john fugelsang, comedian and host of tell me everything with john fugelsang on sirius xm and author of the upcoming book separation of church and hate a sane person's guide to taking back the bible from fundamentalists, fascists, and fleecing frauds. and andrew zimmern, chief chef. excuse me, author and goodwill ambassador to the united nations world food program. it's great to have all of you with us. emma, i'll start with you and what you make of this crackdown on free speech with the with this very alarming and dangerous arrest of mahmoud khalil, a person who has a permanent residency here, but also a student. >> well, it's. >> deeply disturbing. i mean, i'll start. >> by saying. >> that donald trump and his administration. >> when it comes to. >> their immigration. >> crackdown, they're. >> reclassifying just people. >> who may not. have full. >> documentation when. >> they came. >> over. >> the border. >> as criminals. so it. justifies deporting them in mass or detaining them in mass, which is what we are seeing as they call them criminals. >> and they're applying. >> that same. >

and today, we've got liberal host john fugelsang joining us from new york and center right talk show host jeff angelo in des moines, iowa. thank you both for being here with us. a lot to discuss. john, let's start with this new jobs report. job gains were up lower than expected. but still economists say it was solid. is this something that your listeners are particularly paying attention to? and also just help us understand who your listeners are. >> well, thank you so much. it's lovely to be here. our listeners are the evening audience on sirius xm progress. although the way radio is going right now, about half of our audience listens live every night on the progress channel and about half listen, you know, on demand, on the app and on the podcast. people are it's really on the left, on a spectrum from fear to outrage. the stock market is crashing, prices are going up. we're breaking laws, appeasing dictators. and folks are scared. folks are trying to figure out where they should focus their outrage. i'm glad the jobs report is better than expected, but it's very, very early yet. the