California Nation

The Sacramento Bee

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The Sacramento Bee presents California Nation, your go-to source for the latest political news from the world's fifth-largest economy. Each show, we focus on what's happening way out West and how it could shape the national conversation.

03/28/2021

Confronting Sexual Harassment in California State Legislature

In this episode of California Nation, Sacramento Bee Opinion Editor Gil Duran talks with Samantha Corbin, Adama Iwu and Alicia - three of #WeSaidEnough's co-founders - about sexual harassment in the California State Capitol. How much has really changed since the #MeToo movement in 2017? What will it take for legislators to fix a culture of harassment and abuse? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27 min
03/10/2021

California Recall: Should Gov. Gavin Newsom be worried?

In this episode of California Nation, Sacramento Bee Opinion Editor Gil Duran discusses the looming recall election with three political experts: Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School; Mike Madrid, a veteran Republican political consultant, and; Garry South, a veteran Democratic political consultant and former advisory to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 min
02/23/2021

How one man said goodbye to Rush Limbaugh

Rusty Manseau was once Rush Limbaugh's #1 fan. But when he stopped paying attention to politics in disgust after President Barack Obama got re-elected in 2012, he experienced an unexpected change. California Nation host Gil Duran gets the scoop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 min
01/24/2021

As COVID-19 spikes, government botches vaccine rollout

The botched rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has created anger and frustration. Even if federal and state authorities manage to straighten out the vaccine distribution, they'll have to confront another problem: fear and mistrust that create "vaccine hesitancy" in some communities. In this episode of California Nation, Gil Duran interviews State Sen. Richard Pan, Dr. Daniel Turner Lloveras and Axana Rodriguez-Torres about the cultural barriers to an effective vaccination strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 min
01/07/2021

California Republican Mike Madrid says 'Trumpism' just beginning

In this episode of the California Nation podcast, Sacramento Bee opinion editor Gil Duran speaks with California Republican Mike Madrid about the rise of 'Trumpism,' which will outlive Donald Trump's presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 min
12/18/2020

California Nation: A Sacramento doctor speaks out on COVID-19 surge

Sacramento emergency medicine Dr. Alex Schmalz volunteered to go to New York City during last spring's COVID-19 surge. Now he's back in Sacramento as cases surge in California, and he has a message for those who don't take the virus seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 min
09/24/2020

Do Gov. Gavin Newsom's climate actions go far enough?

In this episode of the California Nation podcast, Sacramento Bee Opinion Editor Gil Duran talks to climate activists and industry representatives to get their take on the governor’s bold announcement that California will ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. This week’s guests: ▪ RL Miller, climate “hawk” and chair of the California Democratic Party’s environmental caucus. ▪ Nalleli Cobo, climate activist from Los Angeles. ▪ Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA). ▪ Anne Smart, vice president of public policy at Chargepoint. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 min
08/26/2020

California faces eviction tsunami, ponders wealth tax

In this week’s episode of the California Nation podcast, I talk to community advocates and legislators who say California must take urgent action to protect people from the economic fallout of the pandemic. Conversations with Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, and David Chiu, D-San Francisco, as well as Christina Livingston and John Kim of United Front CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 min

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42 Ratings

School closures

07/17/2020

nicervin

I appreciated the episode on schools closing for the fall. The discussion was informed and very real. Thank you
Pirate radio to polished opinion

08/06/2020

Daedalix

Bryan Anderson jumpstarted this podcast with a pirate radio (read: cruddy audio but earnest) but it lapsed when he left the Sacramento Bee. The Bee's editorial staff picked it up in 2020 and built out into full interviews with analysis. Always good to hear local journalism at work.
California

10/17/2019

FAT Traveler

The subject matter and guests are good but the sound quality is so poor that it’s impossible to give 5 stars.
One sided anti-police bias

06/29/2020

Teller-morrow

The episode about the Darrell Richards case is full of mis-information and falsehoods. A portion of the story is told by someone who makes blanket assumptions with no facts. Pathetic.

The Sacramento Bee presents California Nation, your go-to source for the latest political news from the world's fifth-largest economy. Each show, we focus on what's happening way out West and how it could shape the national conversation.

Creator

The Sacramento Bee
Years Active

2018 - 2021
Episodes

52
Rating

Clean
Show Website

California Nation

California Nation

Confronting Sexual Harassment in California State Legislature

California Recall: Should Gov. Gavin Newsom be worried?

How one man said goodbye to Rush Limbaugh

As COVID-19 spikes, government botches vaccine rollout

California Republican Mike Madrid says 'Trumpism' just beginning