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Sally Pipes – Single Payer Health Care Returns to California
In this podcast, our guest is Sally Pipes, President & CEO of the Pacific Research Institute and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. Sally discusses the new single-payer health care proposal in California, the new tax hikes to fund the plan, and its impact on Californians. She also ...
California
PRI All Stars on the Governor’s Budget – What Will the Governor’s Spending Plan Mean for You?
Governor Newsom this week released his 2022-23 state budget plan. The PRI All Stars – Wayne Winegarden, Lance Izumi, and Kerry Jackson – break down what the Governor’s proposed spending bill will mean for you and your family. They discuss its impact on taxes, debt, spending, pensions, education, health care, ...
California
Chris Wright – Energy, Environment and the North Face
Following the opening segment where Tim Anaya and Rowena Itchon discuss their “favorite” new California laws of 2022, listen to PRI’s recent webinar conversation with Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and PRI board member. PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward moderates a conversation with Wright about energy and the environment, ...
California
PRI All-Stars – 2021 Year-End Awards
PRI’s All-Stars are back for the annual year-end rewards: Panelists include Kerry Jackson, Fellow at PRI’s Center for California Reform; Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications; Lance Izumi, Senior Director of Education; and Rowena Itchon, Senior Vice President.
California
Dr. Joshua Rhodes – How Does California Rate on New Electricity Competition Scorecard?
Dr. Joshua Rhodes, research associate with the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas, Austin, joins us to discuss the findings of a new national scorecard on electricity competition in the 50 states, and discusses why electricity competition is key to reducing costs, increasing reliability, and lowering emissions in ...
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 ...
Sally Pipes – Single Payer Health Care Returns to California
In this podcast, our guest is Sally Pipes, President & CEO of the Pacific Research Institute and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy. Sally discusses the new single-payer health care proposal in California, the new tax hikes to fund the plan, and its impact on Californians. She also ...
PRI All Stars on the Governor’s Budget – What Will the Governor’s Spending Plan Mean for You?
Governor Newsom this week released his 2022-23 state budget plan. The PRI All Stars – Wayne Winegarden, Lance Izumi, and Kerry Jackson – break down what the Governor’s proposed spending bill will mean for you and your family. They discuss its impact on taxes, debt, spending, pensions, education, health care, ...
Chris Wright – Energy, Environment and the North Face
Following the opening segment where Tim Anaya and Rowena Itchon discuss their “favorite” new California laws of 2022, listen to PRI’s recent webinar conversation with Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and PRI board member. PRI senior fellow Steven Hayward moderates a conversation with Wright about energy and the environment, ...
PRI All-Stars – 2021 Year-End Awards
PRI’s All-Stars are back for the annual year-end rewards: Panelists include Kerry Jackson, Fellow at PRI’s Center for California Reform; Tim Anaya, Senior Director of Communications; Lance Izumi, Senior Director of Education; and Rowena Itchon, Senior Vice President.
Dr. Joshua Rhodes – How Does California Rate on New Electricity Competition Scorecard?
Dr. Joshua Rhodes, research associate with the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas, Austin, joins us to discuss the findings of a new national scorecard on electricity competition in the 50 states, and discusses why electricity competition is key to reducing costs, increasing reliability, and lowering emissions in ...
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 ...
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”.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
