Episodios

  • Episode 401: The Mission District Mamdani

    Episode 401: The Mission District Mamdani
    Aug 6 2025

    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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    Show Notes

    • Gov. Reagan signs the Mulford Act, banning public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit
    • The Editors: California’s Lucky Escape
    • Texas redistricting move would ‘trigger’ new California maps, Newsom says
    • Exclusive: Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting
    • Meet the Fraudster Who Wants to Make California Its Own Country
    • How a fizzled recall attempt actually helped Mayor Karen Bass
    • Tech millionaire challenger to Nancy Pelosi draws huge crowd at SF campaign kickoff
    • Coffee shop owner fires back amid suits

    Sheridan Karras, California Policy Center researcher

    • California parents fleeing union-run schools
    • California kids deserve this new chance for academic success — even if their leaders disagree
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  • Episode 400: O’Sullivan’s Law Is Still the Law

    Episode 400: O’Sullivan’s Law Is Still the Law
    Jul 29 2025

    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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    Show Notes:

    • Kamala Harris’ ex-lover Willie Brown warns her of ‘difficult’ road to win California governor’s race after resounding 2024 loss
    • CA agency reverses on telework policy after workers raise union contract concerns
    • Planned Parenthood Got More Taxpayer Money than PBS and NPR Combined
    • Bakersfield community rallies against Congressman David Valadao’s support for Medicaid cuts
    • Stanford Graduate Workers Union Attempts To Fire Students Who Refuse To Join Union
    • Where Did $100 Million in LA Fire Relief Money Go?
    • EXCLUSIVE: Karen Bass Raked In Cash From Chinese Intel-Tied Bankers Before Hiring Them
    • Long Beach mayor unveils immigrant aid package, tariff relief fund in proposed budget
    • Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history
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  • Episode 399: Newsom Agonistes

    Episode 399: Newsom Agonistes
    Jul 22 2025

    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 through California’s blue wall of noise. Music by Metalachi.

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    Show Notes:

    • This Is How ‘Authoritarianism’ Ends: With a Whimper
    • Trump administration pulls billions in funding for high-speed rail project; state leaders call decision ‘illegal’
    • Federal review of high-speed rail
    • California sues to stop Trump’s politically motivated attack on high-speed rail
    • Newsom Wants California to Counter Texas on Redistricting
    • As Newsom ponders redistricting, California projected to lose as many as 4 congressional seats
    • Thousands of Californians lost work after LA immigration raids — including citizens
    • In-N-Out’s billionaire boss leaving California: ‘Doing business is not easy here’
    • John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in LA, dies at 86

    Steve Hilton, Republican candidate for governor

    • WIkipedia
    • Golden Together website
    • Steve Hilton, “Califailure: Reversing the Ruin of America's Worst-Run State”
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  • Episode 398: His Meaninglessness Is His Meaning

    Episode 398: His Meaninglessness Is His Meaning
    Jul 16 2025
    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.Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Jon Fleischman: “So, Does It Matter?” Cracks in the Golden State: California’s Political Landscape Is ShiftingGov. Newsom, protesters target JD Vance with his family as they visit DisneylandMother Jones editor ripped as ‘soulless ghoul’ for attack on JD Vance, kids after Disneyland tripFour hours inside Newsom’s headNewsom talks AI, Epstein files and immigration in 4-hour podcastRioters Obstruct California Cannabis Farm Raid, Disrupting Rescue of Illegal Immigrant MinorsICE’s California weed-farm raid shows why we need mandatory E-VerifyFederal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyondReparations bill, amid headwinds, could skirt California’s affirmative action banA racialist leader is ousted in Los AngelesHayward, Alameda County officials propose Russell City reparations fundRizzotti Advised to Recuse From Burbank Landlord-Tenant IssuesOrange County’s $649 million trolley to nowhereKenneth Schlapp, Center SquareCA data: Just one Palisades brush clearance before fireCalifornia fire season kicks off with a blazing bang
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  • Episode 397: The End Is Still Near

