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California

A Conversation with Assemblyman Josh Hoover

This week, our special guest is Assemblyman Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, who is serving in his second term and also is vice chair of the Assembly Education Committee. We discuss key issues being debated at the State Capitol these days including the state budget, efforts to crack down on homelessness, and ...
Business & Economics

Dr. Wayne Winegarden – What Should Fiscal Conservatives Think About the “One Big Beautiful Bill”?

This week on Next Round, we welcome back PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden to talk about the big economic topics in the news recently – the passage by Congress of the reconciliation bill, the Trump administration’s latest global tariff proposals, the federal budget recissions bill ...
California

Dr. Ed Amos – A First Hand Acccount of the Southern California Wildfires and Recovery

This week, we talk with Dr. Ed Amos, noted physician and neurologist who tragically lost his home in the Pacific Palisades wildfires. He shares his first hand experience on the day of, and the immediate aftermath, of the wildfires, and offers a close-up view of just how effective government at ...
California

Impact Magazine Spring 2025

READ THE MAGAZINE Since the last issue of Impact Magazine, a lot has happened. Donald Trump was inaugurated  as the 47th president of the United States and Republicans now have control of all three levels of government. And, just before the inauguration, Southern California was affected by disastrous fires that ...
Podcast

Chef Andrew Gruel – From FreedomFest 2025

With the Fourth of July upon us, our special guest this week is Chef Andrew Gruel, food entrepreneur, celebrity chef and television personality, and newly appointed Huntington Beach city councilman. We discuss how regulations and minimum wage mandates are hurting restaurants and other small businesses, how being a vocal conservative ...
Free Cities

Watch the Free Cities Center tour of Roseville’s thriving downtown

Watch as Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut takes a tour of the city of Roseville’s thriving downtown.  Learn what makes this downtown so vibrant and why it is so important for suburban communities to have downtowns.   We’ll also visit of one of the downtown Roseville’s successful businesses – ...
Free Trade

Reason’s Eric Boehm – From FreedomFest 2025

Direct from FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, Tim talks with Reason reporter Eric Boehm, who covers economic and trade policy. They talk about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s global tariff agenda, preview how the debate over global tariffs will play out this summer, and what consumers should expect ...
California

Robby Soave – From FreedomFest 2025

Direct from FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, Tim talks with Reason senior editor, author, and host of the Rising on Hill TV Robby Soave.  Among other topics, they discuss the LA ICE riots, how Gov. Gavin Newsom is viewed on the national political scene, and how we should look back ...
Drug Importation

Listen to Sally Pipes on “Free the Economy” podcast

Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss her new book The World’s Medicine Chest (Encounter Books) on the Free the Economy podcast from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Click here to listen
California

Rebekah Paxton – Would You Like a Higher Minimum Wage with Your Fries?

Rebekah Paxton of the Employment Policies Institute joins us to discuss EPI’s high-profile research on the impact of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage on jobs, workers, prices. They also discuss the Los Angeles’ plan for a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers.
California

A Conversation with Assemblyman Josh Hoover

This week, our special guest is Assemblyman Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, who is serving in his second term and also is vice chair of the Assembly Education Committee. We discuss key issues being debated at the State Capitol these days including the state budget, efforts to crack down on homelessness, and ...
Business & Economics

Dr. Wayne Winegarden – What Should Fiscal Conservatives Think About the “One Big Beautiful Bill”?

This week on Next Round, we welcome back PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden to talk about the big economic topics in the news recently – the passage by Congress of the reconciliation bill, the Trump administration’s latest global tariff proposals, the federal budget recissions bill ...
California

Dr. Ed Amos – A First Hand Acccount of the Southern California Wildfires and Recovery

This week, we talk with Dr. Ed Amos, noted physician and neurologist who tragically lost his home in the Pacific Palisades wildfires. He shares his first hand experience on the day of, and the immediate aftermath, of the wildfires, and offers a close-up view of just how effective government at ...
California

Impact Magazine Spring 2025

READ THE MAGAZINE Since the last issue of Impact Magazine, a lot has happened. Donald Trump was inaugurated  as the 47th president of the United States and Republicans now have control of all three levels of government. And, just before the inauguration, Southern California was affected by disastrous fires that ...
Podcast

Chef Andrew Gruel – From FreedomFest 2025

With the Fourth of July upon us, our special guest this week is Chef Andrew Gruel, food entrepreneur, celebrity chef and television personality, and newly appointed Huntington Beach city councilman. We discuss how regulations and minimum wage mandates are hurting restaurants and other small businesses, how being a vocal conservative ...
Free Cities

Watch the Free Cities Center tour of Roseville’s thriving downtown

Watch as Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut takes a tour of the city of Roseville’s thriving downtown.  Learn what makes this downtown so vibrant and why it is so important for suburban communities to have downtowns.   We’ll also visit of one of the downtown Roseville’s successful businesses – ...
Free Trade

Reason’s Eric Boehm – From FreedomFest 2025

Direct from FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, Tim talks with Reason reporter Eric Boehm, who covers economic and trade policy. They talk about the latest developments in the Trump administration’s global tariff agenda, preview how the debate over global tariffs will play out this summer, and what consumers should expect ...
California

Robby Soave – From FreedomFest 2025

Direct from FreedomFest 2025 in Palm Springs, Tim talks with Reason senior editor, author, and host of the Rising on Hill TV Robby Soave.  Among other topics, they discuss the LA ICE riots, how Gov. Gavin Newsom is viewed on the national political scene, and how we should look back ...
Drug Importation

Listen to Sally Pipes on “Free the Economy” podcast

Listen to PRI President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy Sally C. Pipes discuss her new book The World’s Medicine Chest (Encounter Books) on the Free the Economy podcast from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Click here to listen
California

Rebekah Paxton – Would You Like a Higher Minimum Wage with Your Fries?

Rebekah Paxton of the Employment Policies Institute joins us to discuss EPI’s high-profile research on the impact of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage on jobs, workers, prices. They also discuss the Los Angeles’ plan for a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers.
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