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Next Round — 166 episodes

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2026 End of Session Preview

2

The Lowdown on the Politico Sacramento Summit

3

What is Gavin Newsom doing all day?

4

Assembly Republicans Oust Their Leader

5

The Grizzly Bear Days of Summer

6

California Sues to Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger and Newsom Says Democrats Should Do Better Fighting "Income Inequality"

7

Why the New State Budget Strips Power From Tony Thurmond . . . And Other Big Capitol News

8

Let's Make a Deal!

9

The Newsoms Under Investigation, Lawmakers Pass the Budget, and a White House Cage Match

10

They're Still Counting . . . and Counting

11

PRI's 2026 California Primary Halftime Show

12

Next Round's 2026 California Primary Preview

13

No Tough Questions Allowed for the California Gubernatorial Front Runner

14

A Big Week for the Next California Governor and LA Mayor

15

A Wild Week in Washington, DC and California

16

Who Won? Who Lost? A Review of the First California Gubernatorial Debate

17

Swalwell Scandal Rocks Governor's Race

18

Josh Bandoch - How to Get What You Want

19

Stuck in Line

20

Addressing California's Insurance Crisis

21

A Conversation with U.S. Attorney Eric Grant

22

Top California Journalists Discuss the California Governor's Race

23

Wayne Winegarden - What the Trump Tariff Ruling Means for You

24

An Evening with Jason Riley

25

A Super Bowl of an Episode

26

Conservatism Past, Present and Future with Charles Kesler, Matt Continetti and Steven Hayward

27

On Minnesota, Davos and California's Growing Outmigration Trend

28

PRI All Stars Analyze Governor Newsom's 2026-27 Budget Plan

29

Rick Caruso - One Year After the Wildfires, Are We Rebuilding a Stronger LA?

30

The PRI All Stars 2025 Year End Awards

31

Mark Skousen - The Greatest American

32

Thien Ho - The People vs. The Golden State Killer

33

Sally Pipes - On the Health Care Debate in Washington

34

Pam Lewison - How Much Will Your Holiday Dinner Cost This Year?

35

The PRI All Stars Election 2025 Wrap Up

36

The PRI All Stars Election 2025 Preview

37

Dr. Wayne Winegarden - Competition is Key to Affordable, High-Quality Health Care

38

Highlights of PRI's 2025 Sir Antony Fisher Dinner

39

Naomi Riley - Lives Cut Short

40

Assembly Republican Leader Emeritus James Gallagher - The Exit Interview

41

The PRI All Stars 2025 End of Session Wrap Up

42

Kerry McDonald - Joyful Learning

43

A Conversation with Assemblyman Joe Patterson

44

Matt Rexroad - On the Gavin Newsom Redistricting Scheme

45

Catherine Reheis-Boyd — Ensuring Fuel is Plentiful and Affordable in California

46

Steven Greenhut - Protecting Cities from Wildfires

47

Kenneth Schrupp - Reporting on Lessons Learned from Southern California Wildfires

48

A Conversation with Mayor Willie Brown

49

A Conversation with Assemblyman Josh Hoover

50

Dr. Wayne Winegarden - What Should Fiscal Conservatives Think About the "One Big Beautiful Bill"?

51

Dr. Ed Amos - A First Hand Acccount of the Southern California Wildfires and Recovery

52

Chef Andrew Gruel - From FreedomFest 2025

53

Reason's Eric Boehm - From FreedomFest 2025

54

Robby Soave - From FreedomFest 2025

55

Rebekah Paxton - Would You Like a Higher Minimum Wage with Your Fries?

56

Susan Crabtree - Fool's Gold

57

Professor Michael Mische - Just How Much Will We Pay for Gas When 2 Big Refineries Shut Down?

58

Jason Riley - The Affirmative Action Myth

59

Wayne Winegarden - Analyzing the 2025 May Revise

60

Ambassador Francis Rooney - On the Legacy of Pope Francis and the Conclave to Elect the Next Pope

61

Ben Austin - Can Sacramento Actually Fix California's Underperforming Public Schools?

62

PRI's Earth Week Special - What is the Cost of Going Green?

63

Marcos Bretón - On the Challenges of the City of Sacramento and its Major Daily Newspaper

64

Is There a War on Suburbia in California?

65

Tom Campbell – On Tariffs, DOGE and Cutting Government Waste

66

Assembly Member Blanca Rubio – How to Reverse the Collapse of Learning in California's Schools

67

Reforms to Help Southern California Recover Faster

68

PRI All-Star Panel discusses State of the Union speech

69

Sally Pipes – The World's Medicine Chest

70

Sheriff Jim Cooper – What's Next after Voter Passage of Prop. 36

71

Christopher Cox – Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn

72

Joe Kent – Lessons from Maui as LA Begins to Rebuild

73

Wayne Winegarden - On the Trump Tariffs

74

Yemi Mobolade and Brian Risley - How Colorado Springs is Letting Freedom Lead the Way

75

Steven Greenhut - How California's Insurance Crisis Could Be Double Whammy for Wildfire Victims

