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Michael Steele(R) and Rick Ungar(D) break down top stories from differing political perspectives.

Steele & Ungar is a daily three-hour show with friends Michael Steele, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Rick Ungar, a Democrat and contributor on politics and healthcare policy at Forbes.com, discussing the week’s news with top newsmakers. Listeners can call into the show at 866-96-POTUS (866-967-6887), and Steele and Ungar will take calls representing all sides of an issue.

02/06/2018

Matt Dolan, the founder and CEO of The Global Teaching Project, joined the guys to talk about how education is the key to civil rights. Michael and Rick also discussed the May jobs report with Politico's Victoria Guida. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/14b92945-f3d4-4b97-a3b1-44fcbd1eb025

Matt Dolan, the founder and CEO of The Global Teaching Project, joined the guys to talk about how education is the key to civil rights. Michael and Rick also discussed the May jobs report with Politico's Victoria Guida. How much credit does President Trump deserve for the strong economy?

01/06/2018

Rick and Michael talk about the Trump administration imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the EU. Are we now in the midst of a trade war? The guys also discuss whether liberals are too condescending. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/50cae5bc-78ad-43a2-8749-bd239d5d86ca

The Trump administration imposed steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union. They have retaliated in kind. Michael and Rick talk about whether we're now in the midst of a trade war. The guys also discussed whether liberals are too condescending and whether it is one of the k...

31/05/2018

Dr. Karen Weaver, the mayor of Flint, Michigan, joined the guys to talk about about the ongoing water crisis. Michael and Rick also discussed House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy debunking President Trump's claims about "spygate". https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/8b6b74b8-38af-4d93-9655-80af2dbfba40

Dr. Karen Weaver, the mayor of Flint, Michigan, joined the guys to talk about about the ongoing water crisis. Why was help so slow to get there and what still needs to be done in order for the crisis to truly be over? Michael Steele and Rick Ungar also discussed House Oversight Committee Chairman Tr...

30/05/2018

Tom Porter of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, joins the guys to talk about the state of the VA and Robert Wilkie, President Trump's pick to lead the agency. Michael Fuchs, a former State Department staffer under President Obama, joined Rick and Michael to talk about whether the U.S. and North Korea will be able to salvage the peace summit. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/c1ac6bb1-e176-4c6a-9fca-591d396f2287

Tom Porter, the legislative director for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), joined the guys to talk about the state of the VA and Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, President Trump's pick to lead the agency. Michael Fuchs of the Center for American Progress jumps on to discuss the....

26/05/2018

Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California joins us to explain why the Senate's anti-sexual harassment bill doesn't go far enough and talk about what changes she thinks need to be included. Michael and Rick also discuss Harvey Weinstein's arrest on charges of r**e. How will this impact Hollywood and the Movement going forward? https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/2992d8fa-04c6-4eff-866b-8d0500e0f61a

The Senate passed a bill Thursday that seeks to reform the process for reporting and addressing sexual misconduct in Congress. The Senate’s bill, passed without any objection in a voice vote, aims to reform significant parts of the Congressional Accountability Act. The House passed similar measure...

25/05/2018

North Korea expert Gordon Chang joins the guys to talk about President Trump calling off the upcoming summit with North Korea. Rick and Michael also talk to former Trump aide Sam Nunberg about former DNI chief James Clapper's assertion that Russia swung the 2016 election for Trump. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/4b04bb95-8454-4a14-a05a-eceba56cd608

President Trump canceled his planned summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un earlier today, citing North Korea’s “tremendous anger and open hostility” in recent statements ahead of the meeting. Lawmakers and pundits in Washington are split on the president’s decision. Several Republica...

24/05/2018

NPR's Domenico Montanaro joins the guys to talk about Fox News and the AP crafting their own exit polling that tries to capture voter attitudes. Michael and Rick take a look at the NFL's new policy on standing for the national anthem. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/0cb59b96-21f6-40f0-bdb7-ef6939162d20

“What happened?” That’s the question Hillary Clinton and so many others were asking on the morning of November 9, 2016. Part of the immense confusion and frustration was directed at the pollsters who had said for months that Clinton was leading Donald J. Trump. How could they have gotten it so...

