Doug Wead joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the reasons Donald Trump decided to run for president many years before he announced in 2015, and what would have stopped him.

John Berlau joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current monetary elements and payment systems, and what these will look like with increasing use of technology and cryptocurrency.

John Berlau joins Jim Blasingame to report on the FedNow payment system proposed by the Federal Reserve Bank, and why this plan could create a regulatory conflict of interest with banks and businesses.

Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that he’s not that impressed with the China/US trade deal, including some of the specific elements that are deficient, and talk about how Phase II could bring improvements.

Ted Fishman joins Jim Blasingame to put the current global healthcare scare around the coronavirus into perspective with the SARS outbreak a few years ago, and whether this outbreak could weaken the China Communist Party’s control.

John Dini joins Jim Blasingame to report on how the SECURE Act made adjustments to the retirement options more immediately for Baby Boomers, including the ability to continue to contribute to their IRA after 70.

Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to report that based on the Trump administration’s behavior and recent court rulings, it seems that the attacks on the franchise industry’s employment structure may be abating.

Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to report on how union organization and state and federal governments wanting to collect more taxes, have led to a parasitic regulatory and court assault on the franchise industry over employment structures.

Marc Lieberstein joins Jim Blasingame to report on the multi-year history of assault – beginning with the Obama administration – on the U.S. franchise industry’s relationship between franchisor and franchisee employees.

Jim Blasingame talks about the current tendency to criminalize politics and policy and why that’s a danger to our Constitution and Main Street small businesses.