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National Review's Radio Free California Podcast National Review
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A show about the perilous state of the Golden State—and what that means for you, wherever you live. California is the hothouse lab of the Left, the nation-state creating the statist policies, art, and lifestyles of the future – and generating the political dollars to make them a reality in a community near you. Hosts Will Swaim (California Policy Center) and David Bahnsen (The Bahnsen Group, Fox Business News commentator, conservative activist) beam this weekly show internationally, from mostly undisclosed pirate-radio platforms west of the Sierra Nevada. [Intro music graciously provided by Los Angeles-based Metalachi, the metal/mariachi soundtrack of the near-future. Find them at Metalachi.com.]
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Episode 332: Gavin Newsom Doesn’t Care about Black People
Reparations generates more crime, and the victims are almost always black. Gavin Newsom breaks his “no new taxes” pledge while making it. Caught making a deal with pro-Hamas student radicals, Sonoma State president Mike Lee decides he’d like to spend more time with family. UC Santa Cruz “academic workers” fronting for Hamas face a remarkably resolute university administration. Left and right meet in their contempt for income-based utility bills. California Policy Center’s Lance Christensen analyzes the teachers' union’s budget battle with Gavin Newsom, and National Review art critic Brian T. Allen discusses the California arts scene, from missions to metallurgy. Music by Metalachi.
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Episode 331: Newsom Fiddles in Rome, California Burns
Facing an historic budget crisis, campus violence, and new charges of billions lost through homelessness and unemployment fraud, Gavin Newsom leaves the country for a performance at the Vatican. Music by Metalachi.
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Episode 330: Singing That Killers of the Flowers Tune
Attorney General Rob Bonta turns himself into a cinematic hero of indigenous people in the case of a 2020 deadly domestic dispute. Violence at UCLA was almost a certainty when state officials appeased anti-Israel protests, but the Los Angeles Times knows who’s really at fault: conservatives. Celebrating Cinco de Mayo and Jane Fonda Day. Congress raises the heat on former California labor secretary Julie Su. Bonus: Lance Christensen talks with Jonathan Zachreson and Scott Davison on California’s Protect Kids ballot initiative. Music by Metalachi.
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Episode 329: Central Valley of the Dolls
David considers the limits of private equity in farming, United Farm Workers union fends off charges it ripped off farmworkers. Gavin Newsom celebrates another bold step for “clean energy” but admits it’s unlikely to stop blackouts. The Democrats’ infinite abortion money-machine revealed, and California’s largest teachers' union calls for an end to capitalism and Jews. Music by Metalachi.
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Episode 328: How California Became ‘The Home of the Homeless’
The Supreme Court takes a swing and misses on West Coast homelessness in Grants Pass. Kamala celebrates SEIU, likely undermines elder care. The falling fortunes of California’s Tesla and Fisker. Bonus: hated illegal immigrants. Music by Metalachi.
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Episode 327: Run, O. J., Run!
The meaning of O. J. Simpson’s life and death. Google, USC, and UC Berkeley restore balance to the universe. Biden’s Health & Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra says he’s coming back to California to run for governor. Gavin Newsom finds a new way to make the state’s housing crisis even worse. Bonus! Will talks with California Policy Center’s Edward Ring about the siren call of “clean energy.” Music by Metalachi.