23/05/2018

Rick and Michael discuss President Trump's unsecure phone and whether it poses a national security risk. Scott Nelson joins the guys to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling that companies can require workers to accept individual arbitration cases. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/df3bb059-6ee6-4045-8a8b-2c196327557e

We all know Twitter is President Trump’s favored avenue for keeping in touch with the American people, making policy proclamations and venting at Washington bureaucracy. President Trump tweets primarily through, according to reports, an iPhone that, despite being issued through White House Informa...

22/05/2018

Kris Brown, the co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, joined Michael and Rick to talk about ways that we can prevent more mass shootings from happening. The guys discussed the DOJ's decision to investigate whether the Trump campaign was illegally surveilled. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/7d15c314-a60c-40da-a9aa-b5d9f37632bd

The Atlantic published a piece by senior editor David Frum on Friday simply titled, “It’s the Guns.” Frum opens with an earth-shattering statistic: “Americans of high-school age are 82 times more likely to die from a gun homicide than 15- to 19-year olds in the rest of the developed world......

19/05/2018

Rick and guest co-host Tara Setmayer talk about the tragic school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas and ask whether we'll actually see any change after this latest mass shooting. Anti-poverty advocate Jack Frech explains why almost half of U.S. households can't afford basic necessities like food and housing. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/f1191184-4432-4596-930e-8404245c40bf

A seventeen-year old student walked into Santa Fe High School in Texas today with a shotgun and a revolver. He killed 10 people—nine students and one teacher—and wounded 10 others. Explosives, including pipe bombs, were found around the school. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that the shooting i...

18/05/2018

Career counterintelligence and counterterrorism officer Malcolm Nance joins the guys to talk about whether the nearly $3 trillion in taxpayer money that has been spent on the "war on terror" has been used wisely. Rick and guest co-host Boyd Matheson welcome Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio to talk about economic messaging for the upcoming midterms and whether or not he'll challenge Nancy Pelosi for Speaker if the Dems take back the House. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/228e288e-05e2-4980-9272-e346be31d003

According to a study by The Stimson Center, a non-profit think tank, the United States government spent a combined $2.8 trillion of taxpayer money on the "War on Terror" between September 11, 2001 and the end of 2017. The Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute estimates that n...

17/05/2018

Charles Armstrong, the director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, joins Rick and guest co-host Bill Tucker to discuss what North Korea is trying to accomplish by threatening to withdraw from the summit with the U.S. Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone talks with Rick about his new book, “I Love Capitalism: An American Story.” https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/9246edf8-9b8a-425c-8494-8f755761c497

North Korea threatened to withdraw from the upcoming summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un over recent U.S. actions and rhetoric. The North took issue with joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea and said the United States may want to “corner” it ...

16/05/2018

Daily Beast columnist Gordon Chang talked to the guys about President Trump's ZTE tweet over the weekend and what it means for the trade dynamic with China. Rick and guest co-host Boyd Matheson discussed how some of the president's policies are having unintended consequences that are hurting some of his supporters. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/7f419391-98f3-44e4-842f-10ee3f4784cb

President Trump tweeted Sunday morning that he is working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to get controversial Chinese telecom giant ZTE “back into business.” Lawmakers and the intelligence community allege that ZTE’s products pose cybersecurity threats for surveillance and espionage. Furthe...

15/05/2018

JINSA president and CEO Dr. Michael Makovsky talked to the guys about the geopolitical impact of moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps joined Rick Ungar and guest co-host Bill Tucker to discuss how Democrats can turn the issue of net neutrality into electoral gold in the 2018 midterms. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/eaa2540f-cc5a-4804-a1bf-c64b7bdd9397

The United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem earlier today as part of its formal recognition of the city as the capital of Israel. Today also happens to be the 70th anniversary of President Truman’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty. While U.S. and Israeli lawmakers celebrated, thousands of ...

12/05/2018

Rick and guest co-host Ron Christie try to wrap their heads around why a White House aide and a retired three-star general would mock Senator John McCain's fragile health condition and his military service. The man is an American hero. Full stop. Is this a new low for our civility? The guys also talk about House Republicans' plans to alter the social safety net. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/b3a53717-7823-4a6c-83a1-f72bcd5f2036

Senator John McCain is a war hero and an American hero. Full stop. He's staring down his own mortality after receiving a brain cancer diagnosis last year. He weighed in on Gina Haspel's nomination for CIA Director and said that her refusal to condemn the practice of torture was disqualifying. A Whit...

