently running for that office again. Later in the program, Luke Rosiak of the Daily Wire joins the show to talk about the startling discoveries he m...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, Chuck and Sam sit down with Tiffany Shedd, a Republican running for Attorney General in Arizona, to get an honest look at how an unsecured border has created a humanitarian crisis. Later in the show, Chuck and Sam talk to Justin Clements, spokesman for Project Dynamo, a non-profit organization that is working to evacuate Americans from Ukraine. Tiffany Shedd gr...

Since we recorded our show a little early this week, we wanted to put out a brief update with our thoughts on the situation in Ukraine and extend our prayers and support of the Ukrainian people. - Connect with us: www.breakingbattlegrounds.vote/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_Battle Facebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegrounds Instagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegrounds LinkedIn: www...

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds , Chuck and Sam are joined by former Congressman and Fox News contributor, Jason Chaffetz and National Review senior writer, Charles C.W. Cooke. Jason Chaffetz is a contributor for the Fox News Channel and author of two New York Times best-sellers, Power Grab: The Liberal Scheme to Undermine Trump, the GOP, and Our Republic and The Deep State: How an Army of Bur...

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With Chuck out of the studio this week, Sam is joined by his good friend and Balsz School Board Member Christina Eichelkraut. Christina is a self-described policy wonk who is quite a bit more liberal than a typical Broken Potholes guest and she doesn't shy away from a good debate. Christina has lived in the Balsz School District since she moved to Arizona from Nevada in 2010.In 2014 she moved to t...

This week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Dr. Warren Farrell. Dr. Farrell is the author of The Boy Crisis, a comprehensive blueprint for what parents, teachers, and policymakers can do to help our sons become happier, healthier men, and fathers and leaders worthy of our respect. Dr. Warren Farrell has been chosen by The Financial Times as one of the world's top 100 thought leaders....