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It's all about family: Editorial columnist Tom Philp & Ken Monroe of the Family Business Association
A chat with political strategist Kelly Calkin
Special Episode: California Health Care - The Impact of H. R. 1
Larry Lee and The Sacramento Observer
Asm. Josh Lowenthal on regulating social media use for children
Mariel Garza and the Golden State Report
Gaming the system: Paul Mitchell on the impact of prediction markets and bad polls
Sparring with Swalwell and other campaign tales, with Michael Trujillo
A conversation with Adam Silver of the California FPPC
ESpecial Episode: The Top 100 2026
Paula Treat: Top 100 Hall of Fame
Downtown Sacramento's Return-To-Office lunch options
We Are the Power: Gary Lucks
A chat with Ahmad Thomas of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group
California's water future: Chelsea Haines
Come Together: Asm. Heather Hadwick and Asm. Patrick Ahrens
The Primary is over - What now?
Game changer: California Energy Commissioner Nancy Skinner
How California can get ahead of wildfires, with Steve Frisch
Can Steve Maviglio kill the Top Two Primary?
Talking journalism with Soledad O'Brien
Jeff Randle: Modern campaigns & 25 years of Randle Communications
Special Episode: A discussion on Affordability with Lorena Gonzalez and Mike Madrid
The Status of Women and Girls in California, with Darcy Totten
A chat with Debbie Cox Bultan of NewDEAL
When Fiona Hutton talks: 25 years in public affairs
Covering the Capitol, with Lia Russell of the Sacramento Bee
California Labor: Lorena Gonzalez
From Cesar Chavez to We Said Enough.
NEWSWELL wants to transform journalism. Can they help solve the local news crisis?
A conversation with Sanjay Wagle of the California Association of Realtors
Special Episode: A Conversation on housing with Asm. Buffy Wicks
A chat with Jennifer Barrera of CalChamber
A chat with Clint Kellum of the Department of Cannabis Control
Where are we on SB 54? Plus more enviro updates with Jennifer Fearing
Beyond the Governor's Race
Brian Green and California Voices
Jack Ohman: Politics, cartooning and the new media landscape
Clarissa Laguardia: Getting young people engaged in the democratic process
A look at San Francisco with Joe Eskenazi
2025 in review (and a peek at 2026), with Chris Cadelago of POLITICO
Capitol trivia masters, plus Sac State's Luke Wood
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and the Alliance of Former Chief Justices
Gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell's plan for California
Graham Knaus: California State Association of Counties
Jim Wunderman: From Bay Area Council to California Forever
Proposition 50 passed: What now?
A chat with Adam Silver, Chair of the California FPPC
A chat with Leah Barros of Barros Clay & Associates
Special Episode: A Debate on Proposition 50
A chat with California State Treasurer Fiona Ma
Special Episode: Health Care - Interview with Dr. S. Monica Soni of Covered California
Nonprofits, puppy mills, a "giant mess" and more, with Jennifer Fearing
A quick hit: Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics?
Ancient history (and much, much more) with Mike Gatto
Tim Storey of the National Conference of State Legislatures
A chat with incoming Assembly Minority Leader Heath Flora
Talking Top 100 with Marisa Lagos
Mapmaker Paul Mitchell on California's emergency redistricting proposal
On the Campaign Trail with Kevin Liao
Talking Solar and Alternative Energy with Brad Heavner of CALSSA
Twenty years at Capitol Weekly - Plus, Frank Torres of UNAC
A chat with Jennifer Pierre of the State Water Contractors
Senator Scott Wiener: California and AI
A chat with Tribal Affairs Secretary Christina Snider-Ashtari
Chris Lehane: The promise of AI
A chat with Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares
Lance Hastings: California Manufacturing and the Truth about Tariffs
Amy O'Gorman Jenkins: Cannabis industry crisis
Special Episode: California Insurance Crisis – The Los Angeles Fires
Special Episode: California Insurance Crisis – What Next?
Special Episode: California Insurance Crisis – The State of the Insurance Industry
Special Episode: California Insurance Crisis - Keynote by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara
Asm. Buffy Wicks on Housing; and Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero on the Impact of the Tariffs
April Manatt and the Problem Solvers
Shirley Weber on the SAVE Act; and Trans rights activist Ebony Harper
Jeff Pearlman brings "The Truth" to Orange County
A chat with Asm. Pilar Schiavo
Polling, polling, polling, with Paul Mitchell
A chat with Asm. David Tangipa
Dan Walters Marks Fifty Years Covering the Capitol
Claire Conlon: Around the world and back again
Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Panel 2, Climate and the Environment
Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Panel 3, Immigration
Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Panel 1, Health Care
Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Keynote by California Attorney General Rob Bonta
Reporter Brian Joseph's new book on Sex Trafficking in the USA
California Assembly Parliamentarian Brian Ebbert
What the Hell is happening in Washington DC?
Priorities for 2025, with Asm. Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
From Hope to the Secretary of State's office: Dr. Shirley Weber
Six Guiding Principles of Governing California - Bob Hertzberg
A Chat with Stephanie Roberson
2024 in Review (and a Peek at 2025), with Chris Cadelago
A Quick One: Worst Week
A Look at Ranked Choice Voting with Josh Rosa
Special Episode: Health Care in CA, Panel 3 – Impact of Budget Cuts
The Latina Vote, with Sonja Diaz
Exit Interview: Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman
A Cataclysmic Election for Los Angeles