The Jeff Oravits Show Podcast

Clickbait and the dying legacy media + the ugliest public building? Ep. 2195

Angela and I start with clickbait and the dying legacy media. A new town is born in Arizona. Was the pilot drunk? Are Flagstaff home prices falling? Virginia boys get suspended for confronting biological girl in boys locker room. An AZ town hall makes the ugliest list, but I have the true ugliest public building that didn’t make the list. 

Congressman Eli Crane talks AZ fires, Trump/Putin & Big Beautiful Bill

I chat with Congressman Eli Crane and get his thoughts on the Trump/Putin meeting in Anchorage and what may be coming as a result. Crane updates us on the positive side of the big beautiful bill. We talk about his recent tour at the Grand Canyon and how we can make our forests healthier and fight fires with new tech and new ideas. Also, we discuss his bill to Defund the National Endowment for Democracy.

Illegal “Cat Calls”, A.I. pre-crime in AZ & the FLOK camera controversy.

Angela returns to the show after 1 week off with an update on the FLOK camera (license plate reader) controversy in Northern Arizona. I update you on the unending debt PLUS we share info on a new federal school tax credit. Olivia stops by with input on a new crime in Great Britain…”cat calls”. A kid in AZ gets suspended for writing what he called a joke that a school district took as a threat…but the “joke” was never emailed but flagged by A.I. before he deleted it. Ending with Olivia updating us on a potential screw worm issue impacting America’s beef supply. 

Government run grocery stores fail + ESA mis-info with Matt Beienburg of Goldwater Institute. Ep. 2192

Mark Haughwout guest co-hosts with me discussing the failure of government run grocery stores (and other failed government ideas). Matt Beienburg of www.GoldwaterInstitute.org talks about the mis-info by national media regarding AZ’s innovative ESA program. We share a really bad article on EV’s loaded with mis-info. Janet Wessels, Dir. of LifeWise Academy in Flagstaff LifeWise.org/flagstaffunifiedaz shares info on a promising program that shares Biblical based life lessons to school kids (outside public schools but during the school day). 

High tech fire fighting & fixing housing issues with Rob Wilson. Ep. 2191

Rob Wilson of Timberline Firearms and Training spends the show with me talking about fighting fires with local aircraft and high tech, crime from DC to small communities, green energy causing high energy costs, how to address housing and homeless issues and a culture change in DC. 

Will a new AZ initiative get our kids above 39% reading proficiency? Ep. 2189

Trump federalizes DC police. A new plan to try and get AZ kids literate. The Tump-Putin summit. An AZ Ponzi scheme conviction. And Larry Behrens, communications director with PowertheFuture.Com talks energy needs with A.I. and an unrecognizable future just ten years from now. 

Larry Behrens: A.I.'s insatiable energy needs spell increased rate$.

Larry Behrens, communications director with PowertheFuture.com talks energy needs with A.I. and an unrecognizable future just ten years from now. 

100% CHIP tariff? Project BLUE dead + Andy Biggs. Ep. 2187

Is a 100% chip tariff coming? Project Blue dead in AZ. Ultra processed foods over 50% US diet. Are government downpayment assistance programs worth it? Plus Congressman Andy Biggs.

Congressman Andy Biggs gives a fire update from the Grand Canyon.

Congressman Andy Biggs chimes in from the Grand Canyon with a Dragon Bravo Fire update including fire status, decision making process on future fires, future tech that may help and more. We also discuss the Arizona governors race, the AZ economy and water issues. 

Flock camera controversy in Flagstaff + AZ fire grows. Ep. 2186

Angela and I spend time on a Flagstaff PD camera system that has some upset. The Dragon Bravo Fire grows, Prescott has a new mayor, a plane crash, a murder and a body found plus student debt grows.