Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to explain why U.S. small business owners should be concerned about the behavior of Russia's Putin, and why his plans could hurt U.S. sovereignty and economy.

Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to talk about why weak U.S. foreign policy has contributed to Russia's aggressive expansion and the options available to stop more expansion by Putin.

Rich Galen joins Jim Blasingame to review the historic behavior of Russia over the past century with regard to expanding its influence even to the extent of violating agreements.

Amity Shlaes joins Jim Blasingame to discuss why Calvin Coolidge, America's 30th president, is perhaps our most underrated president because he actually decreased the size of government.

Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to report that the Obama administration and Congress have failed at one of the primary jobs they have, to pass a budget for most of the past 5 years.

Gerald Celente joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the dangerously increasing connection between Wall Street and Washington, and why American's better start paying attention.

Bill Schley joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the role of fear in life and entrepreneurship, and the importance of developing a relationship with fear and turn it into a motivator, not immobilizer.

Greg Link joins Jim Blasingame to explain that if you do what you say you're doing to do as a small business owner and build a reputation around that, you will be trustworthy to customers.

Greg Link joins Jim Blasingame to define low-trust, plus he explain that people are hardwired to trust & desire to be trusted, but business has lost the essence of trust as a best practice.

Greg Link joins Jim Blasingame to explain that trust is the lifeblood of business and small businesses can't afford to have untrustworthy people on their team.