Are small businesses asking community banks for loans? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to the challenges community banks and small businesses are having growing their business and the economy.

President Obama says climate change is the threat of our lifetime. Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to debate the failed energy policies of our government and the ideological obsession on climate change by President Obama.

Wall Street is the tail that's wagging the economy''s dog. Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about Fed policies and government policies have put how the financial markets at odds with the Main Street economy and small businesses.

It looks like higher interest rates are on the way. The Rick Newman joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the issues that higher interest rates could present to an economic recovery that continues to struggle.

For decades, the government has paid farmers not to plant crops. Burt Folsom joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the history of farming subsidies, how they have never worked and why we can't seem to get rid of them.

Why isn't the Main Street economy setting records, like Wall Street? Jim Blasingame reports on how Fed policies are driving Wall Street to record highs but is not helping the Main Street economy, which may be in danger of having a lost decade.

The economy is changing fact, are you? Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the evolving expectations of your customers and talk about what small businesses have to do to remain relevant, not just competitive.

Main Street America looks different in the 21st century. Steve Martin joins Jim Blasingame to report on the American landscape he saw from his train window in a cross-country trip, including the impact on those local marketplaces.

Why is entrepreneurship so important? Tim Berry joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of entrepreneurship as a force that is the primary driver of economic growth in any country, and whose greatest enemy is government policies.

Will Ben step down as Fed Chairman in January? Bob McTeer joins Jim Blasingame to predict that Ben Bernanke will step down as Fed Chairman in January 2014, and also to predict who his successor will be.