Episodes

  • Episode 393: The Retreat of the California Resistance

    Episode 393: The Retreat of the California Resistance
    Jun 10 2025
    Email Usdbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCA Show NoteCalifornia track and field finals: Trans athlete AB Hernandez wins 2 events, shares podiumCalifornia Backtracks on State Policies Allowing Boys to Compete in Girls’ Track ChampionshipSan Francisco Backtracks on ‘Equity’ Grading Program after BacklashYelling, finger-pointing and cursing galore as California Democrats gather near DisneylandCalifornia’s Democrats Bet on Radicalism, Not Results at Anaheim ConventionNewsom Administration Holds Closed-Door ‘Cooperation’ Talks with Chinese OfficialsFreed Israeli Hostage Says Hamas Captors Were Rooting for Harris to Beat TrumpDems (not so) secretly repealing Kamala Harris’ truancy lawAntonio Villaraigosa: AQMD Rules 1111 and 1121 should be rejectedCalifornia lawmakers pounce on energy board amid departing oil refineries: "We have a crisis on our hands"Senate Confirms Nancy Skinner to California Energy Commission Despite Legislative Record Creating High Energy CostsSB 672 wants early parole for ‘youthful’ violent killers, including some sentenced to life without paroleNewsom insults California voters by not funding Proposition 36Julie Hamill on the differences between girls and boysCalifornia Justice Center‘Who Is ‘Her’?’: Attorney Wrecks CNN Anchor Over Trans Sports Policy In Viral ExchangeJulie Hamill discusses Title IX on CNN’s News CentralJohn J. Miller on Louis L’AmourJohn’s websiteThe Last of His Breed
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    2 hrs and 29 mins
  • Episode 392: Remember Picacho Pass!

    Episode 392: Remember Picacho Pass!
    May 27 2025

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    Show Note:

    • Dr. Tony Lima: The Myth of Donor States
    • Senate Votes to End California’s EV Mandate
    • Austin’s Reign as a Tech Hub Might Be Coming to an End
    • Villaraigosa blasts Harris and Becerra for not speaking out about Biden’s decline
    • Kamala Harris takes swipe at Musk and warns world to ‘remember the 1930s’ at Gold Coast real estate conference
    • The Next Tax Reform Glitch Is Coming to Main Street Businesses
    • Barbara Lee Speaks for Oakland
    • Placer County revives homebuyer program eases path to ownership
    • Former LA deputy mayor to plead guilty to reporting fake bomb threat at City Hall
    • L.A. hotels threaten to withdraw from Olympics deal over minimum wage hike
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 391: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Banality

    Episode 391: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Banality
    May 20 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • 25-year-old suspect in fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings, officials say
    • Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report says
    • Is the California Dream a Mirage?
    • Dave Eggers: Uncle Patrick’s secessionist breakfast
    • GM Is Pushing Hard to Tank California’s EV Mandate
    • Newsom says bailing L.A. out of budget crisis is ‘nonstarter.’ Bass remains hopeful
    • Got medical debt? LA County may have just paid it off
    • She brought ‘teeth’ as juvenile hall watchdog — but claims state defanged her
    • Video shows L.A. probation officers letting group beat teen in Los Padrinos juvenile hall
    • Gov. Newsom Smears USC Professor Mische for Reporting CA is Facing $8.43/gallon Gas as Refineries Close
    • Salman Rushdie as graduation speaker upsets Muslim students at Claremont Colleges

    Lance Christensen inside the state capitol:

    • Lance Christensen
    • Budget Bloat And Blame Games: Inside Newsom’s May Revision
    • Newsom spends more to educate fewer kids more poorly
    • AB 379 passed out of the Assembly with a 74-0 vote
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 390: Newsom’s 19th Nervous Breakdown

    Episode 390: Newsom’s 19th Nervous Breakdown
    May 15 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Guest host Will O’Neill
    • High-speed rail, abortion and the will of the voters: Takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget
    • Who’s the mayor of California?
    • In unhinged rant, Gavin Newsom essentially admits he's at fault for homeless crisis in California
    • Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor of Turlock spar over homeless shelter funding
    • Los Angeles County opposes Newsom's executive order, won't arrest and jail people at encampments
    • California released 15,000 prisoners early during COVID. New data reveals what happened to many of them
    • Governor hopefuls kiss labor’s ring
    • Wash Post says Harris’ coverup of Biden’s cognitive decline part of why Democrats lost: ‘Credibility problems’

