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Free Cities
Steven Greenhut – Protecting Cities from Wildfires
Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut joins us to discuss his latest booklet focusing on the lessons learned from January’s destructive Southern California wildfires. They talk about policy-created problems on brush clearing, water, and land use policy that created a perfect storm and made fighting the fires more difficult, and ...
California
Kenneth Schrupp – Reporting on Lessons Learned from Southern California Wildfires
Center Square California reporter and Free Cities Center contributor Kenneth Schrupp joins us to discuss his recent reporting on policy mistakes that made preventing and fighting the recent Southern California wildfires worse. He also discusses what he’s learned about controversial legislation to “reimagine” the Palisades as it is rebuilt. He ...
California
A Conversation with Mayor Willie Brown
Listen as Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with legendary San Francisco Mayor and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. In this candid interview, they discuss the challenges facing the West Coast’s urban centers including crime, housing, homelessness, education, and transportation. Brown also offers his ...
California
Watch the Free Cities Center Interview with Mayor Willie Brown
Watch as Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with legendary San Francisco Mayor and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. In this candid interview, they discuss the challenges facing the West Coast’s urban centers including crime, housing, homelessness, education, and transportation. Brown also offers his ...
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 – ...
Steven Greenhut – Protecting Cities from Wildfires
Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut joins us to discuss his latest booklet focusing on the lessons learned from January’s destructive Southern California wildfires. They talk about policy-created problems on brush clearing, water, and land use policy that created a perfect storm and made fighting the fires more difficult, and ...
Kenneth Schrupp – Reporting on Lessons Learned from Southern California Wildfires
Center Square California reporter and Free Cities Center contributor Kenneth Schrupp joins us to discuss his recent reporting on policy mistakes that made preventing and fighting the recent Southern California wildfires worse. He also discusses what he’s learned about controversial legislation to “reimagine” the Palisades as it is rebuilt. He ...
A Conversation with Mayor Willie Brown
Listen as Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with legendary San Francisco Mayor and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. In this candid interview, they discuss the challenges facing the West Coast’s urban centers including crime, housing, homelessness, education, and transportation. Brown also offers his ...
Watch the Free Cities Center Interview with Mayor Willie Brown
Watch as Free Cities Center director Steven Greenhut sits down for a wide-ranging discussion with legendary San Francisco Mayor and former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. In this candid interview, they discuss the challenges facing the West Coast’s urban centers including crime, housing, homelessness, education, and transportation. Brown also offers his ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 – ...
