The Rick Robinson Show

Algorithms suck, and social media is terrible, but today we talk about a bright spot in that landscape, Pickax with CEO Jeff Dornik

Today’s show dug deep into the addictive architecture of modern platforms — the dopamine loops, engineered outrage, algorithmic amplification, and the psychological toll of endless scrolling. We explored how social media mimics the behavioral hooks of casinos and chemical dependency, from intermittent reward cycles to blue-light disruption and attention fragmentation. But this wasn’t just a cultur...

Shutdown brinkmanship returns as the SAVE Act collides with Senate politics. Is this Schumer Shut Down 3.0 — or just more Capitol Hill theater?

Today on The Rick Robinson Show: 📊 Jobs numbers vs. revisions ✈️ The FAA’s “deadly force” airspace warning 🏈 California’s Super Bowl tax twist 🎙️ Bill Maher and pandemic-era hindsight Headlines move fast. We slow them down.

Epstein Files DROPPED Don Lemon arrested Trump, authorizing a race for America Birthday and so much more, all on this episode 

On the continuing saga Rick has dubbed The Winter of Discontent, the GOP is marshalling its surrender monkey caucus because deporting illegals and battling commies is too hard or something.  Rick takes a deep dive into all the news over the weekend. The GOP is lining up to fold, and only you ladies and gentlemen can stop them. 

In this deep-dive episode of The Rick Robinson Show, we trace the long and often misunderstood road that led to the current uprising in Iran. From U.S. policy failures in the 1970s, the fall of the Shah, and the Iranian Revolution, through decades of sanctions, intelligence misreads, and hardened authoritarian survival tactics, we connect the historical dots that explain why today’s Iranian regime...

Rick's original hot take on the Rene Good situation is discussed in depth on this show 

It's protest season in Minnesota again Rick discusses that and more on this episode 

Today on The Rick Robinson Show: ICE cracks down on the “worst of the worst,” Hegseth turns cartel boats into confetti, and the media faceplants trying to sell a new Trump “fatigue” narrative. We hit global flashpoints from Moscow to Mexico, then bring it home with Oklahoma’s crime, economy, and community pulse. Security, spin, culture, and your wallet — all in one fast-moving two-hour ride.

It’s Day 24 of the Schumer Shutdown, and America’s running out of patience — and now, even the skies are fighting back. Rick breaks down the latest Senate block, the GOP’s nuclear-option talk, and a viral Townhall clip of Gavin Newsom bragging about free healthcare for illegals. Then, the story lit up RedState: commercial and private pilots coordinating symbolic delays on congressional routes to p...

The government shutdown grinds into week three — and while 42 million Americans face a November 1st food-stamp cutoff, California’s governor is bragging about free healthcare for illegal immigrants. Rick digs into the numbers, exposes Schumer’s stall tactics, and asks why the party in power calls it “leverage” when families are hurting.

From “No Kings” to no excuses — Rick breaks down the week Washington lost the plot. Forty-two million Americans face food-stamp chaos, the GOP considers the nuclear option, ICE faces assaults from Manhattan to Portland, and Abigail Spanberger’s “tone reset” turns into a law-and-order red flag. Then Jen Psaki proves the media meltdown is complete, mocking J.D. Vance and his wife on live TV — with T...

Day 17 of the government shutdown and the cracks are showing — from Schumer’s spending games and the TSA’s “shutdown theater,” to Bolton’s indictment, Antifa’s arrests, and the implosion of NBC and CBS. Rick connects the dots on how bureaucracy, lawfare, and media rot are finally colliding with accountability. Politics, power, and payback — all in two fast hours on The Rick Robinson Show.

D.C. gridlock drags into week three as Schumer fumbles, Fetterman breaks ranks, and bomber pilots send “messages” over Venezuela. Meanwhile, hackers hit airport speakers and the FBI proves real America still works. Chaos at the top—competence on the ground.ns.

Day 15 of the shakedown shutdown, and the spin machine’s still running. On today’s Rick Robinson Show, we dig into what Townhall calls the “Schumer Shutdown” — Senate Democrats blocking three clean bills to reopen the government — and how President Trump’s “Scissors Strategy” is turning cuts on paper into pink slips and paused paychecks. We track how it’s hitting home: Oklahoma schools bracing for...

As the government grinds to a halt and global diplomacy takes center stage, Rick examines who pays the real cost. Hour two honors Charlie Kirk on his birthday, and his legacy of activism is recognized with the nation’s highest civilian award.