National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast
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Episode 84: California’s Hideous Strength
Operating on impulse power, state lawmakers are building a new mega-agency that will adopt as state law anything Trump doesn’t like.
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Episode 83: The California Version of ‘Concealed Carry’
Renowned statistician Gavin Newsom’s announcement that he has identified the common factor in mass shootings (it’s men!), and the state Department of Education’s plan to teach kids to hate ...
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Episode 82: California’s ‘Special Responsibility’
Gavin Newsom says our economy and population size require California lawmakers to set new qualifications for presidential candidates, among other things.
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Episode 81: Are California Democrats Sick of “Winning”?
Democrats are living out the internal contractions of leftism.
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Episode 80: It’s the Stupid Economy
Lawmakers want to outlaw payday lending, extend jobless benefits to striking workers, and make ethnic studies mandatory throughout the Cal State system.
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Episode 79: New Quiz! ‘Fake News or Real?’
Did the San Francisco school board really find a 90-year-old painting of George Washington offensive?
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Episode 78: Nevada Follows California off the Cliff
David and Will consider Nevada’s decision to make government unions a permanent feature and Kamala Harris' call for an end to due process on campuses.
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Episode 77: America’s First Third-World State
David and Will discuss Victor Davis Hanson’s tour de force on the declining fortunes of California, the problem with raising the minimum wage, and more.
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Episode 76: Government Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
California’s homeless population soars, the state will fine the uninsured to fund health care for undocumented residents, and more!
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Episode 75: Lights, Camera, Abortion
Hollywood warns that new abortion law may kill Georgia film projects, Trump threatens new tariffs on Mexican imports, and California regulators finally admit coffee won’t give you cancer.