Podcast
Business & Economics
Jorge Galicia – The Perils of Socialism
This podcast features Venezuelan Jorge Galicia, a law student who escaped his country and is now speaking to college students nationwide about his experience. Jorge recounts Venezuela’s path, beginning with socialist policies such as free college and free health care, then descending to the authoritarian regime it is today. This ...
California
Steve Greenhut – Update on the California Drought
This week’s podcast features Steve Greenhut, author of PRI’s new book Winning the Water Wars. Steve gives an update on California’s drought and how we got here, after failing to prepare during the previous non-drought years. He discusses current legislation, the concept of water markets, and countries that have better ...
Business & Economics
Robert Poole – Pres. Biden’s “Infrastructure” Plan
This week’s podcast features Robert Poole, director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation. Bob Poole, one of the leading transportation policy experts in the nation – discusses Pres. Biden’s so-called infrastructure plan and what’s really in it. Mr. Poole also discusses California’s poor infrastructure and ideas to improve it, ...
California
Nolan Gray – The California Housing Crisis
PRI’s guest in this podcast is Nolan Gray, an urban planner and currently a Ph.D. student at UCLA. Housing affordability and housing shortages are two key reasons so many Californians are fleeing the state. Nolan discusses why housing is so expensive and the regulatory barriers that are preventing more houses ...
California
Dr. Henry Miller – A COVID-19 Update and Progress on Vaccinations
This week’s guest is Dr. Henry Miller, PRI senior fellow in health care studies. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Miller was a former official at the FDA and founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology. Dr. Miller provides an update on the pandemic, the progress of vaccine ...
Business & Economics
Earth Day 2021 Special with Julian Morris
Julian Morris, Senior Fellow at Reason and a Senior Scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics, joins us for a discussion on environmental topics as we mark Earth Day 2021. We discuss the Biden Administration’s “green infrastructure” proposals, California’s big government energy policies, whether government fuel emission standards ...
Business & Economics
Charles Kesler – Crisis of the Two Constitutions
Prominent conservative scholar Charles Kesler discusses his new book Crisis of the Two Constitutions – The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness with PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward. Prof. Kesler is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, and a ...
Drug Pricing
Wayne Winegarden – A Flawed Analysis on Valuing Medicines
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) promotes itself as “the nation’s drug pricing watchdog.” However, as documented in the first of a series of PRI reports, ICER’s cost-effectiveness analyses contain inappropriate methodologies and subjective judgments in determining the value of medicines. In this podcast, PRI senior fellow Wayne ...
California
California’s Water Future: Sacramento Policy Conference
Steven Greenhut, author of the recent PRI book Winning the Water Wars, moderates a panel of water experts and policymakers who preview the course the Biden Administration will likely chart on California water policy. They also highlight potential landmines in the water debate in the months ahead and discuss how free-market ...
California
The Threats to Charter Schools – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
Despite the success of charter schools, they have come under attack on multiple fronts. State lawmakers have enacted state laws that handicap the establishment of charter schools and their operation. Additionally, charter school opponents have used the Covid-19 pandemic to exacerbate funding disparities between charter schools and traditional public schools. ...
Jorge Galicia – The Perils of Socialism
This podcast features Venezuelan Jorge Galicia, a law student who escaped his country and is now speaking to college students nationwide about his experience. Jorge recounts Venezuela’s path, beginning with socialist policies such as free college and free health care, then descending to the authoritarian regime it is today. This ...
Steve Greenhut – Update on the California Drought
This week’s podcast features Steve Greenhut, author of PRI’s new book Winning the Water Wars. Steve gives an update on California’s drought and how we got here, after failing to prepare during the previous non-drought years. He discusses current legislation, the concept of water markets, and countries that have better ...
Robert Poole – Pres. Biden’s “Infrastructure” Plan
This week’s podcast features Robert Poole, director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation. Bob Poole, one of the leading transportation policy experts in the nation – discusses Pres. Biden’s so-called infrastructure plan and what’s really in it. Mr. Poole also discusses California’s poor infrastructure and ideas to improve it, ...
Nolan Gray – The California Housing Crisis
PRI’s guest in this podcast is Nolan Gray, an urban planner and currently a Ph.D. student at UCLA. Housing affordability and housing shortages are two key reasons so many Californians are fleeing the state. Nolan discusses why housing is so expensive and the regulatory barriers that are preventing more houses ...
Dr. Henry Miller – A COVID-19 Update and Progress on Vaccinations
This week’s guest is Dr. Henry Miller, PRI senior fellow in health care studies. In addition to being a physician, Dr. Miller was a former official at the FDA and founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology. Dr. Miller provides an update on the pandemic, the progress of vaccine ...
Earth Day 2021 Special with Julian Morris
Julian Morris, Senior Fellow at Reason and a Senior Scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics, joins us for a discussion on environmental topics as we mark Earth Day 2021. We discuss the Biden Administration’s “green infrastructure” proposals, California’s big government energy policies, whether government fuel emission standards ...
Charles Kesler – Crisis of the Two Constitutions
Prominent conservative scholar Charles Kesler discusses his new book Crisis of the Two Constitutions – The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness with PRI senior fellow Steve Hayward. Prof. Kesler is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, and a ...
Wayne Winegarden – A Flawed Analysis on Valuing Medicines
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) promotes itself as “the nation’s drug pricing watchdog.” However, as documented in the first of a series of PRI reports, ICER’s cost-effectiveness analyses contain inappropriate methodologies and subjective judgments in determining the value of medicines. In this podcast, PRI senior fellow Wayne ...
California’s Water Future: Sacramento Policy Conference
Steven Greenhut, author of the recent PRI book Winning the Water Wars, moderates a panel of water experts and policymakers who preview the course the Biden Administration will likely chart on California water policy. They also highlight potential landmines in the water debate in the months ahead and discuss how free-market ...
The Threats to Charter Schools – PRI Sacramento Policy Conference
Despite the success of charter schools, they have come under attack on multiple fronts. State lawmakers have enacted state laws that handicap the establishment of charter schools and their operation. Additionally, charter school opponents have used the Covid-19 pandemic to exacerbate funding disparities between charter schools and traditional public schools. ...