11/05/2018

Dr. Steve Klasko, the president and CEO of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University, joined the guys to discuss the flaws he sees in former PA Senator Rick Sa****um's healthcare proposal. Rick and guest co-host Ed Morrissey also talked with John Tamny of Forbes about his new book! https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/5896eca3-c999-4979-b760-e90b0028f4cf

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Sa****um joined us a couple of times over the past two weeks to explain his plan to fix America's ailing healthcare system. His plan is very similar to the Graham-Cassidy bill that Sa****um helped to create. Dr. Steve Klasko, president and CEO of Jefferson Health and...

10/05/2018

Rick and guest co-host Rick Tyler talked with Politico's Elana Schor about Gina Haspel's confirmation hearing. Will she become the next CIA Director? Michael Steele spoke to Dr. Ellen Wald about Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, his purges and reforms in the kingdom and the implications they have for the region and the rest of the world. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/6e9f8067-f84c-4660-b598-275c51aeb9f0

Rick Ungar and guest co-host Rick Tyler spoke with Politico's Elana Schor about Gina Haspel's confirmation hearing Wednesday. Haspel is seeking to become the first woman to become CIA Director, but her nomination has become controversial because she was involved in the CIA's interrogation program. S...

09/05/2018

Aaron David Miller, one of the U.S.' foremost foreign policy expert, joined us to discuss President Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Iran deal. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Sa****um jumped on with Rick and guest co-host Ed Morrissey to continue our discussion about how to fix our ailing healthcare system. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/6a98c41b-7c4a-40b3-b654-d37c55d46d38

President Trump announced today that he is formally withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—also known as the “Iran nuclear deal”—and once more imposing “the highest level” of economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic. President Trump railed agains...

08/05/2018

Republican political strategist and commentator Evan Siegfried joined the guys to talk about the GOP continuing to put forth primary and general election candidates like Don Blankenship. Could this be another Roy Moore situation? Georgia State law professor Eric Segall jumped on with Rick and guest co-host Rick Tyler to explain why a federal judge admonished special counsel Robert Mueller in the Paul Manafort case. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/98a760ec-394d-4019-b383-7351165ad1df

The cover story for this month’s issue of “The Nation” magazine, “Election 2018 Is Off To The Racists”, chronicles the growing number of openly racist and white supremacist candidates in Republican elections since President Trump won the presidency in November 2016. How did the party of Li...

05/05/2018

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Sa****um joins the guys to talk about his plan to fix Obamacare. He explains what his plan is and how it would work. Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich jumps on with Rick and guest co-host Ed Morrissey to talk about his gubernatorial campaign in Ohio and why he thinks he can reach across the aisle to attract both Republican and Democratic voters. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/23d5a5a9-aed3-45ee-949b-bae30f582092

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Sa****um has a plan to fix Obamacare. On a basic level, his plan would seek to use block grants to give states more control over their healthcare needs. Sa****um joins Rick and guest co-host Ed Morrissey, senior editor of HotAir.com, to discuss what his plan is and h...

04/05/2018

Election law professor Ned Foley joined the guys to talk about whether President Trump reimbursing Michael Cohen for his settlement payment to Stormy Daniels violated the law. Rick and guest co-host Ed Morrissey also discussed the tragic case of Alfie Evans and whether the British government was in the wrong. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/7a62dfa4-5eed-4d6d-9504-6fab0df32018

Rudy Giuliani, a recent addition to President Trump’s legal team, revealed in an interview with Sean Hannity Wednesday night that Trump reimbursed Michael Cohen, his personal attorney, $130,000 that Cohen paid to former p**n star Stormy Daniels as part of a settlement agreement before the 2016 ele...

03/05/2018

Former federal prosecutor Doug Burns joined us to talk about whether or not special counsel Robert Mueller can or will subpoena President Trump as part of the Russia investigation. Rick and guest co-host Rick Tyler also discuss former HHS Secretary Tom Price's admission that repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate will cause healthcare premiums to go up for everyone. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/5232bdf8-f9d2-40c1-8792-b6904cd874d1

The Washington Post reported Tuesday night that special counsel Robert Mueller warned President Trump's legal team back in March that he could subpoena the president and bring him before a grand jury if he won't agree to sit down for an interview. Legal experts began debating and discussing whether....

