Chris Clements
Light Beer Dark Money
Hosts Chris Clements and Sean Noble cover politics, culture, and the intersection of faith, freedom, and free enterprise. “Agree on something.”LIGHT BEER - Christopher W. Clements (Chris) is the former Vice Chairman and CEO of Golden Eagle Distributors, Inc. For nearly 75 years, Golden Eagle served as a family-owned, Arizona-based wholesaler for several major national brewers including: Anheuser-Busch-InBev and Sierra Nevada. Golden Eagle was sold to Phoenix-based, Hensley Beverage Company. DARK MONEY - Why pay attention to what Phoenix’s Sean Noble has to say? Well, for more than 20 years, a...
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Jul 9, 2026
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SCOTUS, Super Tuesday, and SOTU 07.03.2024
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Trump can not be removed from the ballot. Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as GOP Leader in November. Sinema announces retirement. Super Tuesday shows some Democrat enthusiasm problems. Haley drops out. Lake still playing the subtraction game. Trump supporters are going to be the victim of a psy-op that will put Michelle Obama on the ballot instead...
Power players - the guys with the Juice! 03.03.2024
The makers of JuiceTheSeries.com Robert Bryce and Tyson Culver join Chris and Sean to discuss their groundbreaking docuseries doing as deep dive into the challenges facing the U.S. electricity grid. With more extreme weather, reliability and stability become more important to power users, but with more weather dependent generation, it gets dicey for the grid. Robert and Tyson discuss the importanc...
Optimistic About America 29.02.2024
Former Phoenix Mayor, Paul Johnson, and ASU professor, Henry Thomson, join Chris and Sean for a spirited discussion of the foundational principles of our country - and how they are unique to the understandings of liberty in the rest of the world. They also promote their new podcast on the Optimistic American website, "The New Frontier" (https://www.optamerican.com/) which seeks to "remind other of...
Ben Quayle Keeps It Real 25.02.2024
Former US Congressman, Ben Quayle, stops by LBDM to talk about congressional dysfunction, growing up in DC as the son of a VP, and what the country – and our fair state - need to do to get back to our Founding Principles. Follow Light Beer Dark Money on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LightBeerDarkMoney/ Follow Light Beer Dark Money on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightbeerdarkmoney/ Fo...
Biden is floundering - AZ Senate race gets interesting 22.02.2024
Biden is trying to appeal to young voters with another undemocratic ploy of student loan forgiveness. Chris and Sean discuss Biden’s decline and how Kamala Harris attempts to shore up her credibility. The AZ Senate race sees a new poll that shows some real warning signs for Kari Lake. All this and more! Follow Light Beer Dark Money on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LightBeerDarkMoney/ Follow L...
We can’t let Russia win! 15.02.2024
A special episode with Steven Moore who zooms in from Ukraine to explain what is really going on in the war against Russia. Steven leads the Ukraine Freedom Project - https://ukrainefreedomproject.org - and has been to the front lines multiple times - seeing first had the atrocities being carried out by the Russian military. Joining Sean in studio is Andy Bookless to gives some perspective from th...
Prager U Kids In Arizona 11.02.2024
Arizona Education Secretary, Tom Horne, recently announced the Department's new alliance with PragerU - And, predictively, the teacher's unions lost their collective noodle. Chris and Sean are joined by, Jill Simonian, Director of PragerU Kids to tell us the real story behind the controversy and the amazing resources PragerU Kids offers for both educators and parents - which are decidedly contrary...
SCOTUS and Trump’s future 08.02.2024
The Supreme Court had oral arguments in the Colorado case to prohibit Trump from being on the ballot. Congress has blown up the border deal - and Chris and Sean had a heated exchange over how it came to be and what may happen next. They discuss the impact of 3rd party candidates in the Presidential election and wrap up with a tribute to Toby Keith. You don’t want to miss this episode! Follow Light...
Bring Them Home, NOW! 04.02.2024
Arizona Businessman, Entrepreneur, and founder of the Phoenix-Israel Situation Desk, Amir Glogau, joins Chris and Sean to talk about his recent trip to Israel and his efforts to bring relieve and understanding to the Land following the gruesome and brutal attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Seeing the war between Israel and Hamas and Radical Islam as one between good and evil, Amir rightfully is p...
Trouble in paradise: Lake’s leak, Trump vs. Taylor, Super Bowl craziness 01.02.2024
Chris and Sean dive deeper into the Lake leak, the AZGOP state meeting and whether there is tension in Trumpland. Biden out raises Trump in Q4. The right-wing internet has gone crazy over Tay Tay… why the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce relationship is NOT as psy-op, but just classic PR - follow the money! Follow Light Beer Dark Money on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LightBeerDarkMoney/ Follow Ligh...
Radical environmentalist use State AG’s to hurt American consumers 28.01.2024
Sean and Chris envision a scenario in 2050 if the radical environmentalist get their way and we are powered by only solar and wind - the cost, the unreliability, and the impact on our every day lives. That is the threat that we face with leftist State Attorneys General who are suing oil and gas companies for their “role in climate change.” These suits are a huge danger to your national economy and...
The Trumpland Train Rolls On 25.01.2024
Ron Desantis unexpectedly dropped out of the Presidential race, leaving questions about his future as a candidate and his campaign organization. Meanwhile, Donald Trump handily won the New Hampshire primary; but don’t tell, Nikki Haley - who racked up enough independent votes to keep things interesting. She’s vowing to continue onward and will have a big bucket of money to keep things competitive...
