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Inside Golden State Politics — 284 episodes

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Affordable Housing And Homelessness: Insoluble Political Problems?

2

Summer Surprises

3

Will Democratic Socialists Seize The Political Steering Wheel?

4

Pre-holiday Maneuvers

5

Reflections...

6

Cage Fight Politics Hits Home

7

Here Comes Round 2

8

The Half-Time Show

9

Down To The Finish Line

10

"It Ain't Over Till It's Over!"

11

Eureka! California's Elections Wake Up

12

Lincoln-Douglas: Where Are You?

13

"Politics And Poker"

14

A Conservative View

15

And The Beat Goes On...And On!

16

Polls, Damn Polls, and the Governor's Race

17

"All Politics Is Local"

18

Everything But Epstein and Iran

19

Iran War And Governor's Race Occupy California Politics

20

The State Of The Union Analysis: Gloom And Doom

21

Colbert vs. Trump! Bass vs. Raman?

22

Election Law Warfare

23

Let the Games Begin—Er, Continue

24

California's a Test Case Again: Fire Chief, Trump, Tabloid Journalism

25

"As The World Turns"--On Trump

26

California's Budget Roller Coaster

27

From Monroe To Donroe: Manifest Destiny Meets Strongman Presidency

28

Covered California: Golden State Health Care Threatened

29

Health Care Chaos: The Nation's And Trump's

30

Political And Other Wars

31

"Turkeys Of The Year" Awards

32

Circling The Drain

33

Great Day For Women, Bad Day For The GOP

34

Elections 2025: A Preview Of The 2026 Midterms

35

Destruction: A Way Of Life?

36

"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"

37

the-blame-games

38

Don't Get Mad Get Even

39

Trump. Kirk. The First Amendment.

40

The State Of Things

41

Trump vs. Newsom: The Redistricting Civil War

42

Ukraine. The Smithsonian. Redistricting Rumble

43

Call Out the Troops?

44

Election 2026: Redistricting Versus Epstein

45

Hardball

46

"Oh what a tangled web we weave . . . "

47

Immigration And Trump's War On California

48

FEMA, ICE, DHS: A Confusing And Disturbing Alphabet Soup

49

Our Last Independence Day?

50

"The Times They Are A- Changin'"

51

What's Next? Who Knows!

52

Los Angeles To Trump: Back Off!

53

Cracks In The Republican Agenda: Trump, Musk, Immigration

54

Trump Vs. Academia

55

Budgets' Fallout And Trump's Failed Ambush

56

"Come Josephine In My Flying Machine"

57

When Is Old Too Old? When Is Compliant Too Compliant?

58

One Hundred Bottles Of Beer On The Wall...

59

California And Academia Vs. Trump

60

What A Mess! Politicians Still Stumped By Homelessness

61

California In The Trump Era

62

Is The Cover-up Worse Than The Crime?

63

Will The Good Guys Finally Win?

64

Trump: Easin' On Down The (Wrong) Road

65

"Sinners Can Repent But Stupid Is Forever."

66

Havoc. Confusion. New Denmark.

67

Gulf Of Trump?

68

More Chaos

69

Chaos!

70

Lincoln Got It Right: "...If You Want To Test A Man's Character, Give Him Power."

71

"1984"?

72

Disaster Politics

73

The Naughty List and Muzzling the Media.

74

It's "Kiss The Ring" Time; It's Running Scared Time.

75

Will A Clown Car Cabinet Take Aim At California?

76

L.A. 2025

77

GOP Future, Dem Autopsy

78

The Post-Game Show

79

The Pre-Game Show

80

"Lies. Damned Lies And Statistics"

81

Closing Strategies

82

As The (Political) World Turns

83

The V.P. Debate And Beyond

84

Inside The City Of Angels

85

Translating Trump, Retooling LA County

86

Speech And Debate and Dogs and Cats

87

California, Dick Cheney, And Kamala Harris

88

The Final Lap

89

Biden Aftermath. Biden Agonistes.

90

"Strong And Wrong Beats Weak And Right"

91

What Debate?

92

Special Edition: Where Do We Go From Here?

93

"What Did I Miss?"

94

Winning Now Isn't Everything: Presidential Polls And Debates

95

From Gaza To The Campus: The Battle Continues

96

The Undercard

97

Schiff. Garvey. Biden .Trump.

98

Delay Of Game

99

The Chief And The Mayor And A Hot Primary

100

A Whiplash Election

101

Missing From The State Capitol: News

102

"And They're Off."

