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  • Everybody Has Polls Six Days Out — But Nobody Has a Crystal Ball!

    Everybody Has Polls Six Days Out — But Nobody Has a Crystal Ball!
    Oct 29 2026
    Six days before the midterms, Democrats are talking about a blue wave, Republicans are hoping for a low tide, and Rick Robinson has one question: How much can we really trust the polls?
    Rick compares the latest congressional polling with the 2018 midterms, examines the races in South Carolina and Maine, and digs into the difference between national sentiment and actual election results.

    Hour two turns to January 6 and FBI confidential human sources, a confrontation involving the Cuban delegation at the United Nations, the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision, and Oklahoma's aluminum smelter controversy. There's also a look at Palmer Luckey's push for American-made computers—and a detour into Rolling Stone's questionable definition of rock music.

    Everybody has numbers. Nobody knows the outcome until the votes are counted.
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    1 Std. und 58 Min.
  • -- Fraud Corruption & Insurrection OH MY! --

    -- Fraud Corruption & Insurrection OH MY! --
    Oct 24 2026
    Governors, constitutional change, and the people claiming to save democracy—Rick digs into Data Republican’s clips, then takes on the Hoffman/Epstein debate over campaign money and political double standards. Add court headlines, ICE claims, polling credibility, and chat trolls who picked the wrong Friday: First-responder and military tributes round out a show where the rails are optional.
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    1 Std. und 59 Min.
  • The Fall of Civilization & Why the Left Wants It

    The Fall of Civilization & Why the Left Wants It
    Oct 23 2026
    Rick Robinson examines material highlighted by Data Republican and argues that the fight over government legitimacy reaches well beyond Election Day. He examines polling credibility, Michigan’s Senate race, Chuck Grassley’s allegations about collecting Republican supporter records, and Elissa Slotkin’s controversial deterrence remarks. Along the way: a rowdy Chat Lives Matter audience, disappearing bookmarks, and the question that ties it all together—who watches the watchers?
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    1 Std. und 50 Min.
  • The Future Can Fly. Washington Can’t.

    The Future Can Fly. Washington Can’t.
    Oct 17 2026
    A flying-car video has Rick dreaming like an ’80s kid—and wondering why even cool technology turns into a political fistfight.

    Then it’s back to earth: Burisma questions, midterm polling, campaign reversals, and Washington’s talent for delivering excuses instead of answers. Rick tackles affordability, free markets, and government accountability, with Friday’s law enforcement and military tributes honoring those who serve.

    A little futuristic horsepower. Plenty of political heartburn. It’s the Friday edition of The Rick Robinson Show.
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    1 Std. und 52 Min.
  • Good Charts, Tight Wallets

    Good Charts, Tight Wallets
    Oct 10 2026
    Growth is aggregate. Affordability is personal. Rick Robinson returns for Finally Friday with a look at the gap between economic headlines and the bills Americans actually have to pay. He discusses jobs, housing costs, consumer confidence, and how energy prices ripple through groceries, transportation, and everyday life—while arguing that the U.S. economy deserves more context than either partisan cheerleading or predictions of collapse.

    The conversation then turns to the 2026 midterms: Abdul El-Sayed’s comments on fossil fuels, questions surrounding James Talarico’s absence from the campaign trail, Ken Paxton’s response, and whether Senate polling tells the whole story. Rick criticizes both parties’ records and explains why he still sees Republicans as the better of two imperfect choices.

    He also makes his case against continuing property taxes on a paid-off home, discusses Oklahoma’s constitutional debate, and reacts to Marco Rubio’s remarks about U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Along the way, Rick shares the family health scare and plumbing trouble behind his recent absence, with tribute breaks honoring the military and first responders.
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    1 Std. und 48 Min.
  • Who Watches the Watchers? Data, Surveillance and the Systems Beneath Us

    Who Watches the Watchers? Data, Surveillance and the Systems Beneath Us
    Sep 26 2026
    Modern institutions collect more information than ever—but who controls that information, who protects it, and what happens when the systems underneath everything begin to fail?
    Rick Robinson examines a federal judge’s temporary order restoring White House access to CNN, MSNBC, and Politico. The ruling does not establish a permanent right to a press credential, but it raises important due process questions when the government revokes access it previously granted.