The Goldwater Institute And the Freedom Agenda 21.01.2024
Victor Riches, President and CEO of the Goldwater Institute, joins Chris and Sean as their first guest of the New Year to discuss lasting legacy of Arizona’s foremost defender of freedom. As Arizona’s Governor, Katie Hobbs, seeks to slash support for School Choice and ESA’s, the Goldwater Institute is at the forefront of preserving those hard fought protections against the tyranny of the teachers...
The Election of Doom 18.01.2024
The Iowa caucus results surprised no one - Trump won handily, and will, as Sean and Chris have predicted for months, be the GOP nominee. The best news for Sean from Iowa was Vivek dropping out, with Sean saying that Vivek’s whole campaign was a scam. Haley will mount her last stand in NH to attempt a surprise win, but even if she wins, there is no guarantee that she can even win her home state of...
Debate, dropouts, deadbeats, and drama! 11.01.2024
Chris and Sean cover a very eventful week that included the first head-to-head debate between DeSantis and Haley, while Chris Christie drops out of the Presidential race, Hunter Biden crashes Congress, the House GOP continues it’s drama by threatening their new Speaker, and football coaches calling it quits. So much to cover - and you don’t want to miss it. Chris and Sean also pay tribute to you,...
“Our Flag was Still There” 08.01.2024
Sean discusses the challenges we face in the political debate in our nation, making the argument that The Republic is bigger than one person. No, Donald Trump can’t destroy democracy, and Joe Biden won’t drive us into socialism - our Founders created a system of government that protects us from the wild machinations of one person. What’s needed it is re-learning of the fundamentals of what makes t...
Harvard, Epstein, Trump, and the crazy start to 2024 04.01.2024
Sean discusses the first week of 2024 and the big news that is already happening with the resignation of Claudine Gay as Harvard President, Trump being thrown off the ballot in Colorado and Maine, and the Epstein documents being released. No earth shattering news in the documents, but plenty of fodder for the conspiracy theories to continue. With Iowa less than two weeks away - things look good fo...
Aram the Great - Nutrition and Fitness for the New Year 01.01.2024
Aram Grigorian - a nutrition and strength coach extraordinaire - joins Chris and Sean to discuss the importance of nutrition and physical fitness as we head into 2024. He gets into the science, exposes some myths, and imparts great insight to the why and the how. You can follow him at @4Weeks2TheBeach on Instagram and enjoy a daily education on his years of experience. Follow Light Beer Dark Money...
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Election Season. 28.12.2023
Chris and Sean return for a post-Christmas rant on all things Trump, Biden, DeSantis, Haley and even Joe Lieberman. Will Joe Biden make it to election Day in 2024 or do Democrats have other ideas? Will Donald Trump be in jail on election day? And what about everyone vying for a spot on the ballot. Could third party candidates like Kennedy and West be the ultimate spoilers? Too many questions to en...
The Pursuit of Biblical Hope at Christmas 21.12.2023
Frequent guest, Pastor Frank Switzer of Redemption Arcadia Church, joins Chris for a back and forth rant on how to pursue the Biblical Hope of Jesus - versus the worldly hope we are tempted to embrace during the Christmas season. From the Middle East, the Far East, to Eastern Europe, to our own country, it seems as evil is on the march. But the true meaning of Christmas – the birth of Jesus – prov...
GCU Canyon Ventures Takes the Stage 18.12.2023
Grand Canyon University’s entrepreneurial incubator, Canyon Ventures (https://gcuworks.com/) is changing the way companies form and grow and compete in the free enterprise system. Creating a ecosystem of academic and intellectual support, Founding Executive Director, Robert Vera has seen CV companies like Noggin Boss ( https://nogginboss.com/) literally take over the world of sports brand merchand...
Ned Ryun and American Majority 11.12.2023
Chris and Sean interview Ned Ryun, the founder of American Majority - a grassroots organization committed to training candidates and activists to win elections. Ned explains the importance of organizing at the local level and why Republicans must expand their universe of early voters and do everything they can to get those votes returned. The best governing philosophy does no good if you don’t win...
Vivek is the Oompa Loompa Trump Candidate 07.12.2023
For over thirty minutes in the fourth and final Republican debate, Vivek Ramaswamy singularly distinguished himself for his blatant misogyny. Once it calmed down, there was one overall winner… and that continues to be Donald Trump. Chris and Sean discuss the quest for illustrious second place in the Republican Presidential primary. Meanwhile, the Presidents of MIT, Harvard and Penn were on Capitol...
It’s time to expand the U.S. House 30.11.2023
Chris and Sean discuss the presidential election, the impact of Cornell West, the Koch network’s endorsement Nikki Haley, and whether someone will actually hit Trump. Then they dive into a discussion of how to reform the U.S. House of Representatives to be more responsive to the American people - Sean proposes doubling the number of House members to 870 and paying them $1 million per year. Finally...
Swing voters in AZ are ready to shake up politics 21.11.2023
Sean talks to Rich Thau from SwingVoterProject.com about a recent focus group he conducted in Arizona with swing voters. No one is happy with the choices they have - and it will be a potential shock to the system depending on how they cast their vote next year. This wide ranging discussion is a must listen if you care about Presidential politics or the AZ Senate race next year. Follow Light Beer D...
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