103

Stumbling Out Of The Starting Gate

104

"Cut, Squeeze And Trim:" Economics Drive California And Its Media

105

Welcome To The New Year, A Lot Like The Old Year

106

To Be Continued: Gaza, Colorado, Abortion

107

A Good Year For L.A.'s Mayor. Not So Much For Academia.

108

Congressional Exits: California Loses Clout

109

Life Is Full Of Uncertainties

110

First Annual Inside Golden State Politics Turkey Of The Year Awards

111

Words Matter--And They Should

112

"The Times: How The Newspaper Of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, And The Transformation Of Journalism"

113

Anti-Semitism. Islamophobia. Global And Local Politics.

114

The "Trust Deficit" In Politics

115

Israel. Hamas. California.

116

Where Are We Heading?

117

And The Beat Goes On

118

Notice

119

Biden, Immigrants And Strikes

120

Is Age "Just A Number"?

121

Elections Have Consequences: Examples From Sacramento And Washington DC

122

"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"

123

The Media, The Debate and "The Man Who Wasn't There."

124

Groundhog Day: More Trump Reality TV?

125

Hot Labor, Abortion Rights, Indictment-Fueled Summer

126

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP

127

DeSantis, Newsom, Bass And Barbie

128

The Politics Of The "New West"

129

Ukraine, The CA Senate Race, Bass And Homelessness, A New CA Assembly Speaker

130

We're Back: Newsom For President? SCOTUS Versus Diversity?

131

Trump And "Britain Trump": Politics Here And Across The Pond

132

A Briefing By Our Washington Correspondent

133

Behind California's Looming Budget Deficit

134

Politics, Economics, Race: A Volatile Mix

135

A Peek Under The Golden State's Dome

136

The California Connection To 2024: Harris, Newsom, McCarthy, Abortion, Water.

137

A Tale Of Two Women: Bass And Feinstein

138

Everything But The Trump Show

139

Progressives Win Big; Donald Trump Not So Much

140

Guns. Again.

141

Big Tests: Trump, Bass and L.A. Schools

142

Freedom Of Speech: Gridiron And Dominion

143

California, Here Come The Republicans (Not You, Tucker).

144

Potpourri: Freedom Of Speech, Cancel Culture, Dilbert And Judy Chu

145

The Days Of Bass And Biden

146

The Week Of The Women: Feinstein And Haley

147

SOTU: "Annual National Root Canal"

148

The Mayor, The Chief, And More On The Classified Documents

149

Monterey Park: An Insider's Perspective

150

Classified Documents! Debt Limit! California Senate Race!

151

The Governor. The Mayor. The Congress. And The Cop.

152

The "Groundhog Day" Games

153

The January Sixth Report: Another Nail In The Trump Coffin?

154

2023: "Follow The Yellow Brick Road"

155

Mid-term Conundrum: Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty?

156

The Rise Of Anti-Semitism--Again

157

New Realities And Old Problems

158

The Next Los Angeles

159

The Post-Game Show

160

Democracy On The Ballot?

161

Pre-election Punditry: Part Two

162

Pre-election Punditry

163

L.A.'s October Surprise

164

Si, Se Puede: Will Latino Voters Decide The 2022 Elections?

165

Big L.A. Debates: Winners And Losers

166

Fight On For LA Mayor

167

"Politics And Poker": Bass, Caruso, Newsom

168

Mike Bonin: A Frank Farewell To City Hall

169

The Complex Politics Of August

170

Politics After Kansas

171

Newsom Boomlet: Troubles Ahead?

172

Erwin Chemerinsky On The Supreme Court, The Abortion Decision And Indicting Trump

173

Meanwhile...

174

Did America Deserve Its Fourth Of July Celebration This Year?

175

Will The Politics Of Abortion And Insurrection Impact The Midterm Elections?

176

Anatomy Of Democracy's Subversion

177

Spawn Of Watergate

178

The Post-Game Show

179

The Pre-Game Show

180

This Just In: Guns And Elections

181

Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Kevin de Leon

182

Money, Abortion And The L..A. Mayor's Race

183

Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Mike Feuer

184

The Rodney King Riots 30 Years Later: What's Changed? What Hasn't?

185

Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Karen Bass

186

A Tale Of Two Issues: Guns And Abortion

187

"Take This Job..."

188

"Which Way L.A.?"

189

The TikTok War

190

Politics In The Time Of War

191

The State Of The Union: Putin Encroaches

192

The Los Angeles Mayor's Race: A National Weather Vane?

193

Super Bowl! Super City? Super Hype?

194

Grassroots Power Grab: Pointing Toward A Right Wing Future?

