Episodes

  • 39: Hayden Ludwig: The Cartels, Fentanyl, and America's War on Drugs

    39: Hayden Ludwig: The Cartels, Fentanyl, and America's War on Drugs
    May 29 2025
    Hayden Ludwig joined the podcast to discuss:
    • The surprising resilience of drug trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico border despite tougher immigration enforcement
    • The evolution of cartel strategies, including the use of sophisticated synthetic drug production and unsuspecting mules
    • The Chinese Communist Party’s role in enabling a chemical war against the United States via fentanyl
    Hayden Ludwig is the founder and managing editor of Restoration News, a media platform dedicated to investigative journalism supporting the America First Movement. Previously a senior investigative researcher at Capital Research Center, Ludwig holds a Master’s in Public Policy from George Mason University. His work exposes how transnational networks, enabled by political weakness and foreign adversaries, continue to exploit America.
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    36 mins
  • 38: Kayleigh Kozak and the Fight for Survivors' Rights: The Story Behind Kayleigh’s Law

    38: Kayleigh Kozak and the Fight for Survivors' Rights: The Story Behind Kayleigh’s Law
    May 15 2025
    Kayleigh Kozak joined the podcast to discuss:
    • The Origin and Impact of Kayleigh’s Law
    • Navigating the Legislative Process as a Civilian Advocate
    • Empowering Victims Through Policy and Awareness
    Kayleigh Kozak is the Family First Campaign Director at the America First Policy Institute, where she works to strengthen families and protect victims of abuse. She is best known for “Kayleigh’s Law,” adopted in several states to ensure lifelong protection for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Kozak has helped pass a range of bipartisan victim-focused laws and led efforts behind a landmark ballot initiative imposing natural life sentences for child sex trafficking. A Liberty University graduate with a background in Family Christian Counseling, she is also a wife and mother of five.
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    28 mins
  • 37: Arizona Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp (R) on Border Security, Prop 314, and Her Recent Meeting with RJK, Jr.

    37: Arizona Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp (R) on Border Security, Prop 314, and Her Recent Meeting with RJK, Jr.
    May 1 2025
    Arizona Senate Majority Leader Janae Shamp (R-29) joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss:
    1. What border security looks like for Arizona in the future.
    2. What Prop 314 sets out to accomplish.
    3. Her recent meeting with Sec. of Health RFK, Jr and her win in taking chemicals out of school lunches.
    A former perioperative nurse and nurse manager in the medical field, Shamp was first elected to represent Arizona’s 29th Legislative District in Nov. 2022. A resident of Surprise, she graduated from Arizona State University cum laude in Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology. She also graduated from Grand Canyon University magna cum laude in Nursing.
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    28 mins
  • 36: Steve Cortes on Illegal Immigration and Arizona Election Integrity

    36: Steve Cortes on Illegal Immigration and Arizona Election Integrity
    Apr 18 2025
    Steve Cortes on illegal immigration and Arizona election integritySteve Cortes, founder and president of the League of American Workers (LAW) joined the Grand Canyon Podcast to discuss:
    • Illegal immigration and the impact on election integrity.
    • Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz) and the provision of drivers licenses to illegal aliens.
    • The America First agenda and Arizona voters.
    In addition to being the founder of LAW, Cortes is a senior political advisor to CatholicVote. He was a spokesman and advisor to President Donald Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns, and previously traded global currencies and interest rates for 25 years for large international hedge funds. He has been an on-air broadcaster for CNBC, Fox News, and CNN. Cortes founded LAW in 2022 with the mission of promoting "policies to protect the priorities of laborers."
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    32 mins
  • 35: Chloe Cole, Senior Fellow, Do No Harm on Damage of Sex-Change Operations for Minors

