National Review's Radio Free California Podcast
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.]
Episodes
San Francisco’s Saikat Chakrabarti is wealthy, naive, and running for Nancy Pelosi’s House seat on socialist vibes platform. Newsom races to the bottom in his redistricting battle with Texas Governor Greg Abbott. David applies his “Ten-Second Rule” to the fraudster behind the California secession movement. Music by Metalachi.
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In this quadricentennial episode, David and Will track the sad decline of the once-great Annenberg Foundation, Willie Brown’s surprising endorsement of Rick Caruso for governor, and approve Trump’s decision to end the political performance of park rangers at Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County. Music by Metalachi.
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In a single week, California Governor Gavin Newsom lost federal support for the troubled California High Speed Rail project, declared an unwinnable war to redraw California’s voting map, and confronted the worst unemployment numbers in the nation. David and Will track the name “California” to a Spanish novel, published this month in 1510. Bonus! Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton describes his strategy for breaking thro...
Jon Fleischman (author of the So, Does It Matter? Substack) joins Will for a conversation about Gavin Newsom’s bizarre engagement with conservative podcaster Shawn Ryan -- in which guns are good, transgenderism is a lost cause, nuclear power is lifesaving, and he’s a border hawk. Bonus track: Investigative reporter Kenneth Schlapp’s update on California wildfires. Music by Metalachi.
Birth rates are falling worldwide, but the Stanford University professor who coined the term “the population bomb” is unmoved by the data. Gavin Newsom confirms his presidential ambitions with a tour of South Carolina, but back home the governor is in retreat on environment, energy, education, and guns. Music by Metalachi.
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A Southern California city official rallies local gang members to the fight against ICE, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli sues Los Angeles over its sanctuary city laws, Gavin Newsom signs off on the biggest state budget in history -- and then breaks the economy and sues Fox News for $787 million. Bonus! Remembering California’s first Fourth of July celebration. Music by Metalachi.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers will donate $1 million to supporters of illegal immigration. The Ninth Circuit halts Attorney General Rob Bonta’s effort to limit gun purchases to one per month. California can’t kick its foreign-oil addiction. Bonus! Dr. Kurt Miceli explains Do No Harm’s lawsuit alleging that UCLA’s medical school rejects highly qualified Asian and white students in favor of less-qualified applicants. Music by Metalachi.
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Show Notes:
- Before Juneteenth was widely known, here’s how Black Angelenos celebrated emancipation
- Brian Wilson, Pop Auteur and Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82
- Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids
- The Padilla Incident and the Greater Peril
- Gavin’s Last Gasp
- President Trump Has Legal Authority to Su...
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Show Note
- California track and field finals: Trans athlete AB Hernandez wins 2 events, shares podium
- California Backtracks on State Policies Allowing Boys to Compete in Girls’ Track Championship
- San Francisco Backtracks on ‘Equity’ Grading Program after Backlash
- Yelling, finger-pointing and cursing galore as California Democr...
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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 es...
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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 Calif...
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