195

Health care. Homelessness. Help! How?

196

Abortion. Crime. SCOTUS. Elections.

197

They're Off And Running: Biden, Bass, DeLeon And Many More

198

Gavin's In Good Shape, Biden Not So Much

199

Is Democracy Dead--Yet?

200

Tracking Two Pandemics: Covid 19 and Voter Suppression

201

Gavin Takes On Texas; Eric Confronts The Hill

202

Donald, Joe, Kamala and the MSM: What's Next?

203

How Did We Get Here? The Schneider Perspective

204

We're Ba-a-a-ck!

205

Steve Lopez vs. City Hall

206

Today's Battlegrounds: Schools and Cargo Ships

207

"Nobody's On Nobody's Side."

208

What a Mess!

209

Summer's Rocky End: Newsom's Stock Rises, Biden's Falls

210

Gavin, Larry and Donald Shrink the GOP

211

The Politics of Fear and Turnout

212

California and Kabul: Part III.

213

California and Kabul: Part Deux

214

California And Kabul

215

Revenge Of The Suburbs

216

Jury's Out On Infrastructure And Kamala

217

Quality Of Life Issues Drive California Politics

218

Is It Better To Be Feared Than Loved?

219

Too Early To Celebrate?

220

Race In The Classroom And The Polling Place

221

Democracy?

222

Too Much Hate, Not Enough Water

223

Questions Of Equity: Mideast Conflict, California Budget

224

The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg

225

Is The Republican Party Imploding?

226

Deconstructing Madam Speaker With Susan Page

227

Rodney King To George Floyd: Can Reform Save The Day?

228

Police Shootings: A Dilemma Forever?

229

From Bridges To Baseball: America Divided

230

The One That Doesn't Dwell On Covid

231

Journalism And A Racist World

232

When "Cancel" Politics Becomes "Cancel" Policy: CA and DC.

233

When "Cancel" Politics Becomes "Cancel" Policy: CA and DC

234

Will Biden's Covid Relief Package Squelch Newsom Recall?

235

Recall, Pandemic and The Rock--Oh, My

236

Amazing Grace, Amazing Misogyny

237

The President, "The Former Guy," And The California Recall

238

"Is This America?"

239

Uncivil Wars

240

Vax Mess!

241

"Land of Hope And Dreams"?

242

Did The Media Miss The Story?

243

"American Carnage"

244

Agism, New Blood And A Worried Glance Back

245

The Golden State Loses Its Luster

246

Becerra: Another Bright Spot For California And The Rest of The Country

247

The Myth of the Latino Monolith

248

American Diversity--Impacting Elections from Georgia to Orange County

249

Biden In Charge. California In the Spotlight. Trump In Trouble?

250

California And The Nation: Record Turnouts, Tight Races

251

Whither the Supreme Court? And a Peek At Hot California Congressional Races.

252

A Gentler--Not Kinder--Presidential Debate

253

Political Potholes and California Ballot Propositions: On the Rocky Road to Election Day

254

California Sends a Favorite Daughter Into Battle

255

The End of Civilization As We Know It?

256

The Rocky Road To Election Day Gets Rockier

257

Trump and Newsom, Strange Political Bedfellows and a Strange Political World

258

Donald, Bob, Covid and Chaos

259

The presidential campaign ignites and the California legislature flounders

260

Donald, Melania, Joe and Kamala

261

Michelle, Kamala, Nancy and Donald

262

Kamala! Kamala! Kamala!

263

The media's challenge: Reporting the pandemic election.

264

Asian Americans join Latinos as targets of Trump's bigoted rhetoric

265

Pandemic Politics: Is Trump Channeling Newsom? Is Newsom Channeling Trump?

266

Bigger Than Politics: The Future of Public Education

267

Electoral college, the pandemic, Trump's psyche: What a mess!

268

Newsom, Trump, Roberts: Politics and Policy

269

Trump: Wild on the trail

270

Are Latinos being ignored in the debate over police brutality

271

Protests: Anger and hope

272

The protests: Our takes

273

Disruption

274

The Media, Obamagate and Gavin Newsom

275

Woes: Budget and political

276

Newsom, Biden, and the poor

277

Coronavirus: Tracing, Privacy—a Challenge for California

278

Searching For Joe Biden, Voting By Mail

279

Social Media, Politics and the Coronavirus

280

The Media:Covering Politics and the Pandemic

281

Politics And Policy In The Time of Coronavirus

282

Leadership

283

MIXED BAG: Polls, politics and the virus

284

Sexism and the Presidential Race