02/05/2018

Carol Lee, national political reporter for NBC News, joined Rick and guest co-host Bill Tucker to discuss White House chief of staff John Kelly eroding morale in the West Wing and reportedly calling President Trump an idiot. Keziah Daum, a teenager in Salt Lake City who was attacked on social media after posting pictures of herself wearing a Chinese dress to prom, talked with the guys about being accused of cultural appropriation, the messages of encouragement and support she has received and what she has learned from the whole ordeal. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/e5b098e0-f941-441d-a264-4087ec4d6deb

NBC News reported Monday that White House chief of staff John Kelly, increasingly frustrated with the president, called President Trump an “idiot” in one meeting and has tried to portray himself as a bulwark to hold back the president’s chaos. According to eight current and former White House ...

01/05/2018

Rick and guest co-host Bill Tucker talked to Olivier Knox, SiriusXM Chief Washington Correspondent and the incoming president of the White House Correspondent's Association, about the controversy surrounding the dinner this past weekend. The guys also discussed prominent conservative Matt Schlapp's assertion that it's not journalists' job to call out the president and his staff if and when they lie. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/ed834b9f-661a-4993-ba17-edda96d16b79

Michelle Wolf’s roast of Washington media, politicians and other Beltway power players at Saturday’s White House Correspondent’s Association dinner left many with a sour taste in their mouths. The controversy around Wolf’s performance has dominated the social and news media conversation for ...

28/04/2018

Daily Beast columnist and North Korea expert Gordon Chang joined Rick and guest co-host Matt Mackowiak to break down the historic summit between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in. Should we trust the North Koreans when they say they want peace and are willing to denuclearize? Mark McKinnon, the creator, executive producer and co-host of Showtime's "The Circus", talks about the challenge of trying to document "the wildest political show on earth." https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/d1926701-b778-4fc5-a27c-5fff63bb1b14

South Korean president Moon Jae-in announced Friday evening that, together with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, North and South Korea will work towards a formal end to the Korean War by the end of 2018. The two countries will also work together on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. The...

27/04/2018

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America founder and CEO Paul Rieckhoff talked about the state of the VA in the aftermath of Ronny Jackson dropping out as the nominee to lead the agency. Washington Post features writer Manuel Roig-Franzia joins Rick and guest co-host Matt Mackowiak to discuss the Cosby trial and verdict. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/ea2e1d9d-b296-41c2-bb9c-68bf4e6478ee

Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, physician to Presidents George W. Bush, Obama and Trump, withdrew from his nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs early Thursday morning. Lawmakers, experts and the media criticized Admiral Jackson’s nomination from the start because of his lack of administrative e...

26/04/2018

Steven D. Gordon, a litigation attorney for Holland & Knight, joins the guys to break down a federal court judge's ruling that the Trump administration must not only keep DACA going, but continue to accept applicants as well. Rick and guest co-host Matt Mackowiak look at the implications of the EPA's new "transparency" rule that would limit the types of research it uses when writing regulations. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/d8bfd08c-5a54-4057-aa7e-ee812f17ec34

A federal judge for the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday night that the Trump administration would have to continue protections for current DACA recipients and continue accepting qualified applicants to the program. Two other federal judges, one in Brooklyn and one i...

25/04/2018

Rick Ungar talked with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, about how medical ma*****na could help solve the opioid crisis. Guest co-host Bill Tucker and Rick also took a look at the backlash that Kanye West, Shania Twain and Roseanne have faced over their support for President Trump. Have we reached a new level of intolerance? https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/62d7ea24-6454-4905-bc95-22164574e2b2

On Tuesday morning, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN's chief medical correspondent, published an open letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on CNN.com. Dr. Gupta shared stories and corresponding scientific evidence about how ma*****na treats pain better than opioids and could even help en...

