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Steve Cortes, founder of the League of American Workers (LAW), appeared on the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss a new poll conducted for his organization, which found that only 18% of Arizona voters say that the American Dream is "still attainable." That poll, conducted for LAW by North Star Opinion Research, also found that 78% of Arizonans now say that the American Dream is "out of reach."...

Dr. Owen Anderson, professor at Arizona State University (ASU), joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss free speech and inquiry on Arizona college campuses. Anderson is a professor in the ASU School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies. He has been with ASU for twenty one years, and previously was a fellow at Princeton University, a visiting scholar at Princeton Seminary, and a fellow...

Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss several issues central to the state of education in Arizona, including Critical Race Theory, school "bathroom policies," sexualized content in schools, and Arizona school choice. Horne, 78, was elected Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction in the November 2022 election, defeating incumben...

Former Congressman Lt. Col. Allen West (ret.), executive director of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU), joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss Arizona's political climate and efforts to enact "Ranked Choice Voting" (RCV) in the state. West represented Florida's 22nd Congressional District from 2011 to 2013. He served in the U.S. Army for 22 years, during which time he recei...

Hayden Ludwig, director of research at Restoration for America, joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to to discuss his recent column,  "High Election Worker Turnover' is the Left's Newest Ploy to Federalize Elections. " "Democrats fired the latest salvo in a long war to radically transform American elections by eroding state and local control, replacing ballot-counters with a centralized, D.C.-ru...

Gina Swoboda, director of the Voter Reference Foundation, joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss election integrity in Arizona and throughout the country.  Headquartered in Phoenix, the Voter Reference Foundation is a national non-profit foundation dedicated to ensuring free and fair elections in the United States. Swoboda also is the Chief Elections Policy Officer of Restoration of Amer...

Merissa Hamilton is the executive director of the Save Arizona Fund and co-founder and CEO of EZAZ.org ,which seeks to make civic action "Easy as Pie. She previously ran for Phoenix mayor in 202 and serves as Member at Large of the Republican Party for Congressional District 1. EasyAZ.org  and Civic Action : The platform tracks government agenda items at various levels, focusing on policies relate...

Ann Atkinson, the former executive director of the T. W. Lewis Center for Personal Development at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University (ASU), joined the Grand Canyon Times podcast to discuss her firing from ASU and the battle for freedom of speech at the university. Atkinson is also an entrepreneur, healthcare real estate investor, educator, former public company executive, wife...

Phoenix resident Jason Bedrick, a research fellow in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation, joined the Grand Canyon Times to discuss school choice and parents rights in education in Arizona. Jason's work focuses on policies that promote education freedom and choice, religious liberty, classical education, and restoring the primary role of families in education. Jason is a form...

Host:  Leyla Gulen   Guest: Matt Roeske, founder of Cultivate Elevate (Scottsdale, Ariz.)   Key Points: Introduction:  Leyla Gulen introduces Matt Roeske, co-founder of Cultivate Elevate, a platform he started with his wife, Amra. Their mission is to educate and empower individuals to rise above fear and illness and take control of their health's future. Cultivate Elevate's Origin:  Matt shares th...

Allen Skillicorn was elected to the Fountain Hills, Ariz. Town Council in November 2022.Skillicorn and his wife, Heather, attend Cornerstone Family Church of Fountain Hills, and Allen is a serial entrepreneur, owning multiple small businesses, with expertise in advertising and marketing. He is the executive director of the non-profit, Grassroots Revolution, and two-time auto racing National Champi...

Arizona-based Chris Buskirk is the publisher of  American Greatness . He has founded, built, and successfully sold multiple finance businesses including in insurance, reinsurance, specialty lending, and tax-credit financing. For over 15 years he has been a successful investor in growth stages companies across the financial services space as well as in real estate, digital marketing, consumer brand...

An introduction to the Grand Canyon Times podcast - bringing you interviews with the most interesting newsmakers from across the great state of Arizona.