    Jon Fleischman Returns:

    • Flash Report
    • California Patriot Profile: The Late Andrew Breitbart
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Episode 389: Escape to Alcatraz

    Episode 389: Escape to Alcatraz
    May 7 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Trump’s circle tries to soothe investors’ frayed nervesWhat to make of Trump’s big plans for AlcatrazThe Tariff Impact on Main Street Trump’s First 100 Days Have Shattered California’s Left-Wing IllusionsCalifornia overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threatHouse Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered CarsWhy California recently revised its clean air regulations for zero-emission trucks | OpinionIn a Wildfire-Ravaged L.A. Suburb, Red Tape Snarls the Rebuilding: ‘Everybody’s Forgotten About Us’Santa Ynez Reservoir in Palisades must be drained again after more leaks foundDems go to Krell and back on sex traffickingKill new housing with regulation, but blame mathIs California doomed to repeat pension history?California cancels vacation payouts for state workers over budget concernsTrans high school track star sparks fury after winning girls’ triple jump by staggering 8 feetSheridan Karras, California Policy Center:SEIU 721’S strike affects county services while union pushes for bigger payoutsMark Mix, National Right to Work:Mark MixEmployee of LAX Foodservice Provider Slams Unite Here Local 11 With Federal Charges Detailing Intimidation, Harassment
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Episode 388: Blue on Blue Violence

    Episode 388: Blue on Blue Violence
    Apr 29 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Trump’s tariffs threaten Southern California’s $300-billion trade industry, report says
    • Longshore union blasts Trump tariffs, warns of massive job losses
    • Harris to criticize Trump in first major address since leaving office
    • Kamala Harris Has Been Quietly, Carefully Working the Phones and Plotting Her Next Move
    • Is Gavin Newsom changing his tune with the oil industry?
    • Republicans find the perfect storm
    • Karen Bass unveils her ‘very difficult budget’ for LA
    • Mayor Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs: What departments are on the list?
    • Santa Cruz City Council approves near-term wharf repair, downtown Vibrancy Ordinance
    • Protections for nesting gulls (among other uniquely Californian headaches) delayed repairs to Santa Cruz wharf
    • San Diego's Big Bay Boom fireworks display may fizzle out this year
    • Long Beach is giving away free gun safes to help prevent accidental firearm deaths
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    47 mins
  • Episode 387: San Francisco’s ‘New Pragmatism’

    Episode 387: San Francisco’s ‘New Pragmatism’
    Apr 22 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:California is first state to sue Trump on tariffsCalifornia’s lawsuit puts West Coast business leaders to the testThe Hollywood Upside of Trump’s Trade WarGov. Gavin Newsom under fire for calling deported man’s case a ‘distraction’Valero to shutter at least one of its California refineriesCalifornia’s refinery capacity stretched to the limitVistra withdraws Morro Bay battery plant application How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate changeNewsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverageCalifornia just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure — losing millions of federal dollarsBarbara Lee wins tight Oakland mayoral race‘There’s a reckoning to be had’: San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center.Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state onlineEdward Ring: Myths of Earth DayEarth Day Reclaimed: Challenging The Top 10 Myths That Hijacked EnvironmentalismPeter Zeihan, “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization”Ed’s energy newsletter, “What’s Current”
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Episode 386: Joy Division

    Episode 386: Joy Division
    Apr 16 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Merle Haggard
    • Why did it take Bernie Sanders and AOC to rally California liberals?
    • ‘Not acceptable.' Not a single home building permit finalized in Altadena following Eaton Fire
    • Homeowners sue California FAIR Plan, claim it’s not paying for home cleanups after wildfires
    • Measure ULA is reducing apartment development in the city of L.A, report says
    • CA Dems pass on funding Prop. 36 as Newsom celebrates rights of crime victims
    • For California’s largest public union, telework poses challenge — and opportunity
    • The Prop 22 fight rides again
    • California Is Preparing to Take Trump to Court to Stop His Tariffs
    • Oakland mayor’s race too close to call as Barbara Lee predicts ‘a long week’
    • Trump’s volatile trade policy creates new problems for California state budget
    • Judge allows Menendez brothers' resentencing effort to move forward
    • Menendez brothers' aunt hospitalized after DA shares graphic photos in court: 'We are devastated'
    • Rosie O'Donnell says convicted killer Lyle Menendez is first 'straight man' she can 'love' and 'trust'
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    1 hr and 1 min
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