    35: Chloe Cole, Senior Fellow, Do No Harm on Damage of Sex-Change Operations for Minors
    Nov 1 2024
    Chloe Cole, a detransitioner and senior fellow at Do No Harm, joined the Grand Canyon Times podcast to discuss:
    • Chloe’s childhood and process into gender transitioning with her parents and therapists.
    • How quickly she felt she made a mistake after undergoing irreversible surgery.
    • Chloe finding Christ and a renewed purpose as a woman and the work she has been doing to help the irresponsible gender-affirming rhetoric.
    A 20-year-old woman who said that she had “gender dysphoria” was given “puberty blockers,” testosterone and had a double mastectomy at age 12, Cole has since “de-transitioned” and supports bans on the chemical castration of minors.
    Cole is a senior fellow at Do No Harm, an advocacy organization that recently launch the “Stop the Harm Database” which “catalogs pediatric sex change-related services, including surgeries, cross-sex hormones, and puberty blockers, at U.S.-based medical facilities between 2019 and 2023.”
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    51 mins
  • 34: J. Christian Adams, president, Public Interest Legal Foundation on AZ Election Integrity

    34: J. Christian Adams, president, Public Interest Legal Foundation on AZ Election Integrity
    Nov 1 2024
    J. Christian Adams, president and general counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) joined the Grand Canyon Times podcast to discuss:
    • The 2020 election in Arizona and Donald Trump’s loss by less than 10,500 votes.
    • Overview of entertaining short film using current voter roll information that shows registrants using commercial addresses as their address of residence, which is illegal under AZ law.
    • Christian’s prediction of how this year’s voter integrity will compare to the 2020 election.
    Adams previously worked in the Voting Section of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2005 to 2010. In 2020, President Donald Trump appointed him to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he continues to serve with a term through 2025. Adams has been involved in election law litigation across 33 states and the territory of Guam, representing multiple presidential campaigns. He holds a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law and is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) is a nonprofit law firm that focuses on election integrity issues in the United States. Founded in 2012, PILF has pursued litigation related to voter registration list maintenance, election administration, and enforcement of the National Voter Registration Act. The organization seeks to ensure compliance with federal laws related to voter roll accuracy and has filed cases in multiple states. PILF’s legal activities often involve the pursuit of records or data from state election agencies and challenging practices it alleges may impact election integrity.
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    16 mins
  • 33: State Sen. Janae Shamp on Border Security, Housing Affordability, and Health Care in Arizona

    33: State Sen. Janae Shamp on Border Security, Housing Affordability, and Health Care in Arizona
    Oct 11 2024
    Arizona State Sen. Janae Shamp (R-AZ-29) joined the Grand Canyon Times Podcast to discuss:
    1. Border security, housing affordability, and healthcare in Arizona
    2. Outreach to young conservative voters in her district
    3. Her legislative priorities when re-elected
    Shamp was first elected to represent Arizona’s 29th Legislative District in Nov. 2022. She defeated Democrat David Raymer, winning 59 percent to Raymer’s 41 percent.A resident of Surprise, Shamp graduated cum laude from Arizona State University and received her nursing degree, also graduating cum laude, from Grand Canyon University.She is an operating room nurse, and said she was fired from her nursing position for refusing to take the “COVID” MRNA injection.
    Arizona’s 29th Legislative District is entirely located within Maricopa County, west and northwest of Phoenix. The district stretches from Litchfield Park in the south to north of Morristown in the north, stopping to the east of Wickenburg. It includes Luke Air Force Base.
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    19 mins
  • 32: Scot Mussi - President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club

    32: Scot Mussi - President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club
    Jul 31 2024

    Scot Mussi is President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, a non-profit advocacy organization founded in 2005 which focuses on “advancing a pro-growth, limited government agenda in Arizona.” Mussi was born and raised Arizona and graduated from Arizona State University in 2004. He lives in Gilbert with his wife and their three children.

    In this episode of the Grand Canyon Times Podcast, he discusses the requirements for Arizona election officials to remove voter registration that do not have proof of U.S. citizenship, as well as other predictions regarding election security this fall.
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    28 mins
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