The President's Podcast

A three year political fight over two General Assemblies resulted in historic reforms on Ohio's public university campuses. Repealing costly and discriminatory DEI programs, empowering university trustees to lead, and refocusing the mission back on education rather than the lurch to the left of indoctrination. SB 1 sponsor, Senator Jerry Cirino, joins The President's Podcast to highlight t...

Putting a budget surplus to work for Ohioans. The General Assembly passed a budget corrections bill redirecting $350 million of this year's surplus to property tax relief for more than 700,000 Ohioans who qualify for the Homestead Exemption. Plus, the sales tax holiday for next year was expanded to two full weeks. Senate President Rob McColley joins The President's Podcast and also highlig...

Making election security constitutional law. The Ohio Senate voted to put a constitutional amendment before the voters this fall that would require a photo id to vote. Every democrat voted against SJR 10. This week the co-sponsors of this critical election security amendment join The President's Podcast. Senator Jane Timken and Senator Theresa Gavarone talk about why it's important to elev...

The Ohio General Assembly's Joint Data Center Committee launched the first of several hearings this week. Senator Brian Chavez co-chairs the committee and joins The President's Podcast this week. The committee will hear from industry experts, state regulators, and concerned citizens about the path forward which will be in critical protecting your family's data, protecting the country, and protecti...

In a stunning turn the Senate voted unanimously to make critical upgrades to Ohio's SNAP Benefit Cards. Senate Republicans have consistently tried to make improvements in how the cards are handled, but over the years Senator Tim Schaffer has been the target of hateful political attacks for just trying to protect the benefits for the people who need them the most. This week Senator Schaffer tal...

This week on a special edition of The President's Podcast—The Data Center Debate. We bring you the very best and very direct comments from people who have a unique understanding about why these digital libraries are critical to our national security and energy independence. Also watch the highlights of the news conference announcing the new Joint Data Center Committee.

Congressman Michael Rulli attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner and heard the gunshots as a teacher attempted to carryout his plan to assassinate the President and as many Republican elected officials as possible. This week the Republican congressman from Ohio's 6th District talks about Trump Derangement Syndrome and the sociopathy that has taken over today's poli...

Call it election year narratives and semantics. There is a well funded effort against data center projects backed by technologically advanced nuclear power generated "behind the meter" that also produces power for the consumer grid. Why? Well, the left wants you to believe that they're big polluters. They want you to think they're radioactive. This week on the heels of the "...

The quiet little secret emerging in the data center debate might surprise you. It has ties to the same far left Anti-American billionaires that tried to gerrymander the Ohio Constitution in 2023 and who are still trying to kill the oil and gas industry in Ohio. Senator Education Chairman, Andrew Brenner, talks about that and some of the latest troubling attendance numbers from Ohio's biggest schoo...

Senator Terry Johnson delivers some hard hitting straight talk on the President's Podcast. He goes in-depth on why the Senate passed his bill protecting our 2nd Amendment rights from unlawful city ordinances. As a veteran who served in Iraq and Kuwait he talks about the decades of danger presented by Iran, and why data centers are crucial to national security.

As the world marvels at the Artemis Mission in preparation for a future trip to Mars, we take you on a trip to the "Field of Mars" in this week's President's Podcast. "Field of Mars" is the translation for the Latin "Campus Martius" which is the First Settlement of the Northwest Territory or what we call today the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta, Ohio. As pa...

7 terms in the United States Congress and 27 years in the United States Air Force lands him as the 10th President at Youngstown State University. In this very personal and revealing interview YSU President Bill Johnson talks about the clear and present danger our nation faces from enemies foreign and abroad, the remarkable value YSU offers to students wanting a career in STEM, and he talks about t...

We welcome springtime to the Statehouse this week with a preview of what the agenda looks like in the final year of the 136th General Assembly. Senate President Rob McColley returns to The President's Podcast. He also looks back on Governor DeWine's final State of the State Address. The Governor signed SB 63 this week, officially banning the nonsense practice of Ranked Choice Voting in Ohi...

This week, Senator Theresa Gavarone, R-Bowling Green joins the President's Podcast to talk about the State of the State Address, and her bill that bans Ranked Choice Voting which awaits the governor's signature.

$24 billion. That's the new amount for how much local governments collect in local property taxes. Compare that to the $30 billion yearly in annual General Revenue Fund taxes the state collects from sales, income and other taxes. The ongoing campaign to repeal property taxes comes without answers and alternatives to what happens if voters repeal property taxes. Senate Finance Chairman Jerry Ci...

It all makes up a remarkable trail of historic sites as the United States celebrates its 250th birthday with America 250 this year. One place that is worth starting your Ohio 250 Tour is the iconic Ohio StatehouseOf course, Columbus was not the first capital of Ohio, and it wasn't even the second capital. Join us for a special President's Podcast this week with the Historic Site Manager of...

Where's an EV charging station when you need one? Although the weather warmed up a bit this week, it is still winter time and those cold temperatures reduce the range of those all electric vehicles, meaning charging stations are in demand. This week the Senate passed legislation designed to build more charging stations without gouging your home electric bill.  Senator Bill Reineke , who sponso...

Fentanyl laced drugs continue to have a devastating and deadly impact in our neighborhoods. Where is it coming from? Senator Terry Johnson is a retired doctor, former Scioto County Coroner and United States Army Veteran who served as the Chief Flight Surgeon in the Ohio National Guard and served two tours of duty in Iraq. Senator Johnson doesn’t hold back on the role of foreign governments and car...

This week Senator Michele Reynolds, R-Canal Winchester, joins the President's Podcast for a candid talk about Black History Month, her bills recognizing the contributions of Black Ohioans from World War II, and her remarkable background growing up in a caregiving environment that helped shape her into the strong leader she is today.

The Snowstorm froze out the Senate’s first session of the year this week, but the President’s Podcast plows ahead with Senate President Rob McColley.2025 generated major pieces of legislation from the Senate. Senate Bill 1 reset the mission of teaching for public universities to education rather than indoctrination. Senate Bill 2 established a 21st Century Energy Policy. The General Assembly also...

College football's new national champion and the state's new marijuana law highlight this week's edition of the President's Podcast. Did you just say, "What are you guys smoking over there?" Our guest this week is a medical doctor who has practiced emergency medicine for years and he played Division I College Football for the Toledo Rockets. Senator Steve Huffman sponsore...

Senator Andrew Brenner serves as the Chairman of the Senate's Education Committee and he makes the case for dissolving the U.S. Department of Education and sending all of the money from that expansive bureaucracy back to the states. He talks about his new bill that would require party designations to be printed on the ballot for school board candidates.  It has worked well for State Supreme Co...

Governor Mike DeWine joins us for an insightful, comprehensive, and interesting conversation about his 50 years of public service. We cover today's disturbing political environment ranging from a socialist elected in New York City, to his response on the avalanche of social media resulting from the $9 billion fraud investigation into childcare operations in Minnesota that spilled over into Ohi...

We have great Ronald Reagan story you don't want to miss. National Political Commentator, Author, and Political Strategist Mark Weaver joins the President's Podcast to talk about today's changing political environment, the fight over free speech, and the big political headlines of the year. Mark is a respected lawyer, political insider, and crisis communications expert who has some gre...

Ohio Senate Majority Floor Leader Theresa Gavarone goes on the record with the President's Podcast to talk about the hidden dangers within a campaign to repeal property taxes statewide. She also highlights her legislation that updates security involving Ohio elections and she cuts through the political attacks directed at a new bill designed to improve Ohio's family law procedures.