Podcast
California
Steven Greenhut – PRI Free Cities Project
In this podcast, our guest is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI’s new Free Cities Project. The Free Cities Project will regularly release incisive research and analysis on crime, housing, education, homelessness, social mobility and other urban issues through commentaries, briefs, videos, and webinars. Through the project, PRI aims to foster ...
Business & Economics
Wayne Winegarden – Coverage Denied
Our guest this week is Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow and director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation. Wayne has written a series of papers titled Coverage Denied that analyzes and proposes reforms to fix the problems in the current health insurance system which have threatened patient health ...
Podcast
Walter Stahr – Salmon Chase – Lincoln’s Vital Rival
Our podcast guest this week is New York Times bestselling biographer Walter Stahr on his new book on Salmon Chase. Chase is often remembered as Lincoln’s rival for the Republican party nomination in 1860 – but he was much more. He was one of the key leaders of the anti-slavery ...
California
Steve Smith – Rising Crime and the Sacramento Shootings
Our guest this week is PRI Senior Fellow Steve Smith. An expert in public safety policy, he was a former police officer and a former professor of criminal justice. Steve gives his thoughts on the Sacramento shooting as well rising crime in the state, the role of progressive prosecutors, and ...
Coronavirus
Paul Mango – Operation Warp Speed
Our guest on this podcast is Paul Mango who was Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the conception, development, and implementation of Operation Warp Speed – the U.S.’s effort to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to America and to the world. Paul discusses ...
Featured
Murray Sabrin – An Individual Single Payer System
Our guest on this podcast is Dr. Murray Sabrin on his new book Universal Medical Care from Conception to End of Life: The Case for A Single-Payer System. Under the individual single-payer system outlined by Dr. Sabrin, every American adult would be in charge of his or her medical coverage. ...
California
California Burning – Panel Discussion
California once again experienced one of the largest wildfires in state history in 2021, in the shadow of a severe drought that is increasing fire danger. In this panel discussion from PRI’s annual Ideas in Action Conference in Sacramento, policy experts discuss what can be done to reduce wildfires and ...
Business & Economics
California Migrating – Panel Discussion
This podcast is a recorded panel discussion from PRI’s annual Ideas in Action conference in February. Californians and California businesses have been moving out of the state in droves. This panel discusses the causes of outmigration and what we can do to stem the tide.
Business & Economics
The Problems with CEQA – with Chris Carr
The California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, is a 50-year-old law responsible for holding up many projects in the state due to its labyrinthian process and its vulnerability to lawsuits. Across the state, housing developments, schools, hospitals, even bike paths and wildfire mitigation efforts have been stymied by CEQA. Chris ...
Business & Economics
PRI Panel of Former Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address
This special edition podcast features PRI’s panel of former speechwriters offering their perspectives on Pres. Biden’s first State of the Union Address. On the panel: Lance Izumi, a former speechwriter to Gov. George Deukmejian and former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and now PRI’s senior director of the Center of Education; ...
Steven Greenhut – PRI Free Cities Project
In this podcast, our guest is Steve Greenhut, director of PRI’s new Free Cities Project. The Free Cities Project will regularly release incisive research and analysis on crime, housing, education, homelessness, social mobility and other urban issues through commentaries, briefs, videos, and webinars. Through the project, PRI aims to foster ...
Wayne Winegarden – Coverage Denied
Our guest this week is Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow and director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation. Wayne has written a series of papers titled Coverage Denied that analyzes and proposes reforms to fix the problems in the current health insurance system which have threatened patient health ...
Walter Stahr – Salmon Chase – Lincoln’s Vital Rival
Our podcast guest this week is New York Times bestselling biographer Walter Stahr on his new book on Salmon Chase. Chase is often remembered as Lincoln’s rival for the Republican party nomination in 1860 – but he was much more. He was one of the key leaders of the anti-slavery ...
Steve Smith – Rising Crime and the Sacramento Shootings
Our guest this week is PRI Senior Fellow Steve Smith. An expert in public safety policy, he was a former police officer and a former professor of criminal justice. Steve gives his thoughts on the Sacramento shooting as well rising crime in the state, the role of progressive prosecutors, and ...
Paul Mango – Operation Warp Speed
Our guest on this podcast is Paul Mango who was Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the conception, development, and implementation of Operation Warp Speed – the U.S.’s effort to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to America and to the world. Paul discusses ...
Murray Sabrin – An Individual Single Payer System
Our guest on this podcast is Dr. Murray Sabrin on his new book Universal Medical Care from Conception to End of Life: The Case for A Single-Payer System. Under the individual single-payer system outlined by Dr. Sabrin, every American adult would be in charge of his or her medical coverage. ...
California Burning – Panel Discussion
California once again experienced one of the largest wildfires in state history in 2021, in the shadow of a severe drought that is increasing fire danger. In this panel discussion from PRI’s annual Ideas in Action Conference in Sacramento, policy experts discuss what can be done to reduce wildfires and ...
California Migrating – Panel Discussion
This podcast is a recorded panel discussion from PRI’s annual Ideas in Action conference in February. Californians and California businesses have been moving out of the state in droves. This panel discusses the causes of outmigration and what we can do to stem the tide.
The Problems with CEQA – with Chris Carr
The California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, is a 50-year-old law responsible for holding up many projects in the state due to its labyrinthian process and its vulnerability to lawsuits. Across the state, housing developments, schools, hospitals, even bike paths and wildfire mitigation efforts have been stymied by CEQA. Chris ...
PRI Panel of Former Speechwriters – Pres. Biden’s State of the Union Address
This special edition podcast features PRI’s panel of former speechwriters offering their perspectives on Pres. Biden’s first State of the Union Address. On the panel: Lance Izumi, a former speechwriter to Gov. George Deukmejian and former Attorney General Edwin Meese, and now PRI’s senior director of the Center of Education; ...
