Next Round Podcast - Pacific Research Institute

Carol Roth – The War on Small Business: How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush the Backbone of America

July 12, 2021

Business Economics

Next Round features Carol Roth, New York Times bestselling author and PRI fellow and economist Wayne Winegarden. They discuss Ms. Roth’s new book, The War on Small Business, the economic recovery, Federal Reserve policy, and what’s next for American small business owners. Carol Roth...

Glenn Reynolds – America’s New Destiny in Space

July 05, 2021

University of Tennessee law professor and Instapundit founder Glenn Reynolds – author of an Encounter Intelligence book on space policy – joins us for a fascinating conversation about America’s future in space, which will be dominated by the private sector rather than the work of...

Sally Pipes and Naomi Lopez – The Future of Health Care in America

June 29, 2021

This podcast features PRI President Sally Pipes and the Goldwater Institutes Director of Health Care Policy Naomi Lopez in an insightful discussion on health care in America and what lies ahead under the Biden-Harris administration. ...

Gail Heriot – A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education

June 21, 2021

Education

Gail Heriot, a law professor at the University of San Diego, was co-chair of both the campaign for California’s Prop. 209 in 1996 and the successful campaign to prevent its repeal in 2020. Editor of the new book A Dubious Expediency, she offers compelling reasons...

Debra Saunders – Covering the Trump White House

June 14, 2021

This podcast features Debra Saunders, the long-time columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle who turned Trump White House beat reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. These days Debra Saunders is a fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Chapman Center for Citizen Leadership. Debra discusses...

Anne Marie Schubert – The Rising Crime in California

June 07, 2021

California

In this podcast our guest is Anne Marie Schubert, District Attorney for Sacramento County. Ms. Schubert along with 44 DAs are suing Gov. Newsom for his policy to allow 76,000 inmates – including many who committed violent crimes – to attain early release with...

Erik Jaffe – The U.S. Supreme Court Cases this Session

June 01, 2021

The featured guest for this podcast Erik Jaffe, partner at Schaerr Jaffe, a constitutional lawyer, and a PRI fellow in Legal Studies. Erik takes us through a tour of the major U.S. Supreme Court cases this session and the constitutional issues in question, from...

Jorge Galicia – The Perils of Socialism

May 24, 2021

Business Economics

This podcast features Venezuelan Jorge Galicia, a lawsuit 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...

Steve Greenhut – Update on the California Drought

May 17, 2021

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...

Robert Poole – Pres. Biden’s “Infrastructure” Plan

May 10, 2021

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...