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California

Lanhee Chen: California Transparency and Accountability

Lanhee Chen, Director of the Domestic Policy Studies in Public Policy program at Stanford University, discusses all things California, from budgetary mismanagement – including COVID-19 relief funds, the looming pension crisis, as well as government accountability and transparency.  One of the state’s leading policy experts, Lanhee Chen provides his perspective ...
Business & Economics

Mark Mills – The Cloud Revolution

Manhattan Institute senior fellow Mark Mills joins us to discuss his new book “The Cloud Revolution,” which explores how the convergence of new technologies centered around the Cloud has the potential to unleash the next great American economic boom and could set the stage for another “Roaring ‘20s”.
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Melanie Kirkpatrick – All About Thanksgiving

This week’s podcast guest is Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience. Melanie Kirkpatrick is the former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal and is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. In her book, you’ll learn what really happened on the ...
Education

Alicia Jessop – How the Free Market is Benefitting Student Athletes Following Landmark Court Ruling

Alicia Jessop, associate professor at Pepperdine University, sports industry leader, attorney, and journalist, discusses the massive changes to college athletics that have resulted from the change in name, image, and likeness regulations earlier this year. Jessop and Evan Harris of PRI’s Young Leaders Circle discuss how college athlete compensation has ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden – How Government Policy Made the Pandemic Worse for Entrepreneurs

PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the final paper in his “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on entrepreneurship.  Wayne discusses how well-intentioned government policies enacted during the pandemic, such as eviction moratoriums and massive spending increases, actually made the pre-pandemic problems ...
California

Howard Husock – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It

American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and Philanthropy Roundtable Executive Senior Fellow Howard Husock joins us to discuss his new book on housing policy, The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It. We discuss various “housing reform” movements over the past century that actually wiped away once-thriving neighborhoods and ...
Business & Economics

Jon Miltimore – The Push for Socialism and Economic Restrictions in the Name of the Pandemic

Enjoy this recent conversation between Jon Miltimore of the Foundation for Economic Education and PRI’s Evan Harris for our Young Leaders Circle Speaker Series.  They discuss socialism, progressive politics, economic news, and the latest pandemic restrictions.
California

Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson – California Migrating

Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform.  Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals the root causes of the outmigration by California residents and businesses. The state’s detrimental policies have ...
Education

Roxana Janka – Helping Get Students Back on Track After a Year of Learning Loss and Trauma

Roxana Janka of the new Good4U coalition and campaign discusses their mission to ensure every child has the individualized educational options necessary to meet the demands of the workforce and get a good paying job. She also discusses their new statewide poll and the message that California high school parents ...
California

Zack Smith – Rogue Prosecutors

Our guest this week is Zack Smith, a legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Zack has been closely watching the growing movement of progressive prosecutors who flout the rule of law.  In California, we see this in San Francisco and Los Angeles where ...
California

Lanhee Chen: California Transparency and Accountability

Lanhee Chen, Director of the Domestic Policy Studies in Public Policy program at Stanford University, discusses all things California, from budgetary mismanagement – including COVID-19 relief funds, the looming pension crisis, as well as government accountability and transparency.  One of the state’s leading policy experts, Lanhee Chen provides his perspective ...
Business & Economics

Mark Mills – The Cloud Revolution

Manhattan Institute senior fellow Mark Mills joins us to discuss his new book “The Cloud Revolution,” which explores how the convergence of new technologies centered around the Cloud has the potential to unleash the next great American economic boom and could set the stage for another “Roaring ‘20s”.
Podcast

Melanie Kirkpatrick – All About Thanksgiving

This week’s podcast guest is Melanie Kirkpatrick, author of Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience. Melanie Kirkpatrick is the former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal and is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. In her book, you’ll learn what really happened on the ...
Education

Alicia Jessop – How the Free Market is Benefitting Student Athletes Following Landmark Court Ruling

Alicia Jessop, associate professor at Pepperdine University, sports industry leader, attorney, and journalist, discusses the massive changes to college athletics that have resulted from the change in name, image, and likeness regulations earlier this year. Jessop and Evan Harris of PRI’s Young Leaders Circle discuss how college athlete compensation has ...
Business & Economics

Wayne Winegarden – How Government Policy Made the Pandemic Worse for Entrepreneurs

PRI senior fellow in business and economics Dr. Wayne Winegarden joins us to discuss the final paper in his “Breaking Down Barriers to Opportunity” series on entrepreneurship.  Wayne discusses how well-intentioned government policies enacted during the pandemic, such as eviction moratoriums and massive spending increases, actually made the pre-pandemic problems ...
California

Howard Husock – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It

American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and Philanthropy Roundtable Executive Senior Fellow Howard Husock joins us to discuss his new book on housing policy, The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It. We discuss various “housing reform” movements over the past century that actually wiped away once-thriving neighborhoods and ...
Business & Economics

Jon Miltimore – The Push for Socialism and Economic Restrictions in the Name of the Pandemic

Enjoy this recent conversation between Jon Miltimore of the Foundation for Economic Education and PRI’s Evan Harris for our Young Leaders Circle Speaker Series.  They discuss socialism, progressive politics, economic news, and the latest pandemic restrictions.
California

Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson – California Migrating

Our guests in this podcast are Wayne Winegarden, PRI senior fellow in business and economics and Kerry Jackson, PRI fellow on California Reform.  Wayne and Kerry co-authored PRI’s new study “California Migrating,” which reveals the root causes of the outmigration by California residents and businesses. The state’s detrimental policies have ...
Education

Roxana Janka – Helping Get Students Back on Track After a Year of Learning Loss and Trauma

Roxana Janka of the new Good4U coalition and campaign discusses their mission to ensure every child has the individualized educational options necessary to meet the demands of the workforce and get a good paying job. She also discusses their new statewide poll and the message that California high school parents ...
California

Zack Smith – Rogue Prosecutors

Our guest this week is Zack Smith, a legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Zack has been closely watching the growing movement of progressive prosecutors who flout the rule of law.  In California, we see this in San Francisco and Los Angeles where ...
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