    The discussion then turns to the FBI’s investigation of a claimed breach involving its employment portal. Although the full scope remains unconfirmed, reportedly authentic personnel information creates risks extending far beyond ordinary identity theft—especially when names, addresses, family contacts, and job assignments could become a targeting map for hostile actors.

    Rick also separates the evidence from the slogans surrounding Arctic Frost, Jack Smith’s investigation, congressional phone metadata, nondisclosure orders, and the constitutional protections afforded to legislative activity.
    The technology debate moves from Washington to America’s roads as Rick examines Flock license-plate cameras, wrongful conclusions drawn from accurate data, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and the danger of letting automated tools replace real investigation.
    Finally, Oklahoma’s widespread 911 routing failure exposes the contradiction beneath modern government: institutions can build sophisticated surveillance networks while still depending upon fragile, aging infrastructure to route an emergency telephone call.
    Different agencies, different controversies, and different technologies—but the same essential question: Who watches the watchers?
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    1 Std. und 34 Min.
  • The Price of Power

    The Price of Power
    Sep 24 2026
    Who controls the information — and who ultimately pays when power changes hands?
    Rick starts with the escalating fight over White House press access, the traditional presidential media pool, and whether modern political journalism is gathering information or manufacturing confrontation.

    Then a breaking Oklahoma human-trafficking case brings the conversation much closer to home, as Rick looks at the allegations, the months-long investigation that began with Purcell police, and why recognizing trafficking often starts with somebody simply refusing to look away.

    Hour two turns to the price of economic and national power. Stronger-than-expected economic data sends Treasury yields surging, Wall Street tumbling, and investors wondering whether inflation and higher interest rates are sticking around longer than expected.

    From there, Rick connects the dots between Xi Jinping's U.S. visit, rare-earth processing, Taiwan, America's relationship with China, and the new Greenland defense agreement — including what actually changed and what was already permitted under agreements dating back to 1951.

    Back in Oklahoma, the same argument becomes intensely practical: AI, data centers, electricity demand, groundwater, drought, and who should pay for the infrastructure needed to support the next generation of economic development.

    Finally, new Census numbers collide with the affordability debate as Sen. Ted Cruz warns about what he calls "socialism lite" emerging inside the populist right.

    Different stories. Same underlying reality: Power has a price — and eventually somebody pays it
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    1 Std. und 39 Min.
  • Who Controls the Machine?

    Who Controls the Machine?
    Sep 22 2026
    Artificial intelligence may exist as software, but the infrastructure that supports it is very real—and whoever controls that infrastructure may eventually control far more than the technology itself.

    Rick Robinson revisits warnings about artificial intelligence, separating documented problems from unproven predictions. He examines whether federal regulation would protect the public or merely give Washington and the largest technology companies greater control over smaller competitors.

    The discussion then moves from software into the physical world. Data centers require land, electricity, transformers, transmission lines, cooling systems, capital, and government approval. Rick examines rising electricity demand, legislation over who should pay for new grid infrastructure, and the Federal Reserve’s acknowledgment that enormous technology companies are competing for staggering amounts of capital.

    The episode also launches Countdown to Midterms with President Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend and the controversy surrounding a Texas political-organizing program that paid participants $25. Rick distinguishes legitimate campaign work from illegal vote buying while asking where political persuasion ends and financial inducement begins.

    The program closes in Oklahoma with questions surrounding Oklahoma County’s finances, the proposed Enola aluminum smelter and local referendum, and the withdrawal of Lance Shroyer’s nomination to lead ICE.

    Different stories keep producing the same question: Who receives the authority—and what happens after they have it?
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    1 Std. und 35 Min.