24/04/2018

Career counterintelligence officer Malcolm Nance joined Rick and guest co-host Rick Tyler to talk about North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un declaring that the North will halt all nuclear tests. President Trump's first nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andy Puzder, jumps on to discuss his book. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/f182a5e0-0662-484a-b762-0ec01553a630

Kim Jong-un announced through North Korean state-run TV on Saturday that North Korea is ceasing all of its nuclear missile tests. The North Korean dictator stated that tests would no longer be necessary as “the weaponisation of nuclear weapons has been verified.” Senate Foreign Relations Committ...

21/04/2018

On our latest episode of , Michael and Rick examine whether there is inherent liberal bias in mainstream media and dive into former FBI Director James Comey's recently-leaked memos. What impact, if any, could they have? https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/e5d03475-9fce-42ed-b05c-4127ffefdca3

Fox News host Sean Hannity accused the news media of being partisan hacks and "nothing more than an extension of the Democratic Party” during the opening monologue of his primetime TV show on Tuesday night. Hannity went on to express how he thinks all the “fake news media” does is “parrot li...

20/04/2018

Bill Gertz, senior editor at the Washington Free Beacon, joined Rick and guest co-host Rick Tyler to discuss South Korean President Moon Jae-In's claim that North Korea is willing to denuclearize. Doug Palmer, senior trade reporter at Politico, jumps on to talk about the brewing anger among farmers over President Trump's trade policies. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/b59652a3-3c10-4363-a760-45c569a28b75

South Korean President Moon Jae-In told reporters on Thursday “North Korea is expressing a will for complete denuclearization." President Moon’s statement was met with skepticism because in the past, North Korea has reneged on deals when it came to dismantling its nuclear program. Bill Gertz, se...

19/04/2018

Former federal prosecutor Doug Burns joined Rick and guest co-host Bill Tucker to recap and break down the opening arguments in the travel ban case being heard before the Supreme Court. Author Donald Lee Sheppard talked about values-based leadership and his book, "The Dividends of Decency" https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/9c315599-d2cf-45a2-bad1-2c6df411ad0c

On September 24, 2017, President Trump issued a "travel ban" that would prevent foreign nationals from eight countries from entering the United States. The countries listed were: Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. Some government officials from Venezuela were impacted as well....

18/04/2018

Former First Lady Barbara Bush, the wife of President George H.W. Bush and mother of President George W. Bush, passed away this evening at the age of 92. SiriusXM Chief Washington Correspondent Olivier Knox and Andrew Ochs, who produced C-SPAN's 'First Ladies Series', joined Rick and Michael to share their memories of Mrs. Bush and discuss her remarkable legacy. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/ab628a9b-4aeb-4f1e-bda7-666075166856

Former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away this evening at the age of 92. The wife of President George H.W. Bush and mother of President George W. Bush, Mrs. Bush was an iconic figure in Republican and national politics for decades. Andrew Ochs, who produced C-SPAN's 'First Ladies Series', called he...

17/04/2018

Jack Hunter joined Michael and Rick to explain why many of President Trump's supporters are upset with him over his Syria response. The guys also discuss James Comey's interview with George Stephanopoulos. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/8d24bfe9-fd70-40cc-b0d5-d6c3442b2281

President Trump ordered airstrikes and missile strikes against chemical weapons facilities in Syria Friday night in conjunction with British and French forces. Many of President Trump's supporters sounded off on social media and over the airwaves, expressing their feeling that this contradicted ever...

14/04/2018

Politico's Elana Schor joined Michael and Rick to discuss the roadblocks that current CIA Director Mike Pompeo faces on his road to being confirmed as Secretary of State. The guys also discuss what we've learned so far from former FBI Director James Comey's new tell-all book. https://art19.com/shows/rational-radio-daily/episodes/cd464047-31ab-4e63-b24e-719cf0d5983d

Current CIA Director Mike Pompeo testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday to begin the confirmation process to become Secretary of State. Senators from both sides of the aisle asked him about his positions on the Iran Deal, North Korea and President Trump’s power to...

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Steele & Ungar is a daily two-hour show (7-9 p.m. ET) on SiriusXM POTUS with friends Michael Steele, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Rick Ungar, a Democrat and contributor on politics and healthcare policy at Forbes.com, discussing the week’s news with top newsmakers. Listeners can call us at 866-96-POTUS (866-967-6887).