    Episode 397: The End Is Still Near
    Jul 9 2025
    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.Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:2018 New Yorker profile of Gavin NewsomGavin Newsom Helped Mother’s Assisted SuicideDid Gavin Newsom Murder His Mother?Newsom, Who May Have Helped His Own Mother Commit Assisted Suicide, Streamlines Process For CaliforniansBerkeley Dean Appears To Admit Race-Based Hiring Policies: ‘I’m Going To Deny I Said This’As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challengesSome provocative thoughts from Paul R. EhrlichClyburn praises Newsom as he hits the trail in South Carolina: ‘I feel good about his chances’California Gov. Gavin Newsom to visit the Pee DeeGovernor Gavin Newsom joins South Carolina Democratic Party Connecting with Rural South CarolinaCalifornia’s great climate retreatGovernor Newsom commits $101 million to jumpstart critical rebuilding efforts after LA FiresAnother union takeover – this time buried In housing billsCalifornia refuses to sign pact over alleged Title IX violationAB 1266: School Success and Opportunity ActBonta loses (again), this time on gunsHeavily armed immigration agents descend on MacArthur Park in L.A.
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  • Episode 396: Where All the Cholos At?

    Episode 396: Where All the Cholos At?
    Jul 2 2025

    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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    Show Notes

    • Daniel Sexton and California’s first documented Fourth of July . . . in 1842!
    • USA v Los Angeles
    • Officials call for probe into immigration officers’ presence on Terminal Island
    • Cudahy vice mayor breaks silence amid backlash over controversial 'cholos' video
    • How does NYC primary win reverberate in Los Angeles politics?
    • Rep. Robert Garcia on Mamdani Victory: Democrats Need To Get On Board, Embrace Young People Demanding Change
    • Robert Garcia climbs the congressional watchtower
    • CA lost 80K jobs in 2024, 'No job creation' in Fourth Quarter
    • Newsom signs record $321B budget, declares budget emergency
    • Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call
    • NYC's shocking socialist victory is a dire warning for the right
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  • Episode 395: The Dodgers on ICE

    Episode 395: The Dodgers on ICE
    Jun 24 2025

    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:

    • On War Powers, Nancy Pelosi Is a Ridiculous Hack
    • Vice President JD Vance rips Newsom, Bass and mocks Padilla during visit to Los Angeles
    • California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenges Vice President JD Vance to debate: 'How about saying it to my face?'
    • The Dodgers were about to break their silence on Trump’s immigration crackdown. Then federal agents showed up
    • Trump suggests farmers may get to keep undocumented workers after all
    • 9th Circuit affirms San Diego judge’s ruling that California’s ‘one-gun-a-month’ law is unconstitutional
    • California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
    • Turlock story (under headline on Iranian reaction to Israel war)
    • LAUSD agrees to fund $500 million to settle sexual assault lawsuits
    • Long Beach City Council votes to mandate more staffing at self-checkout lanes

    Kurt Miceli, Do No Harm: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine:

    • Lawsuit: UCLA used race in rejecting highly qualified Asian, white students over less-qualified applicants
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  • Episode 394: Newsom Leaps Bravely Halfway Across the Political Divide

    Episode 394: Newsom Leaps Bravely Halfway Across the Political Divide
    Jun 18 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Before Juneteenth was widely known, here’s how Black Angelenos celebrated emancipationBrian Wilson, Pop Auteur and Leader of the Beach Boys, Dies at 82Inside Trump’s Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration RaidsThe Padilla Incident and the Greater PerilGavin’s Last GaspPresident Trump Has Legal Authority to Suppress the Siege in L.A.How Trump Is Bypassing Los Angeles’s Sanctuary City HurdlesThe Public-Sector Union Behind L.A.’s Immigration AgitationNewsom's Speech: It’s About The 2028 Democratic Presidential PrimaryNEW DATA: California’s $20 Wage Law Cost Restaurant Workers 7 Weeks Worth of WorkHow Chinese Intel Infiltrated LA Mayor Karen Bass’ CampOakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s new staff may receive budget increase amid city’s financial woesWhy do so many people outside California hate the Golden State?2 ex-Caltrain employees sentenced to jail for building secret apartments inside train stationsLance Christensen:California lawmakers approve $325 billion budget ‘passed on hope’Lance’s favorite budget document: Schedule 6Julie Hamill:Julie’s X thread on Newsom v Trump on boys in girls sportsTeen athlete targeted by Trump’s anti-trans attacks: ‘I know how hard I’ve worked. That’s what matters’
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