76

The PRI All Stars Respond to Gov. Newsom's 2025-26 State Budget

77

Charles Kesler at his Festschrift Celebration

78

The PRI All Stars 2024 Year End Awards

79

Adam Abolfazli – Permission to Fail

80

Hannah Meyers – Not Taking Crime Seriously

81

Tevi Troy – The Power and the Money

82

Dallas Lawrence – Communicating Under Fire

83

The PRI All Stars on the 2024 Election

84

Norton Rainey - CEO of Ace Scholarships on School Choice

85

The PRI All Stars 2024 Election Preview

86

Judge Glock – On California's Housing and Homelessness Problems

87

George Gilder on his new book, The Israel Test

88

Tim Carney - On his new book Family Unfriendly

89

Phil Goldberg – On State and Local Climate Change Litigation

90

Tim Anaya and Kerry Jackson – The California Left Coast Survivor's Guide

91

Bartlett Cleland – All Things Tech in Sacramento and Washington

92

PRI's Former Speechwriters on the (Second) First Presidential Debate

93

Steven Greenhut - End of Session 2024 Wrap-Up

94

PRI's Former Speechwriters Take on the 2024 Democratic Convention

95

Victor Davis Hanson – The End of Everything

96

Lord Roberts of Belgravia – Conflicts Around the World

97

The Grants Pass Decision on Homelessness: An Inside Look

98

Erica Sandberg – San Francisco's Homeless Crisis

99

PRI's Former Speechwriters on the Republican Convention

100

Lance Izumi – The Great Classroom Collapse

101

Chris Micheli – Is the Legislative Process Fueling Grassroots Activism or Acting as a Roadblock to Reform?

102

Former Speechwriters on the First Presidential Debate

103

Charles Kesler on former students book

104

Matt Beech – What Should Americans Think About the Upcoming British Elections

105

Erik Jaffe - 2024 Supreme Court preview

106

Batya Ungar-Sargon - Second Class

107

Stephen Moore – 2024 PRI Baroness Thatcher Dinner Keynote Speaker and Honoree

108

Wayne Winegarden -- Newsom's May Revised Budget

109

How Lowered Academic Standards Hurts California's Students, Economy - 2024 Sacramento Policy Conference

110

Wayne Winegarden on PRI's New Spending Watch Project

111

Todd Myers – Time to Think Small on the Environment

112

How Can We Actually Reduce Homelessness in California? – 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference

113

Reforming Criminal Justice Policy to Put Victims First - 2024 PRI Sacramento Conference

114

Andrew Stuttaford – Electric Cars: Central Planning's Latest Vehicle

115

Mike Gatto – Noir By Necessity

116

Robert Bryce and Tyson Culver - Juice, Power, Politics and the Grid

117

PRI All-Star Speechwriters on the State of the Union Address

118

Rea Hederman – Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers and Families

119

Steve Hilton - Keynote Address: PRI Ideas in Action Conference

120

Paul Tice – Race to Zero: How ESG Investing will Crater the Global Financial System

121

Jennifer Burns – Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative

122

Steve Greenhut and Wayne Winegarden – Giving Housing Supply a Boost

123

Roger Simon – American Refugee

124

Jeff Anderson – Kicking off the Election Cycle

125

The PRI All Stars Respond to Gov. Newsom's 2024-25 Budget Plan

126

The PRI All Stars - 2023 Year End Awards

127

Richard Samuelson – What We Can Learn About Today's Politics from the Boston Tea Party

128

Melissa Caen – All Things Politics

129

Ben Judge – America's Foreign Adversaries: What would John Quincy Adams Do?

130

Holiday Book Gift Guide – PRI Staff

131

Scott Beyer – Latin America's Urban Experience

132

Elizabeth Funk – How Dignity Moves is Reimagining Scalable Solutions to Homelessness

133

John Lowry - Negotiation Made Simple

134

Charles Kesler - Reflections on Current Contentions

135

Emily Hoeven – The Issues Facing San Francisco and California

136

Rowena Itchon and Tim Anaya – California New Laws on the Books

137

Wayne Winegarden - The Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions

138

Kerry Jackson – Climate Change and Big Oil

139

Clark Judge – Election Preview

140

Steven Greenhut – End of Legislative Session Wrap-Up

141

Wayne Winegarden – Free Cities Index

142

Lance Izumi – Back to School

143

John Yoo – The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court

144

Carol Roth – You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back

145

Heather Mac Donald – When Race Trumps Merit

146

Paul Atkins – ESG Investing: Doing well and doing good? Or not?

147

Bob Spano, Carl Olson, and Steve Smith – How Bad Sacramento Policy is Causing Victims' Families to Relive Traumatic Memories

148

Kerry Jackson – Tort System Enriching Lawyers and Not Helping Victims

149

Bill Meehan – Getting About

150

Ken Pope – Victims of Communism

151

Stephen Soukup – The Dictatorship of Woke Capital

152

Marc Joffe – How can California transportation policy better serve customers?

153

Wayne Winegarden – Sapping California's Energy Future

154

Erik Jaffe – 2023 Supreme Court Preview

155

Lee Ohanian – Why Californians Are Fleeing the State

156

Bill Smith – Rationing Medicine

157

Rea Hederman, Jr. – How Much More Will You Pay for Electricity Under Revived Clean Power Plan?

158

Pam Lewison – How This Year's Record Rains are Impacting California Farmers

159

Bartlett Cleland – Lates on Debates on TikTok, ChatGPT and Privacy

160

Kevin Hassett – Recession Fears, Inflation, and Stopping Socialism

161

Sally Pipes – It's Baaack, Single-Payer Health Care in California

162

Spencer Klavan – How to Save the West

163

Wayne Winegarden – 50-State Charity Regulation Index

164

Philip Howard – Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Unions

165

PRI Sacramento Policy Conference – Reimagining Our Cities

166

PRI Sacramento Policy Conference: Improving the Quality of Life in Our Cities