12-11-25 Part One - Robot's Rights

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, living in an era when activists of various stripes argue that, well, everything should have rights. Animals, nature, plants, the moon, rivers, AI/robots, you name it. Now, in Newsweek, the transhumanism popularizer and California gubernatorial candidate Zoltan Istvan argues that we should give robots rights so they will show mercy on us. Seriously. Anyway (and also) House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring Obama Care enhanced subsidies as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday a quarter percentage point cut to its overnight lending rate and more on the Russian hoax. For more talk on the issues that matter to you, listen on radio stations across America Monday-Friday 12am-5am CT (1am-6am ET and 10pm-3am PT), download the RED EYE RADIO SHOW app, asking your smart speaker, or listening at RedEyeRadioShow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices